Kasper Hogh scores hat-trick to inspire Celtic's rout of Kilmarnock

[p]A second straight league win to start the season took [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/celtic/QFKRRD8M/"]Celtic[/a] above St Mirren on goal difference at the top of the early Scottish Premiership table.[/p][p]O'Neill, 74, missed the trip to Rugby Park after a "small procedure" in hospital earlier this week.[/p][p]Celtic raced 3-0 ahead before half-time thanks to a treble from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/hogh-kasper/2F4SDVzP/"]Hogh[/a], the Glasgow giants' club-record signing after joining from Bodo/Glimt for a reported £11 million ($15 million).[/p][p][b]"I'm so happy right now. It was a good feeling, but the most important thing was how we did as a team, and it was a crazy, good game,"[/b] Hogh, who failed to score on debut against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/dundee-utd/8QEB2FFp/"]Dundee[/a], told Sky Sports.[/p][p][b]"I said I would take one day at a time and try to do better."[/b][/p][p]Celtic assistant manager Shaun Maloney said,[b] "I said before, it's the life of a striker. I think you're there, you score some, you miss some. He was really good today."[/b][/p][p]Hogh needed less than a minute on Sunday to open the scoring, heading in at the back post from a cross by Arne Engels.[/p][p]Hogh doubled Celtic's lead in the 33rd minute, with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/duran-camilo/ABRdHg6i/"]Camilo Duran[/a] seizing on Johnly Yfeko's pass out of defence.[/p][image alt="Kilmarnock - Celtic - Player Ratings" id="1b2c3368-4681-4412-8969-8abeee347935" credit-line="Flashare" guid="55493177-ca7a-41ef-a0e2-4675c11f440b" original-width="1200" original-height="1200" /][p]He combined with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/nygren-benjamin/WCHWGOvf/"]Benjamin Nygren[/a] to work the ball to Hogh on the left edge of the box, with the forward finishing well.[/p][p]Two minutes later, Hogh had his hat-trick.[/p][p]Nygren slipped the ball right for Duran, whose cross took [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/kilmarnock/jX8ezy7G/"]Kilmarnock[/a] goalkeeper Max Stryjek out of play, with Hogh nodding into an empty net.[/p][p]Celtic extended their lead early in the second half when they were effectively gifted a fourth goal by Stryjek after his pass went straight to Nygren in front of the goal.[/p][p]Michael Schjonning-Larsen pulled a goal back for Kilmarnock in the 56th minute.[/p][p]But Celtic were four goals ahead again when substitute Luke McCowan, moments after coming on, volleyed in from close range 15 minutes from time after Kilmarnock made a mess of trying to clear a corner.[/p][p]Kilmarnock have conceded nine goals in their opening two league games.[/p][p]Later Sunday, last season's runners-up Hearts host Dundee United as they look to bounce back from their opening-day defeat by Aberdeen, while Rangers face Hibernian at Ibrox.[/p]