Celtic recorded three wins out of three during their marquee preseason tour of America last week, brushing aside DC United 4-0, Manchester City 4-3 and Chelsea 4-1.
The latter encounter took place at Chapel Hill in Notre Dame last Saturday, with Brendan Rodgers' side having impressed with a dazzling performance and a string of great goals.
Kyogo Furuhashi's strike to make it 2-0 on the day was likely the pick of the bunch – a well-worked team goal that saw crisp passing and patient build-up capped off by a fine Anthony Ralston through-ball from the inside-right channel and a deft Matt O'Riley cut-back that was zipped across the box into the path of the oncoming striker.
From just a few yards out, the Japanese forward then passed the ball over the line.
On the goal, the manager spoke to Celtic TV afterwards. He said: "That mentality to work and run with talent and structure gives you a great chance. I look at Kyogo's goal which had 23 or 24 passes involved in that, so it is about having the confidence and personality to wait for the moment.
"Across the board, I am really happy with the performance and the young guys coming into the game. There was no difference as they pressed the game, harassed the opponent and showed quality when they had the ball."
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In the face of such an impressive team move, there were flavours of Moussa Dembele's Goal of the Season (and FIFA Puskas Award nominee) during the 'Invincibles' treble 2016/17 campaign, when the Frenchman poked home a well-worked and sustained string of passes (including a Mikael Lustig Rabona, no less) en route to a 5-2 away win over St Johnstone.
Celtic TV's Unique Angle doesn't capture the move that preceded Kyogo's goal in its entirety, but their pitch-side coverage of all four Celtic goals is typically enjoyable.
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