Celtic midfielder Arne Engels continues to impress in the engine room and Cameron Carter-Vickers will be delighted by his excellent contribution.
Last weekend, the Bhoys crushed Aberdeen at Hampden to progress to the Premier Sports Cup final, setting up a tasty showpiece occasion against Rangers in mid-December.
Of course, Cameron Carter-Vickers opened the scoring for Celtic, rising highest from a corner from Arne Engels to power his side into the lead at the national stadium.
Ultimately, the United States international ended up opening the floodgates for his teammates, with goals from Kyogo Furuhashi and Nicolas Kuhn alongside a Daizen Maeda hat-trick finishing the job in style.
Nevertheless, Carter-Vickers has pointed to Engels as a central influence behind the triumph, expanding on the role he can envisage the Belgium international having moving forward.
Cameron Carter-Vickers on Arne Engels’ Celtic role
Speaking about his counterpart, Carter-Vickers believes Engels’ excellence in the dirty side of the game alongside registering two assists has made him the ideal candidate to play a box-to-box midfield role for Celtic, mixing industry with elegance.
He stated, firstly referencing Engels’ set-piece delivery for his opener [Daily Record]: “I couldn’t really miss it, but yeah, it was good.
“Obviously. I don’t score that often, to be fair, so it was a good feeling. It was a great ball by Arne with a great whip on it and it kind of dipped perfectly for me.
Discussing the Dendermonde-born man’s role in the side, Carter-Vickers continued: “I saw his work off the ball since he’s been here. He’s definitely got that kind of power and strength in the midfield to get back and be a box-to-box player.”
Arne Engels is living up to the Celtic hype
Making a strong start to life at Parkhead, Engels is growing in confidence and appears to be worth every penny of his £11 million price-tag.
Per stat-trackers Fotmob, the Belgian has created 12 chances and won 18 duels on Scottish Premiership duty, lending credence to the idea that he is a presence in both boxes.
While expectation will always follow him due to being the Bhoys’ record signing, Engels is certainly living up to the hype with the Bhoys.
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