Celtic won against Hamilton Academical at Celtic Park in the Scottish Premiership at the weekend.
Celtic forward Moussa Dembele is looking unstoppable at the moment. The Frenchman is scoring goals for fun and is, without doubt, one of the best young players in Europe.
Dembele has scored 28 goals in 42 appearances in all competitions for Celtic so far this season, according to the club’s official website. Two of those goals came at the weekend during the Hoops’ victory over Hamilton Academical in the Scottish Premiership.
The Bhoys got the better of Hamilton 2-0 at Celtic Park with ease on Saturday afternoon. Dembele open the scoring for the home team on the stroke of half time, and added a second just before the hour mark from the penalty spot.
The youngster could have scored a hat-trick had he not been substituted in the 72nd minute. Many fans would be wondering why Brendan Rodgers made the decision to take off the France Under-21 international, and the Celtic manager has explained.
“Moussa was outstanding,” Rodgers told The Daily Record. “He absolutely oozes quality and to see the improvements he is making improvements he’s making is just fantastic.
“He maybe could have got another hat-trick but it doesn’t matter. Like I’ve said before there is no individual bigger than the team and I always like to make sure, when I can, to think about the team.
“And giving Leigh the minutes at the end was the idea. He’s been working very hard because you can’t go with one one striker.
“I need to have two firing and as fit as they can possibly be. Moussa has been at as high level, of course, and Leigh is on his way back so that was 20 minutes for him to come back into it again.”
Celtic are at the top of the Scottish Premiership table at the moment with 76 points from 26 matches, 24 points clear of second-placed Aberdeen.
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