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A year of change and challenge for the champions. And relegation for

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Hearts followed by rejuvenation. New faces force a new focus. New belief

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for those... Winning heals everything.

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They are a leader Park this season but Premiership favourites Celtic

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are far from firing on all cylinders, and Hearts are looking

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like a team reborn at the top of the Scottish championship. It adds up to

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an intriguing matchup tonight in the third round of the Scottish League

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Cup. These two looking to join Aberdeen, Hibs, Partick Thistle,

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Rangers, St Johnstone in the quarterfinals. We will have last

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night's highlights at half-time. There are two more places up for

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grabs tonight. The Dundee derby at Tannadice and Hamilton against

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Motherwell. We will have news of those two woven in with our coverage

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of this one. Hearts against Celtic at Celtic Park. Charlie Mulgrew is

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not playing tonight. That is why he is with me. Michael Stewart is here

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as well. Letters find out who is playing for Celtic to night,

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firstly. -- let us find out. Four changes from the team against

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Motherwell at the weekend. Craig Gordon, Scott Brown, Kris Commons

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and Stefan Johansen play. Players moving out of the team, Zaluska,

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Kayal, by tonne and Tonev. Hearts have made three changes. Prince

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Buaben is back after suspension. Sam Nicholson is back. And Dale

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Carrick. Robinson, King and Keating dropped out. Those are the team

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selections. Charlie, maybe not too surprising when we saw the impact

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that Brown and Kris Commons had on Sunday? Yes, they are big players.

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You saw when they came on on Sunday, Scott Brown drive from the midfield

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and he drags everybody with him. Kris Commons's goals cannot be

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overlooked. He has got a great record. He has started scoring again

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this season. Two big players. Michael, in terms of the three

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Hearts changes, is Prince Buaben the T1? That is the important area. With

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Scott Brown coming back in first Celtic, it is important that Hearts

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get their strongest team on the pitch. -- for Celtic. It will be a

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good battle to night. Ultimately whoever can get a foothold in the

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middle of the park, could win the game. Nicholson could cause

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problems. The Celtic fans would prefer you were in the hoops rather

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than the shirt and tie tonight. How is your knee? I saw the specialist

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in London and he thought the best option was to get an injection in

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the knee. Settling down well. Hopefully I can get back to training

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in the next ten days. I am trying to say area. We will see what the

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physio says. Will you have to go under the knife? It was spoken about

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but the best option was the injection. If I had the operation it

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would have been an extra couple of weeks. It has given me a lift that I

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can now start running. Here is a goal of yours from the Scottish

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League Cup, sadly in a game you last against St Mirren. Has it been

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surprising and disappointing for you that in among all this success you

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have adverse Celtic, the League Cup has not been kind to you? Yes. Very

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disappointing against Rangers. We never got back to another final

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after that. After tonight, hopefully we are in the next round and we can

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push on and do well. That is the big game for us. -- name. The last time

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these never to met was five years ago. You will never guess who scored

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the game. It wasn't Charlie! I can remember the penalty, a

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fantastically struck one that just crept over the line. Charlie was a

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wee bit excited about it as well. It was a good result. We got through to

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the semifinal and ended up playing on a boggy pitch at Fir Park against

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St Mirren. Unfortunately we never made the final. It was a great

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result. We were going to a sticky patch at that time Park and win the

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game with a fantastically struck penalty was a good night. Not the

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most convincing penalty I have ever seen! Current Celtic manager Ronny

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Deila would not fancy a repeat of that result. It has been a tough

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start for him in the Celtic job. He has been talking to us. He is

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convinced he is making good progress.

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I think we are getting there. To have a consistency with the starting

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XI is important. When we have that, we are progressing. But when we have

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switched a lot of players at the same time, we have struggled. Like

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the first half an hour on Sunday. But again, when we get more

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experienced players on, we get the momentum back. European football...

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It is about fitness and about injuries. A lot of things are behind

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the decisions. What are your ultimate goals this season? Do you

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see the trouble as being attainable? It is a goal. It would be very

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difficult. But we have a chance. And now we just have to go into every

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game and do everything we can to win. We play good teams every time.

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It starts with Hearts. That is a big goal for us to win the trouble.

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Hearts are not in the top league. What do you know of them and how

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much have you seen of them? They are a young team. They are a big club.

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They have been in the top division for many years. It will be a tough

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game. They have very good confidence now. They are playing well. I am

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looking forward to it. I have watched them on television. We know

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what we are going to meet and we know it will be tough but we also

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know how good we are when we play as we did in the second half on Sunday.

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He seems like a really nice guy. What is it like to work with? What

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is his style and will he be the right choice? Definitely. He is a

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really nice guy. A really top coach. His training is great. Everybody

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enjoys it. He has brought some new ideas. I think he needs time like

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any manager. It is very important you get the players onside.

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Ultimately you need to get results and build up momentum. It can write

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quickly turn. It is good to hear that the guys are buying into what

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he is trying to do. Letters here from Robbie Neilson, the Hearts

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coach. -- let us hear. He says they are top of the table through hard

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work. If players want to get to the top, they have to work hard. If you

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want to get better, you train more. When I was coming through as a

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player, you reported at ten o'clock and you were away for 12. You are

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never going to develop like that. Boys, now in four 8 o'clock and they

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stay until half past four sometimes. It is a balance between development

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and winning games. Will you be relaxed at Celtic Park? Yes. I am

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pretty relaxed going into games. We do our preparation before it. We

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give the players all of the information, as much as we can. It

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is a case of motivating them before the game and giving them last words.

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Celtic lost to Morton in the League Cup last season. Do you think they

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put as much importance on this Cottage and as much importance on

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this, designers Hearts? Yes, I think they do. Stephen and I went to see

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the game against Motherwell on Sunday and have arrested six

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players. It shows the importance of the Scottish League Cup. We urge

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huge underdogs. But we want to show what we can do.

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What have you made of Ronny Deila? I have heard a lot of good things

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about him. I have never met him. I have heard a lot of good things from

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players about the things he is trying to do. I look forward to

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meeting him. I think it will be interesting to see what his views on

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the game are. He is an attack minded. The things he's doing in

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training are interesting. It will be good.

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We were talking about Ronny Deila being a surprise choice. Robbie

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Neilson probably falls into the same sort of category. He has been

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impressive? Yes, he has. He is a very meticulous guy. He goes about

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his work. He is fully professional. That has shown with the results. It

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is not by chance they are sitting at the top of the league. He was

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watching Livingston yesterday in Aberdeen. He goes about his business

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in a professional way. I'm delighted to see him do so well. He has put

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together a really good team. A lot of good acquisitions. You have to

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take that forward onto the pitch. Get the players understanding what

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they are meant to be doing. You can see with the youngsters and the

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experienced players, he has got a good blend. Morton knocked Celtic

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out of the League Cup last season. That is a suitable warning for

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Celtic to -- that if you don't get your attitude right, something can

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happen? Morton made it difficult for us that night. We were all over

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them. We could not get that goal. That is what happens. We have got to

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show tonight that we have learned our lessons. We can go through. That

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is what we want to do. Everybody is up for it. Hopefully we can get a

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result. More from Charlie and Michael at half-time. Let's get to

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the action now. It is Celtic against Hearts. Bidding for a place in the

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quarterfinals of this League Cup. The commentary from Stephen Thompson

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and Liam McLeod. Good evening. When you have been in

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a dark place, when you have been grappling with Demons, you find

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yourself staring into the abyss, there will be a moment in the

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recovery process which will tell you if your time has come. Tonight would

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be that moment for this Hearts team. They come to Celtic Park to face...

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Hearts have adapted to the championship so far. This could be a

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huge night for Ronny Deila. He has had anything but a comparable start.

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It has been a spluttering beginning under the Norwegian. The Champions

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League is gone. Twice their league form has been hit and miss. Under

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this cup spotlight last season they were found wanting. There is Craig

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Levein, former Scotland and Hearts manager. They would be a minute's

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applause in joint respect of John Divers, a former Celtic player, and

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Hearts supporter Gordon Wilson, who passed away at 43 while watching his

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team play Cowdenbeath at the weekend.

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It is a very different Celtic team to the one you normally see. Brown

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and Commons return. So to Craig Gordon, the former Hearts keeper. He

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left Hearts for Sunderland and is now number one in this neck of the

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woods. A stable looking Hearts team. They scored 23 goals in nine

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competitive games so far. Look out for Nicholson and sell. -- Sow

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macro. The man Hearts fans love to hate,

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Leigh Griffiths, is back in the Celtic squad tonight. Willie Collins

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is in charge tonight. -- Willie column. He was in charge of the 2012

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final. The game is on the way. Celtic's

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first foray in this competition this season against a Hearts team with

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arguably a better squad than the last time they faced Celtic in the

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top flight? Yes, definitely. I would say the purchases during the summer

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have been astute, especially in Gomis. We will keep you up-to-date

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with what is happening in the other matches taking place tonight. They

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kick off later. Hamilton against Motherwell and the Dundee derby.

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Dundee looking for redemption after the hammering they took against

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Dundee United at the weekend. Hearts unbeaten in the league. Their

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only defeat this season came in the Challenge Cup. They put out a second

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string team. Buaben and Gomis were such an

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important part of the United team that won the Scottish cup in 2010.

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Reunited at Tynecastle. Hearts are more than happy to allow Celtic to

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have possession of the ball in their run half. -- their own half. When

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Celtic move up the pitch, they will tighten up and put in challenges.

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Jason Denayer scored a couple of goals for Celtic since his loan move

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from Manchester City. He has been impressive so far.

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There was a little bit too much on that. If that ball had been slightly

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better, Osman Sow was one-on-one. Celtic need to be wary of that

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direct pass. Sow was brought down by Denayer. The

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referee has gone to his pocket. Jamie Walker did ever so well in the

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middle of the park, winning the ball from McGregor. I would like to see

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the referee let that one goal early in the match. Yes, it is a bad

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challenge, but for me it is not a yellow card. A booking for the young

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Belgian. Good movement from sale. -- from Osman Sow. He will be pivotal

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to what Hearts do this evening. He made a run into the channel on that

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occasion, showed his pace and his power. He will be vital. Six foot

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four, Osman Sow. And he can move as well. That puts Denayer on a

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tightrope for the rest of the match as well.

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That was the first attempt on goal. Hearts have started the match really

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brightly. There are just three survivors on the Hearts team from

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the one that played Celtic the last time, a league defeat at Tynecastle

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back in the spring. Patterson, Wilson and Nicholson.

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Izaguirre with the cross. A very important clearance. The first real

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prodding of the Hearts re-occurred from Celtic. Brown! -- rearguard. It

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was a fantastic effort. Was it Stokes who headed in the end? I

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think it might have been. Celtic probing, looking for the opening. It

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was a fine strike. Just past the post.

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It is the first time Celtic have laid a glove on Hearts so far.

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Hearts have started well. They are not pressing the ball. You have to

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be comfortable as a defence to do that. Celtic have got the quality to

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find pockets. I think Hearts need to be clever.

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They need to play counterattacking game. They are not flooding too many

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men forward. John Guidetti is the Celtic centre forward of choice this

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evening. Anthony Stokes is playing on the left-hand side.

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Alexander, the Hearts goalkeeper, is such an experienced campaigner. He

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had a long spell as Allan McGregor's understudy at Rangers.

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Guidetti did well to divert that towards goal. It was a clever ball

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from Scott Brown. Guidetti tried to get a shot on it.

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Well done from Osman Sow. He needs to retain possession for Hearts all

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night. It was rather disappointing on

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Sunday for the Celtic supporters. They could only draw with

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Motherwell. It is a corner to Hearts. Walker really got a hold of

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that shot. Luckily for Celtic it deflected away for a corner. Hearts

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are really forcing themselves forward. That shot was definitely

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going on target. Jamie Walker is one of the

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youngsters who found himself in the first team as a result of the

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problems they have had in recent years.

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It will be another corner kick to the visitors. You just wonder when

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he hits this, if the ball doesn't deflect, is the on-site? I think you

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might have been onside. -- onside. Hearts are keeping possession of the

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ball very well. They look like a confident team. Denier concedes a

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corner. Hearts's third corner within a minute. How many times have you

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seen that go into the net? Hearts turning the screw. I have seen Jamie

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Walker score many times from outside the box. Not on that occasion. I

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think that was the wrong choice. It was a difficult angle. He was

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slightly off-balance. Just put it back into the area. Promising again

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for Hearts. Just the one clean sheet so far this

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season for Craig Gordon. It has been a problem for Celtic in the early

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stages of the season. The referee was not ready there. He

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is now. Stefan Johansen played for Norway

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recently in a European Championship qualifier against Italy. They lost

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the game. Dreadful defending! Guidetti kicks the post and

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frustration. He knows he should have put Celtic in front. Absolutely. It

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was a very bad mess. The only thing worse was the defending from Ozturk.

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That is a golden opportunity. John Guidetti missing a glorious

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opportunity to open his Celtic account. They are so giving van Dyck

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a hard time down the other end. Collins. It is John Guidetti again,

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it is too high for Kris Commons, and Paterson blocks, crucially. John

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Guidetti does very well, you had the opportunity to go down, he stays on

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his feet and he hands a lovely ball up and in the end it is good

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defending from Calum Paterson. A couple of warnings for the

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championship side, in the last couple of minutes, the Scottish

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champions. Trying to stab it towards goal, Alexander holds on. It is a

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bit scrappy, the quality of the corner is not that great, taking a

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lovely touch. In the end, it falls to Jason Denayer and he does not

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have it. Emilio Izaguirre. He was not going anywhere. Hearts have won

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the last two League Cup matches, there have won both of them, it was

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a 1-0 win, it was a penalty in 2009. Paterson. Bailed out, by John

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Guidetti, it was poor that time. Yes normally, his distribution is very

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good. It was slack there. He was a hearts fan as a boy, Alexander, he

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is living the dream. Capitalising on poor Celtic possession, it is poor

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hearts possession, McGregor. WHISTLE Goalkick. Excellent defending.

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McGregor tries to take him on the outside, and he is really showing

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that he has the pace to deal with that. His brother Richard is

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currently, with Terry Henry at the New York Red Bulls. It cannot be

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bad. I played with him at Burnley, he is a very nice guy, York rebels

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can't be bad. And he had a spell at Burnley as well. Is he a character?

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He is. It is only a temporary intermission. Celtic beginning to

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grab this game by the scruff of the neck. Kris Commons, it is good play.

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It is good movement by Kris Commons, he is finding it difficult to get on

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the ball, hearts have made that area so compact. That was his first

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attempt on goal. Of the night. John Guidetti is not the shyest of guys,

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when he came into the Burnley dressing room I had my iPod on, it

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was his first game, in the dressing room and he put my iPod off, he said

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what is this rubbish? He put some Dutch house music on, so I swiftly

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told him to take that. It was a while back but he was a talented

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player, it was unlike him to miss that opportunity, his main attribute

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and his outstanding attribute is his finishing, he is very skilful. Over

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the course of a season. It will be 22, John Guidetti. It is a tough

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looking challenge. Yes, she liked to challenge as well. That attitude

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like to. It is the news Celtic gaffer. It has been up and down

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since he replaced Neil Lennon Way back in June. There were other two

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Champions League knockouts, it was the previous one that stuck in the

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throat the most I would imagine. It really was a capitulation against

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Legia. Kris Commons could be in, and Celtic, they are beginning to turn

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it on now. They are starting to find space and movement, in between the

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hearts lines and that was excellent again. Working up his left foot, and

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in the end it was a touch too many. Hearts can recover. Lost sight of

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the ball at the crucial moment. Stokes was there. Green and white

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hoops. John Guidetti. Kris Commons. Brown. Neil Alexander 's fingertips,

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another Celtic corner, hearts having to weather the storm. Yes, Scott

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Brown is very good from the edge of the box. Set up very nicely for him.

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It is a good save in the end, he caught it well enough. He had the

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entire campaign with a hamstring injury. It is kept in by Virgil van

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Dijk. To no avail in the end. Celtic are delighted to see him still at

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the club, with the closure of the transfer window. It looks like, he

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was. Johansson. McGregor. And Johansson was under all kinds of

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pressure there. Celtic are committing more and more men to the

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attack, they are almost playing four upfront, pushing on, well into it.

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And they are putting hearts under pressure but the problem is, Wilson

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trying to put it away, and it is in! It is the first goal for John

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Guidetti, in the green and white hoops of Celtic. It is one that puts

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them in front, against the championship visitors. First blood

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to Celtic. John Guidetti makes no mistake with this finish, he will be

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delighted to open his account, Danny Wilson has got to do it with a

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clearing header. Anywhere, he puts it right into the path, back into

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the danger area. When you have got to header it into the corner. It is

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a mistake and it is a costly one to have. They will know more than

:41:18.:41:23.

anybody else, that a striker wants to get his first goal for the club

:41:24.:41:28.

as soon as possible. And the Swede John Guidetti is off the mark. It is

:41:29.:41:40.

no surprise, when he is on loan, 20, in 23 appearances. It just shows

:41:41.:41:49.

the quality that he has. He will get opportunities, that is one thing

:41:50.:41:53.

that you can guarantee as a striker for Celtic. It is a position that is

:41:54.:42:02.

up for grabs, that is for sure. The Serbian international that has

:42:03.:42:04.

signed is on the bench to night, he has not really impressed so far.

:42:05.:42:11.

John Guidetti has, he has got good movement as we have seen there, and

:42:12.:42:15.

Celtic will quickly looking for a second

:42:16.:42:18.

to really knocked the stuffing out of their opponents. To really 1-0 up

:42:19.:42:24.

and then get the second and third goal. I'm sure that would have been

:42:25.:42:31.

the focus of his pre-match talk. When you do school, getting the

:42:32.:42:35.

first goal quickly. It is the Stoke corner. Turning towards goal. Again.

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Two in just two minutes. Hearts are swimming against the tide. I wonder

:42:49.:42:55.

if they could have two better chances. Emanuel as Aguirre --

:42:56.:43:06.

Emilio Izaguirre, deep. He will be furious with himself, you are right

:43:07.:43:10.

it could have been a hat-trick and it probably should have been a

:43:11.:43:17.

hat-trick. Wonderful defending. He started his career at Manchester

:43:18.:43:22.

United, like so many others, he has had to go far and away to rediscover

:43:23.:43:33.

himself. Barnsley and Port Vale. Denmark for six years as well. 29

:43:34.:43:44.

now, but he started this game well,. Hearts have not found

:43:45.:44:00.

themselves behind to offer them this season, wonderful win at Ibrox. At

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the start of the championship campaign. 2-1, that was. Back to

:44:06.:44:17.

Nicholson, we have not seen much of him so far. We are at the quarter

:44:18.:44:27.

mark. Nicholson now. Scoring a screamer against Hibs. In a league

:44:28.:44:33.

victory in August. It will be a goal kick. Hearts at the start have

:44:34.:44:45.

really struggled to get their key players on the ball, Nicholson has

:44:46.:44:51.

been a real standout for hearts, he has not really be involved. Janey

:44:52.:44:56.

Walker, making dynamic runs. Simply because they are all in their own

:44:57.:45:01.

half, Celtic cannot get on the ball because of the pressure that they

:45:02.:45:11.

are under. Stokes. Trying to play in John Guidetti who appreciate the

:45:12.:45:16.

efforts. He was looking to let back to Stokes, to get the shot. It is

:45:17.:45:23.

probably the first time that they have played together, it will take a

:45:24.:45:27.

while, it always does as a striker to find partnerships. To find what

:45:28.:45:39.

the other striker likes to do. We were talking to Charlie Mulgrew

:45:40.:45:46.

before the match and about this competition being the Achilles heel

:45:47.:45:52.

of Celtic. St Mirren in the semifinals a couple of seasons ago,

:45:53.:46:02.

this day last year, they lost 10-2 at the end to Hamilton Academical,

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it is an unlikely victory. Extra time winner. Knocking Celtic out. It

:46:07.:46:12.

was an astonishing result, the longer the season went on and the

:46:13.:46:13.

longer the armed -- the unbeaten run Celtic went.

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That is a bit more like it from hearts, making the run forward, in

:46:25.:46:31.

the end it is a good tackle, from Jason Denayer. It is a set piece.

:46:32.:46:53.

Walker corner. Jason Denayer I. It is going to arrive there are, in the

:46:54.:46:58.

end. Celtic should have cleared that. Plenty of corners, in the way

:46:59.:47:08.

of the men. I don't know why Jason Smyth took a touch there, always

:47:09.:47:13.

wanting to clear your lines. Relieve the pressure, he tries to take a

:47:14.:47:17.

touch as it is a mistake. There is another corner. Carrick, in the

:47:18.:47:25.

middle for hearts, scoring a couple. He awaits again. Jason tonight are

:47:26.:47:32.

feeling a bit better, conceding a corner in the first place. -- Jason

:47:33.:47:45.

Denayer. The 19-year-old from Brussels, he is not far off the

:47:46.:47:49.

Belgian senior squad. Doing well to get into that. Each time, the hearts

:47:50.:48:09.

attack breaks down. Celtic's last League Cup triumph in 2009, Aiden

:48:10.:48:15.

McGeady with a penalty. Emilio Izaguirre, he was at the

:48:16.:48:29.

right place at the right time. Playing down the left, a neat 1-2,

:48:30.:48:36.

his delivery is not bad, well defended, it is another corner to

:48:37.:48:42.

Celtic. A really good approach to the game by Celtic tonight. Stokes,

:48:43.:48:57.

away by Wilson. A push on Sam Nicholson, that has drawn the hearts

:48:58.:49:02.

free kick, they were under serious pressure even after the Celtic goal,

:49:03.:49:06.

Celtic keeping them hemmed in. It has calmed down just a bit in the

:49:07.:49:18.

last couple of minutes. It is one thing that hearts cannot afford to

:49:19.:49:22.

do, when they keep possession of the ball, they need to try and build a

:49:23.:49:28.

bit more, back to front. Without any real quality. And possession his key

:49:29.:49:33.

when you are up against it, trying to keep the ball. It looked as

:49:34.:49:47.

though it was going to get through to Kris Commons, there was no flag.

:49:48.:50:04.

32 and a half minutes in. Celtic in front, thanks to that John Guidetti

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goal, the Swede with his first strike, the Scottish champions,

:50:18.:50:19.

hearts started promisingly, they have had possession. Terence Fond

:50:20.:50:33.

Danny Wilson. In truth, wonderful save, from Alexander. Again, bring

:50:34.:50:37.

play from Emilio Izaguirre, fantastic delivery. Alexander has

:50:38.:50:44.

two make a wonderful reaction save here. Although there is plenty of

:50:45.:50:49.

power you have got to say, another mistake, he is saved by his

:50:50.:50:59.

goalkeeper. Virgil van Dijk was in the Netherlands squad for the

:51:00.:51:06.

opening qualifier, he did not play, they lost to the Czech Republic. Is

:51:07.:51:12.

that the Celtic centre-half? It is incredible, he does ever so well,

:51:13.:51:21.

tries to get a bit fancy. Just pick somebody out with a solid pass, and

:51:22.:51:25.

it would have been another goal for Celtic. Hearts have two face another

:51:26.:51:36.

Anthony Stokes corner kick. After things have been sorted out.

:51:37.:51:43.

Remember one of the players was booked earlier on. For a late

:51:44.:51:55.

challenge. On Ostman so. Anthony Stokes it is, Carrick does well,

:51:56.:52:04.

with a good header away. Emilio Izaguirre. Again, it is a really

:52:05.:52:14.

good combination tonight. To, it looks like Emilio Izaguirre is in

:52:15.:52:19.

the mood to night. Anthony Stokes is on the left-hand side and it is

:52:20.:52:30.

causing hearts real problems. Anthony Stokes, Emilio Izaguirre

:52:31.:52:39.

again. It drifted out of play across Emilio Izaguirre, not his best to

:52:40.:52:46.

night. Well spotted by the assistant referee on this nearside. Celtic

:52:47.:52:53.

attack in the east end of Celtic Park in the first half. As they tend

:52:54.:53:00.

to do in the first half of matches, the other third round ties tonight.

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Dundee United, Dundee, what a game that could be at Tannadice. Paul

:53:07.:53:21.

Hartley's team. To go to Tannadice tonight, top of the SPL Premiership.

:53:22.:53:29.

Joint top, as United top Celtic, five points behind those two. But

:53:30.:53:34.

with a game in hand, it is against Partick Thistle. On its way through,

:53:35.:53:41.

Callum McGregor has been flagged offside. This time, it is Jason

:53:42.:53:53.

Denayer, going a fraction early. It just shows you, it is so hard to

:53:54.:53:59.

defend against. When you have got the Celtic centre-half is breaking

:54:00.:54:06.

in like that. All Woody through to the quarterfinal draw, at Tannadice

:54:07.:54:10.

-- already three. The completion of that Dundee derby. Between Hamilton

:54:11.:54:22.

and Motherwell. Live on BBC radio Scotland, after all of the ties are

:54:23.:54:30.

done, including this one, the St Mirren side losing after extra time.

:54:31.:54:35.

It was St Johnstone and Hebburn and, also through to tonight straw

:54:36.:54:42.

after their victories tonight. -- and Hibernian, also through to two

:54:43.:54:45.

nights draw. Jamie Walker has won a free kick. He

:54:46.:55:01.

will want to speak to Callum McGregor. I think it might have been

:55:02.:55:06.

a slight over exaggeration, it was a bit theatrical. It is poor from

:55:07.:55:18.

Hearts, almost getting through. You don't want to be conceding

:55:19.:55:23.

possession to men like this, here is Kris Commons. Three goals this

:55:24.:55:26.

season for Kris Commons, 32 last season. He is fouled.

:55:27.:55:48.

Offside flag. He is really not getting enough of the ball, not

:55:49.:56:00.

enough service. When he does get service, it is poor. 1200 hearts

:56:01.:56:07.

fans have come along the mph tonight. -- the M8. They have come

:56:08.:56:16.

here in confidence, the only defeat so far is when a second string side

:56:17.:56:38.

lost at Livingston. Foreword by Nicholson. It is brilliant

:56:39.:56:51.

football, by Efe Ambrose. He has his critics but that is good. He is

:56:52.:56:56.

playing at right back, a position that he knows very well giving that

:56:57.:57:02.

he plays it for his national team, including Appenzell as Nigeria

:57:03.:57:06.

reached the last 16, talking about that Livingston victory over hearts.

:57:07.:57:12.

Here is the man who masterminded it, his team lost to Aberdeen last

:57:13.:57:17.

night. Mark Burchill the former Celtic striker is to his left. They

:57:18.:57:26.

were watching them Manchester City friends. Plummer was watching and

:57:27.:57:32.

John Guidetti. He was inside last night, part of the Livingston

:57:33.:57:37.

coaching setup. He began his career here. It is incredible the amount of

:57:38.:57:48.

players that teams like Manchester City and Chelsea have out on loan, I

:57:49.:57:52.

was reading that Chelsea have got more players out on loan than they

:57:53.:57:56.

do in their first squad, that is incredible. That is incredible and

:57:57.:58:00.

hilarious, that shows the finances that they have got to run sides like

:58:01.:58:07.

that. With other clubs like Celtic and St Mirren, if they can benefit

:58:08.:58:13.

from the system then great. Hearts were waiting for the flag to go up

:58:14.:58:19.

as it did a few minutes ago. It is Carrick. Over the ball. Scott Brown,

:58:20.:58:26.

lovely run. Shoulder to shoulder challenge. We know that Celtic, with

:58:27.:58:36.

Scott Brown throughout that European campaign, it was a futile campaign

:58:37.:58:38.

with regards to the Champions League, how much of a difference

:58:39.:58:43.

would he have made, had he been in the Celtic engine room? I think he

:58:44.:58:49.

has made a lot of difference, we have a leader on the pitch, but

:58:50.:58:54.

possibly a bit soft in the European qualifying games. Again, it is

:58:55.:58:59.

Emilio Izaguirre and Anthony Stokes, we know that Anthony Stokes likes to

:59:00.:59:05.

play through the middle but he has played very well on the left flank.

:59:06.:59:11.

100%, if he's going to try and build a team, players in possessions, they

:59:12.:59:20.

need to build relationships, I think that he is going to have two, Ronny

:59:21.:59:24.

Deila hast to start playing the same team, on a more regular basis, that

:59:25.:59:32.

he is going to find consistency. You are not going to get consistency

:59:33.:59:38.

doing it. Anthony Stokes with a free kick, Hearts cannot afford to

:59:39.:59:44.

concede a second. The interval, that is not a bad call, Steve Brown,

:59:45.:59:52.

Nicholson, his run is a bit earlier. It just shows you, the

:59:53.:59:56.

counterattack, one long ball from Neil Alexander, if that pass had

:59:57.:00:02.

been two inches longer, Nicholson have maybe got his foot on it. That

:00:03.:00:08.

is the danger, Celtic need to watch for, that is why Ronny Deila has

:00:09.:00:12.

been talking about getting the second goal. Hearts are very much

:00:13.:00:18.

still in this game. Alexander is there. Generally taking a pragmatic

:00:19.:00:33.

approach to these games, in Warsaw, 2-1 down were Celtic. Still waving

:00:34.:00:40.

the players forward, they were down to ten men, it would have been a

:00:41.:00:45.

wonderful result in the end. As Jason Denayer, he fouls, it was a

:00:46.:00:51.

game that they look pretty comfortable in, they had been caught

:00:52.:00:57.

up at the other end of the park. He has an attacking philosophy which is

:00:58.:01:01.

great, but the one problems is that you will get caught on the Qatar

:01:02.:01:04.

attack. Celtic have had wanted sheet in the last seven games -- the

:01:05.:01:07.

counterattack. There is a fine balance between

:01:08.:01:20.

committing too many men forward and leaving yourself exposed. They have

:01:21.:01:26.

got to find that balance. Going into the final minute of this first half.

:01:27.:01:31.

Ronny Deila in conversation with John Collins. John Collins, who led

:01:32.:01:38.

Hibernian two League Cup success in 2007. They hammered Kilmarnock in

:01:39.:01:41.

the final. Jamie Walker! What a chance! Spurned

:01:42.:02:01.

by Jamie Walker. It was a golden opportunity. Will they get a better

:02:02.:02:10.

one tonight? Celtic very much out of jail. Those defensive frailties we

:02:11.:02:13.

were talking about, exposed once again. Jamie Walker could not take

:02:14.:02:19.

advantage. Another horrendous mistake. Jamie Walker was so

:02:20.:02:25.

unlucky. I personally would have gone low into the bottom corner. The

:02:26.:02:32.

goalkeeper's left-hand side. He has tried to lift it over Craig Gordon.

:02:33.:02:37.

That will be their best chance tonight, probably. It goes to show

:02:38.:02:45.

again, Celtic are not killing teams off. They are giving teams the

:02:46.:02:48.

opportunity to get back into the match. Craig Jordan was beaten. The

:02:49.:03:01.

crossbar came to his rescue. Celtic looking a bit jittery towards the

:03:02.:03:07.

end of this first half. They seem to have problems clearing their lines.

:03:08.:03:14.

Ball up and had a clear opportunity. -- Prince Buaben. He just drags his

:03:15.:03:24.

shot. Jamie Walker was so unlucky. Who will be thinking about that all

:03:25.:03:27.

night tonight. The half-time whistle goes. Hearts have looked pretty

:03:28.:03:33.

comfortable in possession. But Celtic have turned the screw in the

:03:34.:03:39.

middle section of the first half. John Guidetti could have had a

:03:40.:03:44.

hat-trick. He has just the one. It is the one goal that separates the

:03:45.:03:48.

two. His first goal for the club. What an amazing end to the

:03:49.:04:39.

first-half here at Celtic Park. Celtic have dominated. One ahead.

:04:40.:04:46.

Could have been further in front. What an opportunity for Jamie Walker

:04:47.:04:49.

almost on the half-time whistle. Charlie Mulgrew and Michael Stewart

:04:50.:04:54.

watching. What a super points that could have been for Celtic? Yes, it

:04:55.:04:59.

would have been a bad time to lose a goal. Thankfully came off the bar.

:05:00.:05:07.

We go in 1-0 up. He had so much time, Michael. Maybe too much? How

:05:08.:05:14.

much will Hearts regret that? We will find out in the end of the game

:05:15.:05:22.

comes. When you come to Celtic Park and you get a gilt-edged

:05:23.:05:25.

opportunity, you have to put them on the back of the net. Fantastic

:05:26.:05:31.

technique. He will be disappointed, knowing he should have found the

:05:32.:05:35.

back of the net. It was very slack play by Celtic to allow him in

:05:36.:05:40.

there. Potentially he may had a wee bit too much time and thought about

:05:41.:05:44.

it too much. Maybe if it was one touch to finish it, he might have

:05:45.:05:49.

hit the back of the net. Those chances are few and far between at

:05:50.:05:55.

Celtic Park. It is 1-0 here. Three League Cup ties going on tonight.

:05:56.:06:01.

The other two kicking off half an hour after this one. A early days at

:06:02.:06:09.

Tannadice in the Dundee derby. Dundee have just missed a penalty.

:06:10.:06:16.

Greg Stuart slammed it down the throat of the goalkeeper, who turned

:06:17.:06:21.

it away for a corner kick. A barnstorming start. Sift sea, with

:06:22.:06:36.

the outside of his right foot, swinging the ball across and the

:06:37.:06:39.

keeper touched it away. -- shifty. A full house here. Great game.

:06:40.:06:52.

There is a Lanarkshire derby tonight as well. Hamilton against

:06:53.:06:58.

Motherwell. Richard Wilson is there. We are into the 22nd minute. It is

:06:59.:07:07.

0-0. There has not been a chance so far. Both sides are very cagey.

:07:08.:07:12.

Hamilton had a shot blocked inside the penalty area. Otherwise we have

:07:13.:07:19.

not seen much open play. The most interesting aspect of the game has

:07:20.:07:24.

been the two sets of fans goading each other. The atmosphere is pretty

:07:25.:07:27.

heated. The game itself has not sparked yet.

:07:28.:07:34.

The draw for the quarterfinals is later tonight once the Dundee derby

:07:35.:07:38.

is finished. Five teams already through. Let us review last night's

:07:39.:07:40.

action. On this evidence Aberdeen do not

:07:41.:07:53.

plan on Malinga sing the League Cup and easily. They were ahead as early

:07:54.:07:59.

as the eighth minute. -- relinquishing the League Cup that

:08:00.:08:13.

easily. David Goodwillie and Adam Rooney to -- proved lethal for

:08:14.:08:23.

Aberdeen will stop --. Rooney scored the second. Then Ryan Jack was

:08:24.:08:26.

stretchered off after what looked an innocuous challenge. With a quarter

:08:27.:08:32.

of an hour remaining, Rooney claimed his second and Aberdeen's third. And

:08:33.:08:41.

just as he did earlier in the season, the Dons number nine claimed

:08:42.:08:46.

his hat-trick. Johnny Hayes with the cross and Rooney sneaked into prod

:08:47.:08:53.

home. A solid victory for Derek McInnes's men and another match ball

:08:54.:09:01.

bagged by Rooney. In August, Rangers left Falkirk with

:09:02.:09:08.

a win. They fell behind in this cup clash after five minutes. Lloyd

:09:09.:09:20.

reacted well to a spilled shot. Owain Tudor-Jones scored an own

:09:21.:09:35.

goal. Into the second half and Rangers took the lead through Dean

:09:36.:09:39.

Shiels. A clever through ball from Smith and a cam finish. -- a calm

:09:40.:09:49.

finish. Another dangerous Smith cross was met by John Daly, forcing

:09:50.:09:55.

a great save from Donald. Then the moment that infuriated Peter

:09:56.:10:01.

Houston. He was convinced there was a handball. But could he do much

:10:02.:10:08.

about it? With no award given, Rangers wrapped up the match in

:10:09.:10:11.

style through Ian Black. Ross County and Hibs have both

:10:12.:10:26.

struggled for form this season. It was the championship side who took

:10:27.:10:39.

the lead. -- Championship. Alan Stubbs's side doubled their lead in

:10:40.:10:42.

36 minutes with a similar goal to the first. A lovely counterattack

:10:43.:10:58.

move. Stevenson delivered a pinpoint cross from a longer to score. A rare

:10:59.:11:08.

moment of sheer for the Hibs fans. The visitors had to seek out the

:11:09.:11:12.

match with ten men. Dylan McGeouch was dismissed. The referee dishing

:11:13.:11:21.

out a straight red to the on loan Celtic midfielder.

:11:22.:11:31.

Kalmar McCann St Johnstone photo closing counter at Rugby Park. It

:11:32.:11:37.

was not a great night for Kilmarnock. No complaints from the

:11:38.:11:47.

midfielder, booked for diving. Tommy Wright's side took the lead.

:11:48.:12:00.

It is not the prettiest build-up you will ever see. But it was well worth

:12:01.:12:07.

the wait. The finish from Brian Graham. His third goal in four

:12:08.:12:17.

games. With 20 minutes remaining, elemental was given his marching

:12:18.:12:25.

orders. A second yellow card was inevitable.

:12:26.:12:35.

Partick Thistle progressed to the quarterfinals by beating St Mirren

:12:36.:12:43.

in extra time, revenge for the league defeat last Friday. In a

:12:44.:12:49.

match of very few chances, a Nathan Eccleston strike was enough to send

:12:50.:13:01.

the hosts through. It was Partick's second home win over St Mirren in 33

:13:02.:13:03.

years. We have heard from Jim that Greg

:13:04.:13:23.

Stuart's penalty was saved in the Dundee derby. Still goalless at

:13:24.:13:31.

Tannadice. Goalless too between Hamilton and Motherwell. Celtic

:13:32.:13:40.

leading Hearts by 1-0. It could have been different and have time. John

:13:41.:13:45.

Guidetti would be delighted with his first goal? Yes, it is a great

:13:46.:13:51.

finish. He has taken it well. It was not the greatest clearance from

:13:52.:13:57.

Danny Wilson. If you look at it here, it goes wide. Emilio gets on

:13:58.:14:03.

it. The ball was between the goalkeeper and the defenders and

:14:04.:14:09.

John took it well. It was not that good! As a centre-half you have to

:14:10.:14:17.

make sure you get that over the crossbar and out for a corner. You

:14:18.:14:23.

cannot be putting the ball into an area like that. It is dangerous. It

:14:24.:14:29.

came to Guidetti quite quickly. He will be delighted to get off the

:14:30.:14:36.

mark in a Celtic jersey. It was not a surprise that the goal came midway

:14:37.:14:39.

through the first-half because Celtic all over Hearts. They were

:14:40.:14:44.

cutting through them with great ease. It seems as though John

:14:45.:14:50.

Guidetti's style will fit in well with Celtic? Definitely. He is

:14:51.:15:00.

working hard for the team. He gets on the edge of the box. I think what

:15:01.:15:09.

Guidetti Brinks to de Celtic team is physical presence. -- brings to the

:15:10.:15:14.

Celtic team. He should score there, to be honest. He is a big difference

:15:15.:15:21.

to the rest of the strikers. His movement in this game so far has

:15:22.:15:25.

been quite impressive. Scott Brown with a fantastic strike. Scott

:15:26.:15:35.

drives the team forward. A number of chances from Celtic. This was

:15:36.:15:41.

McGregor. That was a good clearance from Eccles Lee off the goal-line.

:15:42.:15:50.

-- Eckersley. He offers something different for Celtic. Griffiths and

:15:51.:15:57.

Stokes are similar. A great save their from Alexander. Guidetti will

:15:58.:16:04.

be a good signing for Celtic. What struck me, Charlie, was that Celtic

:16:05.:16:07.

have the right attitude from the start? Yes, that is important. These

:16:08.:16:14.

games in the cup are all about attitude, being up for it. These

:16:15.:16:17.

teams come here and they have got nothing to lose. The likes of Hearts

:16:18.:16:23.

come from the championship and nobody expect anything from them.

:16:24.:16:30.

There was a get out of jail card available for Hearts at the end of

:16:31.:16:37.

the half, and Jamie Walker failed to convert the chance? It was a great

:16:38.:16:43.

opportunity. Some slack play from Celtic. Good quick play from Walker

:16:44.:16:51.

as well. He read it. He is starting to move quicker than the rest of the

:16:52.:16:57.

Celtic defence. He maybe had a bit too much time. He has got to be

:16:58.:17:02.

scoring that. Opportunities like that are few and far between. The

:17:03.:17:07.

first 20 minutes, big Robbie Neilson would have been happy with Hearts.

:17:08.:17:14.

But after that, Celtic started to get a hold on the game. We saw are a

:17:15.:17:22.

lot of opportunities. For the first 20 minutes, Hearts were comfortable.

:17:23.:17:26.

There is only one goal in it. All to play for. Celtic need the goal or

:17:27.:17:40.

two to make this safe? Yes, we need the other goal to make it more

:17:41.:17:46.

comfortable. Hopefully we can get one night and early. Back to Stephen

:17:47.:17:53.

and Liam. The 20th League Cup meeting between

:17:54.:17:58.

Celtic and Hearts. Celtic have won 13, Hearts have won seven. The

:17:59.:18:06.

Jambos get the second half under way. 1-0 down against a team that

:18:07.:18:14.

have won the last ten games against them.

:18:15.:18:23.

Ambitious. 40 yards out. Why not have a go? He leans back and little

:18:24.:18:37.

bit. -- a little bit. You do feel a second Celtic goal Wood ended as a

:18:38.:18:44.

contest? Yes, that would have been talked about at half-time. Getting

:18:45.:18:47.

the second goal, killing teams off. A great example of Celtic running

:18:48.:19:14.

into trouble in a game in which they seem to be comfortable was against

:19:15.:19:23.

Aberdeen here. They were in cruise control. On the hour mark, Aberdeen

:19:24.:19:28.

pulled one back. They could have salvage something from the game. --

:19:29.:19:32.

salvaged. No replays in the League Cup, unlike

:19:33.:19:49.

the Scottish cup. It is decided on the night. Extra time and penalties

:19:50.:19:54.

if necessary. Celtic were taken to extra time by Morton last year. They

:19:55.:20:04.

eventually went out. It is a competition that Neil Lennon could

:20:05.:20:08.

not crack as Celtic manager, although he did win it as a player.

:20:09.:20:14.

He cracked everything else, of course. Johannson conceding the free

:20:15.:20:28.

kick. Walker, who so nearly equalised on half-time. There is Efe

:20:29.:20:38.

Ambrose at his worst. It is another example of Celtic being slack. A

:20:39.:20:42.

very simple ball. He could have taken a touch. In the end he slashes

:20:43.:20:49.

at a clearance and puts his team under pressure.

:20:50.:21:00.

So, Robbie Neilson eyeing up the Celtic penalty area. Sam Nicholson

:21:01.:21:27.

to take the corner. Good play by Neil Alexander. Reading

:21:28.:21:54.

the danger. He is an experienced player. Playing as a sweeper there

:21:55.:21:56.

almost. Eckersley had absolutely no idea

:21:57.:22:45.

that McGregor was behind him there. He got lucky. It could very easily

:22:46.:22:57.

have gone wrong for him. Celtic have won the Scottish League Cup 14

:22:58.:22:58.

times. You just feel one of these times

:22:59.:23:23.

Celtic will do something that will be their own downfall. A slack

:23:24.:23:27.

backpass like that. You just feel there is a number -- another

:23:28.:23:40.

opportunity in this game for Hearts. Good start to the second half. It

:23:41.:23:42.

has been from one end to the other. Paterson had we pull out Stokes's

:23:43.:24:01.

shirt. He definitely pulls him. Dale Carrick normally does his work

:24:02.:24:34.

at the other end of the pitch. The debt he waiting in the box. --

:24:35.:24:46.

Guidetti. Surrounded, the big Swede. The corner kick beats everybody.

:24:47.:24:56.

O'Connell at the back post is the cousin of Irish rugby legend Paul

:24:57.:24:57.

O'Connell. He scored an own goal against Caley

:24:58.:25:08.

Thistle in the league. That was before the marrow board

:25:09.:25:30.

game. Ronny Deila made just the ten changes for that game! --

:25:31.:25:32.

marathoner. His Celtic career is in its infancy,

:25:33.:25:42.

of course. But he does like to change things. No messing tonight.

:25:43.:25:47.

He has gone with the top team available to him.

:25:48.:25:56.

That is the sort of instance I am talking about there. You have to

:25:57.:26:07.

secure that kind of ball here at Parkhead. Difficult times for

:26:08.:26:16.

Hearts. They are under pressure. In this time to challenge their from

:26:17.:26:20.

Johannson. He knows what he is doing. -- and miss timed challenge.

:26:21.:26:24.

You wonder how long Hearts will leave it before the judges another

:26:25.:26:26.

striker? Maybe 70 minutes. He has given a penalty! It is a

:26:27.:26:46.

penalty to Hearts! Osman Sow went down under the challenge of van

:26:47.:26:52.

Dijk. Why van Dijk hangs a leg out here I will never know. He has

:26:53.:26:59.

absolutely no need to do that. There was not much in that. Willie Colum

:27:00.:27:07.

sees enough. He kicks the back of his heel. It is just enough.

:27:08.:27:17.

Osman Sow is guided to get himself. The Hearts fans would not have known

:27:18.:27:25.

much about him before he signed in the summer. He scored the winner at

:27:26.:27:35.

Ibrox in August. He skies it high. Another huge, huge chance for Hearts

:27:36.:27:40.

goes begging. I thought his run-up was casual. He was trying to go down

:27:41.:27:49.

the middle with a clip. He gets it horribly wrong. It has not just gone

:27:50.:27:54.

over the bar, it has gone over the bar by a couple of metres. The look

:27:55.:28:02.

of horror on his face said it all. He hit -- they hit the bar at the

:28:03.:28:07.

end of the first out through Jamie Walker. They miss a penalty. How

:28:08.:28:13.

many chances do they need? When you get opportunities like that at

:28:14.:28:18.

Parkhead, you really have to take them. Whereas his countryman at the

:28:19.:28:30.

other end should prowess to put Celtic in front, Osman Sow misses a

:28:31.:28:34.

glorious opportunity. It is another penalty! Ozturk is in trouble.

:28:35.:28:43.

Yellow card. We have had two penalties in the space of the same

:28:44.:28:48.

number of minutes. It looks like a shoulder challenge. He went into the

:28:49.:28:59.

back of John Guidetti. He was far too forceful. The ball was running

:29:00.:29:02.

away from Guidetti. He was never going to get it. Bang into the back

:29:03.:29:13.

of his back with his forearm. Kris Commons, who scored from the spot

:29:14.:29:17.

against Motherwell at the weekend to salvage a draw, has the chance to

:29:18.:29:22.

ease Celtic towards the draw for the League Cup quarterfinals. 32 goals

:29:23.:29:31.

last season, three this season. Make that four! Celtic 00 up a couple of

:29:32.:29:41.

minutes after Hearts miss a penalty. 2-0. We talked about defining

:29:42.:29:48.

moments in games. The last few minutes, Hearts miss a penalty and

:29:49.:29:53.

Celtic score one. There is no way back for Hearts for me now. It is a

:29:54.:30:02.

good penalty. He gets the power on the ball. Even if he does the right

:30:03.:30:13.

way, Alexander, the power is enough. Kris Commons seldom misses from the

:30:14.:30:26.

spot. He is almost hitting the 70 mark in his Celtic career, Kris

:30:27.:30:31.

Commons. That is a phenomenal statistic considering he is a

:30:32.:30:40.

midfielder. He scored on his debut with just about his first touch.

:30:41.:30:51.

Hearts are on the rack. It is all their own doing. Yes, Celtic have

:30:52.:30:59.

the bulk of the possession in the first half but Hearts had a couple

:31:00.:31:03.

of gilt-edged opportunities. Walker and Osman Sow guilty will stop --.

:31:04.:31:18.

Kris Commons doing the sentencing. Hearts would need to make a change

:31:19.:31:24.

now. Change the formation, perhaps, bring on another striker. Certainly

:31:25.:31:26.

press higher up the pitch. The quarterfinals, tonight at

:31:27.:31:46.

Tannadice, you will get that on BBC radio Scotland. And sport sound.

:31:47.:31:51.

After the other two ties tonight are done. Of course, later on, 7:45pm

:31:52.:32:02.

kick-off, this one starting half an hour earlier. Half-time school at

:32:03.:32:25.

Douglas Park, it is Hamilton Academical 0-0 Motherwell. Goalies

:32:26.:32:30.

in the Dundee derby, heading towards half-time to. 2-0. To the

:32:31.:32:43.

Premiership champions Celtic, here. Here is Ambrose. Played all of

:32:44.:32:50.

Nigeria's games at the World Cup finals. All four of them. Brown.

:32:51.:33:20.

Emilio Izaguirre. A coming together between Carrick and Paterson but

:33:21.:33:32.

they are OK. Paterson. Craig Levine and Jack Ross watching on, it is a

:33:33.:33:50.

long way back for their team. Stokes. And it has been turned into

:33:51.:34:03.

his own net! By Adam Eckersley. You know what he is trying to do comedy

:34:04.:34:10.

is trying to put it back to his goalkeeper but he gets far too much

:34:11.:34:19.

on it. It is a fantastic ball in, you can see what he is trying to do.

:34:20.:34:24.

Maybe just to put it back for a corner. The game is most definitely

:34:25.:34:36.

finished. It is a horrible moment for Adam Eckersley, you could see

:34:37.:34:40.

what he is trying to do, playing it back to Alexander but the pace of

:34:41.:34:45.

the ball did not really make that viable. It did not, you have got to

:34:46.:34:51.

feel sorry for him. It is a bad mistake in the end. A big share of

:34:52.:35:06.

credit for that one. Yes he will be claiming an assist. Adam Eckersley

:35:07.:35:16.

in a very good first half, we can confirm half-time at Tannadice, is

:35:17.:35:27.

also goalless. Those clubs looking to join Aberdeen, Partick Thistle,

:35:28.:35:35.

Rangers, St Johnstone and Hibernian, Celtic are basically there. A

:35:36.:35:45.

monumental comeback. It does not look that way. What a huge couple of

:35:46.:35:50.

minutes it was. So missing the penalty, it is a very good penalty.

:35:51.:36:00.

There will be a change. The end of the park go Celtic, they win

:36:01.:36:07.

themselves a as well. They convert one of Kris Commons, in off Adam

:36:08.:36:16.

Eckersley. Offside flag. There are, the changes are made. Jason Holt.

:36:17.:36:23.

Replacing Carrick, it has been a good first half, he was always an

:36:24.:36:28.

option. He is a proper midfield player who is on, in Jason Holt.

:36:29.:36:40.

Celtic change two. John Guidetti, goes off, the Celtic supporters like

:36:41.:36:49.

the cut of his jib, he will be replaced, he scored his goal, he was

:36:50.:36:54.

involved in a lot of the forward play, he worked hard. The only thing

:36:55.:36:58.

that will be disappointing for him is that he should have got more

:36:59.:37:04.

goals. It should have been three anyway, but he is off the mark. He

:37:05.:37:12.

is a permanent signing, arriving from sporting in Spain. Eventually,

:37:13.:37:20.

as the transfer deadline day moved at one point it did not look like it

:37:21.:37:26.

would happen, and John Guidetti happened after the deadline day, and

:37:27.:37:36.

Stefan Scepovic is a Serbian international. Still looking to do

:37:37.:37:46.

his bit, to get into the good books of the Celtic supporters, a goal

:37:47.:37:51.

would help, Scott Brown is on the ball now. As it comes to Ambrose.

:37:52.:38:02.

Johannson. Lovely ball. Not a great take by McGregor. Yes it was a

:38:03.:38:08.

really good one from McGregor, lovely clip over the defence. Lovely

:38:09.:38:17.

touch. The half-time sub, to Virgil van Dijk. It is a position of

:38:18.:38:27.

comfort for Celtic, that is for sure, it could have been different.

:38:28.:38:31.

It really could, the game completely changed with that penalty miss, and

:38:32.:38:36.

Celtic now looking extremely comfortable, popping the ball about

:38:37.:38:42.

under no pressure, starting to enjoy the match. White making a good start

:38:43.:38:47.

to the Europa League campaign, the second tier competition. They would

:38:48.:38:52.

rather be in the Champions League, but a draw, is a good basis for

:38:53.:39:00.

moving forward in that competition. Dynamo Zagreb of creation. --

:39:01.:39:08.

Croatia. Following that, a remaining team. Ronny Deila, arriving from

:39:09.:39:18.

Norway. In the summer, he would love a run in the Europa League and

:39:19.:39:24.

indeed in this competition, because this competition offers him the

:39:25.:39:30.

first chance of silverware. It is a competition that they have not won

:39:31.:39:35.

in five years, he will be desperate to get his first as the Celtic

:39:36.:39:40.

manager. If he wins the treble, he will be breaking the mould? It has

:39:41.:39:47.

not happened in a while. We are getting a bit ahead of ourselves.

:39:48.:39:53.

Yes, a long way to go, there will be other clubs that have got a long way

:39:54.:40:02.

to go. It is a cornerstone of yellow it is a fantastic match, constant

:40:03.:40:07.

threat on the left-hand side -- it is a cornerstone of yellow it is a

:40:08.:40:10.

fantastic match. Almost. Wilson. And even tougher

:40:11.:40:45.

shift, he has done well, it was not a fantastic ball from Danny Wilson,

:40:46.:40:55.

and he chases it down, does Sow, 70 yards down the pitch. He really has

:40:56.:41:07.

been isolated tonight, he has not had a lot of service or support

:41:08.:41:12.

runs, it has been a difficult night for him. He spent the season at

:41:13.:41:17.

Partick Thistle, Emilio Izaguirre thought about the challenge for a

:41:18.:41:24.

split-2nd. Was lucky, it was a 1-2. He was lucky to get back, it was a

:41:25.:41:43.

Miss control. 11th caps for his country now. Scott Brown looks back

:41:44.:41:50.

to his best, just in time for the international double-header, which

:41:51.:41:54.

is coming up very soon against Georgia. The crucial, crucial trip,

:41:55.:42:24.

to take Poland on in Warsaw. O'Connell. McGregor is offside.

:42:25.:42:34.

Maybe he has just drifted, the wrong side, of Adam Eckersley. Stephen you

:42:35.:42:41.

have been on both sides of this situation, I have been on the end of

:42:42.:42:47.

a good few doings from Celtic. You have been on both sides of the

:42:48.:42:50.

situation, you have been at Rangers when they have dominated teams, you

:42:51.:42:56.

have also been in situations, as the flag goes up in the far side,

:42:57.:43:02.

against Anthony Stokes. You had been on the receiving end against Celtic

:43:03.:43:04.

and Rangers and you have also been on the Rangers team when you have

:43:05.:43:11.

given teams a doing. It is a very difficult situation for Hearts which

:43:12.:43:17.

is what I'm trying to say? Very diplomatically put, at this point of

:43:18.:43:22.

time, you are 3-0 down and you are pulled the just looking for the

:43:23.:43:25.

final whistle. When you are coming to Parkhead and you go 1-0 down, you

:43:26.:43:31.

always feel like there might be an opportunity to get back in the

:43:32.:43:36.

match, but historically, when you lose a second goal, it is very much,

:43:37.:43:41.

just trying damage limitation. You go chasing the game, taking a heavy

:43:42.:43:48.

one and you might lose four or 5-0. It is very difficult. Playing

:43:49.:44:01.

Livingston at the weekend, a match at Tynecastle on the 28th, Celtic,

:44:02.:44:14.

and kick-off is on Saturday. At lunch time. Both national finals are

:44:15.:44:26.

back at the National Stadium this season after the Commonwealth Games,

:44:27.:44:29.

that is back here for Anthony Stokes. It is a really good passage

:44:30.:44:39.

of play for Celtic, it is a lovely backheel from Anthony Stokes,

:44:40.:44:45.

quality ball, that is delightful, from Anthony Stokes. Again linking

:44:46.:44:51.

up. They both have really strong partnerships tonight. Allan McGregor

:44:52.:44:58.

has been taken off, on loan from Aston Villa, the man who comes on.

:44:59.:45:09.

The 24 your old Bulgarian international, ---year-old Bulgarian

:45:10.:45:18.

international. He started eight games, for them last season comedy

:45:19.:45:25.

gets immediate touch. --, he gets an immediate touch. He scored three

:45:26.:45:34.

times for his country, all in one game, against Malta in a World Cup

:45:35.:45:46.

qualifier. That was last year. There is the Scotland manager. It is

:45:47.:45:53.

real, the real stuff began for him in Dortmund a couple of weeks ago

:45:54.:45:56.

and he was lucky not to lose the game. The Georgia and Poland

:45:57.:46:01.

matches, will be played in just a couple of weeks time. Away in Warsaw

:46:02.:46:08.

against Poland, that is when the pressure really starts, that is when

:46:09.:46:13.

they are expected to pick up points. Hearts come forward just now. It is

:46:14.:46:21.

forward for them. They just cannot get a touch on the ball. Keeping

:46:22.:46:29.

possession. Very comfortably, and hearts just cannot do it at all. It

:46:30.:46:35.

is a great run forward, he was not spotted, by Ambrose. Kris Commons

:46:36.:46:49.

has been spotted. Aleksandar Tonev. It is a nice first touch, onto his

:46:50.:46:58.

left foot, it gets a shot on target, it is never going to work at that

:46:59.:47:04.

distance. The cups were a problem for Celtic, they lost a couple of

:47:05.:47:09.

times to Greenock Norton. At this stage exactly a year ago, they lost

:47:10.:47:13.

to Aberdeen, they went on to win this trophy at this stage, they lost

:47:14.:47:21.

to the Dons in the Scottish cup. Trying to write some wrongs, this

:47:22.:47:25.

season. Aberdeen looked in the mood to defend this trophy last night,

:47:26.:47:32.

Stevie Crawford passes on some wisdom, to the substitutes that will

:47:33.:47:42.

be on in a second. It is the last throw of the dice for hearts, they

:47:43.:47:46.

will stick to Mac strikers on and really go for it, but unfortunately

:47:47.:47:52.

I think that it is too little, too late. 15 minutes left to go. -- to

:47:53.:48:02.

Mac the last meeting was a 7-0 meeting

:48:03.:48:14.

at Tynecastle, it was a game in which Neil Lennon was talking about

:48:15.:48:20.

football utopia, after the performance by Celtic at Tynecastle

:48:21.:48:28.

that day. The Moroccan is waiting to come on, he has released Walker, and

:48:29.:48:47.

Walker again. Surprise that Jamie Walker did not release the shop.

:48:48.:48:56.

Yes, one second earlier, the second opportunity to attack him. It is a

:48:57.:49:17.

really good ball in by Jamie Walker. Jimmy Walker does well, he puts the

:49:18.:49:21.

ball into the area and in the end, it is well defended. The hearts

:49:22.:49:28.

corner. Changes will come after this. 21 new role Jamie Walker to

:49:29.:49:55.

take. It is easy to deal with. Anthony Stokes, and Adam Eckersley

:49:56.:50:04.

who put the ball through his own net tonight. Hearts would have loved a

:50:05.:50:09.

cup run this season and they might still get one in the Scottish cup of

:50:10.:50:14.

course, of course they would like a run in the cup competitions but they

:50:15.:50:20.

have got bigger fishes to fry? I agree, the management team's focus

:50:21.:50:25.

will be on the league. I think it is all about getting them back up to

:50:26.:50:45.

the Premier League. He's not at his best tonight, really, was isolated

:50:46.:50:49.

tonight, he did not get much help from his team-mates, and when he did

:50:50.:50:52.

was not good. Just that she look of horror on the face of Sow, it was

:50:53.:50:55.

1-0 at the time and he ballooned it over the bar. That is James Keating

:50:56.:51:05.

's, he began his career at Celtic, he was the top under 19 scorer, he

:51:06.:51:13.

was part of Hamilton Academical when they start and hit Burnley and, --

:51:14.:51:22.

they stunned Hibernian. Hamilton have adapted well to Keating, and he

:51:23.:51:29.

is on for his new club. Yes they are going to leave it like this now,

:51:30.:51:35.

Hearts going four for 4-4-2. It is a last throw of the dice, if they were

:51:36.:51:39.

to get a goal it would make for an interesting last ten minutes but

:51:40.:51:44.

Celtic do not look like they are under any pressure. Anthony Stokes.

:51:45.:52:03.

Emilio Izaguirre. Side, that will rule that one out. Again, it is

:52:04.:52:10.

Emilio Izaguirre, they have been brilliant tonight. You just wonder

:52:11.:52:13.

if he does not touch it, will it go in anyway? Connections, if he does

:52:14.:52:21.

not make a connection I think it will go into the bottom corner. It

:52:22.:52:27.

is difficult to tell from the previous angle. Another new boy

:52:28.:52:34.

waiting for his first goal for the club. John Guidetti got his earlier.

:52:35.:52:47.

Aleksandar Tonev, now going into the final ten.

:52:48.:52:59.

for Kris Commons. Celtic, swaying in their hammocks, quite happy with the

:53:00.:53:24.

way that things are, very comfortable, they began their season

:53:25.:53:31.

in mid-July, in the Champions League qualification, that draw in Salzburg

:53:32.:53:35.

last week. It is a good basis to go forward with. Yes it has been an

:53:36.:53:42.

indifferent start, that is three months now. Is that to be expected?

:53:43.:53:48.

You have always got the time when there is a new player, new

:53:49.:53:56.

management. You have got that'll solve that St Mirren? It takes time

:53:57.:53:59.

to gel, you are talking about building relationships on the pitch

:54:00.:54:02.

and off the pitch, I think that period is now probably over. And I

:54:03.:54:07.

den think that it is an excuse any more, what he needs now is results,

:54:08.:54:13.

this is certainly a very good results. Brilliantly done, by Emilio

:54:14.:54:21.

Izaguirre, he really deserved that and for me, he has been Man of the

:54:22.:54:27.

Match, absolutely fantastic. Going forward, taking his man on, numerous

:54:28.:54:33.

balls in the box, he commits that offender. And then, he just drags

:54:34.:54:37.

his shot. Difficult angle to score on. What a match he has had. He has

:54:38.:54:44.

just got the one goal for Celtic, against St Johnstone a few years

:54:45.:54:47.

ago. Emilio Izaguirre, who like Ambrose played for his country in

:54:48.:54:53.

the cup finals, in all three of the Honduras matches, Ambrose, facing

:54:54.:55:05.

Bosnia, Argentina and then France, in the last 16. There is Stokes,

:55:06.:55:12.

slipping and sliding, his ball in, it is a way, by Alexander. If

:55:13.:55:21.

Celtic's ball had just been a bit better they would have scored a few

:55:22.:55:25.

more goals, it is a good save by Neil Alexander. El Hassnaoui, he was

:55:26.:55:43.

in the Moroccan Olympic squad in London 2012. He was born in the

:55:44.:55:51.

Netherlands. The new signings for hearts, signed a three-year deal. He

:55:52.:55:59.

was with Spartak Rotterdam in the second tier of Dutch football. Here

:56:00.:56:04.

is another Dutchman. Virgil van Dijk. Taking chances. He has

:56:05.:56:12.

overcooked it. Threading it through. It is the sort of thing throughout

:56:13.:56:16.

the season at Celtic are going to get caught with, sometimes they play

:56:17.:56:24.

two for four, and if Virtual Van Dyke is willing to take risks like

:56:25.:56:31.

that, people will score goals, from other Celtic players because they

:56:32.:56:34.

just cannot recover. That is all very well, but in games, I think

:56:35.:56:40.

they will get caught out in one or two matches. Six and a half stoppage

:56:41.:56:53.

is to be played. Aleksandar Tonev, the

:56:54.:56:58.

less said about that the better. He has just celebrated his 39th

:56:59.:57:06.

birthday, Ronny Deila. He will be fairly content with what he has

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seen. There are still issues that he will need to address, that will have

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reared their ugly heads. He will be desperate for a clean sheet, because

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Celtic have been struggling for clean sheets. John Guidetti. Scott

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Brown, getting another 90 minutes under his belt, he has been quietly

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efficient, and they have looked aggressive however, there have been

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moments, of capitulation from him. They are their own worst enemy at

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times, from overplaying and over committing. If that is the way that

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they want to play, you will score goals. They will concede some along

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the way. Here is Chris Ambrose. WHISTLE

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Free kick, it has gone the way of hearts. The book is out, it is

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yellow. It is a definite foul, pushing things out of the way. I

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don't know if the DLO is for dissent. -- if the yellow.

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Good touch by Holtz, we have not seen much of him since he has come

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on. Emilio Izaguirre. That is a clumsy foul. It is frustration,

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isn't it? It is also a broad challenge, I don't know if that is

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his first tackle, but it is a yellow card. Scott Brown in the foreground,

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just watching on, he was not on the Celtic team charter back from

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Salzburg, he missed it, he was having a drugs test with Aleksandar

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Tonev. Aleksandar Tonev made the flight, Scott Brown didn't, he made

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his way back, there are very strict rules in the airport at Salzburg.

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They were not allowed to fly aircraft in and out after a certain

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time last week so Scott Brown did not make the flight. I don't think

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that hearts should be too despondent about this result, the league is

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their main focus this season, for the first 15 or 20 minutes, it

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looked as though they would cause Celtic one or two Mac problems. As

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the game rolled on, the quality of Celtic told. They are certainly not

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the first and they won't be the last to come here, and loose

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heavily to Celtic. They have had opportunities to bring themselves

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back into the match, and as they said at half-time, you have got to

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take them. Unfortunately for hearts, they did not. It is convincing for

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Celtic, they have deserved it, they probably argue readers are the 3-0

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lead that they have just now, -- arguably deserved the 3-0 lead. But

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things could have been completely different, if the shot had been a

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bit lower, 1-1. Yes we could have thrown out on Celtic as well, the

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opportunities they have created. They probably created another six or

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seven glorious opportunities that they have not taken, they have

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dominated the second half and they have deserved their victory.

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It will be interesting to see if Ronny Deila will use the Stokes and

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Izaguirre, nation going forward. I think he will. I think he would be

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mad not to. They have been so impressive tonight. Scott Brown gets

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the Man of the Match from the sponsors. He does look back to full

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fitness. He does. He has had an effective match. He has done his job

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very professionally. I have seen him play better. For me the Man of the

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Match would have been Izaguirre. I think he has been a standout. There

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have been a lot of good performances from Celtic players tonight. That

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will please their manager. It was important for Ronny Deila to get a

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result tonight. If I was him I would keep the same team. I would play the

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same team and let them build more partnerships like Izaguirre and

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Stokes. Now the formation better. Build consistency. It is Ronny

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Deila's team now, pretty much, albeit a good number of the players

:02:41.:02:45.

were signed under the previous regime. He has got the team he wants

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to have now. He will be pretty content with what he has seen in an

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attacking sense. They have not really been tested, certainly not in

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open play in this second half. Most of the opportunities that Hearts did

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create work through Celtic's own mistakes. It cannot end quickly

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enough for the men in maroon, well beaten in the end. The draw for the

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quarterfinals of the League Cup will be made after they are done at

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Tannadice. And Hamilton against Motherwell. The last we heard, both

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ties were goalless. They started half an hour after this one. Great

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play again by Izaguirre. Lovely pass with the outside of his boot.

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Commons just strayed offside. If you are the Hearts players, just forget

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all about it and look forward to Hamilton on Saturday. They will want

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to keep their unbeaten league record going. Stevie Crawford alongside

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Robbie Neilson on the Hearts bench. Former Raith Rovers striker. A

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corner kick to Hearts. It will be just about the final act of this

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third round tie. It has been a bridge too far for a Hearts team

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three points clear at the top of the Championship. Craig Gordon came off

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his line. It is a Celtic free kick. It has gone behind for a goal kick.

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Final thoughts? Celtic deserving the victory. It could have been very

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different had Osman Sow scored his penalty. I do think Celtic would

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have turned out to be victorious in the match anyway. For Hearts, there

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was not too much to take from the game. They will not play a team like

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this again, unless they get Celtic again this season. 12 months on from

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an embarrassing exit at this stage of the competition to Greenock

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Morton, Ronny Deila guides Celtic past Hearts with an easy score line

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in the end. John Guidetti the opener in the first half. Osmond so missed

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a penalty. -- Osman Sow. Kris Commons with a penalty for Celtic.

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And Eckersley scored an own goal for Celtic's third. Celtic going into

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the quarterfinal draw. It is a cruise in the end for Celtic. They

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look back to their best in an attacking sense. It finishes at

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Celtic Park 3-0 to Celtic. So Celtic are a team number six

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through to the quarterfinals of the League Cup. John Guidetti getting

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his first goal for the club. John, how pleasing is it to get your

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first goal? It is fantastic. We needed a win. We played really well

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today. It is always nice to get your first goal. You getting used to

:07:18.:07:25.

playing with Celtic now? Getting the first goal must give you great

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confidence? Yes, but I have confidence because I am playing with

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great players. I know chances will come. The boys have been great to me

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ever since I came. Taking care of me. When you come into such a great

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group, it is easy to adapt. Your goal settled nerves just after

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Hearts had missed a chance to pull level. Very crucial that you didn't

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make the same mistake as Osman Sow? Yes. I scored one a couple of days

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ago. I have got to keep changing it. Make sure I pick my spot. It just

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shows you, if they scored it would put a different convex on the game.

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At 2-0 makes it a lot more relaxed. As soon as we got the second we

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played with a lot more freedom. You guys have got some on the options in

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attacking positions. What has this guy brought to the team? Just a

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freshness. Wonderful movement, good touch, Nosworthy back of the net is,

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at least after ten minutes! You can see he is highly talented. He will

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get better. We will get a good relationship going, get more goals

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and win some trophies. John, do you feel there is more to come from

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you? Of course. We improve all the time. Me and Chris we are starting

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to find each other. We can find each other even more. It is normal. It

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takes some time to get to know each other. It felt better today. It felt

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better second half. We are gradually getting better and better and

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hopefully we can win trophies. There is a lot of competition. It seems as

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though the manager wants to play essentially one main striker. You

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have to be at the top of your game if you want to be in the first 11?

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Listen, at the end of the day it is about winning trophies for the club.

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We have got some Enyeama is we need the full squad. Every time you go

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out you want to make yourself proud and the team proud. We need the

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whole squad. It is not enough for one guy to do his job. You need 11

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players to do their job. Well done. Let's catch up on what is happening

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in the other two ties which are very much ongoing in this League Cup

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competition. The Dundee derby at Tannadice. Dundee United almost

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conceding an own goal. Dundee down to ten men, Rob. Martin Boyle got a

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straight red card for denying Armstrong a clear goal-scoring

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opportunity. Dundee had a penalty saved ten minutes later. It is all

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united. They have rattled the woodwork twice. Dundee have just

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chipped one over the bar. This one is raging from end to end. Dundee

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trying to fight their way back into the game, down to ten men.

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A let down at Tannadice. Richard Wilson cannot do much better at New

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Douglas Park? I'm afraid not. Hamilton reduced to ten men when

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Stephen Hendry was sent off for his second yellow card. Lots of effort,

:11:15.:11:22.

lots of industry, lots of sweat spilled for the cause but not enough

:11:23.:11:25.

accomplishment from either side in this game. Chances at a premium. The

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second half has not delivered much. Motherwell had a claim for a penalty

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when aim is worth saw a shot blocked inside the referee was not having

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any of it. -- Hainsworth. Coverage of those ties continuing on

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BBC radio Scotland. I live television matched tonight ended

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Celtic three, hearts zero. Comfortable in the end, Charlie, for

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Celtic but a couple of scary moments? Yes, the penalty was a big

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moment in the game. Hearts miss it and we get one at the other end and

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we managed to score it. It was a good performance. Definitely

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encouraging signs. Hearts will feel they have made too much of a

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contribution to the Celtic win themselves? I don't think there is

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any doubt about it. I cannot remember Hearts put a tackle in in

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the second half. In the defining moment of the game, Hearts had a

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part to play in their own downfall. The first couple of goals were poor

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defending. There was no need for Ozturk to challenge good -- Guidetti

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for the challenge. It was pretty poor for hearts. -- Hearts. C from

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Ronny Deila. -- let us hear. How pleased were you with the

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performance? I am very pleased. We are going in the right direction all

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the time. What I am most pleased with is that we worked as a team, 11

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players who want to win the ball, are working together. We had the

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ball a lot. And we are starting to create something along the sides.

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Especially with Stokes and Amelia. It was good. That is something to

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build on. -- Amelio. Amelio and Anthony Stokes made summary

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chances. Is that something you would like to see more of in future? My

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philosophy in football, we need to be very dangerous on the sides and

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in the centre. I think to create on the sides, we can do better. Today

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we did that on the left side. And we kept a clean sheet as well. That was

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good. John Guidetti got his first goal for the club. He is not a man

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who lacks confidence. But strikers thrive on that, don't they? Yellow

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macro yes, he is a very good boy. He works hard every day. He has been

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out for a long time. That is why he cannot sustain 90 minutes. But he

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had a huge impact on the game. The clean sheet must be hugely

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encouraging. There were a couple of chances for Hearts. Things could

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have been quite different? You can say so. We gave away chances. That

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is easy to do. These are just individual things. That is something

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we can do much better on on Saturday. Is giving away a chance

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here and there is something you are willing to sacrifice because you

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want to be as positive as possible? I would rather win 5-4 than 1-0. But

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the best win would be 5-0! Into the quarterfinals now. You were asked

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about the prospect of maybe meeting Rangers. Would you like that to

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happen in the quarterfinals would you rather ideally save that for the

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final? We are looking forward to the next game anyway. We are comparable

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that we have a very good team. Whoever we need they will have a big

:15:51.:15:57.

challenge. With the games coming thick and fast, you have St Mirren

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in the league and another European tie here against Dinamo Zagreb,

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would you like to stick with the 11 who were so impressive tonight? Umax

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-- yellow macro we have players on the bench coming along well. It is

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important to keep consistency and. If you change too much and you don't

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do well, I can understand why. Ronny Deila, the victorious Celtic

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manager, talking about a lot of things. Including the threat from

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Celtic down the left-hand side. The linkup between Stokes and is Greer.

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Does that may be mean he should be thinking about playing a more

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settled team more often? There were six changes between Salzburg and

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Sunday. It always helps when there is a settled team, a settled back

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four. I think the manager is still finding out who his best team is.

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The combination on the left side tonight was brilliant. I think that

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is a big thing the manager wants. That combination in the wide areas.

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They got that right tonight definitely. Let us look back on some

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of the key moments of the match. We will do that in a second.

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Robbie Neilson is in the tunnel. Robbie, obviously this was a big

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task, into Celtic Park to face the Premiership champions. Do you feel

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that Hearts give it all they could? I thought the game hinged on the

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penalty. We went behind but we still stayed strong. We had some good

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passing. We hit the crossbar. In the second half we missed a penalty and

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the game totally changed from there. It was very difficult from there.

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The crowd got behind them, the atmosphere changed. But even then I

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thought we still plastered. It is a hard place to come. I am pleased

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with the performance overall. Disappointed with the score. But at

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the end of the day the league is the big thing for us. I guess every goal

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is avoidable but in terms of the three you did concede, was it

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disheartening that you were probably your own worst enemies with them?

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Yes. We defended well. The back four were fantastic. Disappointed to lose

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goals. Every gold is avoidable. Every goal you can TrackBack to a

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mistake somewhere. I would rather defend badly in the League Cup.

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Other number of things you can take from this game in terms of the

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positive aspects? Definitely. There are not many teams who will come to

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Parkhead and pass as well as we did. Try to move them about and control

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the game. Disappointed with the score but pleased with the

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performance. They passed it, they moved, they created good

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opportunities. Commiserations to. Thank you.

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Swedes have a history at Celtic. I am not suggesting that John Guidetti

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is the new Henrik Larsson but there was lots of encouragement from

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Internet? Definitely. He worked the well tonight. He worked hard up

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there. He took his chance well. This was a great cross. It dropped to him

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quickly. He realised he was not going to get on the end of that

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cross but he held his position. That is good instinct from a striker. It

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is poor defending but he is in that area. He still has a bit to do. It

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was a good finish. That was Celtic's 1-0. We are about to see

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Hearts miss a chance. What we should be stressing bill before we see this

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is that Celtic had half a dozen chances before Guidetti scored? It

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could have been put to bed early on. It could have. The first 20 to 25

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minutes, Robbie would have been happy. But as the game wore on,

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Celtic were opening Hearts up and creating chances. Just before

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half-time, obviously, Celtic were almost the downfall of themselves. A

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poor backpass towards Craig Gordon. Jamie Walker got onto it. He reacted

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well. He has got to be scoring there. When you come to Celtic Park

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and you get chances like that you have got to put them in the back of

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the net. They are few and far between. Lo and behold in the second

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half they got another fantastic opportunity with the penalty. You

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have to get those chances in the back of the net. You were not

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convinced this should've been a penalty for arts? -- Hearts. No. He

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was leaning in. I don't think it is a penalty. There was not enough

:21:51.:22:00.

contact. The difficulty is there, the Ryder Cup is coming up at

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Gleneagles, and that is getting the driver in and taking a wild swipe at

:22:08.:22:11.

it! It was almost like a leisurely strike. What was Ozturk thinking

:22:12.:22:23.

here? Again, absolutely no need to put any physical challenge in at all

:22:24.:22:27.

there. The ball is running away from him, he is not going to get anywhere

:22:28.:22:32.

near it. Self-inflicted. Fantastic finish from Kris Commons. Showing

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Osman Sow how to put the ball in the back of the net. What a contrast in

:22:39.:22:44.

penalty taking in the space of a few minutes. The first one was too

:22:45.:22:51.

casual. You see how to put a penalty away there. All you do is hit the

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target. You so Charlie do that five years ago -- you saw me doing it

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five years ago! It was not even that good! Make your mind up where you

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are going to hit it and you don't change your mind. He looked a bit

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too lackadaisical in his approach to the ball. Obviously tried to hit it

:23:15.:23:18.

high. It was too lackadaisical for me. Hearts wanted to make Celtic

:23:19.:23:25.

work for this win. They will be heading back to Edinburgh thinking

:23:26.:23:28.

they played too big a part of themselves will stop an own goal to

:23:29.:23:32.

round themselves -- to round things off? Is a great ball from Anthony

:23:33.:23:39.

Stokes. Maybe just headed out for a corner. He has tried to put it back

:23:40.:23:46.

to the keeper when he should deal with it. It came from a throw in. A

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fantastic ball across. In between the goalkeeper and the defenders.

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But from a throw in, you have got to set up. You cannot allow a simple

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throw-in, a free cross and Eckersley will know himself that was a poor

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goal to give away. This season for Hearts is not about winning tonight.

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It is all about getting promotion. Getting back into the big league.

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But they had a chance, didn't they? I think they did. Come to Celtic

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Park tonight, Celtic have not had a great run of things yet. They have

:24:29.:24:32.

not built up the momentum under Ronny Deila. If they had kept Celtic

:24:33.:24:41.

on the back foot for at least 30 minutes, the crowd get anxious, the

:24:42.:24:47.

players are unsure. But to lose a goal so early on, it changes the

:24:48.:24:52.

whole dynamic of the game. What pleased you most Charlie? I think

:24:53.:24:59.

the second half, after we scored the penalty. The way we went forward and

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pushed for more. We got confidence as the game went on. Anthony Stokes

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and Izaguirre, the way they combined, that was a real positive.

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Let's catch up on those other two League Cup ties ongoing. Still very

:25:16.:25:21.

much in the balance. The Dundee derby at Tannadice. Dundee defending

:25:22.:25:28.

further lives, down to ten men. United have been coming at them in

:25:29.:25:32.

waves. This could be heading for extra

:25:33.:25:34.

time. It could be a left shift for Jim

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Spence died. -- late shift. The same at New Douglas Park? Still 0-0.

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Hamilton down to ten men. Motherwell on top.

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Those matches still very much up for grabs in terms of the last couple of

:25:57.:26:00.

places in the quarterfinals of this League Cup competition. Coverage is

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continuing on BBC radio Scotland. Let us recapture the story so far in

:26:06.:26:16.

the quarterfinals of the League Cup in terms of results in the third

:26:17.:26:18.

round. These are the results so far. Coverage of the two remaining ties

:26:19.:27:21.

still ongoing on BBC Scotland. The draw will follow at Tannadice after.

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Thank you to Charlie Mulgrew and to Michael Stewart. 3-0 to Celtic. They

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are in the quarterfinals.

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