Reacting to the win, O\u2019Neill was delighted as Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain<\/a> saves Celtic\u2019s title defence as the Hoops boss told Celtic TV<\/a>, \u201cWell, it was a late again for us, but in all honesty, we should have been three up, four up in the first 15 minutes of the game.<\/p>\n \u201cWe get one, and it\u2019s never enough. It\u2019s never enough. And we allow them back into the game with a penalty kick. <\/p>\n \u201cAnd then, you know, we\u2019re driving and driving and driving looks as if you know might not happen, then Alex comes up with a wonder goal. <\/p>\n \u201cWonder goal from someone who has been a very special player. You\u2019re right to say that after 15 minutes, it was perhaps hard to believe that the game could get to the stage.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was at 1-1. It could have been out of sight. Slightly frustrated that we didn\u2019t push on after the opener. Well, it\u2019s not so much we didn\u2019t. I do think they pushed on. I think that we had opportunities.<\/p>\n \u201cI think there was two where we broke once, and Maeda has played it right across the penalty box, and it\u2019s like a tap in for someone.<\/p>\n \u201cSo we go to them, and we might be fine, but it is, you know, it\u2019s all tense, and it\u2019s, it\u2019s all of those particular things. And I\u2019d never felt that Livingston were ever out of it, never out of the game in that sense. <\/p>\n \u201cAnd they played to their strengths, which is absolutely fine, and we have to deal with that as well, too. And they get the penalty kick and and then, you know, we\u2019re trying to crowd them.<\/p>\n \u201cSometimes we, you know, we go three or four more passes trying to take players on in the edge of the penalty area, all those particular things to try and break down what essentially was like a 10 man defence. That\u2019s fine. There\u2019s nothing wrong with it.<\/p>\n \u201cBut it was just a wonder goal, as I say, from a special player.\u201d<\/p>\n Results across Scotland keep Celtic\u2019s title defence on track<\/p>\n Celtic<\/a> needed to win to keep the pressure on Hearts and Rangers at the top of the Scottish Premiership this week.<\/p>\n Who is your Celtic man of the match after the win against Livingston? <\/p>\n With Hearts beating Hibs 24 hours earlier<\/a>, the Tynecastle club laid down a marker to Celtic as Derek McInnes continues his relentless pursuit of the title.<\/p>\n Rangers drew with Motherwell at Fir Park to go just one point clear of Celtic as the Bhoys reduce the gap to their Glasgow rivals.<\/p>\n With games running out, Celtic fans will be nervously looking at their next run of fixtures to see where the gap to Rangers and Hearts can be closed further.<\/p>\n Celtic\u2019s next three Scottish Premiership fixtures<\/p>\n Celtic face a real battle to successfully defend their title with a six-point gap to close at the top of the Scottish Premiership table<\/a>.<\/p>\n![\"Callum](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2252923796-1024x576.jpg\")
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