GORDON STRACHAN jetted out to Spain with his squad for a sunshine break yesterday with Rangers still hot on his heels – but the Celtic manager remains keen to simply bask in the enjoyment of Saturday’s 2-0 Premier League win over Aberdeen.

Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink confirmed his return to form by scoring his fourth goal in four games to take his tally for the season to six and Scott McDonald’s 18th of the campaign just after the break gave the champions a comfortable win over the weak Pittodrie men at Parkhead.

The convincing win put pressure on chasing Rangers for their trip to Easter Road yesterday but the Ibrox men responded with a 3-2 win to narrow the gap to one point again.

On the evidence of Saturday’s encounter, Celtic will have nothing to fear from their next meeting with Aberdeen on May 2nd.

Jimmy Calderwood’s men, without banned Lee Miller and injured Darren Mackie, never really looked like troubling the champions and the Aberdeen manager accepts his side, who trail third-placed Hearts by six points, probably need to win their remaining five games to overtake the Tynecastle side.

He said: “We had Miller and Mackie out and we couldn’t make a fist of it, even in the second half when we had two men up front.

“When you come to Glasgow to play against Celtic or Rangers you have to get in amongst them and I don’t think we did that.”