Lee Johnson was that blown away by Ange Postecoglou's Celtic on Wednesday night that he reckons a double digit defeat is coming for a team this season.
The Hoops swept past the Hibees in emphatic fashion to win 4-0, an Aaron Mooy double plus Kyogo Furuhashi and Daizen Maeda efforts doing the damage. Already this Premiership term, Celtic have put nine past Dundee United and six beyond Hibs, on top of a 4-0 thrashing of Rangers in the first derby match of the season.
Johnson's side now have an Edinburgh derby with Hearts to focus on while Postecoglou's men head away to Rangers on Monday nine points clear in first. The Easter Road gaffer reckons such is their clinical nature in front of goal, one sorry outfit will be on the end of an obliteration. He said: "I actually feel really positive, I really do. I think Celtic will end up scoring 10 against someone this year.
"I really do. I think there will be a double figures match. I think they are a top, top team. I thought in spells we genuinely did well."
Meanwhile, Johnson remains hopeful of including Mykola Kukharevych in his squad for the Hearts clash after the forward pulled up ahead of the Celtic loss.
He added: "It wasn’t too bad but we had a bit of a discussion on the back of the Celtic game in Glasgow where he said he was alright after a bad back and then played, trying to be a hero, and wasn’t fit. He was lame, if you like.
"That was a bit of lesson for him because he’s young, he doesn’t know his body yet. He wanted to be brave but sometimes by being brave you let the team down."
