Celtic went from the brilliant to the bizarre in the name of a good pre-season workout away at Rapid Vienna, drawing 3-3 in an entertaining affair.
Matt O'Riley put the Hoops ahead with a fantastic effort but a horror mix-up at the back saw Bernhard Zimmermann capitalise and level up proceedings. David Turnbull restored the Hoops lead after some good interplay between him and Kyogo Furuhashi. Again they were pegged back as Rene Kriwak levelled for a second time before Turnbull turned provider for Kyogo who fired the visitors ahead again.
Right at the death a victory was snatched from Celtic with Emanuel Aiwu heading home for the hosting club. It was a second friendly in their Austrian pre-season camp after a 7-0 victory over minnows Wiener Viktoria, with this a test closer to what they will face in the Champions League group stages this season, alongside a Premiership title defence.
Here are three things we learned from the match.
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Back to his best
After four months out with injury, it was only natural that Kyogo didn't really kick into top gear as the 2021/22 campaign ended. It was an impressive one nonetheless as he finished with 20 goals.
In this, he looked like a man on a mission. The forward provided a great cross for Turnbull to turn into the net before in his own, he shrugged off a defender and placed the ball into the bottom corner for the Hoops' third.
Kyogo in top form will be another exciting watch this season, with a special mention for Turnbull, who also looked sharp.
Good to bad
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Joe Hart has been brilliant for Celtic since arriving from Tottenham last summer but he'll be glad this was a friendly.
He pulled off a save approaching world class territory down low before being slide-tackled in his own box, which Vienna went on to score from.
There's no doubt that Hart is an important figure but this isn't something to look back on fondly.
An opportunity
Osaze Urhoghide spent the second half of last season on loan at Oostende in Belgium but the manager has given him plenty of chances to prove he should stick around.
The defender featured heavily in the first friendly of this camp and started both halves in this one at right-back.
He has had more minutes than any other player so far and while there's no doubts over his physical attributes, he got caught for the second goal after getting lost at the back post from a cross.
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