Celtic star Kieran Tierney has showered praise on his club teammate.
Celtic defender Kieran Tierney has showered praise on his club teammate James Forrest, saying he has been brilliant in training.
The Celtic winger has been in tremendous form this season, and has been heavily praised by the Bhoys manager, Brendan Rodgers.
Forrest has been performing at a consistent basis, and has taken his goal tally to 10 already this season.
Tierney, arguably the best left-back in the Scottish League, believes that Forrest won’t be an unsung hero for much longer.
The young left-back says that Forrest “has been brilliant” and is hard to play against in training.
The 26-year-old scored two goals against Motherwell and Tierney is heavily impressed with the performance. He says that it only reflects how hard he is he is working to add to his goal tally.
The Scotland international also adds that that Forrest has incredible fitness and that he makes it difficult for the defenders to play against him with his direct running.
“Ever since I started training with the first team, he has been brilliant. And, for me, he is so hard to play against in training. I know how good he is,” said Tierney, as quoted by the Daily Record.
“It shows you how hard he has been working to get that number of goals already this season. To come off the bench and score two was brilliant.
“James has incredible fitness to get forward and back for a whole 90 minutes. He is always at it.
“I know myself that he is very hard to stop when he is running at you because he can go inside or outside. Defenders don’t like that at all.”
Celtic are top of the Scottish Premier League table with 37 points, seven points ahead of Rangers having played a game less.
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