Shunsuke Nakamura and Nahiro Takahara on target for respective clubs

Japan midfielder Shunsuke Nakamura who won the Scottish League title last week hit a brace for Celtic in 4-1 trashing of Kilmarnock. Nakamura.

He opened the scoring for his Scottish club in the 8th minute with a superb freekick and added a second in the 82nd minute with a clinical finish in front of goal.

He was delighted with his goals and commented that the 4-3-3 formation enabled him to make attacking moves and feeding passes very comfortably.

Nakamura has hit the net six times this season.

Also in the German first division, subsititute Nahiro Takahara came on in the 81st minute and found the net in injury time as second-placed Hamburg SV beat Borussia Moenchengladbach 2-0 to close the gap on leaders Bayern Munich to four points.

Takahara has had a frustrating spell all season at Hamburg, but took his chance very and was happy to turn a small chance into a goal.