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The National (Scotland)
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Josh McCafferty

Daizen Maeda delivers one-liner in reaction to new Celtic chant

Daizen Maeda has reacted to his new Celtic chant after he scored yet again in the Parkhead side's 2-0 victory over Hibernian yesterday.

The attacker opened the scoring 39 minutes in after Nicolas Kuhn's shot was well saved by Jordan Smith.

Maeda was on his toes to follow up and net his 27th goal of the season.

After he scored, The Champs' 'Tequila' rang out around Celtic Park, with supporters shouting 'Maeda' as the chorus reached a crescendo.


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The 27-year-old took to social media on Sunday evening to react to the chant. On X, Maeda simply wrote: "Thank you for the wonderful song!"

With 13 goals in his last 13 games, Maeda is one of the most in-form players in Scotland at the minute.

He is enjoying his best goalscoring season in green and white to date and has taken his game to a whole new level since Kyogo Furuhashi's unexpected mid-season departure to Rennes.

Although Brendan Rodgers wanted to sign a new number nine in the January window, Maeda has more than stepped up to the plate since being deployed as a centre-forward more often.

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