The growing influence of Mikey Johnston has been one of the highlights of the season so far for Celtic fans.
Johnston signed off last season with two goals against Hearts as the SPFL title was clinched before earning a starting place in the Scottish Cup Final the following week.
With Celtic a goal down in their opening competitive match away to FK Sarajevo the 20-year-old fired in a spectacular equaliser and has maintained that form and influence.
Mikey Johnston vs The World pic.twitter.com/xnpMFJ4Fab
— Patrick McGuire (@paddimir) August 22, 2019
From our coverage of the 2014 World Cup: Diego Maradona against Belgium, the real story behind the famous image | Jonny Weeks https://t.co/09zmyH7iCK
— The Guardian (@guardian) July 10, 2018
From early on against AIK the Swedes had Johnston down as a marked man but rather than hide he thrived on the extra responsibility by demanding the ball and driving straight at goal.
The picture above has shades of the famous picture of Maradona taken at the 1982 World Cup Finals against Belgium when he seemed to be within a couple of yards of half a dozen opponents.
