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Josh McCafferty

I scored for Celtic vs Rangers today - here's my thoughts on Maeda's late chance

Adam Idah has delivered his verdict on Daizen Maeda's late chance at Ibrox this afternoon. 

The Japanese forward was sent clean through on Liam Kelly's goal at the death. 

The game was poised at 1-1 after Idah levelled things up for Celtic on 57 minutes following Cyriel Dessers' first-half opener. 


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The best opportunity for either side to win the game fell the way of Maeda. Idah was asked about the chance post-match: "It's a tough one," he said [Sky Sports]. 

"He was probably knackered at the end of the day. 

"It's one of them ones. It can go in, or it doesn't. It's a tough one to say if he's going to score."

Idah's goal tally for the season is now up to 18 after he found the back of the net this afternoon: "I was delighted," he said after the game. 

"I could have had a couple today. I had one at the end of the first half, which I was a bit disappointed with. To get the goal in the second half was excellent. It got us into the game. Like Cal [McGregor] said, we played well, we just couldn't finish enough of our chances."

The Irish striker has netted four goals in his previous three outings. 

"I am really pleased for Adam [Idah]," said Brendan Rodgers of the striker post-match. 

"He was a good reference for the team today. I felt that we were the team with control, and with our playing through that, we felt we could maybe get something late on. 

"Because normally you come here, you normally have 10-15 minutes where you're really hanging on, but I never felt we had that today."

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