Jonah Ayunga was introduced in the 65th minute as St. Mirren went 0-3 down to Celtic in a Scottish Premiership game staged on Tuesday night.
Daizen Maeda scored his side’s first goal of the year for the third successive January when he dashed away from Scott Tanser to fire beyond Zach Hemming after just 54 seconds. After neatly setting up the first, Matt O’Riley smartly tucked away the second. His wonderful first touch created the angle for Hemming to be nutmegged to round off a magnificent move.
Things went from bad to worse for the hosts when Toyosi Olusanya was shown a red card before half time after a VAR review after his boot caught Joe Hart’s face. That decision made a tough test even tougher for the Paisley side and Greg Taylor’s second-half thunderous volley inflicted further misery.
Ayunga was to be introduced in the 65th minute for Mikael Mandron after the hosts had conceded a third; the same minute Mirren introduced Ugandan Elvis Bwomono for his debut for the club.
Following Rangers’ early win against Kilmarnock, Celtic reclaimed their advantage, albeit having played two games more, while St Mirren remain in fifth, two points behind Derek McInnes’ side.
