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da bwin： Celtic lost Mikael Lustig, Odsonne Edouard and James Forrest to injury during the 2-0 win at St. Johnstone, while Brendan Rodgers revealed a fourth blow after the match.
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Midfielder Ryan Christie required treatment in the incident that saw Odsonne Edouard stretchered off, with Rodgers revealing the extent of the injury in his post match interview with Radio Scotland.
“Ryan Christie has really sore ribs, he could hardly breath but he kept fighting and he kept running.”
Celtic have now got a full team of players out injured without sign of anyone returning from treatment in time to face Hibernian on Wednesday.
Four fresh injuries in the one match leaves Rodgers with a major headache, even though he was able to bring in four new faces during the January transfer window.
Timo Weah made a telling difference against Hibs – exactly what was required after Celtic looked like dropping more points on their travels with 18 points shipped away from home before January.
Oliver Burke should have been awarded a first half penalty but only Willie Collum will know why it wasn’t given, while Jeremy Toljan got in his first 45 minutes.
The Treatment Room
Every Celtic fan will be hoping that Christie’s rib injury is only bruising – a fracture would be a devastating blow coming just two days after Tom Rogic was ruled out for up to six weeks.
Since the end of October Christie has brought a whole new dynamic to Celtic’s play from either of the holding positions or the advanced ‘Rogic role’.
Celtic do have a large squad but it is getting close to breaking point, where it won’t be able to cope with any more injuries. Later this month they have a spell of two clashes with Valencia either side of a trip to Kilmarnock’s Rugby Park – Rodgers will be looking to have as many of his first picks as possible available for that trio of fixtures.