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Celtic assistant coach John Kennedy believes Celtic showed their mettle to earn a 2-1 victory over Motherwell at Fir Park. Motherwell goalkeeper Connor Ripley looked like he was going to frustrate the league leaders with a string of impressive saves in a first-half in which Celtic also missed a penalty from Leigh Griffiths. A round-up of all of Saturdays action from the Scottish Premiership. But Griffiths finally beat Ripley a minute before the break before he took his tally for the season to 37 with 15 minutes remaining at Fir Park after Scott McDonald had levelled for the home side. In spite of his heroics, Ripley was at fault for the winning goal, but the stopper denied Celtic a third goal on a couple of occasions after they had restored their lead.Kennedy felt Celtic should have been out of sight by half-time, but he praised the players for standing firm as Motherwell made a contest of the game after the break.With a Aberdeen losing 2-1 to Hearts on Friday, Celtic now require just seven points to clinch a fifth successive Scottish Premiership title with just five matches remaining.It was important that we took advantage of Aberdeen slipping up last night, Kennedy said..The first half performance was good, we had some good chances but we didnt quite capitalise and in the second half we had to dig very deep but at this time of the season it is about results, that is the most important thing.It gives us an extra cushion but take nothing for granted in this game.With five games to go and eight points clear I would like to think we could see the job through. Celtic assistant John Kennedy (left) and Motherwell boss Mark McGhee (right) either side of Ronny Deila Motherwell boss Mark McGhee was involved in an exchange of words with Ronny Deila at full-time and refused to shake hands with his Celtic counterpart.Both McGhee and Kennedy played down the incident which apparently rose from a misunderstanding from the Well manager.And while McGhee had few complaints about the result, he believes his side should have been awarded a goal when McDonald put the ball in the net just after the interval.Sky Sports replays showed the striker had strayed marginally offside though and referee Willie Collum and his assistant made the correct call.McGhee said: We were beaten by the Champions elect. They deserved to win the game but we are very aggrieved that once again a decision has gone against us.I have watched it over and over and I know the linesman has only one look at it but for me it is onside and it should have stood. But we cant have any complaints. Also See: Griffiths secures Celtic win As it happened Celtic fixtures Gordon Hayward Celtics Jersey . LOUIS -- The New Orleans Saints looked like a team playing out the string. Shaquille ONeal Jersey . The Hall of Fame defenceman told Landsberg that he believes fighting still has a place in todays game, but thinks staged fighting needs be outlawed. http://www.celticssale.com/kids-john-havlicek-celtics-jersey/ . -- The St. Johns IceCaps weathered a wild first period with the help of goaltender Jussi Olkinuora, before finding offensive inroads in the second. Marcus Smart Jersey . Ronaldo produced a spectacular individual performance on Tuesday, scoring all three goals and guiding Portugal into the next years World Cup in Brazil with a 3-2 victory in Sweden. The Real Madrid forward has scored 66 goals in 2013, but the last three may be the boost he needs to upstage Messi after FIFA unexpectedly extended the voting period for the Ballon dOr to Nov. Dennis Johnson Jersey . Colin Wilson had two goals and an assist, and Mike Fisher scored a goal and helped set up two others in the Predators 6-4 victory over the Red Wings on Monday night. CHICAGO -- The Seattle Mariners have placed right-hander Nathan Karns on the 15-day disabled list with a lower back strain a day after he was roughed up in a relief appearance.Right-hander Cody Martin was recalled from Triple-A Tacoma before Saturdays game against the Cubs.Chicago scored five runs in two innings off Karns in Fridays 12-1 romp. He gave up three hits, walked three annd allowed a home run to David Ross.ddddddddddddKarns began the season as a starter, but was moved to the bullpen in June. He has a 5.15 ERA.Martin has appeared in two games and thrown four innings for Seattle this season, allowing one run and five hits. ' ' '