{"id":18793,"date":"2025-08-23T18:01:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T18:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/18793\/"},"modified":"2025-08-23T18:01:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T18:01:08","slug":"celtic-player-ratings-vs-livingston-as-9-10-shines-in-different-position-and-7-10-youngster-solid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/18793\/","title":{"rendered":"Celtic player ratings vs Livingston as 9\/10 shines in different position and 7\/10 youngster solid"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Celtic moved to the top of the Scottish Premiership table with an easy win over Livingston at Parkhead.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Hoops were utterly dominant against David Martindale\u2019s side and continued the club\u2019s 100% winning start to the league season.<\/p>\n<p>After <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/news\/green-brigade-send-stinging-eight-word-message-to-celtic-board-as-banners-unveiled-vs-livingston\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">banners were unveiled by the Green Brigade<\/a>, fans inside <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/club\/stadium\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Celtic Park<\/a> watched a goalless first-half with only two big chances created.<\/p>\n<p>The second-half was better from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/club\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Celtic<\/a> and just a minute after the interval, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/tag\/benjamin-nygren\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Benjamin Nygren<\/a> provided the Bhoys with a lead after Yang\u2019s fierce shot was spilled by the Livi goalkeeper.<\/p>\n<p>Substitute <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/tag\/johnny-kenny\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Johnny Kenny<\/a> added a third for the Bhoys with a great first-time finish after Daizen Maeda\u2019s cross from the left.<\/p>\n<p>Here are <strong>67 Hail Hail\u2019s<\/strong> player ratings for the 3-0 victory over Livingston.<\/p>\n<p>Celtic player ratings vs Livingston<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"726\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2231653448-1024x726.jpg\" alt=\"Arne Engels of Celtic vies with Andy Winter of Livingston during the Premier League match between Celtic and Livingston at Celtic Park\" class=\"wp-image-309308\" \/>Photo by Ian MacNicol\/Getty ImagesKasper Schmeichel \u2013 6<\/p>\n<p>Had absolutely nothing to do all game as Livingston posed zero threat in an attacking sense.<\/p>\n<p>Anthony Ralston \u2013 5<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s clear that Ralston isn\u2019t a quality back-up for Alistair Johnston. But he will be the main man at right-back until the Canadian is fit again in December.<\/p>\n<p>Dane Murray \u2013 7<\/p>\n<p>Growing in a Celtic shirt as the youngster rarely put a foot wrong. Wasn\u2019t tested too much, but impressed when called into action.<\/p>\n<p>Liam Scales (C) \u2013 6<\/p>\n<p>Decent display from the Irishman, but outshone by his central defensive partner.<\/p>\n<p>Hayato Inamura \u2013 7<\/p>\n<p>Steady performance from a man who was told by Brendan Rodgers he isn\u2019t good enough for the Champions League. Nowhere near Kieran Tierney\u2019s quality but looked decent.<\/p>\n<p>Paulo Bernardo \u2013 6<\/p>\n<p>Had everything under control playing the Callum McGregor role in the captain\u2019s absence. Good comeback from the Portuguese midfielder.<\/p>\n<p>Arne Engels \u2013 6<\/p>\n<p>Showed some decent movement and had some neat touches, but still a bit frustrating to watch. <\/p>\n<p>Luke McCowan \u2013 5<\/p>\n<p>Gave the ball away a couple of times in the first-half. Just not as effective from the start. Subbed off with an injury in the 56th minute.<\/p>\n<p>Benjamin Nygren \u2013 9<\/p>\n<p>Looked so comfortable out on the right wing and did very well in the build-up to his tap-in opener. Two goals scored \u2013 the second a superb finish \u2013 and easily the best player on the park.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"664\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2231663587-1024x664.jpg\" alt=\"Benjamin Nygren of Celtic celebrates with team mate Anthony Ralston after he scores his second goal during the Premier League match between Celtic and Livingston at Celtic Park\" class=\"wp-image-309320\" \/>Photo by Ian MacNicol\/Getty ImagesYang Hyun-jun \u2013 6<\/p>\n<p>Delivered some good crosses without anyone really getting on the end of them. Simply had to score with a free header that was saved brilliantly by the Livi goalkeeper.<\/p>\n<p>Shin Yamada \u2013 6<\/p>\n<p>Scored a goal that was eventually disallowed. He\u2019s nippy, fast and likes making runs in behind. Worked really hard and had a few chances to score.<\/p>\n<p>Callum McGregor (sub) \u2013 5<\/p>\n<p>Business as usual for the captain when introduced in the second-half.<\/p>\n<p>James Forrest (sub) \u2013 5<\/p>\n<p>Couple of crosses and shots from the right wing.<\/p>\n<p>Daizen Maeda (sub) \u2013 6<\/p>\n<p>Assisted Johnny Kenny for the Irishman\u2019s goal with a fierce cross into the box from the left.<\/p>\n<p>Johnny Kenny (sub) \u2013 7<\/p>\n<p>Wins the corner that eventually led to Nygren\u2019s second goal and got on the scoresheet not too long later with an excellent volleyed finish.<\/p>\n<p>Colby Donovan (sub) \u2013 4<\/p>\n<p>Competitive Celtic debut for the youngster. Proud day for him and his family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Celtic moved to the top of the Scottish Premiership table with an easy win over Livingston at Parkhead.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18794,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[9,10,18,13,14,6,19,17,11,12,15,16,5,1188,7,8],"class_list":{"0":"post-18793","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-breaking-news","9":"tag-breakingnews","10":"tag-eire","11":"tag-featured-news","12":"tag-featurednews","13":"tag-headlines","14":"tag-ie","15":"tag-ireland","16":"tag-latest-news","17":"tag-latestnews","18":"tag-main-news","19":"tag-mainnews","20":"tag-news","21":"tag-scottish-premiership","22":"tag-top-stories","23":"tag-topstories"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18793"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18793\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}