CELTIC have a host of players out injured after a hectic schedule piled the pressure on the squad.
Daizen Maeda was ruled out for six weeks after suffering an injury against Atletico Madrid in midweek.
He joined Liel Abada, Reo Hatate and Maik Nawrocki who also remain out for Brendan Rodgers’ side.
But things have gone from bad to worse for the Hoops as Kyogo picked up a bad head injury in their clash with Aberdeen.
A challenge through the back of the Celtic talisman’s head from Slobodan Rubezic knocked the Japanese striker unconscious mid air before he hit the floor.
He regained consciousness but was forced off as Rodgers made a speedy substitute to bring Oh on.
The referee deemed a yellow card enough for the challenge and Rubezic remained on the field as his team looked to get back into the game from 2-0 down.
Kyogo will be a big miss for Celtic as the games ramp up after the international break.
The forward has seven goals and two assists so far in 17 appearances this season.
And Rodgers revealed after the game that his star striker would stay in Glasgow over the next fortnight rather than travel for international duty with Japan.
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The Celtic boss told Sky Sports: “It wasn’t great for him.
“It’s a nasty blow for him so he’ll obviously not travel to Japan, he’ll need to stay here and recover.
“The medical team will just make sure he’s okay.
“I haven’t seen it back. I was only looking at match time.
“But, yeah, it looked a really sore one.”
Meanwhile, an ex-SPFL referee has been left bemused after VAR’s failure to intervene after a big penalty call in Rangers’ win over Livingston.
And he thinks the failure to do so will only increase calls to get RID of the new technology.
Ross McCausland has been accused of CHEATING to win a first-half spot-kick at the Tony Macaroni Arena.
Former Category 1 referees Steve Conroy and Des Roache were surprised that there was no review recommended from VAR after Steven McLean pointed to the spot.
Livi keeper Shamal George challenged Ross McCausland who went down inside the box.
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