Celtic crowned champions again after late show against Hearts

Celtic crowned champions again after late show against Hearts

Daizen Maeda scored in the 86th minute as Celtic came from behind to defeat league leaders Hearts and become Scottish champions once again.

Martin O'Neill has done brilliantly well to get his Celtic side to the position in which winning against Hearts on the final day would be enough to clinch the league – something that felt impossible earlier in the season.

The game began with plenty of absorbing tension even if there was little goalmouth action until just before the break.

Hearts took the lead from a powerful corner delivery from Stephen Kingsley to the back post that Lawrence Shankland headed in to stun Celtic Park to silence.

However, the scores were level at the break after Alexandros Kyziridis slid in to block Kieran Tierney's cross with the ball inadvertently coming off his hand.

It's hard to ever point the finger at a goalkeeper for a penalty but Alex Schwolow probably should have kept Arne Engels' spot kick out, guessing the right way but diving over the ball.

The tension continued in the second half with Celtic having much of the ball but it wasn't until late in the game that they started to have big chances with Kelechi Iheanacho turning and firing an effort off the post before Benjamin Nygren forced Schwolow into an athletic save.