Celtic failed to attain within the Scottish Premiership for the primary time this season as they have been held to a 0-0 draw by Dundee United at Tannadice Park.
Regardless of dominating from the primary whistle, the hosts held their floor, weathering a late flurry of possibilities to say a degree.
Celtic began on the entrance foot, as Daizen Maeda’s stretching effort landed harmlessly in Jack Walton’s gloves earlier than Reo Hatate fizzed one large of the far put up shortly after.
The guests, although, couldn’t benefit from their dominance within the first half, with United nearly smothering their menace.
United may have caught them out shortly after the restart, however Kasper Schmeichel simply held Miller Thomson’s tame effort, which was the hosts’ first try of the sport.
Celtic saved United penned again in their very own half for almost all of the second interval, with Walton excellently tipping Maeda’s looping header over the bar earlier than smothering Kyogo Furuhashi’s effort, however the Hoops couldn’t discover a manner by.
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— Celtic Soccer Membership (@CelticFC) December 22, 2024
Information Debrief: Drawing a clean
Solely twice earlier than this season had Celtic did not hit the again of the web, each within the Champions League, and United did effectively to stifle a staff which have already netted 44 occasions within the prime flight.
Brendan Rodgers’ aspect stay unbeaten on the prime of the desk, with a nine-point cushion over second-place Rangers, and he shall be hoping the profligacy they confirmed this outing is only a blip.
Celtic had 17 photographs total however solely examined Walton thrice, as they created possibilities price simply 0.87 anticipated targets, although they did lengthen their unbeaten streak away at United to 12 video games in all competitions.
