Pat Bonner watched Celtic eventually see off Kilmarnock and pinpointed where they could have made things easier for themselves.
Celts beat Killie 2-1 at Parkhead in the Scottish Cup this evening to ensure they made it into the next round.
Brendan Rodgers felt his side deserved more in front of goal than just two strikes with both Callum McGregor and Daizen Maeda on the scoresheet either side of a Bobby Wales leveller.
Although the Irishman was content in the end with the victory which he says tees his side up well for Young Boys in the Champions League on Wednesday.
Pat Bonner says Celtic should have exploited Killie in attacking areas
Bonner, speaking on BBC Sportsound, was not particularly impressed by his old club in Glasgow and he felt they could have done a lot better in an attacking sense.
“I think he’ll be positive, he always is, he’ll be picking at maybe areas where they could improve,” Bonner said when asked what he expected Rodgers to say at full-time.
“I’d like to think… it’s maybe more after the game about analysing where they could have exploited Kilmarnock higher up the pitch.
“Definitely, they could have exploited the space higher.
“I haven’t seen, apart from maybe European competition, even Rangers didn’t do what Kilmarnock did here.
“They pressed Celtic really high but they also left themselves so wide open at the back in almost going man for man.
“It wasn’t just three centre-halves. The two wider players played really wide against Nicolas Kuhn and Maeda which they had to do to get contact on them, but it left Wright almost on his own.”
Kyogo was not at the races for Celts after he was recently described by Kris Boyd as “scary” in front of goal.
Adam Idah should have come on for Kyogo earlier
And that prompted the question from Bonner about whether or not Adam Idah should have been introduced to the action earlier than he was with just seven minutes to play in normal time.
Idah’s form has dipped recently but Bonner reckons the 23-year-old might have offered a fresh option for Celtic from what Kyogo provides.
That might have been a difference-maker, says Bonner.
“Should Celtic have made the change with Adam Idah a wee bit earlier?” he asked.
“I think it would’ve been a different ball played in, they’d have played it into his feet whereas Kyogo is always trying to get in behind and he’s always moving around and the passes weren’t coming.
“After the game they’ll analyse it and that’s probably they need to beat the press in a different way.
“Not just trying to play through the press but beyond. Then get runners going because it was wide open for them today.”
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