84 touches, five chances created…’Fantastic’ 23-year-old Celtic player was back to his best vs Livingston

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Celtic’s win over Livingston helps to put a bit more pressure on Rangers today as the Ibrox side face a tricky away tie to Motherwell this lunchtime.

For Brendan Rodgers, the victory at Parkhead meant two things. A five-point lead was opened up at the top of the Scottish Premiership and that ‘fantastic’ Celtic winger, Luis Palma was back to his brilliant best.

The Honduran international has really frustrated his Celtic teammates over the past few weeks as he struggled to find his creative spark.

But against David Martindale’s Livingston, he was red-hot as the Hoops eventually cruised to a 2-0 win after two quick-fire second-half goals sealed all three points.

Luis Palma was superb for Celtic in win vs Livingston

Rated at 8.9 by football stats site, Fotmob, Palma was in devastating form yesterday afternoon.

With 84 touches, the 23-year-old Celtic winger had a passing accuracy of 73% and delivered an astonishing 17 crosses into the box.

Palma also had 10 touches in the Livingston penalty box and made five passes into the final third and successfully completed three dribbles.

On top of that the Honduran created five chances with two assists and had four shots on goal.

The most pleasing aspect is that the 23-year-old also chipped in defensively with seven duels won, two successful tackles, five defensive actions and one clearance.

It was a polished all-round performance by Palma and one that the Celtic fans will hope to be repeated against Dundee on Boxing Day and Rangers on the 30th of December.

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