Celtic 6-1 Hibernian: Forrest hits ha-trick for rampant champions

James Forrest's hat-trick goal was his 100th club goal for Celtic

James Forrest scored a hat-trick on his first start of the season to take his Celtic tally to 100 goals as Hibernian were demolished in Glasgow.

His third came in the second half via a deflection, with Giorgos Giakoumakis slamming in a double.

Daizen Maeda made it six to the rampant hosts in injury time, while Elie Youan had briefly made it 3-1.

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Forrest has been used sparingly this season but took his opportunity with both hands as manager Ange Postecoglou, already missing the injured Jota, chose to rotate his squad following the midweek Champions League loss to RB Leipzig.

He struck first on nine minutes, drifting in at the back post to volley in a lovely cross from the impressive Saed Haksabanovic, who was stationed wide on the left.

Time after time, Haksabanovic tore past Chris Cadden with ease to cause the visitors all sorts of problems.

Hibs were exposed on the left again when Bernabei galloped forward to drill in an inch-perfect pass for Giakoumakis to crash in with a first-time shot.

Celtic continued to press forward in waves and Marshall gathered a shot from Forrest a few minutes before inexplicably letting another one slip past him.

Haksabanovic did the damage again and his low cross eventually made its way to Forrest at the edge of the box. The strike was straight at Marshall, but the Hibs captain, playing his first game against the club he left in 2007, fumbled it over the line before batting it away. It was a terrible lapse from the normally reliable goalkeeper.

Hibs made it to the interval without any more damage and made four changes for the second half.

One of those replacement, Youan, ran on to a Martin Boyle pass to beat Joe Hart at his near post, but the comeback was short lived.

Moments later, a woeful mis-kick from Nohan Kenneh allowed Celtic to feed Forrest and the winger completed his hat-trick with a deflected shot whizzing into the corner of the net.

Boyle was inches away with a dipping, curling shot, but Hibs continued to leave huge gaps for Celtic to exploit.

Substitute Liel Abada had so much time to pick out Giakoumakis with a cut-back and the Greek striker's shot from 16 yards was taken away from Marshall's path as an attempted block from Rocky Bushiri sent the ball past the keeper.

With the Hibs defence once again posted missing, Marshall thwarted Abada in a one-on-one situation but Celtic would not be denied a late sixth as a cross from the right dropped for Maeda to poke the ball home.

Player of the match - James Forrest

Who else? Forrest reached 100 Celtic goals on a memorable afternoon for the Scotland winger