Japan international Kyogo Furuhashi's sixth goal in as many games for Celtic helped the Scottish giants to a 2-0 Europa League play-off first-leg victory at home to AZ Alkmaar on Wednesday.

Furuhashi put the Glasgow club ahead early on after good work by Tom Rogic, and James Forrest scored a deflected second-half goal to ensure Celtic established a useful lead ahead of next week's second leg in the Netherlands.