Daizen Maeda has made it 3-2 to Celtic this afternoon in an enthralling meeting with Livingston in the Scottish Cup Quarter Finals. After two first half goals, the Japanese attacker scored late to (hopefully) help secure passage to the next round.
Tomoki Iwata did well to head towards the touchline before sliding the ball in for his compatriot, who made no mistake.
The hat-trick hero and potentially the match-winner! 😱
It's been the Daizen Maeda show at Celtic Park today and he has the Bhoys on the verge of the semi-finals 🍀#ScottishCup pic.twitter.com/rnAT9dRdj3
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Celtic have not been at their best this afternoon but credit to the visitors, who have abandoned their style of play from the league and tried to make it difficult in this cup tie.
Hopefully, this will be enough to get Celtic in the hat for the next round, which will be drawn tomorrow evening.