“And this has been the best season of my career so far. I’m thriving at the minute and I love going out there, proving people wrong.
“I love scoring, helping my team get points and, ultimately, winning leagues.
“The manager, Ronny Deila, deserves this, as well. He’s been nothing but positive even when things haven’t gone our way this season.
“He’s always tried to look on the bright side and we typified that against Hearts. We stuck together as a team and got the result we were looking for in the end.”
“I asked the referee why I was booked and he said I was overly aggressive. But you can see on TV that he was the one grabbing me.
“But I was happy to move on, take the yellow card, nutmeg him, score a goal and get the three points.
“We knew we had to come here and win – that was the most important thing.
“And I was pleased that Colin Kazim-Richards also scored. He’s put a lot of hard work in behind the scenes and he’s finally justifying his run in the team now.”
Patrick Roberts grabbed the other Celtic goal, with Abiola Dauda providing Hearts’ reply to make it 2-1 in the second-half.
At the end, Deila’s players and staff celebrated with the away fans and they will pick up the Premiership trophy against Motherwell at Parkhead on May 15.