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Watch on-loan Celtic man rescue Kilmarnock with crucial penalty save

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Celtic’s goalkeeper situation has split opinion.

Kasper Schmeichel’s performances have been criticised, but he showed in Thursday’s 3-1 win against Feyenoord that he was at home at the top level.

He and Viljami Sinisalo were signed in the same summer by Brendan Rodgers, with the latter frustrated by his lack of game time.

But elsewhere in the Celtic squad, there are a number of goalkeepers currently out on loan.

And England youth international Tobi Oluwayemi, who has recently broken into the Kilmarnock side, certainly made his mark on Saturday.

On-loan Celtic man Tobi Oluwayemi saves penalty for Kilmarnock

Oluwayemi joined Celtic as a highly-rated teenager over five years ago.

Since then, he has had loan spells in Ireland, Austria and Scotland to accumulate first-team experience.

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After impressing for Dunfermline in the last campaign, he had to wait until after the closure of the transfer window for his opportunity this season.

He was signed on an emergency loan by Kilmarnock after an injury to Max Stryjek, and made his fourth appearance at Rugby Park on Saturday against Dundee United.

He marked it with this excellent penalty save from Max Watters after 15 minutes.

Tobi Oluwayemi’s excellent penalty save for Kilmarnock

The game finished 1-1 in the end, as Killie’s winless run extended to seven matches.

It won’t get any easier for Stuart Kettlewell’s side either – their next three fixtures are away to Hearts, at home to Rangers and away to Aberdeen.

At least there’s a winnable home tie between the two tough away trips.

Celtic players out on loan

The Hoops have three players out on loan to other Scottish Premiership clubs – Oluwayemi at Kilmarnock, Stephen Welsh at Motherwell and Adam Montgomery at Livingston.

Welsh is currently playing regularly, but Montgomery has been out injured since October, having made a strong start to his season at Livi.

Wilfried Nancy could reportedly recall Luis Palma from his loan at Lech Poznan, where he is excelling.

Maik Nawrocki, Sean McArdle and Kyle Ure are just three of the other players out on loan elsewhere.