Brendan Rodgers has paid tribute to Kyogo Furuhashi after the Celtic striker’s superb performance against St Johnstone on Saturday.
The Japan international is staying in Glasgow after failing to make the cut for Hajime Moriyasu‘s team in this international break.
Kyogo‘s goal-scoring form hasn’t reached the heights we have seen over the past two seasons but after his performances in his last two games, the Celtic striker was in a defiant mood after sending a brilliant message to the Hoops fans this morning.
And he has just received glowing praise from Brendan Rodgers as the Celtic manager labelled Kyogo as a player who is ‘a nightmare’ to play against in training.
Rodgers said [Daily Record], “We can go and let him go and do what he does best and score goals for us. He’s a brilliant wee player.
“The last two years he’s been among the top two or three players in the team.
“For him to come back in against St Johnstone and do as well as he did was excellent for him and I’m delighted for him as well.
He’s an absolute nightmare to play against in training. I feel bad for defenders every Saturday watching them because I know exactly how they feel.
“He does so much for the team off the ball as well. It’s the same with Daizen [Maeda]. The both of them run their socks off. Their running stats are incredible when you look at them after a game.
“They know they get the benefit when they do the defensive stuff. We win the ball up high then they can go and score their goals. We scored a goal like that against St Johnstone when we won the ball up high and Jamesy [Forrest] scored.”
Kyogo will certainly be so important for Celtic’s title defence. The striker has clearly struggled to adapt to Rodgers’ style this season but now looks back to his best.
With Livingston and Rangers away after the international break, the Celtic fans will be hoping that Kyogo will be a nightmare for the opposition in these fixtures and not just against his teammates in training.
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