Celtic 4-1 Hearts: Celtic condemn Hearts to defeat TWO goals from Gary Hooper and one apiece from Georgios Samaras and Lassad condemned Hearts to a seventh straight defeat in the east end of Glasgow. Scorers: Celtic: Hooper (2) (85), Samaras (12), Lassad (90); Hearts: Holt (69) Celtic dominated the first half, although it should be noted that the visitors looked a much more composed outfit in the second period, especially after Jason Holt reduced the deficit to 2-1. Hooper's second of the afternoon five minutes from the end secured victory before Lassad scored in stoppage time. Ultimately Hearts suffered for a slow start, with Celtic's first two goals arriving inside the opening 12 minutes. The Edinburgh club were firmly second best throughout the opening 45 minutes but rallied somewhat after the interval. Holt scored, however Celtic ended the afternoon with two more clinical finishes to complete a convincing win. Hearts granted Danny Wilson a debut at centre-back following his six-month loan move from Liverpool. He partnered Andy Webster in central defence with Marius Zaliukas suspended. Ryan Stevenson was also banned, whilst injury precluded Scott Robinson. Mehdi Taouil, though, was fit to start in midfield. Celtic began with their recent signing Rami Gershon on the substitutes" bench. First-choice goalkeeper Fraser Forster was missing through injury, with Lukasz Zaluska deputising. After a minute's applause in honour of the Celtic coach Sean Fallon, the game began in ferocious fashion and left Hearts looking overwhelmed. It took just 90 seconds for Celtic to open the scoring. Adam Matthews inadvertently played a one-two off Mehdi Taouil and crossed for Hooper to slide the ball into goal from close range. It was the Englishman's 11th goal in 11 appearances against Hearts since joining Celtic in 2010. The second goal came ten minutes later and was almost a carbon copy move down the Celtic right, where the visitors looked woefully exposed in truth. This time Kris Commons crossed for Samaras to convert. However, the Scotland midfielder ought to have been penalised for blatantly pulling Kevin McHattie back during the build-up. Referee Iain Brines allowed play to continue and the decision proved costly for those in maroon as Samaras headed off to celebrate scoring. Charlie Mulgrew almost headed a third from Victor Wanyama's driven cross in the 33rd minute, and Webster then blocked a certain goal from Joe Ledley after a fingertip save from goalkeeper Jamie MacDonald. There was virtually nothing to encourage the travelling Hearts fans in an attacking sense and the interval arrived with the notion that the result of this game had already been decided. Jamie Walker, who replaced Callum Paterson at half-time, struck his team's first effort at goal on 50 minutes, which Zaluska held comfortably. Scott Brown headed another Matthews cross over the crossbar at the opposite end, and then an expert save from MacDonald denied Ledley from Hooper's intelligent lay-off. Out of nothing, Holt allowed Hearts a shadow of hope on 69 minutes. The diminutive midfielder meandered forward in possession and, with little support, dispatched an shot from 20 yards out which deflected off Mikael Lustig and bounced past Zaluska into the corner of the net. The surprise brought by the goal left the stadium largely silent save for just over 200 visiting fans. Nonetheless, it made for a rather more intriguing finish with the game now much more balanced. Five minutes from full-time, Hooper put the outcome beyond doubt. Brown drove forward, again down the right, but a tackle from Wilson inside the penalty area only prodded the ball into the striker's path for a clinical first-time finish into the net. In stoppage time, substitute Lassad converted Emilio Izaguirre's far post cross to rub salt into Hearts" wounds. Celtic (4-4-1-1): Zaluska; Matthews (Lassad 77), Lustig, Mulgrew, Izaguirre; Brown, Wanyama, Ledley (Kayal 66), Samaras; Commons (Rogne 83); Hooper. Subs: Thomson, Gershon, McGeouch, Stokes. Hearts (4-3-3): MacDonald; Barr, Webster, Wilson, McHattie; Holt, McGowan (Tapping 71), Taouil (Carrick 86); Paterson (Walker 46), Sutton, Driver. Subs: Ridgers, Smith, Prychynenko, Novikovas. Referee: Iain Brines.