Anyone bored yet? Fair to say those who level that criticism towards the East End of Glasgow tend not to tinge their thought process with little hues of green.

For Celtic, being top dog and then some has been something to savour this season – and with each passing week the likelihood of benchmarking this campaign as something special grows.

It seems an absurdity to describe a 25-game winning domestic streak as routine, yet there is a predictability in sticking your cash on Celtic churning out another victory, regardless of what they are up against – face-to-face or underfoot for that matter.

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For the second time in as many months Brendan Rodgers was scathing about the surface at Celtic Park, insisting that his side play better football away from home because they are on more even turf, but that aside, there are simply no bumps in the road for his side.

Rodgers is still irked at the 2-2 draw in the Highlands all the way back in September that put paid to what would otherwise have been an entirely unblemished record in the league this term, but even taking that into consideration Celtic’s stats are quite something to behold.

There was a unity and a cohesion to Motherwell on Saturday afternoon that wasn’t there when the Fir Park side went to Pittodrie last week.

But even though it was more turgid than one might have expected, there is a feeling that this Celtic team will swat anyone aside whether they get fully in to gear or not.

Wim Jansen, who stopped Rangers winning ten-in-a-row 19 years ago, was in attendance at Saturday’s game and he might have had cause to reflect on just how significantly the pendulum has swung in Celtic’s favour than from his own time at the club.

Now it is seen as a given that the Parkhead side will scoop up titles for the immediate future with little resistance and it might have tickled Jansen to realise the challenge for the domestic teams round and about is simply to land a glove on Celtic this season.

There has been no compelling evidence that will happen.

Motherwell did not disgrace themselves and nor did Celtic hit full on fluency, making for what was a routine day at the office.

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Moussa Dembele continues to ensure he remains at the forefront with a goal from the spot after he had been upended by Zak Jules before converting the penalty. James Forrest netted a fine second after accepting a clever pass from Dembele to complete what was Celtic’s 20th successive league win.

Martin O’Neill’s Celtic team established a modern day record when they produced a sequence of results that created 25 successive league wins, but Rodgers looks set to eclipse that this term.

There is a case to be made that the Henrik Larssons, Neil Lennons, Chris Suttons and Stiliyan Petrovs faced the challenge of a stronger league, but it isn’t a stick that is fair to beat the current team with.

One had only to enjoy a post-match indulgence on Saturday night by putting an ear to Lennon’s hairdryer as Hibs drew at Raith Rovers to take an appreciation of just how difficult it is to maintain a standard when there is no pressure.

That there is no-one breathing down the necks of this Celtic team in some ways makes their current achievements all the more laudable.

It would be easy to take their foot off the pedal given the fact the title is in the back and the League Cup is already shining in the cabinet.

On the weekly evidence, though, Rodgers is not bluffing when he insists that he wants more, that he is setting a level not just for this season but for what is to come after that.

Forrest, again, showed the kind of performance yesterday that showed an ability to produce that has always been there. However, the winger has frustrated in previous campaigns with staccato displays, whereas this term there has been an energy and a consistency about the Scotland internationalist.

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“I thought he [Forrest] was outstanding,” said Rodgers after the game. “He gets a really good second goal. We were much better second half, used the sides better. We maybe could've scored two or three more goals.

"In the main, I was very pleased. It was another clean sheet. Defensively we were strong. Another good victory."

Rodgers’ challenge, though, will lie not in getting the best out of his team when they face Motherwell or Hamilton Accies as they do next week, but rather in keeping things seamless when they changes start to come.

Dembele is wanted, Kieran Tierney is another who has caught the eye of more than one club down south and, as every Celtic manager over the last decade can appreciate, replacing like for like is the challenge.

Certainly, though, there is no shortage of enthusiasm for the task in hand from Rodgers who, just nine months into the job, already looks as though he has earned a front and centre portrait on Celtic’s external celebratory montage that surrounds the stadium.