Kyogo’s style of play could hardly be more different to Giakoumakis but in this year in that fixture the former Vissel Kobe man has become the dominant figure.
Jota arrived at Celtic at the end of the summer 2021 transfer window and instantly made an impact, after a globe-trotting summer be signed on a permanent basis but that was only to last one memorable Treble winning season.
Taking 700 Celtic fans to Ibrox for target practise is an act of madness. Earlier this year Police Scotland uncovered a stash of weapons and drugs being stored inside Ibrox by officially sanctioned Ultras group the Union Bears. Ibrox CEO James Bisgrove refers to them as stakeholders.
On the back of two matches without scoring Celtic headed to Ibrox with a defensive partnership that had a combined tally of three hoops appearances in the previous 18 months. Gustaf Lagerbielke had yet to discover the win bonus.
After Sunday’s spineless capitulation Beale is unlikely to surface until next Friday when he has to preview the match at St Johnstone.
When the team news was released Dujon Sterling was listed at left-back with the word being that Barisic had failed a fitness test.
Apparently football is a team game, you win or lose together but Roofe would rather highlight his moment of personal glory which was nullified by a foul from Cyriel Dessers in the build up
Brilliantly he stands by his claim that Barrie McKay is a better player than Kieran Tierney while he has found a website that backs up his claim that James Tavernier has been the greatest player in Scottish football this decade.
In the most testing of circumstances Rodgers came up with a way to win, his delight after the match told you everything about the importance of today’s result.
Pushing, pulling, kicking and stamping were par for the course with those ‘tactics’ not exclusively used against Celtic.