Mikael Lustig returned to Celtic Park for the first time in four years on Saturday and it was like he had never been away. The Swede watched a swashbuckling all-action team finally sweep aside stubborn Hibs side to keep an astonishing winning streak going.
The man orchestrating from the sideline might have been different and the vast majority of those in the hoops had changed but for former right back Lustig, who won an astonishing eight titles at Parkhead before leaving in 2019, it was all pleasingly familiar.
The 35-year-old was, after all, part of the Brendan Rodgers' Invincibles team and while Ange Postecoglou can't replicate that feat, having lost one league game to St Mirren, Lustig can see plenty of similarities. "They are doing so well," he said. "You can absolutely compare them with the Brendan Rodgers team with the way they play.
When Ange came in, no one knew anything about him. He brought a lot of players in you hadn’t heard of and you were a little unsure about what would happen with Celtic. "But since the first day they have been playing so well.