The Celtic star Bayern Munich players were raving about

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·27 febbraio 2025

The Celtic star Bayern Munich players were raving about

Cameron Carter-Vickers revealed that the Bayern Munich players were raving about Daizen Maeda after Celtic’s Champions League knockout playoff double header against the German giants…

Josip Stanisic under pressure from Daizen Maeda during the UEFA Champions League 2024/25 League Knockout Play-off second leg match between FC Bayern München and Celtic FC at Allianz Arena on February 18, 2025. (Photo by Matthias Hangst/Getty Images)

The American internationalist caught up with his former Tottenham teammate Eric Dier following Celtic’s admirable 1-1 draw versus Bayern in the Allianz Arena last Tuesday.

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Dier, who joined the Bundesliga league leaders permanently in the summer spoke highly of the Hoops’ man of the moment Daizen Maeda. The Japanese winger made it 34 goal contributions for the campaign after his double against Aberdeen at Celtic Park on Tuesday evening.

‘The Bayern players were talking about Daizen’

“I was actually talking to Eric Dier after we played Bayern and he said after the first leg all the Bayern players were talking about Daizen, about how much he runs and how much energy he puts into a game,” said Carter-Vickers, as reported in Daily Mail. “It is incredible.”

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Daizen Maeda of Celtic scores against Bayern Munich in the Champions League match on February 12, 2025. Photo IMAGO.

‘Everyone was talking about how much high-speed distance he did’

“We were just having a general chat about the two games and he just said after the first leg they got the running stats put up in their changing room. Everyone was talking about how much high-speed distance he did. It is crazy.”

“We get all the stats in terms of high-speed running and sprint distances, and he is always top of the charts for all that. His work rate is incredible. He outworks defenders, is always on the move, is hard to pick up. He is a threat.”

Cameron Carter-Vickers and co were minutes away from winning 10 consecutive league clean sheets at Celtic Park which would have been the first time in their 137-year history a Hoops side would have managed this feat.

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Daizen Maeda of Celtic scores against Bayern Munich in the Champions League match on February 12, 2025. Photo IMAGO.

However, Shayden Morris’ late consolation for the Dons was the first time Brendan Rodgers’ side conceded a home league goal since Graeme Shinnie’s equaliser for the Pittodrie club back in October.

“It was annoying. You obviously do want to keep clean sheets”

“It was annoying,” Carter-Vickers outlined. “You obviously do want to keep clean sheets, especially as a defender. It is something we will look at and try and improve on. When you win 5-1 you can’t have too many complaints, but we obviously want to play well and grow as a team.”

“We have 10 games left and we want to win all of them and perform well in all of them. Our focus going into each game will be trying to perform at our maximum.”

Conor Spence