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Celtic nerves were eased when they took the lead, Stanislav Varga exchanged passes with Sutton and had time to look up and roll the ball across the face of goal to present Pearson with the easiest of tap-ins.
Celtic increased their lead in the 36th minute when Larsson flicked on Thompson's free-kick and Sutton poked the ball past McKenzie from close range.
The Celtic defence, however, let Livingston back in the game with some terrible defending in the 41st minute and Lilley capitalised to fire low past Douglas.
It took Celtic just three minutes of the second half to re-establish their two-goal lead. Thompson cut in from the left flank and exchanged passes with Sutton before coolly curling a right-footed effort past the despairing hand of McKenzie and into the corner.
Celtic wrapped up the three points in the 55th minute when McKenzie was penalised for picking up Manu Dorado's backpass and Larsson smashed a right-foot shot home.
With 10 minutes remaining, Celtic sub Craig Beattie was shoved over in the penalty area by Andrews and Thompson coolly chipped the spot-kick into the centre of the net as McKenzie dived to his left.

Trivia

Celtic stretched their winning run to 25 league games.

Teams

Celtic:-
Douglas, Kennedy, Balde, Varga (Valgaeren 75), Agathe, Lennon, Petrov, Pearson, Thompson, Larsson (Beattie 68), Sutton (Sylla 68).

Subs not used:- Marshall, Lambert.

Goals:- Pearson 9, Sutton 35, Thompson 49, Larsson 56, Thompson pen 80.

Booked:- Lennon.



Livingston:-
McKenzie, McNamee, Rubio (McMenamin 45), Andrews, McAllister, O'Brien, Lovell, Makel (McGovern 65), Dorado, Lilley, Pasquinelli.

Subs not used:- Main, McLaughlin, Brittain.

Goal:- Lilley 40.

Booked:- McAllister.

Referee:- S Dougal

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