In the end, Celtic made life difficult for themselves as they clawed and fought their way to three points over Kilmarnock on Sunday.

Neil McCann was in the opposing dugout, and he told Sky Sports that his Kilmarnock players deserved to take something from the match.

Neil McCann hails Kilmarnock’s performance at ‘intimidating’ Celtic Park

Not only did Nygren miss the chance to make it 2-0 to Celtic from the spot, but you also had the situation of Kasper Hogh’s disallowed goal.

While there were moments where Killie got on the ball, it wasn’t until the end, when the Hoops failed to kill off the game, that it became a bit nervy and tense.

Even then, Kilmarnock weren’t much of a threat, and the champions of Scotland deserved all three points despite McCann’s deluded comments.

“I thought the boys deserved to take something from the game,” said McCann. “We are at Celtic Park. They are going to have chances. They are going to have lots of the ball. They are going to put crosses into the box.

“Disappointed with the nature of the goal, again, that we conceded. But so many good things to take – We came here to play with a bravery, to get the ball down and play the way we want to play.

“You have to be (brave to play at Celtic). I have been here as a player, as a manager and as a coach. I understand it’s quite an intimidating environment to come and perform.

“There is a lot to like. I don’t want to sit here and be a glorious loser; it’s not about that. We wanted to come and get something from the game. I feel the boys probably deserved it on the balance of play.

“You don’t expect to create a barrel load here at Celtic Park, and probably the same at Ibrox. But we did in the Ibrox game; we had enough chances to win the game, but we didn’t take anything from it.

“At Celtic Park, we made three or four really good opportunities; if you are taking them, then you are taking something from the match.”

The stats behind Celtic’s win over Kilmarnock

Scales stated that Celtic looked ‘leggy’ following their win over Beşiktaş in the Europa League on Thursday night.

But that shouldn’t be an excuse because Celtic should be used to these types of situations, not forgetting that the likes of Haissem Hassan failed to make the matchday squad.

Not only that, this is how the overall stats read out following Celtic’s win over Killie, with the home side’s XG coming in at 2.21 compared to their opponents’ 1.47.

After the November international break, Celtic will host St Mirren and play away at Hearts in the Premiership, sandwiched between a trip to Portugal to take on Torreense in the Europa League.