With the season winding down in its final few weeks Celtic continued their run to perfection in seven matches during the month of April. Players like Moussa Dembele and Patrick Roberts kept the month entertaining with their amazing play and Craig Gordon despite some struggles pulled through and kept the streak alive. Also Celtic advance to their first Scottish Cup final since the 2012/13 season. Finally the Bhoys added the Scottish Messi who will be joining next season.
Here is your spoiler free recap of April..
April began with the first of two trips to Tynecastle to face second place Hearts. With Celtic eclipsing a bit over 50 matches in all competitions at this point Celtic would struggle to get 3 pints. An own goal by a hearts player gave us a 1-0 lead and two minutes later
Moussa Dembele scored what would be the only goal scored by a Celtic player.
In the first of two matches in a row at home Celtic easily took care of Partick Thistle in their second to last meeting of the year. As in previous matches Celtic dominated their city neighbors with another 3-0 win. a double by
Leigh Griffiths gave Celtic a 2-0 lead before the half with goals in the thirty and fortieth minutes.
Stuart Armstrong finished the scoring with a goal of his own in the sixty-third.
Another home game followed, and like in previous meetings Celtic would dominate Kilmarnock in a 3-1 victory.
Moussa Dembele was the main of the night with two early goals in this meeting.
Patrick Roberts would score as well as he added a goal in the twenty-seventh minute, the same number as the one he wears on the pitch. Despite being last place Kille will meet Celtic in the Scottish Cup Final.
It was a trip to Dingwall in the final match of the season before the split. In this Celtic and Ross County would meet one last time this season as the Bhoys scout scored them 4-2 in three previous matches. The Staggies have given Celtic a lot of trouble this season with two draws, both in the Premiership. The Bhoys would win 3-0, with goals from
Moussa Dembele,
Tom Rogic and
Patrick Roberts
Between the end of the first 33 game as the split it was a meeting with Rangers, in the Scottish Cup-Semi Final. As in previous matches with Rangers this season, Celtic made sure their rivals were not effective. With new management our rivals could not keep up.
Dedryck Boyata scored a very rare goal as time expired to give Celtic a 3-0 win and will be in the final next month.
It was the first of six matches of the post league split and it wasn't pretty. Celtic would travel to Edinburgh for the second time this month and were lucky to escape with a 2-2 draw. After a goal by
Scott Sinclair in the twenty-sixth minute, Hearts would score two before the half.
Moussa Dembele would rescue a draw sixty-eight minutes in to score his final goal of the month.
Celtic returned home for the final match of the month against Aberdeen. This was a shocking result as Brendan Rodgers and company seemed to be winded after so many matches this season.Thanks to a late goal from
Scott Sinclair, Celtic barely kept their unbeaten streak in Scotland alive.
Can we just rename the Dafabet Player of the Month Award, to the Moussa Dembele Award?? Seriously, Big Moussa had another stellar month with five goals and an assist. He is six goals away from tying Celtic Legend Henrik Larsson's 35 goals scored in the 2000/01 season.
Competitions
We have finally made it to the last month of the season and Celtic are looking to finish their road to the treble and also an unbeaten domestic season. With four matches this upcoming month Celtic will be away from Parkhead all but once. Starting on the 6th we travel to Ibrox to face Rangers and a few days later on the 13th play at Firhill for the time this season against Partick Thistle. The celebration of the sixth straight league title is set for the 21st as Dundee come to town in the final league match of the season. The league trophy will be presented that day. Finally Celtic have a chance at the treble on the 27th as they face Kilmarnock in the Scottish Cup Final live from Hampden.
