Rangers lose more ground on Celtic

Celtic produced another fightback to win 3-1 at Livingston this evening and stretch their lead at the top of the Scottish premier…

Celtic produced another fightback to win 3-1 at Livingston this evening and stretch their lead at the top of the Scottish premier league to 15 points.

The victory, their 24th in 26 league games this season, takes Celtic to 73 points, 15 clear of Rangers, who threw away a 2-0 lead to draw 2-2 at Kilmarnock. Livingston remain third on 43 points.

Livingston took the lead after just five minutes when Francisco Quino fired home from 20 metres and the premier league newcomers had the best of the rest of the first half to have their fans dreaming of another great result against the champions following their 0-0 draw at Parkhead in August.

However, Celtic, as so often before this season, hit back with two goals in three minutes.

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Lubomir Moravcik blasted them level after 58 minutes and Henrik Larsson completed the turnaround with his 25th of the season. John Hartson got the third in the 72nd minute, springing the offside trap and producing a calm finish.

Rangers looked on course for a straightforward away win courtesy of two deflected shots. Ronald de Boer put them ahead in the 34th minute when his shot flew in off Freddie Dindeleux.

Tore Andre Flo doubled the lead 10 minutes after the break as he turned in a Lorenzo Amoruso effort following a free kick deep inside the Kilmarnock box.

Rangers missed several chances to make the game safe, Shota Arveladze heading the best of them wide of an open goal, and paid the price.

Substitute Kris Boyd pulled one back five minutes from time in a rare Kilmarnock attack and the hosts, who had not beaten Rangers at Rugby Park in their previous 14 attempts, grabbed a point in injury time with a penalty by former Celtic striker Tommy Johnson.