Jota. What a player. What man. What a winger.
And on Saturday afternoon, he showed exactly why Celtic shelled out £6m for him.
The Portuguese star has been nothing but a sensation since signing for the club and now we are starting to see a return to the form that had seen the 23-year-old become a firm fans last season.
Jota had a brilliant opening hand in Celtic’s opener but it was properly captured on Celtic’s Unique Angle and a very interesting exchange between himself and Haksa took place afterwards.
🚨 Unique Angle
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🇺🇸 CCV!A fantastic display from the Bhoys in the Capital and here are the goals that sealed our passage to the #ScottishCup semi-finals! 🔥#HEACEL | @CelticFC | #COYBIG🍀 pic.twitter.com/umxQTkIpyO
— Celtic TV (@CelticTV) March 13, 2023
What an angle and it shows Jota sending Hearts defender Kai Rowles to the cafeteria to pick up his half time oranges brilliantly.
What I did enjoy was him and Sead Haksabanovic’s exchange during the celebrations where I can only imagine the Montenegran was congratulating, and laughing at, Jota’s brilliance at escaping his marker.
Jota really has become a darling of the fans.
He has scored ten goals and created nine this season and as we get to the business end, we are now starting to see him return to his best form after a few weeks of being off the boil.
Celtic are only seven wins from reclaiming the title officially and if Jota stays on this kind of form, you certainly wouldn’t bet against us finishing it up earlier than that.