Celtic 1 Partick Thistle 0: Joe Ledley's fine first-half strike was enough to give Celtic a 1-0 Scottish Premiership win over Glasgow neighbours Partick Thistle at a sodden Parkhead.

The Wales international is in the last few months of his contract with his future subject to much speculation but in the 39th minute of a game played in relentless rain, he showed why Hoops manager Neil Lennon is so keen to keep him by driving in from 25 yards.

The goal followed several scares from the Jags who put up a spirited performance and who will argue they deserved to leave the east end of the city with a point.

However, in the final analysis, it was the third successive win by the same score for the Hoops who extended their unbeaten league run to 19 games since the start of the season.