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Mark Atkinson reports from Tynecastle.
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00:00Full-time here at Tyne Castle Park where it's finished. Hearts won Celtic 4 in the William Hill Premiership.
00:07This is a big evening for Celtic. They've moved top of the table outright for the first time this season.
00:13This win coupled with Aberdeen's defeat earlier in the day at St Mirren means that they now lead the Premiership by 3 points after 12 games.
00:20They're also a whopping 11 points clear of the Rangers, their traditional type of rivals and old firm foes.
00:27After they drew 1-1 over Dundee United it feels like a big moment already in this title race and we're only in November.
00:33That 11 point gap seems yawning and it would be difficult you feel for anyone, let alone this troubling Rangers team, to catch Celtic.
00:41Although Brendan Rodgers' team here showed a few deficiencies in the first half.
00:45They were slow out the blocks, hearts played very well and probably should have gone into the break ahead, missing a couple of good chances.
00:53But Celtic after the break, after Brendan Rodgers' words, came out and were a completely different animal.
00:58They got the opening goal through Kyogo Furuhashi on 50 minutes, marking his 150th appearance for the club with the opener.
01:05Five minutes later they added a second when Nicola Koon drove the ball high into the net and at that point this callously subbed-kick killed the contest.
01:12Adam Ida added a third. Hearts did get a goal through Moussa Drama, his first since arriving from Sevilla.
01:18But Ida had the final word, converting a stoppage time penalty kick. Hearts were pretty good here.
01:23Neil Critchley's men really took the game to Celtic in the first half.
01:27They will rue their own inefficiencies in the final third.
01:31They remain in 11th place, just one point clear of fellow Edinburgh club heads.
01:36The bold capital side struggling a little bit. In the end a comfortable night for Celtic.
01:39They won by four goals to one here at Tyne Castle.