Motherwell produced a spirited performance despite losing to Celtic on the road.
The Steelmen made a nightmare start in conceding after just over one minute through Stephen Welsh's header before Odsonne Edouard doubled the reigning champions lead on 51 minutes.
But the Steelmen produced an encouraging second half performance, pulling a goal back through Allan Campbell but despite late pressure, the visitors couldn't find an equaliser.
Graham Alexander named an unchanged side from the impressive midweek win against Dundee United.
Declan Gallagher remained sidelined with a muscle injury with Ricki Lami deputising at centre-back with Stephen O'Donnell continuing as captain.
Neil Lennon made just one change from the emphatic midweek win over Kilmarnock with Tom Rogic replacing the injured Ryan Christie.
The Steelmen arrived at Celtic Park full of confidence after consecutive wins but they made the worst possible start conceding after just one minute.
David Turnbull - who left Fir Park for Celtic in the summer transfer window - swung in a brilliant corner for an unmarked Stephen Welsh to bullet a header past a hapless Liam Kelly.
The former 'Well academy star Turbull was prominent during the opening ten minutes. He was constantly finding pockets of space and stung the hands of Kelly was a powerful effort from range on eight minutes.
Devante Cole is in excellent form with four goals in his last five games and he looked Motherwell's liveliest player early on.
The 25 year-old skipped past goalscorer Welsh and burst into the box on ten minutes but his fizzed ball across goal was comfortably gathered by Scott Bain.
Alexander's side settled into the game after the disastrous start and Cole forced Bain into a comfortable save with a header from Barry Maguire's free-kick on 16 minutes.
Celtic were capitalising on being afforded too much space in wide areas and Kelly made a brilliant save with his right foot to keep out Jonjoe Kenny's fierce drive after a rampaging run on 17 minutes.
After an eventful opening 20 minutes, the tempo of the match slowed down with Celtic dominating possession but failing to penetrate a compact Motherwell defence.
Christopher Long showed brilliant footwork to weave past a couple of challenges and win a free-kick right on the edge of the box after being fouled by Kristoffer Ajer.
The Liverpudlian stepped up confidently but his tame effort was hit too centrally and was easily gathered by Bain.
The second half started in a similar fashion to the first with Celtic dominating and they doubled their lead on 51 minutes.
Callum McGregor interchanged passes with Greg Taylor before finding Edouard on the edge of the box. The Frenchman turned beautifully before firing a low shot beyond Kelly into the bottom corner.
To their credit, the Steelmen continued to work hard and Cole forced Bain into a smart love save after he broke clear onto Long's excellent pass on 65 minutes.
From the resulting corner, Bevis Mugabi rose impressively yet again but he somehow headed Maguire's corner wide from eight yards out despite being completely unmarked.
Motherwell's persistence paid off when Campbell pulled a goal back on 66 minutes.
The Scotland Under-21 international drove menacingly through midfield and his speculative effort deflected off Ajer and looped over Bain.
Campbell's goal seemed to give the players confidence and they pressed forward menacingly on 77 minutes.
The impressive Long broke into the box and crossed powerfully for long but his unorthodox header was blocked and eventually cleared.
'Well goalkeeper Kelly was outstanding all afternoon and he made a sublime save to prevent Rogic putting the game to bed.
With almost the final action of the game, Diego Laxalt cleared Harry Smith's header off the line as Motherwell almost equalised.
Motherwell: Kelly, O’Donnell, Mugabi, Lamie, Carroll, Maguire, Campbell, Crawford, Watt, Cole, Long.
Subs: Morrison, O’Hara, Hastie, Polworth, Cornelius, Johnston, Smith, Roberts, Magloire.
Goals: Campbell 66'
Bookings: Watt 68' Cole 89'
Celtic: Bain, Kenny, Welsh, Ajer, Taylor(Laxalt 71'), Brown(Soro, 70'), McGregor, Rogic, Turnbull, Ajeti (Griffiths 68'), Edouard
Subs: Barkas, Duffy, Klimala, Johnston, Elyounoussi, Henderson, Laxalt
Goals: Welsh 2', Edouard 51'
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