“I don’t like talking about myself,” said a bashful Aaron Mooy after his double helped Celtic to skoosh their way past Morton in the Scottish Cup. Luckily for the midfielder though, there are plenty of others who are starting to talk about his influence on this Celtic team.
The opposition – game as they were – may have been modest, but Mooy has been turning in these kinds of all-action performances for some time now. He was everywhere against Morton, pressuring opponents high up the park, getting back to help defensively when required, making himself available for his teammates and popping up in dangerous areas.
It was the last of those qualities that earned him his second goal of the day, getting on the end of Sead Haksabanovic’s cut-back to thump home Celtic’s fifth into the bottom corner from the centre of the box.
