Hearts still title favourites despite Old Firm cutting gap - Sutton
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Chris Sutton says Hearts are still favourites for the Scottish Premiership title, despite "remarkable" Martin O'Neill continuing to find a way to win with Celtic.
The Jambos' advantage has been cut to two points following their weekend defeat at Kilmarnock, with nearest challengers Celtic fighting back to beat 10-man Motherwell.
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Rangers' narrow victory at St Mirren on Sunday means the Ibrox side are now just three points off the summit and one behind their city rivals.
However, former Celtic striker Sutton believes Derek McInnes' leaders are still in the driving seat, citing the imminent returns of influential duo Lawrence Shankland and Cammy Devlin as a key factor.
"I'm sticking with Hearts," he said on BBC Radio 5 Live's Monday Night Club. "You can lose to Kilmarnock. And I think everybody will beat everybody else.
On his former club, Sutton added: "The remarkable thing about Celtic under Martin O'Neill is they just keep finding a way to win.
"They're not playing good football at all. It's not like a Celtic team of previous seasons, dominating every area. It's been a real struggle for them.
"Rangers are not a particularly good watch either. It will go down to the wire."
Former Rangers head coach Russell Martin also featured on Monday's show and hailed McInnes and Hearts for "an amazing season".
He also said both Old Firm clubs will perhaps feel fortunate to still be in with a shot of the title after turbulent campaigns and suggested they will be feeling more pressure than the current leaders.
"It's such an interesting season," Martin added. "Hearts shaking it up has been really good for Scottish football as a whole. The emergence of Hearts and Motherwell has been really good for the game up there.
"There's pressure on the Old Firm always. But, I know it sounds crazy, I think Hearts have less pressure on them than the other two.
"They can play on the underdog thing from now until the end of the season."