Tommy Wright hails players as St Johnstone see off Celtic to claim fourth-placed finish

Celtic’s Leigh Griffiths grabbed his 40th goal of the season but finished up on the losing side as the Saints came from behind at McDiarmid Park.

After a goalless first-half, Griffiths opened the scoring eight minutes after the break with a clever run and close-range finish but the champions then contributed significantly to their own downfall.

Two minutes later, Saints striker Steven MacLean robbed Parkhead midfielder Stefan Johansen outside the box to level before a mix-up between defender Efe Ambrose and stand-in goalkeeper Logan Bailly in defending a cross in the 77th minute allowed substitute Graham Cummins to shoot into an empty net to ultimately clinch their fourth-placed finish.

St Johnstone boss Wright was delighted with the win and is looking for his side to make it five post-split wins out of five against Hearts at the weekend.

He said: “It is a great run of form, four wins, against Aberdeen and particularly tonight, but the two away wins as well.

“The players will have one more game and earn a proper rest and look forward to next season.

“We will see what happens in Sunday but if we play the way we have done we will have every opportunity of getting five out of five.”