TOP TIER RETURN FOR KT

FOUR goals against a side that finished in the Premier League's top five last term had Celtic fans singing from the rooftops.

- FRASER WILSON AT PARKHEAD

But it was the return of a hero - dubbed top-end EPL quality by Brendan Rodgers afterwards - that threatened to blow the fittings right off Parkhead.

Kieran Tierney's homecoming didn't disappoint.

It had been six years, three months since the left-back's last appearance in Glasgow's east end at a ground where he was worshipped by his own.

Rodgers kept those punters waiting for the now ex-Arsenal man's second coming.

But what's 56 minutes after a six-year wait to be reunited? When Tierney did finally climb off the bench early in the second half it brought the biggest roar of the 90 minutes on a hugely pleasing afternoon for the Hoops.

Not content with simply milking the applause, the 28-year-old rolled back the years 20 minutes later.

He received Reo Hatate's pass, beat his man and laid a cross on a plate for Liam Scales to power home the fourth goal of the afternoon.

Up against Newcastle's own marquee signing to date - the £55m Anthony Elanga - Tierney stole the second-half show.