Eye-catching Kilmarnock result on ex-Portsmouth man Brandon Haunstrup's debut against Celtic

The Scottish Premiership giants, who are seeking their 10th successive title, opened the campaign with a 5-1 demolition of Hamilton.

However, they were forced to settle for a 1-1 draw at Kilmarnock on Sunday,

Haunstrup appeared at the interval for the hosts in his maiden outing since last month’s switch from Pompey.

The left-back had been absent through injury from their curtain raiser at Hibernian, which resulted in a 2-1 defeat.

However, he yesterday came off the bench against Celtic for the injured Rory McKenzie for his Kilmarnock bow.

Haunstrup contributed to a strong display from the hosts, in which another former Pompey player – Nicke Kabamba – was named as man of the match.

Kabamba won the 24th minute penalty converted by Chris Burke which levelled Ryan Christie’s early opener for Celtic.

The striker, who made six Blues appearances before departing in the summer of 2018, arrived at Kilmarnock in January from Hartlepool.

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