Player ratings: Celtic 2-0 Ross County (H)

Goals from Erik Sviatchenko and Stuart Armstrong gave Celtic a deserved victory over Ross County and extended their gap at the top to 16 points with a game in hand.

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The away side worked well to negate Celtic’s attacking threat, but two goals at the end of the first-half was enough to secure all three points in the final home game of 2016.

Sviatchenko scored from 35-yards-out to give Celtic the lead as Scott Fox was unsighted between the posts, but probably should have saved the shot that nestled in the bottom left corner given the distance the ball covered.

One minute from the break Armstrong doubled Celtic’s lead after faking to shoot on his left and right foot before firing the ball across the ‘keeper into the bottom right corner for his eighth league goal of the season.

Celtic continued to dominate the game in the second-half but couldn’t find a third goal to finish off County.

Here are the player ratings from tonight’s game.