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‘Immense’: Some Celtic fans are raving about 26-year-old after 2-0 win; 152 touches

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Some Celtic fans have taken to Twitter to give their reaction to the performance of Carl Starfelt against St. Johnstone at Celtic Park today.

What’s the story?

Celtic were in action against St. Johnstone at Celtic Park in the Scottish Premiership this afternoon.

The Hoops won the match 2-0.

Starfelt started the match in defence, and he helped Ange Postecoglou’s side keep a clean sheet.

The 26-year-old Sweden international central defender had a pass accuracy of 92.7%, won 11 headers, took 152 touches, and made three tackles, three interceptions and four clearances.

What are Celtic fans saying?

As you can see from the tweets below, Celtic fans were delighted with the performance of Starfelt today.

Well, some of them anyway.

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The defender joined Celtic from Rubin Kazan in the summer transfer window.

The Celtic no. 4 has made nine appearances in the Scottish Premiership so far this season.

Starfelt has given one assist in those games.

The defender has also played thrice in the Europa League and twice in the Scottish League Cup for the Bhoys so far this campaign.

Starfelt has developed into a very important player for Celtic.