From the outfield players, McGregor, Cameron Carter-Vickers, Daizen Maeda and Alistair Johnston were the only ones who kept their place from the last match.

Carter-Vickers was the only one who played the entire game, with the skipper playing an hour and earning a much-needed rest.

McFadden lauded the retired Scotland international and the ‘incredible’ amount of goals he is scoring from distance this season.

Whilst Sutton added and explained how he is the ‘one constant’, with no replacement for the man with the armband, as he told Sky Sports Football (01/12/24 at 11:10 am).

“It is (incredible the amount of goals McGregor is scoring from outside of the box), it’s the goals he is scoring as well, they are outstanding goals, when you look at the way Celtic play and they try to have those penetrating passes, inside runs as you see with Luke McCowan,” said McFadden.

“But, when teams back off, sometimes you have to take a shot and Callum McGregor seems to picking the right moments and finding the back of the net as well.”

Sutton added: “He is the one constant, so you can change all those other positions. But there isn’t a replacement who can do it like McGregor.”

McGregor’s stats for Celtic

Last season, McGregor scored two goals in all competitions and he has already smashed that record, in fact, he is on track to match and beat his best goalscoring season ever.

In only three other seasons, McGregor has scored more, with his highest-goalscoring campaign coming in 2019/20 when he netted 13 and he is already nearly half way there.

With more Champions League games coming up, including the League Cup final against Rangers, this is the skipper’s chance to produce his best.

Competition		Apps	Goals	Assists	Yellow cards	Minutes
	Premiership	11	6	1	1	946′
	UEFA Champions League	5	–	–	–	450′
	League Cup	3	–	–	1	270′
Total 24/25:		19	6	1	2	1.666′

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