Yang Hyun-Jun of Celtic scores his team’s first goal during the Scottish Premiership match between Celtic and theRangers at Celtic Park on January 03, 2026. (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)
YING – 7.5/10 MOTM – Well done the wee Birmingham One. And he’ll be wanting freed soon, after this, I’d imagine. He was our one consistent success of the day, channelling Messi for his spectacular opener and Sutty and Didier Agathe later with his heading prowess and sterling defensive back-tracking at pace. The Zombies had real trouble coping with him until a clever managerial switch nullified him. Not their manager, ours… Take the star man away from the wing he’s completely owning and put him on the opposite side on his weaker foot. Genius.
Daizen Maeda of Celtic jumps with Dujon Sterling of theRangers during the Scottish Premiership match at Celtic Park, Glasgow. Celtic v theRangers – 03 January 2026. Photo O Rourke Shutterstock/IMAGO
LORD KATSUMOTO – 4.5/10 – We have to exploit Daizen’s capabilities more – that first 45 was made to release him behind their flimsy line constantly. Instead we opted to the wrong mhan too many times. But Daizen still got at them – just not enough, though he too was denied by the Buttman.
KENNY JOHNNY – 3/10 – Oh, dear. Celtic strikers are made or broken by these games and the chances that fall to them. And, sadly, if young JK was the stuff of Celtic legend we wanted him to be, he’d have notched a hat-trick and run them ragged. But he didn’t. And he’s not.
No more needs said.
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