All around him 60,000 fans celebrated but almost in a world of his own Kyogo took in the feelings of a job well done, the first half rations were turned into a feast with one piece of brilliance that couldn’t be matched by anyone else on the pitch.
Luis Palma’s corner from the right was headed out across goal by Abdallah Sima at the front post, Bernardo steadied himself then placed a powerful shot back at goal beyond Jack Butland into the net.
Matt O’Riley spotted the run after Leon Balogun had been dragged out of position. Kyogo took one touch to create the slightest of openings then quickly curled a perfectly placed shot beyond the dive of Jack Butland.
So for me it’s normal. If I listened to media and press then we would be in constant crisis mode and constant fear of Rangers. But it’s the fifth manager now.
Early in the second half Sky Sports replayed the handball incident, highlighting that Sima was offside when the cross was made, later on VAR lines were produced to justify the decision but the timing seemed strange.
While most fingers of blame would be pointed at the board of directors, Rodgers could do with getting a grip on the club’s recruitment. It’s time to show why he earns the big bucks.
Hatate returned to Japan as part of his rehab but was back on the training ground today ahead of Saturday’s Glasgow Derby.
According to the manager he delivered the angriest team talk of his career at half time away to St Johnstone, following the Hearts home defeat Rodgers admitted that the result hadn’t surprised him.
Despite claims of interest from Celtic it seems that Fabio Silva will be heading across the city to Ibrox according to a tweet from Fabrizio Romano.
With Daizen Maeda and Kyogo Furuhashi expected to join Oh Hyeon Gyu at the Asian Cup there is the prospect of Celtic…
Kewell has been given a leave of absence to sort out his potential move to Japan and also to spend some time with his family over the festive period.