Before the international football break, Celtic FC were six points behind Scottish Premiership leaders Glasgow Rangers. By the time the dust had settled on Wednesday night’s game Ange Postecoglou’s Celtic find themselves just two points behind Ranger.

The seesaw that goes with the job of managing a big team like Celtic with its passionate and mercurial  fans has seen Postecoglou regarded first with deep uncertainty, then  with hope that he is the real deal, followed by derision on losing a few games. But since then he has strung seven victories in all competitions, and all is forgiven – for now.

On Wednesday night, Rangers at home were on their way to losing to Aberdeen when they were gifted a contentious penalty that gave them the draw and the one point that has kept them at the top of the log on 24 points.

In Edinbrugh, Celtic delivered a master class to beat Hibernian 3-1 in a display that said much about the team’s attacking flair in the first half and its defensive discipline in the second.

In his post-match interview Postecoglou said his team had been fluid and dynamic in the first half that saw Celtic’s Anthony Ralston, Cameron Carter-Vickers and Kyogo Fuhurashi score within the game’s first half hour. The Hibs consolation goal came from Martin Boyle.

“We try play quick, dynamic football. We knew they (Hibernian) would come out of the blocks quick with the crowd behind them. We did a really good job getting control of the game early and putting them  under pressure early, which gave us the advantage we needed.” Postecoglou said in a post-match interview with thecelticstar.com website.

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“The first half was as good as any we have played. The second half was different, as we had to defend more, but we handled it not too badly.

“Sometimes the mentality when you play away from home is that you can’t dominate the (home) team, especially the good ones, but, if we stick to our principles, there is no reason why can’t do these things (away from home) as well,” Postecoglou said.

The result placed the team just two points behind Rangers but Postecoglou said it was too early to decide the Premiership.

“”It is a long way to go for the league. We just have to worry about ourselves. We can look at the table in April or later in the season, but right now our football is more important; how we play, how we keep improving every week and if we do that, we give ourselves every chance.

On Saturday, Celtic host ninth-placed Livingston FC.