Jota might have spent the last five matches nursing a hamstring injury but the Celtic fans’ favourite didn’t hang about when it came to making up for lost time.
An 80th minute sub appearance - which was greeted like another goal by the travelling support - might have been a gentle cameo to get the Portuguese winger up to speed again.
If so, someone forgot to pass him the message. In those 10 minutes, Jota jinked and darted, won his team a penalty that was missed by Giorgos Giakoumakis and still had time to round off the scoring himself, steering a David Turnbull cross home to finally put Livingston out of their misery on the wrong end of a 3-0 scoreline, that could have been worse.
Jota ’s smile said it all at full time and he was still wearing the grin later as he digested his comeback and looked ahead to games to follow, including the facing of Real Madrid in the Bernabeu on Wednesday.
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