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Nygren header gives Celtic winning title defence start

Benjamin Nygren's second-half header from a Kieran Tierney cross gave Celtic a 1-0 win over Dundee at Celtic Park to begin their Scottish Premiership title defence.

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·3 Aug·2 min read
Tierney shows value as Celtic title defence begins with win
Tierney shows value as Celtic title defence begins with winPhotograph: Wikimedia Commons

Kenny Macintyre, Tom English, Scott Brown and Rory Loy review Celtic 1-0 Dundee.

Celtic made a winning start to their Scottish Premiership title defence with a 1-0 victory over battling Dundee at Celtic Park.

Nygren clinically nodded home from six yards.

While Hogh laboured, fellow new attacker Camilo Duran looked lively cutting in from the right but it was last season's top scorer Nygren who came up with the crucial moment from Kieran Tierney's fine cross. It wasn't all plain sailing though, with goalkeeper Viljami Sinisalo required to make a super stop to prevent Dundee sub Ashley Hay heading in a late leveller.

88 expected goals (xG), it was actually Tierney who had the most shots on target for Celtic against Dundee - albeit only two. He created more chances than any of his team-mates (four) and sent in eight crosses, the most of any Celtic player. "He looked like old Kieran Tierney. He was bombing forward, getting in the box, had a couple shots on goal, doing all his defensive stuff, he was excellent," said BBC Scotland's chief sports writer Tom English.

Reporting: BBC Sport, Sky Sports, Daily Mail, BBC, The Guardian, RTÉ.

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