Liel Abada has been delivering from the moment he walked in the door at Celtic. And when his manager needed him in Perth, the Israeli stepped up again.With Kyogo Furuhashi’s hamstring lasting less than 20 minutes at McDiarmid, adding to a ridiculous list of absent strikers, Abada was the last man standing and asked to carry the frontline.The 20-year-old responded in the ideal fashion, just as he’s done most of the time since scoring on his debut against Midtjylland in July.
Abada has not had the high profile of Kyogo or Jota since signing. But his tally of 10 goals has been hugely valuable, with this double setting up a crucial win that superb compatriot Nir Bitton completed.Ange Postecoglou’s team were ravaged.
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