WHEN David Turnbull completed his hat-trick and tucked the ball behind St Mirren keeper Jak Alnwick to make it 6-0 at the weekend, the midfielder was claiming Celtic’s TWENTY-FOURTH goal in six games.
Remarkably, it took the Hoops SIXTEEN games to hit the same total spread over a period of three months last season.
Ange Postecoglou’s ruthless attacking machine equalled the achievement in SIXTEEN DAYS!
In the previous campaign, from January 2 until April 3, an unconvincing Parkhead side fired four blanks and hit one goal on five occasions. The joint top performances were 4-0 wins against Kilmarnock at Rugby Park and St Mirren in Paisley, both in February.
Included in the 16-match sequence were three defeats and five draws with eight wins, one a 3-0 triumph over third-tier Falkirk in the Scottish Cup opener.
GOAL HAPPY…David Turnbull celebrates the first of his double against Jablonec.
The Hoops have scored in all nine of their competitive games since the arrival of Postecoglou and the 24 in the six-game landslide have been shared among nine Celts: 6: Kyogo Furuhashi; 5: David Turnbull; 3: Liel Abada, Odsonne Edouard; 2: James Forrest; 1: Anthony Ralston, Ryan Christie, Tom Rogic, Stephen Welsh, own goal.
LAST SIX GAMES:
Aug 5: Jablonec 2, CELTIC 4
Aug 8: CELTIC 6 Dundee 0
Aug 12: CELTIC 3 Jablonec 0
Aug 15: CELTIC 3 HEARTS 2
Aug 18: CELTIC 2 AZ Alkmaar 0
Aug 21: CELTIC 6 St Mirren 0
OPENING SIXTEEN GAMES OF 2021
Jan 2: Rangers 1 CELTIC 0
Jan 11: CELTIC 1 Hibs 1
Jan 16: CELTIC 0 Livingston 0
Jan 20: Livingston 2 CELTIC 2
Jan 27: CELTIC 2 Hamilton Accies 0
Jan 30: CELTIC 1 St Mirren 2
Feb 2: Kilmarnock 0 CELTIC 4
Feb 6: CELTIC 2 Motherwell 1
Feb 10: St Mirren 0 CELTIC 4
Feb 14: St Johnstone 1 CELTIC 2
Feb 17: CELTIC 1 Aberdeen 0
Feb 21: Ross County 1 CELTIC 0
Feb 27: CELTIC 1 Aberdeen 0
March 7: Dundee United 0 CELTIC 0
March 21: CELTIC 1 Rangers 1
April 3: CELTIC 3 Falkirk 0
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