Scottish Premiership: Iheanacho Scores Late Winner As Celtic Defeat Dundee

Super Eagles forward Kelechi Iheanacho slammed in a dramatic late winner at Dundee as Celtic capitalised on Hearts’ earlier slip-up to move within three points of the Scottish Premiership leaders.

Yang Hyun-Jun opened the scoring for Martin O’Neill’s side inside eight minutes by getting a slight touch on Benjamin Nygren’s close-range shot and they should have been further in front before half-time, with striker Tomas Cvancara missing several gilt-edged chances.

And their wastefulness came back to bite them after the break.

Video assistant referee (VAR) Matthew MacDermid spotted a handball by full-back Colby Donovan and referee Steven McLean pointed to the spot after going to the pitchside monitor.

Home captain Simon Murray calmly converted to level the scores and Celtic took their time to wrestle back their momentum.

However, with time running out, substitute Iheanacho lashed a left-footed shot past stricken home goalkeeper Jon McCracken to secure all three points.

Dundee were then reduced to 10 men as centre-back Ryan Astley was dismissed for taking out Yang.

After Hearts drew at Livingston earlier on Sunday, Celtic narrow the gap to the Tynecastle club, while they trail Rangers in second by two points.

Dundee remain five points clear of Kilmarnock in the relegation play-off spot.