Celtic star compared to Lionel Messi during 6-0 defeat against St Johnstone

Celtic are playing so well that even Lionel Messi comparisons are floating around.

Everyone witnessed Brendan Rodgers’ absolute dominance in his first term as Celtic manager and Ange Postecoglou complied, at least while she was in office.

It can even be claimed that Postecoglou’s Celtic played better footballTottenham fans are now enjoying his action-packed style.

But Rodgers’ current side, who beat St Johnstone by six goals on Saturday evening, are playing football at the highest level.

Some of the goals Celtic The scores are incredible and many are starting to question how good and far this team can run.

Adam Idah’s magnificent team goal from the bench Kyogo Furuhashi He opens the scoring in the only great way he knows.

But during the show in Perth, Kyogo was drawing comparisons to Messi. BBC Sport and this was further emphasized when he scored.

BBC reporter Amy Canavan said Messi would be ‘overwhelmed’ by Kyogo’s goal, before the Japanese star added another goal of his own before half-time.

With Celtic will face Borussia Dortmund in the Champions LeagueYou hope someone like Kyogo can sprinkle some Messi magic in front of the Yellow Wall because it will be needed.

Comparison of Kyogo Furuhashi with Lionel Messi

“Our commentary team has been making comparisons between Kyogo and Lionel Messi before,” said Amy Canavan.

“A goal had been scored there and the little guy would have had fun with himself. A stunning finish admired by thousands of traveling fans.”

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Kyogo Furuhashi and Adam Idah competition

One area of the pitch where Celtic can really destroy their opponents week in and week out is in the number nine area.

Both Kyogo and Idah are good enough to startwin big matches and score important goals, both as shown by the bucketload.

Rodgers doesn’t need to start them all together, but if he can find the right balance of rotation you could see Celtic overwhelming most teams most of the time.