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Celtic opened their Scottish Premiership title defence in imposing fashion by swatting aside Kilmarnock.
Moments later Hatate got Celtic off the mark. There was a bit of a mix-up from the Kilmarnock defence as Lewis Mayo gave the ball away to Greg Taylor. He found Hatate on the edge of the box and the Japan midfielder fired his shot beyond McCrorie into the bottom corner. Kuhn, who struggled to settle into life in Glasgow last season, got Celtic's third. Kyogo played a lovely pass to the winger, who worked his way into the box and unleashed an effort that flew into the box via a deflection off Mayo.
The pensive, slow passing of chunks of last season was nowhere to be seen and in its place, a free-flowing, fast moving attacking side that had shades of Ange Postecoglou's Celtic.Having just signed their left-back 24 hours earlier, and with one eye on their upcoming European game, it was no surprise Kilmarnock struggled against the pace and freshness of Rodgers' Celtic.
Kilmarnock have only won one of their last 83 away games against Celtic in all competitions , a 2-0 victory in October 2012 under Kenny Shiels. Reigning Scottish champions have won on MD1 in each of the last 12 seasons, with the last to fail to do so being Rangers in 2011-12 .Goal! Celtic 4, Kilmarnock 0. Anthony Ralston right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the bottom left corner.
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