Celtic forward Daizen Maeda hit a hat-trick against his former club, Yokohama F Marinos, but couldn't prevent the Scottish treble winners from going down 6-4 against the J-League first-division side in a friendly on Wednesday.
The Japan international struck twice early on as both sides scored two goals within the opening 23 minutes at Nissan Stadium. Maeda, who tied for the J-League scoring lead in 2021 with 23 goals for Marinos, got his third by side-footing a pass from another former Marinos player, Tomoki Iwata, into the corner in the 42nd minute.
Reo Hatate and Yuki Kobayashi were among the four-member Japanese contingent to start the match for Celtic, with last year's Scottish Premiership top scorer and MVP Kyogo Furuhashi coming off the bench in the second half.
Marinos turned the game around after the break, however, with former Arsenal winger Ryo Miyaichi heading in the fifth and hitting the bottom corner for the sixth in the closing stages.
