He doesn’t want to be known as “the guy who only scores penalties” even if his Celtic mates are already at the wind up over his goals record.Arne Engels did a pretty good job of shutting them up in Wednesday’s 6-0 drubbing of Dundee anyway.
A wonderful assist and an even better strike from 25 yards was enough to reduce the fact that he did indeed bury another spot kick to just a footnote on a complete performance.It was the kind of display that shows exactly why the Hoops dug deep to fork out a record £11million on the 21-year-old.
And it took Engels to within one of delivering on his pre-match vow to hit double figures in both goals and assists. The raking pass that set Daizen Maeda free for a superb fourth against the Dens men was his 10th assist of the campaign.
The Belgian’s thunderous strike for the fifth was his ninth strike since joining the Hoops.Seven of those might have been penalties with just the one blot against his name in the Champions League win over Young Boys.
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