Celtic hold off late Inverness fightback

Inverness 1-2 Celtic: Celtic held off a late fightback from Inverness to post a 2-1 win in the SPL this afternoon.

Second-half goals from Scott Brown and Glenn Loovens gave the champions a comfortable advantage.

However, youngster Garry Wood, who had earlier spurned a great opportunity, forced a goal back for the home side to make for an interesting finish.

There was a late blow for Celtic with Marc Crosas picking up a hamstring injury in added time, which could force him to miss Tuesday's Champions League trip to Manchester United.

He joined Gary Caldwell on the treatment table - he needed stitches in a cut foot.

Elsewhere, Kilmarnock grabbed a late 1-0 victory over Motherwell thanks to a goal from Craig Bryson.

Motherwell missed several chances before the match changed in the 63rd minute when Paul Quinn was sent off for a professional foul.

The visitors looked to be comfortably holding on for a point until the ball broke for Bryson to net from close range in the 88th minute.

St Mirren bagged three crucial points at the foot of the table with a 2-1 victory away to drop rivals Hamilton.

Franco Miranda set the ball rolling with the opener before Jack Ross nodded into his own net. Billy Mehmet's goal proved to be decisive as the visitors claimed the points.

The result sees the Buddies leapfrog their hosts in the table.

Falkirk are now in the basement after a 1-0 defeat at home to Aberdeen, who climb off the foot of the table.

It was one of their former players, Lee Miller, who downed Falkirk, giving Aberdeen their first win in six matches.

The home side enjoyed the lion's share of the possession but, with ex-Pittodrie marksman Steve Lovell passing up a hat-trick of gilt-edged chances, they could not find a response to Miller's 48th-minute header.

Lee Bullen was red-carded in injury-time to add to the Bairns' misery.