Brendan Rodgers said Adam Idah was "outstanding" in Celtic's 3-1 victory Scottish Premiership victory over Motherwell on Sunday.
The Cork striker, on loan at Celtic from Norwich, scored twice as his side came from behind to earn a vital win in their title race with Rangers.
Celtic found themselves behind at half-time following a superb goal by Blair Spittal. Rodgers knew a change was required in the Celtic attack and that was Idah replacing Kyogo Furuhashi.
"I was thinking that he could give us a better reference," said Rodgers.
"It was quiet for Kyogo; we lacked movement and that link-up play in the game. He's a player that wants to run into depth but this was a type of game where we were going to force them back and we needed someone to set the game up as well as run in behind. I felt at half-time that we needed both movement and someone who could look after the ball for us. Adam came in and he was outstanding."
Idah was on the pitch for just over five minutes when he headed a remarkable equaliser from Greg Taylor's cross.
"Our first goal, it was an absolutely incredible header from the ball in by Greg," said Rodgers.
"That get allows us to feel a lot better in the game at one each. Then, we started to play and speed up the game."
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