Pundit Jermaine Jenas was left eating his words following Daizen Maeda 's goal for Japan - after suggesting he works too hard and needs to focus on scoring.
Maeda has been an important player for Celtic since joining 12 months ago but his poor chance conversion rate has come into question time and again. He missed big chances against Real Madrid and RB Leipzig and Ange Postecoglou admitted he has to do better in front of goal.
Despite scoring just four times this season he was picked by Hajime Moriyasu for the World Cup while his teammates Kyogo and Reo Hatate were surprisingly left behind. He's started three of their four games so far and was in the starting XI for their last 16 clash with Croatia. Maeda a great headed chance after a cross from Yuto Nagatomo but covered plenty of ground to justify his place in the team and Jenas, speaking on commentary for the BBC in the first half, said: "It's funny with Maeda. When you see his movement like that, you wonder why the goals don't come freely. It was really sharp movement in the box.
