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Celtic coach Ange Postecoglou has hailed the 'outstanding' Aaron Mooy after the Aussie star's double in his club's 5-0 Scottish Cup destruction of Morton.
The 32-year-old Socceroos star - who played under Postecoglou for five years while the supercoach was at the helm of Australia - was named Man of the Match for his exceptional performance at Celtic Park on Saturday night (AEST).
After a slow start to life at Parkhead, Mooy continues to improve seemingly with every match and Postecoglou was left saluting him after his one-time international charge scored twice to bookend the Scottish champions' 5-0 stroll into the fifth round.
Aaron Mooy celebrates the first of his two goals for Celtic in the club's 5-0 Scottish Cup thrashing over Morton
It ended an excellent week for the much-travelled thoroughbred Mooy, who celebrated reaching his first final with Celtic last weekend with another fine performance in the League Cup semi-final win over Kilmarnock.
Postecoglou signed the veteran midfielder on a free transfer, which is increasingly looking like one of his best pieces of business in the coaching caper - and he could not have been more proud of his fellow Aussie.
'Since the World Cup, Aaron has been outstanding for us,' he said after Mooy's double.
Celtic coach and former Socceroos mentor Ange Postecoglou has hailed Aaron Mooy as 'outstanding' after a number of stunning performances in Scotland
The typically modest and softly spoken midfielder was quick to shrug off the praise, keen to keep the attention on the team rather than himself.
'It is about the team, it is not about me. I am part of the team, and when I play I try to help the team,' he told the BBC Scotland broadcast.
'It was a good performance from everyone and a nice way to end the week.
'You can always improve and get better and get fitter. I feel good and feel like I can help by working hard and getting better,' said Mooy.
Not usually the most prolific of goalscorers, Mooy also scored twice against Hibernian just after Christmas, and continues to build a lethal run of form after returning from Australia's World Cup campaign.
Aaron Mooy, pictured playing for Australia against France at the recent World Cup, has been building a lethal run of form for Celtic since returning from Qatar
Aaron Mooy (centre left) celebrates with Celtic teammates after opening the scoring from a penalty in the 18th minute
The game was not without controversy after the opener came courtesy of an extraordinarily harsh VAR decision against former Hoops defender Efe Ambrose.
A soft verdict of handball against former Celtic defender Efe Ambrose left Morton's boss Dougie Imrie raging that VAR was killing football - but
