After a drab draw at Easter Road over the weekend, Neil Lennon was furious his players dropped points again as they hunt down the title.
The interim manager accused his side of complacency, warning them: "We are going for the title, the holidays aren’t here yet. Forget about the noise out there - ‘you can win it here, you can win it there’. You’ve got to win the games and that’s what is angering me at the moment."
And here's everything chief football writer Matthew Lindsay learned during the game.
One positive from the 0-0 stalemate was another clean sheet for Scott Bain - with the Celtic keeper up to 20 shutouts for the season - and he was quick to thank his defence.
"The clean sheets is an impressive record to look at, but credit goes to the whole team for that,” he said. "From the back four to the way we defend from the front, it's been exceptional."
Elsewhere in East End matters, Azerbaijan defender and Celtic target Bahlul Mustafazada has admitted he would jump at the chance of a switch.
"I don't want to comment on the situation at the moment, but of course I would want to play for a club like Celtic," he said. "If a contract proposal happened then I would certainly jump at it."
On the other side of Glasgow, Rangers finally sealed the long-mooted deal for Motherwell wonderkid Jake Hastie.
The 20-year-old signed a four-year contract and will make the move at the end of the season.
The Govan side continued their hot streak on Saturday at Tynecastle, running out 3-1 winners, and goalscorer Nikola Katic vowed afterwards to play his part in Rangers' title challenge next season.
“I believe in myself and I think I can be part of a Rangers team who will attack the title next season," he said. “I am here and I will give 100 per cent in every training session and every game."
And here's everything our writer Chris Jack learned from the comfortable victory.
Meanwhile, after Kilmarnock manager Steve Clarke's filleting of referee Steven McLean for his performance during Aberdeen's 1-0 win at Rugby Park, where he sent off three players from the home side, our writer Graeme McGarry looked at how the outburst may affect his chances of getting the Scotland job.
He wrote: "It likely won’t be a job interview that will be the reason for his next visit to Hampden Park after he took a verbal machine gun to the referee, accusing him of displaying unconscious bias towards Kilmarnock because his dad Stuart was a legend at the club."
Elsewhere, The Scottish Sun are reporting that Clarke will have to wait until Tuesday to learn his fate for the verbal assault - because SFA compliance officer Clare Whyte is on holiday.
And Christophe Berra hit back at Hearts' long-ball critics in The Scotsman.
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