Celtic earned a comfortable 3-1 win over Hearts on Tuesday night.
Celtic earned a comfortable victory over Hearts on Tuesday night at Celtic Park as Brendan Rodgers handed midfielder Kouassi Eboue just his 12th appearance for the Hoops – and fans have applauded his performance.
The 20-year-old Ivorian has struggled with injury since his £3million move from Russian outfit Krasnodar in January last year, preventing him from developing any sort of consistency under Brendan Rodgers.
However, with Celtic lacking in a number of first-team stars, the tough-tackling midfielder was included in a three-man midfield alongside Scott Brown and Olivier Ntcham.
The Bhoys exacted revenge on Craig Levein’s Hearts with an excellent first-half display that saw them go into the break 3-0 to the good. Odsonne Edouard opened the scoring with a superb solo effort, before Dedryck Boyata and Moussa Dembele also found the back of the net.
Eboue remained on the pitch for the entire 90 minutes as Kyle Lafferty scored a late consolation, and fans were suitably impressed with his efforts in the middle of the park.
One fan even claimed that Celtic’s number 88 “bossed it”.
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