Mikey Johnston continued his fine pre-season form into the Champions League qualifiers by scoring a stunning long-range goal in last night’s 3-1 win for his Celtic side over FK Sarajevo in Bosnia.
Johnston’s strike levelled the game being played in terrible conditions after Neil Lennon’s side conceded a sloppy opener from a corner but goals from Odsonne Edouard and Scott Sinclair has given his side the advantage going into the second leg next week. But it was the goal and performance of the youngster Johnston that really caught the imagination of the fans as they took a healthy lead back to Parkhead.
GOAAAAAAAL!!!! MIKEYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!! ????????????@mikeyjohnston10 scores a beauty from outside the area for a priceless away goal!
1⃣-1⃣ #FKSCEL #UCL pic.twitter.com/QATBxNSWC3
— Celtic Football Club (@CelticFC) July 9, 2019
The 20-year-old did well for Celtic in a peculiar formation last night that looked often like a 3-5-1-1 and occasionally Lennon’s preferred 4-2-3-1 as The Celts chased the game. Lennon was rightly pleased with his side’s performance last night in a game that had many hallmarks of a cup upset: torrential rain, a dodgy pitch and conceding a scrappy opener that your makeshift defence fails to deal with but The Bhoys did well to steady themselves and bring home a good lead.
These Celtic fans expect big things from Johnston and if he keeps delivering performances like he did last night their confidence will soon be justified.
He would be the 1st name on my team sheet, the drive and skill from that young man is phenomenal, forget karamoko he’s knowere near ready yet, Johnson is ????
— chivs (@CHIVS105) July 9, 2019
great finish mikey
— PaddyBoy (@Paddyboy124) July 9, 2019
I’ve given him some stick throughout last season, but that was a peach of a goal. He’s started very well, and I’m looking forward to him proving me wrong.
— Ronnie Main (@TheBoldRj) July 9, 2019
Absolute baller
— Liam (@LiamPaterson_98) July 9, 2019
What a player???? still Lennon out tho
— ???????????? (@irishefc) July 9, 2019
@EddieDuff72 some strike ????
— Stu C (@stucrook) July 10, 2019
Some strike
— Nathan Maxwell (@MaxiQos) July 9, 2019
Cracking goal well done MJ ????????????????????????????????????????????????
— Jackie (@Jackie62508757) July 10, 2019