KELECHI IHEANACHO has given Celtic a title lifeline after a late goal at Dens Park.
The 2-1 win sees them move to within three points of leaders Hearts with just six games to go.
Yang opened the scoring as the Hoops dominated the first half, but Simon Murray hauled Dundee level from the penalty spot early in the second.
Colby Donovan was adjudged to have handled Ryan Astley’s after VAR intervention and Murray dispatched the resultant spot kick.
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Celtic looked as though they were set to spill more points in the title race until substitute Iheanacho fired in from close range with less than 10 minutes remaining.
Dundee were reduced to ten men after Ryan Astley saw red for pulling down Iheanacho as last man late on.
Dundee XI: McCracken; Halliday, Astley, Graham, D Wright; Congreve, Dhanda, Hamilton, F Robertson, Yogane; Murray (c).
Subs: O’Hara, Koumetio, Hay, Samuels, Reilly, Westley, Cotterill, Wright, Jones
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Celtic XI: Sinisalo; Donovan, Trusty, Scales, Tierney; McGregor (c), Oxlade-Chamberlain, Nygren; Yang, Cvancara, Maeda
Subs: Doohan, McCowan, Iheanacho, Tounekti, Saracchi, Hatate, Arthur, Forrest, Ralston
