Sunday morning for me, like most Celtic supporters started very anxiously, with the stomach in knots, the usual Glasgow Derby day feeling.
The nerves got even worse when the team sheet was announced. No new boys in the starting XI. A rookie centre back paring off Gustav Lagerbielke and Liam Scales. But we needn’t have worried as the side toughed it out and earned a hard fought 1-0 win when no-one including many of our own supporters held out much hope.
Brendan Rodgers, Manager of Celtic, gives the team instructions during the Cinch Scottish Premiership match between theRangers and Celtic FC at Ibrox on September 03, 2023. (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)
Brendan Rodgers passed his first big test with flying colours and showed why he commands a big salary. The below par displays we’ve witnessed these past weeks were banished as every single player in green and white put in a shift in a daunting situation.
Liam Scales was superb, he was deservedly named player of the match. Callum McGregor and Matt O’Riley ran the show in the middle of the park and Daizen Maeda as usual put in a solid shift, he was everywhere
Kyogo, well he was just Kyogo and struck a goal fit to win any game. It was a glorious strike.
Kyogo Furuhashi celebrates after scoring during the Cinch Scottish Premiership match between theRangers and Celtic FC at Ibrox on September 03, 2023. (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)
Special praise also for Joe Hart, whom for the second week running produced class saves to help the side.
This was a monumental win and could prove pivotal even at this early stage of the season. We are the champions and reminded everyone of that today. We’re top of the league looking down on Motherwell, St Mirren and then theRangers…who have to come to Paradise twice.
Just an Ordinary Bhoy
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