Without being blessed with rocket pace the Honduran has enough legs to get beyond defenders in one-on-one scenarios.
Luis Palma lifted his head and dropped a delightful pass over the Kilmarnock backline for Kyogo Furuhashi to turn and hit a post.
Unfortunately it took Celtic almost two months after Jota left to get Palma in but he’s getting up to speed now and the signs are highly encouraging. He constantly got himself on to the touchline and demanded the ball. He had good composure with an intelligence of when to keep it simple and slow the game down by dropping a pass back or when to get it out of his feet and attack his marker when it was time to inject some tempo.
Hatate penning a new contract was a good sign but this was the signature display the fans have been waiting for since the campaign kicked off. He constantly wanted possession, constantly tried to make things happen and had the levels of application to match his ability. Brendan Rodgers may not have got everything he wanted by the end of August but this is like getting a new £15million signing as a 700th-game-as-manager gift at the start of October.
Such are the high levels the left-back set last season, the fact he hadn’t really been outstanding at any point this term and instead just merely good was enough to cause discussions among fans. Watson’s consolation came from Taylor’s defensive area but only because he appeared to be fouled during an attack down the other end that left him out of position, Killie scoring from the quick break that came directly from it.
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