Are Big-game Players Keeping Celtic In Title Hunt?

Former Celtic striker Chris Sutton said of Nygren connected Sky Sports: "What a unusual player. He tin spell missing successful midfield but comes up pinch goals."

Just arsenic good fixed Daizen Maeda is still looking for illustration a protector of nan subordinate who lit up Scottish shot past season, January indebtedness signings Tomas Cvancara and Junior Adamu person yet to afloat impressment and Kelechi Iheanacho has vanished from position contempt his return from injury.

Nygren is not 1 of nan title winners Tierney talked astir successful Celtic's squad, but nan 24-year-old Sweden midfielder is doing much than astir to make judge he gets that convention winners' medal.

Former Celtic midfielder Scott Allan enthused connected BBC Radio Scotland's Sportsound: "The effect substitutes you've seen astatine nan weekend, you've seen it again coming pinch Benjamin Nygren and James Forrest linking up.

"Lovely tee-up from Forrest and Nygren conscionable finishes - we've seen that clip and clip again and he's had a existent effect successful this team."

Indeed, Nygren has recovered nan nett 3 times and provided 1 assistance successful his latest 4 Premiership games - and his 15 goals are much than immoderate different Celtic subordinate successful nan convention this season.

"I cognize Nygren gives up definite parts of nan game, but what he does do is he gets into nan container and gets connected nan extremity of things," Allan said.

"I felt his wide play successful nan crippled was really good, played immoderate beautiful done balls, ever looked for illustration he was going to beryllium a threat information astir that 18-yard container and he was nan quality again tonight."

His head was similary enthusiastic.

"He's doing thing that is nan astir difficult point successful nan crippled - to people goals -and he's popped up again pinch what proved to beryllium nan winning goal," O'Neill said.

"Substitutes successful caller weeks person made large contributions to us, truthful that's important for us."