Dogged victory keeps Celtic cruising towards title

Scottish round-up

CELTIC set themselves up for a potentially historic week with a 2-1 victory over Dunfermline at Celtic Park yesterday, leaving them possibly 90 minutes away from retaining their Scottish Premier league title.

A convoluted run of fixtures means that should Rangers lose to Hibernian at Easter Road this afternoon and Aberdeen fail to beat Hearts on Saturday, Celtic would be able to build an unassailable lead at the top of the table with victory in the Old Firm game against Rangers next Sunday. In the mean time, Gordon Strachan's side will travel to face AC Milan in the San Siro on Wednesday night with the chance to advance to the quarter-finals of the Champions League for the first time since the old European Cup was