Ten-man Motherwell were left to rue a couple of big chances for teenage sensation Lennor Miller early on in their clash with Celtic - as the champions sent the Steelmen spinning to their fourth defeat of the season.The 18-year-old hit the woodwork twice inside 60 seconds in the opening 10 minutes of the match, first hitting the post after the hosts had pounced on an error from Paulo Bernardo and then cracking the crossbar with a terrific free-kick 25 yards out.Despite enjoying a very bright start, the Hoops made them pay when a great piece of skill from Luke McCowan led to the midfielder rifling home the opener in 27 minutes before Alistair Johnston's header and Adam Idah's effort in the second half sealed the points.Liam Gordon then saw red in stoppage time when his late tackle on Idah was upgraded from a yellow after a VAR check.The game kicked off a big week in Motherwell's season ahead of next Sunday's League Cup semi-final at Hampden with Rangers, which comes after a midweek trip to Tannadice to face Dundee United, and the Steelmen cam at least take some positives from the problems they caused Brendan Rodgers' men early on.Stuart Kettlewell's side stay fifth in the Premiership, two points behind Dundee United, while Celtic returned to the top of the table alongside joint-leaders and fellow unbeaten side Aberdeen.Motherwell made two changes from last week’s defeat to Dundee, as Tom Sparrow and Marvin Kaleta came in to replace Dan Casey and Zach Robinson, while Celtic were without skipper Callum McGregor who missed out due to injury.And it was the hosts who got the first clear sight at goal inside five minutes amid a sprightly start.

Motherwell 0 Celtic 3: Lennon Miller denied by woodwork twice in defeat as Hoops take comfortable win

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