The strip and even the formation looked a little different but Celtic looked more like their old selves as they knocked St Mirren out of the Scottish Cup.
Drawing at Aberdeen and a late victory over Hibs had raised plenty of doubts about the squad assembled by Brendan Rodgers, on form the trip to Paisley should have been a tougher test than the two previous fixtures.
The pairing of Adam Idah and Kyogo Furuhashi was the issue that jumped off the team-sheet and after just 15 minutes it paid dividends with the former Vissel Kobe striker opening the scoring with a well placed shot following great build up play involving Callum McGregor and Luis Palma.
Alex Gogic tested Celtic with two overhead kicks as the home side pushed for an equaliser but eight minutes into the second half there was relief among the away support as Daizen Maeda netted after a shot from Matt O’Riley came off the crossbar.
The low camera angle manages to capture some of the pace involved in both goals, after a couple of stuttering performances Celtic fans will be looking to kick on and see more of the same starting with Saturday’s match at home to Kilmarnock.
Pleased with the result even if St. Mirren tested Celtic at times (as they should of course)…
And pleased enough with the Quarter Final draw as well !
Result mattered.
Please do not kid yourself, St Mirren had us scrambling often, I will be honest in the fact that Rodgers negative play bores the life out of me, I fell asleep with the boredom.
Count how many passes the keeper had, then count how many two forwards had, Keeper was receiving balls from 30 yards inside St Mirren half, Utter dire lack of creativity Rodgers dross.
Hail Hail the players.
Rodgers, well I’ve said often enough to dump him before it’s to late.