Former Celtic striker Chris Sutton mentioned of Nygren on Sky Sports activities: “What an odd participant. He can go lacking in midfield however comes up with targets.”
Simply as properly given Daizen Maeda remains to be trying like a shadow of the participant who lit up Scottish soccer final season, January mortgage signings Tomas Cvancara and Junior Adamu have but to completely impress and Kelechi Iheanacho has disappeared from view regardless of his return from harm.
Nygren is just not one of many title winners Tierney talked about in Celtic’s squad, however the 24-year-old Sweden midfielder is doing greater than most to ensure he will get that league winners’ medal.
Former Celtic midfielder Scott Allan enthused on BBC Radio Scotland’s Sportsound: “The influence substitutes you have seen on the weekend, you have seen it once more tonight with Benjamin Nygren and James Forrest linking up.
“Beautiful tee-up from Forrest and Nygren simply finishes – we have seen that point and time once more and he is had an actual influence on this staff.”
Certainly, Nygren has discovered the online thrice and offered one help in his newest 4 Premiership video games – and his 15 targets are greater than every other Celtic participant within the league this season.
“I do know Nygren offers up sure elements of the sport, however what he does do is he will get into the field and will get on the tip of issues,” Allan mentioned.
“I felt his total play within the recreation was actually good, performed some pretty by balls, all the time regarded like he was going to be a menace spherical about that 18-yard field and he was the distinction once more tonight.”
His supervisor was similary enthusiastic.
“He is doing one thing that’s the most tough factor within the recreation – to attain targets -and he is popped up once more with what proved to be the successful objective,” O’Neill mentioned.
“Substitutes in latest weeks have made huge contributions to us, in order that’s necessary for us.”
