Jonny Hayes impressed at left-back for Celtic on Sunday.
Celtic fans are acknowledging Jonny Hayes’s contribution to Sunday’s 1-0 win at Kilmarnock.
Brendan Rodgers’s side snatched a narrow win at Rugby Park, courtesy of a last-minute Scott Brown goal, after Kirk Broadfoot was sent off for the hosts.
Brown, who was also sent off after picking up a second yellow card for celebrating with the travelling fans, will get the headlines, but Hayes played his part.
The Irishman, a £1.3 million signing from Aberdeen 18 months ago [Express], was trusted by Rodgers to play left-back again, and the former Dons winger didn’t disappoint.
Opposing manager Steve Clarke tried to exploit Hayes’s unfamiliarity in this position, but the 31-year-old, making his fourth Premiership start of the season, gave a very good account of himself yet again.
Here is how Hoops fans have reacted to his display:
It looks like Hayes is now Rodgers’s second-choice option for that role, behind Kieran Tierney.
It was Emilio Izaguirre for so much of the season, but the Honduras left-back was left out of the squad yesterday.
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