Kyogo Furuhashi has hilariously described his thinking for his strike against Rangers.
The Celtic striker scored the second goal for his side in the comfortable derby day triumph.
Kyogo had looked to have opened the scoring in the early stages but saw an effort ruled out for an offside in the build-up by Nico Kuhn.
How can you not love Kyogo. 😂💚 pic.twitter.com/2uKZSjP37q
— ジェームズ ⚡️ (@MaedaMealOfThat) September 1, 2024
But the Japanese striker would not be denied a goal against Rangers as he later fired home a terrific low drive from range.
Kyogo curled into the bottom corner from 30 yards with Jack Butland unable to stretch to get a hand to the well-placed shot.
The Rangers goalkeeper came under criticism for his positioning ahead of the goal but Kyogo has insisted he didn't even notice the goalkeeper before taking aim.
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In an interview alongside Greg Taylor on Celtic TV, the striker explained: "I didn't see the goalkeeper. I saw, 'Oh, I can shoot'.
"Shoot, goal, yeah!"
🗣️ "Derby Day isn't Derby Day without one of those from Kyogo!" The Celtic striker places a shot from distance into the bottom corner, the champions are 2-0 up against Rangers ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/0vid4cchvX
— Sky Sports Scotland (@ScotlandSky) September 1, 2024
Brendan Rodgers said of Kyogo's performance: "It’s what you're wanting. You want that from your big players and I think it’s that confidence and that courage that he has.
"I think you can say that about a lot of our players going into these games to play big and perform to a high level. We’ve done that today, and he’s probably disappointed that he never got a hat-trick but his goals and the one we had disallowed - it’ll be interesting to see the line on that because it was a really well-worked goal through Rangers pressure by breaking away and we score. He was very good."
