​Champions two goals and three points to the good at Fir ParkScottish PremiershipSunday, October 11, 2026Fir Park, MotherwellMOTHERWELL…0CELTIC…2(Durán 9, Nygren 58)Celtic returned to the top of the Premiership table with a dominant 2-0 victory over Motherwell at Fir Park.Goals from Camilo Durán and Benjamin Nygren secured all three points for Martin O’Neill’s side, while Jota made his long-awaited return to action in the second half, 533 days after his last Celtic appearance.The Hoops made the perfect start with their first meaningful attack of the game after nine minutes. Good interplay between Callum McGregor and Durán saw the Columbian regain possession before shaping to shoot from outside the box, and his low drive beat Alex Paulsen to give Celtic the lead with his seventh goal of the season.Durán almost doubled his tally two minutes later when Kieran Tierney flashed the ball across the penalty area. The striker controlled before volleying towards goal, but Longelo was there to clear off the line.Celtic continued to put the home defence under sustained pressure, and Mika Baur was next to threaten from the edge of the area. His effort took a deflection off Tom Sparrow and almost wrong-footed Paulsen, who reacted well to save with his feet.Baur went close again after 16 minutes when McGregor lofted the ball into the box. The German internationalist reacted after Martin Moormann failed to clear and sent a low volley towards goal, but Paulsen got down to make the save.Motherwell began to find a way into the game midway through the half, and their first attempt on the Celtic goal came in the 25th minute when Lukas Fadinger broke into the penalty area. Viljami Sinisalo could not hold the right-footed effort, but the Celtic defence recovered to clear the danger for a corner.Celtic deservedly went into the interval with the advantage, although the final ball remained the one area Martin O’Neill’s side would have wanted to improve on after creating a number of promising openings.The visitors immediately went looking for a second after the restart. McGregor made a clever run into the penalty area before delivering a right-footed cross towards Kasper Høgh, but the Dane was unable to direct his effort towards goal.There was another sustained spell of Celtic pressure in the 52nd minute. Colby Donovan tried his luck from distance and forced Paulsen to parry the ball wide, before Tierney’s low left-footed effort was also kept out by the Motherwell goalkeeper.Moments later McGregor’s curling strike was blocked inside the area by Fadinger. There was a brief VAR check for a possible handball, but play continued.Celtic kept pushing, with Tierney and Sebastian Tounekti combining well down the left before the full-back’s delivery found Baur. His header was saved by Paulsen.Baur then came even closer when Tounekti drove another low ball into the six-yard box. The midfielder appeared to back-heel the delivery towards goal, but the ball came back of