The Scottish champions’ shock 2-0 defeat to Celtic put a dent in their title defense on Sunday, sinking them to their first defeat at Dundee in 37 years.
Before the break, Celtic defender Cameron Carter-Vickers scored an own goal just before the break after Clark Robertson’s first-half header caused Brendan Rodgers’ side to fall behind.
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After a disappointing season that saw Celtic fans eliminated from the Champions League qualifying stages, Celtic fans had disrupted the game by throwing hundreds of balls onto the field.
Since Tommy Coyne’s goal in 1988 was the only goal scored for the Dark Blues, Celtic have lost in the league for the first time at Dens Park.
Celtic were booed off at the end, but they are still five points clear of surprise rival Hearts when they face them at Tynecastle on Saturday.
Celtic will face Sturm Graz in a Thursday Europa League game before the trip to Edinburgh.
Fans of Bombard Pitch
After the first whistle, when Celtic fans started throwing different colored balls at the pitch, which caused a delay while they were cleared, the game came to a quick halt.
Celtic’s striker Kelechi Iheanacho took a quick shot to the outside of the post, but Robertson’s unmarked header from a Cameron Congreve corner gave Dundee the lead in the 17th minute.
As Celtic continued to put pressure on, Kieran Tierney and Yang Hyun-Jun both made errors.
However, Congreve skimmed past Celtic centre-back Liam Scales in stoppage time before heading over to Joe Westley to skim the ball in off the helpless Carter-Vickers.
After the break, Celtic midfielder Reo Hatate fired wide from the edge of the area before Ashley Hay, a substitute for Dundee, curled home from 12 yards.
Iheanacho was thwarted by Dundee goalkeeper Jon McCracken twice, but Celtic was unfortunate.
Referee Matthew MacDermid immediately pointed to the spot after Hatate’s shot appeared to be blocked by Paul Digby’s arm inside the Dundee area.
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