A section of Celtic fans have lost their minds with excitement over the performance of Olivier Ntcham in their 3-1 win against Livingston at Celtic Park on Saturday afternoon.
Ntcham, 22, pulled the strings in the centre of the park and managed to bag his second goal of the campaign from the penalty spot in the 50th minute to round off what was a routine victory for the reigning Scottish champions.
Tom Rogic and Odsonne Edouard were also on the scoresheet for the hosts before Scott Robinson’s late consolation goal for Livi.
Some Celtic fans were ecstatic over the performance of Ntcham in particular though, with one claiming the Frenchman is the “best player in world football.”
This is Futbol has rounded up some of the best tweets:
https://twitter.com/GavisconCook_/status/1025785119649554432
Gave away a scrappy goal at the end but for vast majority of game we strolled it and should have scored many many more than 3. Ntcham was superb ?
— AM ???????? (@annemarie6377) August 4, 2018
https://twitter.com/P__67/status/1025774060725317633
Ntcham and Rogic have been class today
— NEILJUNG67 (@NEILJUNGERS67) August 4, 2018
Ntcham is a lovely player isn’t he ? So composed, controlled, & everywhere. ???
— ?R4tser ??? ??? (@R4tser) August 4, 2018
Ntcham makes everything look so easy
— KP (@dipduckdive) August 4, 2018
https://twitter.com/Shaunmcd21/status/1025759796094480384
https://twitter.com/MarkConlan4/status/1025750045260476416
OPINION
Ntcham’s performance against Livingston was a pure delight and it’s no wonder that these fans were going wild about his display during the game. At the moment, he is looking like the best midfielder in Scottish football and that is certainly a good sign for Brendan Rodgers who is not only gunning for an eighth title in a row for the club, but also looking to progress in Europe. Ntcham has also been on fire in the Champions League qualifiers as further proof that he has hit the ground running. Hopefully he can preserve this run of form because he has shown the potential to be player of the season already.