Matt O'Riley predicts Celtic rollercoaster season as midfield star expects late goals galore

Matt O’Riley believes Celtic will need all of their attacking answers as they aim to constantly solve increasing defensive puzzles. The Parkhead side have made a flying start to their title defence with three straight wins in a comprehensive beginning.

Typically, Ange Postecoglou’s side have done it with a bit of swagger and go into Sunday’s clash against Hearts having hammered 10 goals already in the wins over Aberdeen, Ross County and Kilmarnock. Crucially, the goals are being shared around with seven different individuals on the mark already.

Although talismen such as Jota and Kyogo Furuhashi have hogged the headlines, Celtic have found defenders such as Stephen Welsh, Moritz Jenz and Carl Starfelt all adding to the tally through the trio of triumphs. As Celtic prepare to welcome the Tynecastle team aiming to make it four wins from four in the Premiership and stay at the top of the table, they will again go at an organised opposition from all angles.

Postecoglou is thrilled at the squad having multiple threats and O’Riley feels it is going to be crucial in the months ahead with fresh challenges being posed on a weekly basis. He said: “It’s important that we have a spread of goals from all over the team. That’s the case especially with the way teams play against us in Scotland.

“They really try to stop us from playing our game and we need to find a way past that. Take the Ross County game as an example, they were following the midfielders all over the pitch.

“I would run out wide and that left Cameron Carter-Vickers with the space to run all the way up the pitch and shoot. That kind of shows that we will have to use as many options, and resources, as we can to score in certain games this season.

“Sometimes, we need