Daizen Maeda continued his upsurge in form by scoring a sublime Glasgow Derby opener for Celtic against Rangers at Ibrox.

The Japan international - who scored at the World Cup in Qatar last month amid rave reviews from pundits such as Rio Ferdinand and Alan Shearer - scored against Hibernian before new year and maintained his level in the derby.

Capitalising on a slack Alfredo Morelos pass, Maeda charged through the Rangers defence past captain James Tavernier and slotted calmly beyond Allan McGregor in the Ibrox goal.

You can watch the goal below:

Hoops boss Ange Postecoglou sprung a surprise in his team selection for the match with Canada international Alistair Johnston getting his debut at right-back ahead of Josip Juranovic.

Speaking to Sky Sports, Postecoglou said: "It is a combination of things. He [Johnston] has been with us for a couple of weeks and he has trained well.

He is fit and ready to go. Jura [Juranovic] still does not feel 100 per cent so we went with Alistair in the end and Juranovic is available if we need him."

He also started James Forrest at right wing over Jota or Liel Abada.

"There has been a whole range of things coming into the game," he continued.

"We have had a bit of a bug running around the team so there are a couple missing today who are a bit under the weather.

"With James I just think he has been playing really well lately and with most of these things players are in form.

"You put him in there and I know what he can do."

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