Celtic returned to the top of the Scottish Premier League courtesy of a 3-1 win at Aberdeen yesterday.

They bounced back from a goal down in the second period to blitz Aberdeen with three goals inside eight minutes. Aberdeen went ahead when Jamie Winter gathered a short free-kick 20 metres out and rifled a vicious low shot through a packed penalty area into the bottom left hand corner in the 53rd minute.

But Celtic levelled the score when Aiden McGeady swept a 10-metre shot high into the left of the net as Aberdeen failed to clear in time on 56 minutes.

Just two minutes later Celtic went 2-1 ahead when keeper Ryan Esson spilled a John Hartson shot for Bulgarian Stilian Petrov to tuck the ball home.

Paul Telfer drilled in goal number three with an angled shot from the right of the box.

Celtic are now on 41 points from 17 games with Hearts second on 40 following their 2-1 home win over Livingston on Saturday.

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