Celtic boss Ange Postecoglou was left frustrated that his players didn’t use Kyogo Furuhashi more during their 3-1 over Hearts. 

The 28-year-old striker was awarded the man of the match award after his side defeated the Jambos 3-1 to retain their nine point advantage at the top of the Scottish Premiership. 

He made a huge impact on the game having assisted Daizen Maeda to pull the Hoops back level and would go on to score the second which was his 25th goal of the season. 

Kyogo is a top quality player that is always willing to make intelligent runs but his teammates have to see him to make it effective. 

The Japanese international was quiet during the match in Paisley on Sunday as he didn’t get any service which is much to the frustration of Postecoglou.

He didn’t want to be too hard on his team after the victory over Hearts as he admitted that the changes always disrupt things which meant that his side didn’t get into the rhythm that he’d like them to. 

Even though Kyogo wasn’t always getting picked out the manager was keen to praise his mentality as he didn’t let it get to him and continued to make himself available to his teammates.

“That was a bit of a frustrating thing because I just don’t think we used him at all tonight,” Postecoglou told CeltsAreHere.

“He makes fantastic runs and sometimes I get really frustrated that after 18 to 20 minutes we still don’t see them.

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“The beauty of it is that he doesn’t get frustrated, he keeps making those runs. When we do find him in those areas he’s a quality player, both with his assist for the first goal [in the 25th minute that set-up Daizen Maeda] and the finish for the second. He’s an outstanding contributor.”

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