Celtic win seventh consecutive Scottish Premiership title with 5-0 thumping of Old Firm rivals Rangers

Brendan Rodgers' men ran riot and pick up another league title

Celtic's players celebrate another goal and another title (Getty)

"Piling on the agony" read the banner, and pile on the agony they did. In sensational style.

Celtic won their seventh consecutive Scottish title after destroying arch rivals Rangers 5-0 in the Old Firm derby, not so much a comfortable win as one of complete and utter dominance.

Odsonne Edouard grabbed a first-half brace to put the Bhoys on the brink, with James Forrest adding a third on the stroke of half-time to send Parkhead into party mode.

"Piling on the agony" read one Celtic banner (Getty)

Second-half goals from Tom Rogic and Callum McGregor heaped more misery on a desperately poor Rangers side, while the green half of Glasgow celebrated another title.

And the truth was that if this result flattered anyone it was Rangers, a team that looked completely lost. Should Steven Gerrard, as expected, be confirmed as the club's new manager in the coming days and weeks then the scale of his job was laid out plainly for him at Celtic Park.

Brendan Rodgers' spell in Glasgow has been an immensely successful one, even if it is fair to say he's been bereft of any quality opposition for his entire reign. Aberdeen continue to look like the second-best side in the nation but have a minute budget compared to the Parkhead behemoth and look unlikely to seriously challenge them for the title next year either.

Should Rodgers and his side beat Motherwell in the Scottish Cup final then they will seal back-to-back trebles, the sign of an almost embarrassing level of dominance. The Northern Irishman can't be faulted for mowing down every team in his path, that remains his job as manager, but such complete supremacy over the rest of Scottish football is worrying for the game.

Unless, of course, you are a Celtic fan.