Tomas Cvancara headed his first goal for Celtic as the champions moved back above Rangers in the Premiership with a 2-0 win over Falkirk.<\/p>\n
Benjamin Nygren was also on target as Celtic leapfrogged their arch-rivals on goals scored and moved six points behind leaders Hearts.<\/p>\n
Falkirk contributed to an entertaining game, registering 14 shots at goal, but Celtic were more clinical.<\/p>\n
Loan signing Cvancara marked his home debut with a glancing header from Kieran Tierney’s cross in the 39th minute to open the scoring.<\/p>\n
Nygren curled the ball into the top corner in the 62nd minute after exchanging passes with Callum McGregor down the left flank.<\/p>\n
All in all it was good day for Celtic, helped by Rangers drawing with Hibernian, but the fans’ unhappiness with the board was never far from the surface.<\/p>\n
Dissent will inevitably grow if Celtic do not add to this month’s loan signings of Cvancara and Julian Araujo on the final day of the transfer window.<\/p>\n
Falkirk had conceded four goals on each of their previous two trips to Celtic Park this season but were unfortunate not to get at least a point during a 1-0 home defeat to the champions in January.<\/p>\n
They set out their intentions to attack and created the first chance of note when Leon McCann crossed for Barney Stewart, whose header drew a diving save from Kasper Schmeichel.<\/p>\n
Celtic were making inroads when they got Yang Hyun-jun in behind on the right wing and the South Korean forced a decent stop from Scott Bain before Cvancara opened the scoring.<\/p>\n
Falkirk had a big opportunity to equalise before the interval when Liam Henderson headed a corner back into the goalmouth. Schmeichel saved Louie Marsh’s header on the line.<\/p>\n
The Bairns continued to threaten after the break. Calvin Miller shot just wide from 25 yards after being given room to run; Schmeichel saved Connor Allan’s header and Celtic soon survived a goalmouth scramble before Marsh shot into the side netting after a one-touch move.<\/p>\n
Celtic raised their game. Cvancara shot wide after being played into the left channel and Daizen Maeda was inches away from connecting with a low cross in front of goal.<\/p>\n
Nygren soon netted his 15th goal for Celtic and, although Miller fired not far over the bar, the goal effectively killed off the contest.<\/p>\n
Martin O’Neill gave a late run-out to Stephen Welsh, who has been the subject of attempts from Motherwell to get him back on loan for the second half of the season.<\/p>\n