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SPL Wrap: Celtic bounce back from Barca rout

Manager Neil Lennon had blasted his side as "weak" following an embarrassing 6-1 UEFA Champions League defeat at Camp Nou on Wednesday.

And he got the response he was after at Celtic Park as Teemu Pukki's 29th-minute goal proved enough to maintain his side's seven-point lead at the summit.

Scott Brown and Joe Ledley linked nicely before the latter's cross was turned home by Pukki.

Inverness Caledonian Thistle remain Celtic's nearest challenger after winning 2-0 at rock-bottom Hearts.

Northern Ireland forward Billy McKay – the league's top scorer – netted both goals in the second half for the victors, taking his tally to 12 for the season.

Fresh off a 4-1 triumph over Hearts, Jackie McNamara's side won by the same scoreline at 10-man Kilmarnock.

And the day's other match between Partick Thistle and St Johnstone was abandoned at half-time due to bad weather.