Matt O'Riley has hailed the midfield tweak that worked wonders for Celtic as they blew Kilmarnock away inside 30 minutes at Rugby Park.
Ange Postecoglou made the decision pre-match to leave out key duo Cameron Carter-Vickers and Jota with the likes of Reo Hatate and Liel Abada already missing. The Hoops' strength and depth was evident with Tomoki Iwata, Yuki Kobayashi and Sead Haksabanovic coming in from the win over Rangers in the Old Firm derby in the match previous.
Kyogo Furuhashi fired the opener early on to set the tone after capitalising on an error from the home side. He then did the hard work on his own before slotting a low effort into the net. Moments later Daizen Maeda made it two with a header before O'Riley hit a double to put Celtic four ahead inside 27 minutes. It could have been even more but Kyogo - going for his 30th goal of the season - watched his penalty strike the post and bounce away to safety.
