Celtic leapfrogged Rangers to the top of the Clydesdale Bank Premier League by a point with a 2-1 win over Hamilton.

A textbook volley from Shaun Maloney after 15 minutes and a close-range drive from Scott McDonald just before the half-hour mark gave the visitors a comfortable interval lead at a sodden New Douglas Park.

The Parkhead side were cruising through the second half until Mickael Antoine-Curier revived the home side with a goal seven minutes from the end and only Celtic goalkeeper Lukasz Zaluska's fine save from James McArthur prevented the home side stealing a point.

Celtic boss Tony Mowbray insisted the result was all that mattered after Celtic's patchy performance.

"It's a welcome three points and it puts us back where we want to be and hopefully we can push on from there," he told ESPN.

"If you look at the table you will see Glasgow Celtic on top of it.

"We won and that's the important thing. It's all about results and we got the result today so we won't analyse it too deeply.

"I didn't feel threatened until the last five minutes, we generally controlled the game."