Celtic and Rangers win as Pandur plays all 90 minutes
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- Celtic beat Aberdeen 3-0 at home, scoring all three goals before halftime.
- Rangers defeated Falkirk 2-1 after Lawrence Shankland scored twice, including the winning goal in the 79th minute.
- Celtic lead the standings with 12 points and a game in hand, while Rangers sit fourth with seven points and a game in hand.
Celtic and Rangers both recorded victories in the fifth round of the Scottish championship. Celtic beat Aberdeen 3-0 in the round’s headline fixture, while Rangers won 2-1 away to Falkirk.
Rangers took the lead in the eighth minute through Lawrence Shankland. Falkirk equalized in the 44th minute when Kosta Nedeljković turned Ethan Ross’s low cross into his own net, wrong-footing goalkeeper Ivor Pandur. Shankland settled the match in the 79th minute with his second goal.
Celtic produced the more convincing performance. The result was effectively decided before halftime, with Camilo Duran and Benjamin Nygren scoring in the 34th minute and Yang Hyun-Jun adding a third in first-half stoppage time.
Celtic top the table with 12 points and a game in hand. St Mirren are second on 10 points, Motherwell are third on eight, and Rangers are fourth on seven points with one match fewer played. Ivor Pandur played the full 90 minutes for Rangers.
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Originally published by Večernji List in Croatian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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