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Josh McCafferty

Alistair Johnston delivers one-line reaction to Daizen Maeda's new Celtic chant

Alistair Johnston has delivered an emphatic one-line reaction to Daizen Maeda's new Celtic chant. 

The song was in full flow last Sunday as the Parkhead side knocked Hibernian out of the Scottish Cup to progress to the quarter-finals. 

Maeda opened the scoring in the 2-0 victory, firing home from close range after Nicolas Kuhn's effort was well saved by Jordan Smith. 

After Maeda bagged, The Champs' 'Tequila' rang around Parkhead, with the crowd chanting, in unison, 'Maeda', when the chorus reached a crescendo. 


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Johnston recently appeared on a special cake-baking show on Celtic's official YouTube channel, where he gave an emphatic reaction to Maeda's new chant. 

He said: "Do you know who else has got a really good song? Daizen Maeda. It's a banger."

The right-back will be hoping the chant is in full swing tomorrow when Rangers make the short trip to Celtic Park for the fourth meeting of the sides this season. 

Last time out in the fixture, Rangers emerged 3-0 victors at Ibrox, although Brendan Rodgers hasn't reflected on the game as much in recent times as he prepares for Sunday: "I think we were pretty clear after it at that time," he said. 

"And I think you only need to see the response.

"At that time, we were 14 points clear. The response from that game puts us at 16 points clear. So, the response to that defeat was very, very good.

"Like I said, it was foreign for me because I never experienced that with my teams before in this game. It was more the response to going behind. We didn't respond to that.

"You can always go behind in games. Things don't go your way in a game. But Rangers were a better team on that day.

"So, we have to accept that. We've responded really, really well. And now you get the chance to build on the lead that we have by performing."

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