Rangers and Aberdeen both lost points in the Scottish Premiership on the same day, but Celtic’s victory over Hearts completed a fantastic Sunday afternoon.
Brendan Rodgers’ team failed to get going, and Celtic led 0-0 at halftime, making the first half at Tynecastle a bit of a non-event.
However, Celtic got rolling after a conversation with Rodgers during the half, and the Bhoys were up 2-0 and cruising in five minutes of the second half.
However, the Hoops didn’t really get going until the Celtic manager made his replacements, and one Hoops player’s cameo left former Hearts striker John Roberston speechless.
Celtic hero James Forrest breaks hearts, leaving John Robertson speechless.
James Forrest made a spectacular cameo against the Tynecastle club to celebrate his new one-year Celtic contract and show the supporters what he is capable of.
Forrest was outstanding during his 30-minute stint in the green and white Hoops, replacing Daizen Maeda in the 68th minute. Robertson was astounded by his performance.
“You could see the game plan that Hearts, first half, really well, shut down Celtic’s right-hand side,” Robertson said on Sky Sports. We barely brought up Johnson and Kuhn because Hearts pushed them to the left and shut down that side, forcing Maeda to come and get the ball short to feet, which is not his strong suit. He enjoys running in the rear.
Taylor’s passing can be a little lazy at times. Thus, they’ve done a great job. They also obtained the counterattacks by forcing Celtic to make their passes. They had three or four excellent opportunities, but they chose not to take advantage of them.
The first goal is self-inflicted, which will greatly irritate Neil Critchley. Oyegokie smashes it into the Celtic player after clearing it.
However, it seems that what would happen next was inevitable from that very moment.
Then all of a sudden, Celtic’s actions begin to stream down the left.
Craig Gordon has no chance as the second goal is scored by a breakaway, incredible play, and an incredible finish.
After Kuhn rifled it in, Forrest entered the game and utterly devastated Oyegoke as a right back, setting up Idah and creating opportunity after opportunity before being taken down for the penalty.
“So, after a really good first half, everything changes with a single mistake.”
James Forrest’s devastating appearance for Celtic vs Hearts
As a Celtic replacement against Hearts, Forrest, who was rated 7.5 by football website Fotmob, once again excelled.
Forrest generated one major chance, won a penalty, had an 88% passing accuracy rate, and, as Roberston stated, the Celtic winger gave Oyegoke a terrible time with just 24 touches of the ball.
In addition, Forrest made one clearance, won all of his challenges, and played two defensive plays as the Celtic winger crushed Hearts to guarantee that Parkhead would receive all three Scottish Premiership points.
