Sandman’s Definitive Ratings – Celtic at Fir Parking

LORD KATSUMOTO – 8/10 MOTM – Of course! Rest Daizen – however obligatory it was – and you get the samurai blade back sharper than ever it was. That many-folded steel sliced them apart incessantly throughout he opening spell, also guiding in a rare but excellently-taken header. Maybe thought he’d faded somewhat through the second 45, but Daizen does not sleep; Daizen waits… And up he popped again with an assist to frame that almost-inevitable dramatic finale.

DUNCAN IDAHO – 7.5/10 – With great confidence comes great involvement – a player who does not thrive on just ‘playing well’, but who is reliant on goalscoring to ignite his footballing instincts. So, cometh the goals, cometh the mhan – suddenly he’s a handful with a workrate; physically imposing, hustling, linking, making smart runs, battering down their gates, punishing. May have had a hat-trick, but kept the scoring run going. One you DO NOT rest until he hits a duck. And currently, on this rampage, he’d probably eat it, feathers and all.

TAKINTE – 6/10 – With his partner in crime absent Nick wasn’t at his usual match-winner optimum best we’ve come to adore. He seemed unusually subdued until finding more space after the interval to cause trouble, and have a Pele peach of a goal ruled out.

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