Benjamin Nygren got off the mark for Celtic as the champions overcame their Scottish Cup conquerors, Aberdeen. The summer signing from Nordsjælland registered a goal and an assist in a 2-0 victory at Pittodrie as Celtic moved four points ahead of Rangers after their second Premiership game.
Much of the narrative around Celtic is centred on their struggles to find attacking additions to their squad but the two new signings in the team, Kieran Tierney and Nygren, combined for the Swede to send the visitors into a half-time lead. Nygren added a simple assist for Reo Hatate to produce a wonderful finish 20 minutes into the second half.
Aberdeen fans raised a giant banner of the Scottish Cup replete with red and white ribbons before the game as they welcomed their team out at Pittodrie for the first time since their Hampden triumph over Celtic. But they were silenced after Hatate’s goal before finishing the game as the only team in the Premiership still to collect a point.
Aberdeen’s manager, Jimmy Thelin, brought Nicky Devlin and Alfie Dorrington into his back four after their opening-day defeat to Hearts, while James Forrest was in for Yang Hyun-jun in the only change to the Celtic team that started their 1-0 win against St Mirren last week.
