Celtic stunned as St Johnstone force champions to postpone Parkhead party
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The Hoops now need a favour from Aberdeen next weekend if they want to seal the title before the splitSportRobbie Copeland Live Sports Writer14:00, 06 Apr 2025Updated 14:08, 06 Apr 2025It was one of the shocks of the Premiership season in Perth as Daniels Balodis' header gave St Johnstone a stunning win over the champions elect.Celtic came into this one knowing that a victory would tee them up for a title party next weekend at home to Kilmarnock but Saints clearly hadn't read that script.Article continues belowThe basement side went at it from the off and were deserved early leaders when the impressive Graham Carey picked out Daniels Balodis with an inswinging free-kick down the right. The Latvian defender rose highest and bulleted a header past Viljami Sinisalo to open the scoring.Sinisalo had to be on his toes to deny Stephen Duke-McKenna, but at the other end it was Andy Fisher doing the most of the work. He was forced into five first-half saves as Celtic turned the screw.Brendan R...