Daizen Maeda shrugs off Celtic marathon man tag as he puts domestic success over Champions League ambitions
dailyrecord.co.ukThere's maybe another reason Celtic have so much money in the bank these days. At a time when energy bills are still sky high, Parkhead chiefs must be saving a few bob by hooking Daizen Maeda up to a generator.
He could keep the Celtic Park disco lights on until Christmas – in 2035. The Hoops produced a show of power at Livingston at the weekend – and it was their relentless Japanese attacker who was cooking on gas.
The 25-year-old produced an energetic performance that was impressive even by his jet fuelled standards. Boss Brendan Rodgers admitted Celts could cope with going down to 10 men after Joe Hart’s red card because Maeda did the running of two.He might have been selling the forward short.
Sir Mo Farrah would have the white flag out trying to keep up with this guy. Maeda added the finishing touches to Saturday’s 3-0 win in the 95th minute – after the kind of lung-bursting shift that would have had mortals being carted off on a stretcher with an oxygen mask on.But nah, not him.
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