Can Rodgers rediscover Celtic's attacking X-factor?

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Not since 1991-92 have Celtic gone goalless in so many games this early in a season.Of course, there is a caveat in the guise of Kelechi Iheanacho's strike that was ruled out bewilderingly for a ghost handball, but the point about Celtic's creative travails still stands.They're desperately out of sorts in attack. In Ange Postecoglou's second season they failed to score only four times in 53 matches.In the Premiership, Hearts have scored almost double Celtic's number of goals.

But before and after the defeat to Braga, he mentioned some of the team's numbers from last season by way of stark contrast.In the first 12 games of last season Celtic scored 38 goals. O'Riley was another - 27 goals and more than 30 assists.If you add in Abada, Jota (back at Celtic but still out with a serious injury) and Adam Idah (hardly the perfect striker but he scored plenty) then Celtic have offloaded around 227 goals and 120 assists since Jota (15 goals and 12 assists in his final season) left for Al-Ittihad in summer 2023.Many of those players had pace, vision and unpredictability.

He has yet to score this season.Benjamin Nygren has come up with some goals and assists but he doesn't appear to have O'Riley's ability to shape games. He's missed the past eight games and Celtic have won only three of them.Teenager Colby Donovan has taken his opportunity in the Canada right-back's absence, but Johnston, as well as being a good defender, adds energy to Celtic's attack.