Celtic continued their excellent post-World Cup break run of form against St Johnstone as they ran out comfortable 4-1 winners in Perth.

An own goal by Saints defender Andy Considine as well as strikes from Kyogo Furuhashi, Aaron Mooy and David Turnbull were enough for the Hoops to leave with all three points.

It is a victory which keeps Ange Postecoglou's side nine points clear at the top of the Scottish Premiership table.

The current squad has players contributing goals and assists from all angles and the forward line boosted their numbers against Callum Davidson's men.

Kyogo made it 22 goals for the season in all competitions, while Jota added another assist to his collection, putting him onto seven goal creations for the 2022-23 campaign.

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Meanwhile, Mooy once again starred for the Scottish champions as he found the back of the net for the sixth time this season.

It was a delightful finish from the Australian as he dinked the ball over St Johnstone goalkeeper Remi Matthews.

And at full-time, the 32-year-old was keen to highlight that he is playing with confidence.

He said: "When you are playing football you don't really think about things. You get the thing in your head and you just do it. If you think about it too much then it can go wrong.

"When the ball was coming over I had the plan to take a touch and lift it over the goalkeeper and my touch was good and that allowed me to do that in the end."

Talk among fans has recently turned to the former Brighton man's contract situation at Parkhead.

He signed a two-year deal with the Scottish champions last summer with conflicting reports over whether this was a year with a second year's option or a straight two-season contract. Given his excellent run of form, should he sign an extension regardless?

Join Tony Haggerty, Sean Martin and Aidan Macdonald as they discuss all this and more in the video below...

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