Rodgers was delighted for him and said: "He's a big talent. Fair play to Gavin (Strachan), he was working on that yesterday and getting the ball wide into that area to then go on the attack, you know, and he's he's very good in there.

Falkirk manager John McGlynn was taking positives out of his side's defeat at Celtic Park in the Premier Sports Cup second round. "Celtic were very very good tonight," he said. "They were excellent in the way they moved the ball and the pace and intensity.