{"id":245052,"date":"2026-01-14T23:18:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T23:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/245052\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T23:18:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T23:18:08","slug":"celtic-player-ratings-vs-falkirk-as-two-stars-score-seven-but-anonymous-attacker-handed-4-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/245052\/","title":{"rendered":"Celtic player ratings vs Falkirk as two stars score seven but anonymous attacker handed 4\/10"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Celtic made it back-to-back wins in uninspiring fashion with a narrow win against Falkirk.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/tag\/martin-oneill\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">O\u2019Neill<\/a> only made one change from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/match\/celtic-player-ratings-as-martin-oneills-return-makes-dundee-united-suffer-to-ignite-title-race\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">4-0 win against Dundee United<\/a> as Benjamin Nygren, who scored last weekend, replaced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/tag\/reo-hatate\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reo Hatate<\/a> in the starting XI.<\/p>\n<p>The Hoops were under the cosh for several periods of the first half and had to deal with an onslaught of pressure from the Bairns. <\/p>\n<p>Despite having to defend deep, the Bhoys took the lead just before the break when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/tag\/arne-engels\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arne Engels\u2019<\/a> corner was met by top scorer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/tag\/benjamin-nygren\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nygren<\/a>, who headed home from close range.<\/p>\n<p>If truth be told the game itself was a drab encounter, with Celtic looking way off their best. However, three points takes the Bhoys back to second place and still within six points of Hearts.<\/p>\n<p> Who deserves the man of the match from that win? <\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/67HH-48-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Benjamin Nygren celebrates his goal against Livingston\" class=\"wp-image-354088\" \/>Credit: WM Sport Media\/Getty Images     <\/p>\n<p> \ud83d\udc47 Join the debate; share your insight. Use the comment button on the bottom left to have your say <\/p>\n<p>   Celtic player ratings vs FalkirkKasper Schmeichel \u2013 6<\/p>\n<p>One of his better games after coming under pressure and facing calls to be dropped. Had to make a couple of saves, but none too taxing for the Dane.<\/p>\n<p>Julian Araujo \u2013 6<\/p>\n<p>Another solid display at right back. Has grown into the position really well and looks to be an astute bit of business.<\/p>\n<p>Auston Trusty \u2013 6<\/p>\n<p>Unconvincing at times again and is in need of restoring his confidence to get back to his very best.<\/p>\n<p>Liam Scales \u2013 7<\/p>\n<p>Much improved performance from the defender, who looks much more comfortable in a four-man defence.<\/p>\n<p>Kieran Tierney \u2013 7<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"701\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2245859080-1024x701.jpg\" alt=\"Kieran Tierney scored for Celtic v Kilmarnock - William Hill Premiership\" class=\"wp-image-335371\" \/>Photo by Ian MacNicol\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Kieran Tierney is looking more and more solid each week. Playing as a left-back means Celtic get the best of his attacking ability, as well as his experience at the back.<\/p>\n<p>Callum McGregor (C) \u2013 6<\/p>\n<p>Falkirk had players swarm around him from kick-off as they know he can dictate the play really well.<\/p>\n<p>Arne Engels \u2013 6<\/p>\n<p>Set pieces have looked considerably better since Martin O\u2019Neill\u2019s return and was solid in the middle of the park.<\/p>\n<p>Benjamin Nygren \u2013 7<\/p>\n<p>Turning into a real poacher of late. Seems to be in the right place at the right time whenever the ball is near the goal.<\/p>\n<p>Hyunjun Yang \u2013 5         <\/p>\n<p> How good has Yang been this past month? <\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/67hh-41-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Hyunjun Yang celebrates his goal for Celtic against Rangers\" class=\"wp-image-352717\" \/>Credit: Ian MacNicol\/Getty Images     <\/p>\n<p> \ud83d\udc47 Join the debate; share your insight. Use the comment button on the bottom left to have your say <\/p>\n<p>After a series of man of match displays, this one wasn\u2019t as memorable from Hyunjun Yang and he was withdrawn in the second half.<\/p>\n<p>Sebastian Tounekti \u2013 5<\/p>\n<p>Tried to cause problems down the byline but was matched by the Falkirk defender. Final ball needs some serious work.<\/p>\n<p>Daizen Maeda \u2013 4\/10<\/p>\n<p>Completely anonymous and had no impact on the game. Boy oh boy do Celtic need a striker in this window.<\/p>\n<p>SubstitutesReo Hatate \u2013 5\/10Luke McCowan \u2013 5\/10Johnny Kenny \u2013 5\/10  Join Our Newsletter <\/p>\n<p>Receive a digest of our best Celtic content each week direct to your mailbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Celtic made it back-to-back wins in uninspiring fashion with a narrow win against Falkirk. O\u2019Neill only made one&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":245053,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[123469,42,43,15012,40,38,41,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-245052","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-benjamin-nygren","9":"tag-headlines","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-scottish-premiership","12":"tag-top-news","13":"tag-top-stories","14":"tag-topnews","15":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=245052"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245052\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/245053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}