{"id":724,"date":"2025-08-15T21:47:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T21:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/724\/"},"modified":"2025-08-15T21:47:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T21:47:08","slug":"celtic-player-ratings-vs-falkirk-as-8-10-trio-impress-in-comfy-premier-sports-cup-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/724\/","title":{"rendered":"Celtic player ratings vs Falkirk as 8\/10 trio impress in comfy Premier Sports Cup win"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Celtic produced four goals to sweep aside a defensively vulnerable Falkirk and progress to the Premier Sports Cup quarter-finals.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Bhoys were dominant in the first-half without a huge number of clear cut opportunities, but did go ahead via Daizen Maeda\u2019s first goal of the season.<\/p>\n

Callum McGregor clipped a ball towards Kieran Tierney<\/a>, who headed a first time cross into the path of the stooping Maeda.<\/p>\n

Alistair Johnston\u2019s<\/a> left-footed finish after poor play from Falkirk provided Celtic with breathing space in the second-half, before Dane Murray\u2019s<\/a> header put the Hoops 3-0 up after an hour.<\/p>\n

Minutes later, Yang Hyun-jun forced Falkirk into scoring an own goal when he was only on the park for a matter of seconds as a substitute.<\/p>\n

The Bairns pulled one back thanks to Keelan Adams\u2019 brilliant strike, but Celtic<\/a> were able to see out the comfortable 4-1 victory.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s how 67 Hail Hail<\/strong> rated the Celtic players against Falkirk in the Premier Sports Cup<\/a> second round.<\/p>\n

Celtic player ratings vs Falkirk\"DaizenPhoto by Ian MacNicol\/Getty ImagesViljami Sinisalo \u2013 6<\/p>\n

Tremendous save to deny former Celtic player Calvin Miller\u2019s curling effort. Not a lot he could do for Keelan Adams\u2019 terrific strike in the second period.<\/p>\n

Alistair Johnston \u2013 8<\/p>\n

Played like you\u2019d expect, with his trademark underlapping runs into the opponent\u2019s box a continuous feature. Finished excellently with his left foot for Celtic\u2019s second goal.<\/p>\n

Dane Murray \u2013 7<\/p>\n

Hairy moment early on when he gave the ball straight to a Falkirk player, who then had a shot on goal. But redeemed himself massively with a headed goal from a corner.<\/p>\n

Auston Trusty \u2013 6<\/p>\n

Falkirk managed to get in behind Trusty a couple of times without profiting. He\u2019s yet to fully convince Celtic fans since his \u00a36m switch last summer.<\/p>\n

Kieran Tierney \u2013 8<\/p>\n

Played the game with a real intent and put in some dangerous crosses for Falkirk to defend. Deserved assist for Maeda\u2019s header in the first-half.<\/p>\n

Callum McGregor (C) \u2013 6<\/p>\n

The usual from the captain. Always demanding the ball and keeping things ticking over in the centre of the park.<\/p>\n

Arne Engels \u2013 7<\/p>\n

His quality from set-pieces all night was absolutely brilliant, and it was his corner that found the head of Murray for Celtic\u2019s third goal.<\/p>\n

Luke McCowan \u2013 8<\/p>\n

Knits the play so well in the middle of the park and always looks very composed.<\/p>\n

James Forrest \u2013 7<\/p>\n

Lively as always and was fond of a deep cross or two into the box. Linked up very well with Johnston on the right wing.<\/p>\n

Daizen Maeda \u2013 7<\/p>\n

Scored his first goal of the season with a stooping header that saw him in acres of space inside the box.<\/p>\n

Johnny Kenny \u2013 6<\/p>\n

Had a great opportunity early in the game but blasted a first time strike wide. Did not get as many chances between the posts as he\u2019d have liked.<\/p>\n

Liam Scales (sub) \u2013 5<\/p>\n

Brought on to replace Tierney at left-back.<\/p>\n

Yang Hyun-jun (sub) \u2013 6<\/p>\n

Made an instant impact after coming on as his cross was diverted into the net by Falkirk\u2019s Liam Henderson.<\/p>\n

Shin Yamada (sub) \u2013 4<\/p>\n

He\u2019s very fast, that\u2019s for sure. Did not do an awful lot else after coming on in the 63rd minute.<\/p>\n

Benjamin Nygren (sub) \u2013 4<\/p>\n

Deployed on the right wing after Forrest was subbed off. Glides so well with the ball.<\/p>\n

Paulo Bernardo (sub) \u2013 4<\/p>\n

The Portuguese midfielder got a shot away from outside the box that won his side a corner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Celtic produced four goals to sweep aside a defensively vulnerable Falkirk and progress to the Premier Sports Cup…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":725,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[18,19,17,1003,132],"class_list":{"0":"post-724","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-eire","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland","11":"tag-premier-sports-cup","12":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/724","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=724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/724\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}