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Reo Hatate has Celtic fans revelling in Nakamura nostalgia with eerie side by side strike comparison

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It seemed a lazy comparison at first. Okay, they're former J-League stars turned Celtic heroes wearing long sleeves. But that's where the comparison between Reo Hatate and Shunsuke Nakamura ends, right?

Even manager Ange Postecoglou gave the 'new Nakamura' question short shrift when he said: "He's Reo Hatate, mate." But Celtic's new poster boy backed up the parallels against Hearts when he smashed home an eerie replica of Nakamura's famous swerving strike in a derby with Rangers.That bonkers long-ranger in 2008 moved in about five different directions before leaving Allan McGregor dumbfounded in the visitors' goal at Parkhead.And while Hatate's ferocious thunderbolt at Tynecastle lacked the kind of physics-defying spin only Nakamura is capable of, fans of both Celtic and Japanese football alike were quick to jump on the similarities.

Hatate's opener was backed up by Giorgos Giakoumakis before half-time but Liam Boyce halved the deficit then missed a penalty for the home side to ensure a nervy finish.

Celtic refused to crumble though and several side-by-side comparisons of the two strikes flooded Twitter in the aftermath.One Japanese football fan wrote: "Man I’m having Nakamura vibes… except Hatate is clearly more of a box-to-box.

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