'Dreadfully lacking' Celtic must be flawless to win title - Sutton
Martin O'Neill's side slumped to an eighth league defeat at Tannadice on Sunday [SNS] Celtic must be flawless in their remaining league games if they are to win the Premiership, says Chris Sutton, although the former striker has no confidence in his old side being able to achieve that. Sunday's defeat at Dundee United consigned the Parkhead club to an eighth league loss of the campaign and means they are now five points off leaders Hearts, with seven rounds of fixtures to go. Ex-Celtic forward Sutton now feels Martin O'Neill's men cannot afford to drop another point, but he has little faith in a team "lacking dreadfully in terms of creativity".
"What went wrong for them is what has gone wrong for large parts of the season," Sutton said of his former club's latest defeat. Speaking on BBC Radio 5 Live's Monday Night Club, he added: "Compared to last season in all competitions, Celtic are 60 goals down. Think about that - that's a hell of a lot of goals.
"I don't know how they are going to score. Kelechi Iheanacho started against Dundee United. He didn't look fit.
January signing Tomas Cvancara wasn't well but has been in and out of the team. "Junior Adamu, another one of the loan signings, seems to be third, fourth, whatever choice for Martin. Every week it's like a lucky dip.
"They are just lacking in every department. It's no great surprise. I don't think Celtic can win the league - I've been consistent on that for a while.