Celtic handed Dundee their second 6-0 drubbing in a matter of days as they put on a show for their fans to increase their emphatic lead at the top of the Premiership.

This match was originally postponed due to damage caused by Storm Eowyn, and the dazzled Dee had no answer to the storm that they walked directly into the teeth of in Glasgow’s East End.

A double from Arne Engels, another brace from Daizen Maeda and goals from Adam Idah and substitute Nicolas Kuhn did the damage this time, and some of them were beauties.

Here are the talking points from Celtic Park…

Celtic turn on the style to go 13 clear with 13 to play

It may seem curious to start a match report with the fourth goal of the night, but it was the one that the Celtic fans inside the stadium will remember from the night. And perhaps for a while too. It was simply a thing of beauty.

Some fine interplay down by their own corner flag between Jota, Reo Hatate and Callum McGregor ended with the Celtic captain spraying the ball out to Engels on the right.

If the Celtic Park crowd were purring at that, they were besides themselves moments later as Engels played Maeda in, and the winger produced an impudent, dinked finish over the head of Trevor Carson from just outside the box for his second of the night, and 18th all told this term.

It was a chef’s kiss kind of goal, and one that put the cherry on the icing of a win for Celtic that was never in any doubt, and that moved them 13 points clear of Rangers with the same number of games to play.

Jota back with a bang at Celtic Park

In all the permutations that have been debated around how Brendan Rodgers might accommodate Jota into his front three for this game, shunting Maeda to the right with Idah up top was probably the least fancied, particularly with the need for Idah to avoid injury at all costs ahead of the Bayern Munich game a week from this one.

That’s what the Celtic manager plumped for though, with Kuhn – who admittedly has been just a little quiet in the last couple of weeks by his own sky-high standards – taking a break on the bench.

It didn’t take long for the Portuguese star to get his adoring public on their feet on his first start and first Celtic Park appearance of what is technically his third stint at the club, as a delightful pirouette sent Reo Hatate in on the left, only for his cross to be parried clear by Carson.

He was at it again just after Celtic opened the scoring, sending Hatate scampering in down the wing again with a lovely backheel.

Jota may well be showy, but he is no show pony. He has substance to match his style, exhibited perfectly as he set up Maeda for Celtic’s third with a mazy dribble and an almost undefendable cross to the back stick for his opposite winger to head home.

He took his leave just after the hour to a raucous ovation. It can’t be long before the Celtic fans start bringing roses.

Idah on the scoresheet again, and stays out of the wars

Was Brendan Rodgers brave or foolhardy to start Idah here with the Bayern Munich test looming? You could certainly state a case both ways. He will feel vindicated in the end though, as the big man got on the scoresheet yet again for the fourth time in three games to keep his momentum rolling.

More importantly, despite a minor scare when he rather gingerly hobbled from the field at the interval holding his lower back, he emerged unscathed.

He had a quiet game over the piece, but his finish was both opportunistic and emphatic. One game down, one to go.

Engels back on the spot after VAR steps in

With VAR in the headlines this week for all the wrong reasons, the last thing Willie Collum would have wanted was another controversy. But let’s face it, the way things have been going for our embattled officials, that was never likely.

The curious thing about the incident that handed Celtic the opportunity to go in front quarter of an hour in was that referee Colin Steven initially awarded a free kick to Dundee after Mohamad Sylla and Auston Trusty had tangled under an Engels corner. And not another word was really said about it.

That was until VAR official Alan Muir had taken a look, calling his colleague over to the pitchside monitor to see that his eyes had apparently deceived him, and the incident should have in fact been called, erm, in exactly the opposite way from which he initially plumped.

Anyway, the upshot was that Sylla got a booking, Engels got the ball, and promptly thumped it low beyond Carson low to his right.

The young Belgian was six from six before his tame penalty was saved against Young Boys in the Champions League, but this time, he was far more convincing. And his second of the night was even more emphatic, crashing a long range effort in off the underside of the crossbar.

Dazed Dundee take another six of the best, and are right in the sticky stuff

The last thing that Tony Docherty and his players needed after shipping six to Hearts at Dens Park on Saturday was a visit to Celtic Park, with the tally of goals flying past Carson now standing at 12 in just two games.

Docherty may have cause to grumble a little about the first two goals, though the first did seem a penalty after a second look. The Dundee manager was furious after feeling McGregor had fouled Sylla in front of his dugout for the second, but referee Steven was unconvinced.

That they subsequently collapsed was of little surprise given the context, though in fairness, Celtic’s finishing was sumptuous. What will annoy Docherty most is that it was all just too easy for the home players to get a yard, get their heads up and pick their spot.

Dundee have the sweet release of a Scottish Cup tie against Airdrieonians to hopefully break this cycle from their point of view, because sitting as they are just a point above Ross County in 11th and six ahead of St Johnstone at the foot of the table, they need to pull out of this death spiral quickly.