Michael Stewart is adamant that Celtic are "streets ahead" of every other team in Scotland.

The former Hibs and Hearts midfielder insists it will take something "extra special" to stop the Hoops from lifting the league title this term.

The pundit heaped praise on Ange Postecoglou's team after they strolled to a comfortable victory over St Johnstone at McDiarmid Park yesterday.

An own goal from Andy Considine got the ball rolling for the away side in the 4-1 win, with Kyogo, Aaron Mooy and David Turnbull adding the others.

Drey Wright pulled one back for Callum Davidson's side to make the score 2-1 with a long-range piledrive, but it was not enough for Saints. 

The result meant that Celtic restored their nine point lead over Rangers at the summit of the Premiership. 

The Hoops have lost just once in 25 leagues games this campaign, which came against St Mirren way back in mid-September.

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Michael Stewart says Postecoglou will be looking to get even more from his squad for the season run-in ahead.

He told BBC's Sportscene: "You say that something special to stop them and that's exactly it. It needs to be something special to stop Celtic on any one day but also when you extrapolate that across a full season, it would have to be something extra special to be able to stop this Celtic side.

"For every other club in the country, that's the benchmark they need to try and attain. At the moment, Celtic are streets ahead of everybody else."

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