Celtic in cruise control v Hibs. post match reaction

Maeda started up front after his Japan teammate Kyogo Furuhashi dropped out with the shoulder injury he suffered during Celtic’s 2-0 Premiership win over Hibs the previous weekend. Adam Idah started on the bench after his big-money move from Norwich. Celtic took the lead inside four minutes, Reo Hatate making the difference with a run in behind. After being fed by Kuhn, the midfielder sent in a low cross which Maeda dinked over the Hibs keeper, Josef Bursik, after getting in front of Marvin Ekpiteta. The hosts’ second goal came in the 15th minute when Maeda ran from deep on to Kuhn’s lofted pass, kept the ball away from Ekpiteta and stabbed it past the onrushing Bursik. Maeda came close to a hat-trick inside half an hour, sending a first-time left-footed volley just over after being teed up by Hatate.