Celtic thumped managerless St Johnstone 6-0 to reclaim prime spot within the Scottish Premiership.
Brendan Rodgers aspect now lead proceedings by advantage of purpose distinction after an ideal begin to the home marketing campaign, profitable six from six – an impeccable document solely matched by Aberdeen.
Consideration now turns to Europe with a visit to Borussia Dortmund on Tuesday, the place Celtic will hope for extra magic from star man Kyogo.
The ahead scored both aspect of a Paulo Bernardo stunner, which he arrange, to kill St Johnstone’s resistance earlier than the sport even reached midway.
Kyogo took his private tally to 4 objectives for the season in all competitions
Callum McGregor’s high-quality goalscoring type continued so as to add a fourth after the break, taking his personally tally to 4 – all from outdoors the field. “It’s nice, I keep flying in and enjoying it,” the captain mirrored. “The guys were first class, we can really enjoy tonight.”
Daizen Maeda nodded a fifth earlier than the night time was out, whereas substitute Adam Idah completed a luxurious workforce transfer to finish the exhibition, and ship the Hoops into Champions League responsibility on the best of highs.
Callum McGregor scored one other stunner from outdoors the field
Rodgers: Video games like this check our mentality
Celtic supervisor Brendan Rodgers chatting with Premier Sports activities:
“I thought this was an opportunity for us to show our mentality, because all the noise has been about Borussia Dortmund. I want a Champions League mentality here, in the league. The counter-pressing was pleasing, because I want that to be our point of difference.
“We needed to maintain our rhythm going. Some good objectives. Nothing pleases me greater than Daizen Maeda making a monitoring run within the 86th minute to get well the ball.
“We are in a good flow at the moment. This is not a tick-box exercise, it’s the opportunity to show a really good mentality. I want to see what the players do when they come to grounds like this.”
