Neil Lennon returned to the dug-out after missing the previous two games – both draws – through isolation consequences of Christopher Jullien’s positive Covid-19 test result.
However the manager’s return was not enough to get the better of Livingston for a second successive game.
This time the sides shared four goals after Saturday’s scoreless draw at Celtic Park.
Livingston took the lead through Cieron Brown taking advantage at of Celtic’s defensive hesitancy to knock in the opener but Moi Elyounoussi flicked in an equaliser and Nir Bitton put Celtic ahead at the break after a sublime through ball from Calum McGregor.
However Livingston levelled again when Jay-Emmanuel Thomas tapped in as the snow fell, and as if a fourth game without a win wasn’t bad enough for Neil Lennon, he saw his club captain Scott Brown sent off for an elbow five minutes after coming on.
Here’s how we rated the Celtic performance at the Tony Macaroni Arena, using our usual ratings scale.
Player ratings scale - 10: One of best performances you've seen. 9: Outstanding. 8: Very good. 7: Good. 6: Average. 5: Poor, 4: Very poor. 3: Terrible day at office. 2: Abysmal. 1: One of worst performances you've seen.
5. Kris Ajer - 6
Good first 45 from the makeshift right-back played out in Livingston's half keeping the pressure up. Equaliser came from his side and eventually replaced by Frimpong. Photo: Rob Casey - SNS Group
6. Ismaila Soro - 5
Amount of games appeared to catch up with the busy little midfielder in the second half snow. Replaced by Brown with 12 minutes to go. Photo: Ross Parker - SNS Group
7. David Turnbull - 5
Had a substantial say in the game for the first half but fell out of things in the second then replaced by Johnston. Photo: Craig Foy - SNS Group
8. Calum McGregor - 7
Captain dictated the play but could be a bigger asset in attack if allowed to do same in attacking midfield area, and showed it with a quite sumptuous assist to Bitton's strike Photo: Craig Foy - SNS Group