Andy Halliday names Celtic star above everyone else in Scotland after facing him for Motherwell

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Celtic proved why they are champions by making easy work of their win against Motherwell over the weekend.

Before the game, Andy Halliday was confident Motherwell could test Celtic, but by the full-time whistle, he was sat on the bench and watching his team suffer a deserved defeat.

Yes, things could have been very different if Lennon Miller had opened the scoring when he hit the woodwork.

But Celtic’s 3-0 win at Fir Park rounded off a pretty good week for the team, which also saw them secure a valuable point on the road in the Champions League.

The squad for the clash against Motherwell was rotated, both for freshness and with some players having minor knocks.

But it still didn’t disrupt the performance, with Luke McCowan putting in another impressive display for the Bhoys, stand-in captain Alistair Johnston also getting on the scoresheet and Adam Idah netting from the bench.

But there was one only man who stood out for Halliday, with the player himself playing for around an hour against Celtic.

Alistair Johnston’s Celtic’s ‘best player’ against Motherwell

Johnston was named Celtic captain against Motherwell and it was a special moment for the player.

It got even better for the full-back when he headed home his side’s second goal and enjoyed his only evening as captain by bringing home the points.

Halliday was asked to name his best performer in Scotland from the weekend matches and he put forward Johnston’s name above everyone else’s.

He felt the Canada international was the ‘best player’ on the park and also expressed how, over the last six months, people are now seeing a ‘big input’ from the player in an attacking sense, as he told Clyde 1 Superscoreboard.

“I think we had a lot of options this weekend, it must be said, I thought there were a lot of good performances over the weekend,” said Halliday about who is the top performer in Scotland.

“I have a feeling the Celtic-Motherwell game will be a big talking point, as always, so I am going to go for Alistair Johnston.

“The fact that he was wearing the captain’s armband going into the game was always that added bit of pressure there. But I thought he was Celtic’s best player on the pitch. A lot has been said about what he offers the team defensively. He has always been a brilliant one-v-one defender. I think, over the last six months or so, we are seeing a real big input in his attacking outlet and I think he was great.”

Johnston’s stats for Celtic against Motherwell

Aside from Johnston’s goal, going by WhoScored, he stood above all of his teammates, in terms of how he was rated for the match.

There were many top performers during the match, including McCowan impressing the Celtic fans again.

But Johnston was handed a rating of 8.47, with McCowan the only player getting above eight and the rest being around the seven mark.