Brendan Rodgers has described Stewart Armstrong as the Blonde Cafu following Celtic’s 3-0 win over Inverness Caley Thistle.
The former Dundee United midfielder was playing his fourth consecutive game when he was switched to right-back following an early injury to Mikael Lustig.
Emilio Izaguirre replaced the injured Swede with Armstrong picking up the man-of-the-match award from his new position at right-back,
The manager described Stuart Armstrong as ‘the blond Cafu’ for his Man of the Match performance in an unfamiliar right-back role.
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Lustig’s 12th minute injury was added to by the sight of Scott Brown being replaced on the hour mark with the hoops skipper picking up a thigh strain late in the first half.
Despite those injuries and changes to the system Celtic enjoyed a comfortable 3-0 win thanks to second half goals from Scott Sinclair, Leigh Griffiths and Tom Rogic.
The win restored Celtic’s 10 point lead over Aberdeen and provided a measure of revenge for the early season draw at Inverness- the only blot on Celtic’s SPFL record.
