Brendan Rodgers reveals his reluctance to start Tomoki Iwata recently for Celtic

Brendan Rodgers reveals his reluctance to begin. Tomoki Iwata, who recently played for Celtic

Throughout the season, Celtic fans have been perplexed by the Tomoki Iwata scenario.

Brendan Rodgers had a huge hole in the middle of his midfield after Reo Hatate’s injury against Atletico Madrid.

The Celtic boss has given players like Paulo Bernardo, Odin Thiago Holm, and David Turnbull a lot of trial and error, but none of them have pleased the manager enough to maintain their spot in the squad.

Tomoki Iwata, a Japanese midfielder, finally got his chance last night after languishing on the sidelines for weeks.

But why did Rodgers hold off on inserting the 26-year-old for so long? The manager of Celtic provides an explanation following their 4-1 victory over Hibs.

Paulo Bernardo, Odin Thiago Holm, David Turnbull, and other players have been given a lot of trial and error by the Celtic manager, but none of them have impressed him enough to keep their place in the team.

The Japanese midfielder Tomoki Iwata, who has been out for weeks with an injury, finally get his chance last night.

However, why did Rodgers wait so long to enter the 26-year-old? The Celtic manager offers an explanation after his team defeats Hibs 4-1.

steady? According to the football statistics website Fotmob, Iwata was outstanding. Iwata scored a 7.3 and had an excellent 97% passing accuracy. For a player without match sharpness, not awful.

The 26-year-old won all nine of his aerial duels, had nine ball recoveries, and had two attempts on goal during the course of the entire ninety minutes.

Iwata performed admirably for Celtic last night, and perhaps the fans can expect more of the same when they watch him play Kilmarnock at noon on Sunday.

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