Brendan Rodgers has paid tribute to Kyogo Furuhashi after the Celtic striker’s superb performance against St Johnstone on Saturday.
Additionally, Kyogo recently garnered high praise from Brendan Rodgers, the Celtic manager, who described the player as “a nightmare” to practice against.
“We can go and let him go and do what he does best and score goals for us,” Rodgers remarked [Daily Record]. He is an excellent young player.
He has been one of the team’s top two or three players for the past two years.
It was fantastic for him to return against St Johnstone and perform as well as he did, and I’m happy for him too.
In training, he is a complete nightmare to play against. Every Saturday when I see them, I feel awful for the defenders because I understand precisely how they feel.
“He contributes a great deal to the squad off the ball as well. The same applies to Daizen [Maeda]. They both run themselves ragged. When you look at their running stats following a game, they are amazing.
“They are aware that taking protective action benefits them. After we win the ball high, they can go ahead and score. That was the kind of goal we scored against St Johnstone when Jamesy [Forrest] won the ball up high.
Kyogo will undoubtedly be crucial to Celtics’ championship defense. This season, the striker has obviously had trouble adjusting to Rodgers’ approach, but he now appears to be back to his best.
The supporters of Celtic will be hoping that Kyogo can be a nightmare for the opposition in these games, not just against his teammates in training, as Livingston and Rangers are away following the international break.
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