Kyogo and Giakoumakis are the Celtic tag team putting pointless debate to bed once and for all

Kyogo Furuhashi is demoralising defenders by running them ragged for an hour. And partner-in-crime Giorgos Giakoumakis is arriving on to the scene to deliver the final knockout blows to the bedraggled opposition.

It’s just how Ange Postecoglou wants it. Celtic relentless from start to finish. And it’s a situation which should put this constant and often pointless discussion about the Japanese and the Greek being paired together from the start of a game to bed once and for all.

Kyogo has scored the opening goal in each of the last three Premiership matches to set his team on their way to winning. He has scored every one of them from bang in front of the sticks. Right where you’d want his finishing ability. Where you’d want and know Giakoumakis will be. Of course, Kyogo is good enough and intelligent enough to play off a side. He’s done it already for Celtic, but it’s not really his best position.

Some say he could play off the front, but again, that’s not him breaking off the shoulder of the last man and things are going to get even better for him in that regard when VAR finally kicks into gear. Kyogo is lightning. Invariably, he gets wrongly flagged offside in every game. It’s not the fault of any assistant. He’s just so quick to the naked eye, you look up and he’s away.

It happened against Hearts again last Sunday when he was flagged in the first period when racing away one-on-one when he was onside. VAR will mean his expert timing of runs and speed will not count against him.

To be honest, the one time Kyogo did drop deeper this season was in a second-half spell in Dingwall when Celtic chased a win at 1-1 and Giakoumakis was sent on. All it did was cause more congestion in the central areas and shut down even more