Kieran Tierney has lauded Scott Brown after the Hoops captain orchestrated the 5-1 win over Rangers on Saturday afternoon.

Brown was cleared to play after his red-card at Dingwall was rescinded on appeal to a yellow, meaning that he will now serve a two-game suspension.

The Hoops skipper will get a break before reporting back for the finale to the season, and Tierney believes Brown has been the outstanding contributor to Celtic this term.

“For me, Scotty was just brilliant against at Ibrox,” said Tierney. “He gives 100%, he is solid in the midfield, he is always pressing but he is just as good on the ball too.

“He is irreplaceable. He is a top professional and he helps me every day. I can’t speak highly enough of him. I just don’t have the words to describe what it is he brings us.”

Meanwhile, Tierney has maintained that Celtic are looking to build on what they have achieved already this season.

Brendan Rodgers’ side are on the brink of a domestic treble, while they could also go through the league unbeaten.

And Tierney believes that the ruthlessness of the performance at Ibrox underlines just how dominant Celtic are determined to be.

“It was brilliant,” he enthused. “The game plan was spot on, as it always is, and from the first day of pre-season away last summer we have been working so hard to get to this kind of level. When you get days like this, you really appreciate how the hard work has paid off.

“We have tried to improve every day and the manager has drilled it into us that we are going to get better and the way we are going now there is no reason not to believe him.

“Mikael [Lustig’s] goal was late on, but it just shows you that we always want to push on. We don’t want to sit back, we don’t want to just be comfortable. Credit to the manager and the coaches for drilling this into us because we can see it and we all just want to keep it going now. “Mikael does that every day at training! It was a brilliant goal and a phenomenal goal. The celebrations after that goal were amazing and it is just great to be a part of that. But we don’t want to stop here. We believe we can go to another level and that is what it is all about now.”

In December, an injured Tierney was in among the Celtic support for the game – and he has insisted that both players and fans had it good on Saturday.

“It is one of the most memorable games I have been involved in,” he said. “It is games like that which make it all worthwhile. It is for the fans as well. It is not just for us as players, it is the fans who have stood with us through highs and lows and we want them to go and enjoy it.

“I stood with them on Hogmonay when I was in there, so I know what it is like to be there. I have seen both sides of it and both are just as good – so long as Celtic are winning.”

Meanwhile, Celtic have been linked with a trial for 19-year-old Nigerian striker, Stephen Odey.