Good three points but a lot of room for improvement for Hoops.

It is hard to think what to make of Celtic these days.

For chances created, they should have had the game won out of sight within the first twenty minutes.

Last week’s villain of the piece, Glen Loovens, opened the scoring early on and the initial signs were that Celtic would go on to seriously punish Hamilton Academicals.

The Lanarkshire team hung on in there but it was one way traffic.

Of course, the longer the game went on and Celtic never got a second goal, the more nervous it became for the Hoops fans.

Loovens had a header cleared off the line, sub Fortune hit the post and Robson and Samaras narrowly missed the target.

As the 70 minute mark came and went with only the one goal so far, the Celtic fans and defence started to get uptight and there was a genuine threat that the Accies could steal a point.

All the home teams fans had their hearts in their mouth as the Accies put the ball in the net but there was a foul in the build-up. Regardless, Danny Fox was caught well out of position before the cross came in and what Artur Boruc was doing, God only knows.

The Polish stopper made a good save with his chest in the first half but a diving save to his left in the second half was even better…but question marks were definitely raised over the Polish stopper in his role in Accies chopped off goal.

That said, even though the foul was apparent, it was a let-off but as can so often happen, it galvanised the home team…slightly

And just as Celtic fans were streaming for the exit, Niall McGinn lashed home from the edge of the box to seal a 2-0 victory for the Hoops.

On one hand, 2-0 was the least Celtic deserved for their overall dominance. However, you have to credit Hamilton for hanging on in there and keeping in touch with the home side.

Of more concern to the home club was the number of missing seats. Yes, the weather was atrocious and many families had other concerns for Boxing Day, so perhaps it was understandable but historically, Boxing Day have gathered big crowds.

However, as these pictures taken just after Loovens broke the deadlock show, there was a big number of empty seats.

The gap behind Rangers is now at one point and all Celtic fans will be hoping that Hibs can do them a turn at Easter Road.

Celtic fans, did you brave the cold and did you enjoy it?

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