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Four SPL t and crashed out in the COMMENTATOR: And he has scored! S | :00:40. | :00:46. | |
United have got a chance of the competition. East Fife have fought | :00:46. | :00:55. | |
through. The goalkeeper has saved it, Hibs are through. | :00:55. | :01:05. | |
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Hibs and Celtic will battle it out tonight for the 4th and last place | :01:28. | :01:32. | |
in the Scottish Communities League Cup semi-final. Kilmarnock are | :01:32. | :01:38. | |
already there. Two First Division team, Falkirk and a United, the | :01:38. | :01:42. | |
question is who will complete -- and Ayr United, who will complete | :01:42. | :01:48. | |
the semi-final line-up. The cup of shocks continues. Are we | :01:48. | :01:52. | |
in for another surprise here at Easter Road? Celtic are odds-on | :01:52. | :01:56. | |
favourites, not just to win this one but to land the trophy next | :01:56. | :02:04. | |
March. Hibs Cup kick-start their thing if they come out on top. | :02:04. | :02:10. | |
Scott McDonald joins me, we do have a hedge fund in the studio, not | :02:10. | :02:16. | |
wearing the scarf but he did enjoy this moment in 2007 when he has won | :02:16. | :02:22. | |
the trophy with John Collins in charge. And former Celtic striker, | :02:22. | :02:28. | |
Scott who has had his hands on the trophy as well. It was 2.5 years | :02:28. | :02:34. | |
ago, the Old Firm final with that penalty sealed and a winner's medal | :02:34. | :02:41. | |
for Scott. Welcome to our coverage on the BBC. Hibs against Celtic, | :02:41. | :02:46. | |
the 4th of the Cup semi-finals. Let's get the teams immediately | :02:46. | :02:56. | |
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in the Hibs hot seat with victory at St Mirren's at the weekend but | :02:59. | :03:08. | |
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plenty of ups and downs. The hot seat, probably more ups than downs. | :03:09. | :03:15. | |
No Richie Towell. Yes, he has gone for all the attackers. A semi-final, | :03:15. | :03:18. | |
they have got a chance to make a name for themselves and therefore | :03:18. | :03:24. | |
they must go for it. Charlie Mulgrew has not made it, he has | :03:24. | :03:29. | |
been mentioned at both sides of the park. He has been replaced by | :03:30. | :03:36. | |
Thomas Rogne for top that has been hampering them all season. If they | :03:36. | :03:40. | |
get that area right, they have plenty of attacking options. East | :03:40. | :03:50. | |
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against West for the final semi- What do you make of the set up | :03:55. | :03:58. | |
tonight at the back? It will be interesting to see how they | :03:58. | :04:06. | |
communicate tonight. If Hibs can test them. Ideally, like any | :04:06. | :04:09. | |
manager, you would want a sensible back four but because of all the | :04:09. | :04:14. | |
injuries he has had, it has been a frustrating time. Did I see two | :04:14. | :04:20. | |
raised eyebrows about the Hibs line-up? Yes, slightly but I think | :04:20. | :04:28. | |
it is fairly settled. There with the changes and it was a bit of a | :04:28. | :04:32. | |
shame but before that, Hibs looked quite settled. I think you have to | :04:32. | :04:41. | |
remember that the last eight games, two defeats. A bit of form coming | :04:41. | :04:46. | |
back but looking at the team tonight, we are hoping he must get | :04:46. | :04:51. | |
goals. The best news for Hibs so far, and not a lot of it about, | :04:51. | :04:58. | |
have been the goals of Dario,, 10 already. Quality finishing there -- | :04:58. | :05:06. | |
He has not played a lot of football, it was important for him to come | :05:06. | :05:08. | |
back to his old stomping ground and pretty much picked up where he left | :05:08. | :05:14. | |
off. Nice to see that potentially he has got everything. He can run | :05:14. | :05:22. | |
behind, hold the ball, beat a player and head the ball. On his | :05:22. | :05:27. | |
days, a handful for everybody. great football pedigree. This was a | :05:27. | :05:32. | |
great finish. He got it in the wrong position on his legs but he | :05:32. | :05:39. | |
is quick enough to change his mind. All the goals, they are very, very | :05:39. | :05:43. | |
different and that is the best thing about Garry O'Connor. Scott | :05:43. | :05:50. | |
was alluding to it very correctly. Power Derek through the middle, but | :05:50. | :05:54. | |
from open wide areas, he has looked and we all know he is good in the | :05:54. | :06:02. | |
air. Can I say it as well that I did not know he would stand up this | :06:02. | :06:06. | |
well this season, I thought it would take him a long time. But he | :06:06. | :06:11. | |
has hit the ground running. Leigh Griffiths on loan from Wolves | :06:11. | :06:17. | |
got a couple with goals as well. Yes, he scored a lot of goals for | :06:17. | :06:25. | |
Dundee as well, he has not quite happened yet so he is getting some | :06:25. | :06:32. | |
experience and it is good for the Bennion as well. -- for Hibs as | :06:32. | :06:39. | |
well. There have been a lot of positives this season but every | :06:39. | :06:48. | |
Celtic's supporter knows the problems. This is a classic example, | :06:48. | :06:58. | |
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midfield, not just the centre backs. Is he really marking Dean Shiels? | :06:58. | :07:08. | |
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Look at the distance. And then Dean train. But you have got to follow | :07:11. | :07:16. | |
these guys through the midfield as well. You are talking about | :07:16. | :07:21. | |
defending and tackling and nobody tackled him at all. And Charlie | :07:21. | :07:24. | |
Mulgrew not finishing that with a winning goal. We might be talking | :07:24. | :07:28. | |
about over a big question over the future of Neil Lennon? Yes, that | :07:29. | :07:32. | |
has been around for the last couple of weeks. Certainly an the quite a | :07:32. | :07:38. | |
bit of pressure, the expectancy level of the fans is high and they | :07:38. | :07:43. | |
are favourites to win this, no question. Not just the night but | :07:43. | :07:48. | |
the whole Cup. They need to win and that is why he has got a full- | :07:48. | :07:58. | |
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strength squad out there. From his point of you, it is good, they need | :08:02. | :08:11. | |
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A number of team changes, can you tell us why Mark Brown is in goal? | :08:18. | :08:27. | |
He was good in the cup ties. certainly is a cup tie. And what | :08:27. | :08:31. | |
one as well. Is it the match she would have chosen? It is the | :08:31. | :08:37. | |
hardest, no doubt. A couple of so- called underdogs get through and we | :08:37. | :08:41. | |
hope to make it a hat-trick of that. Semi-final place up for grabs, does | :08:41. | :08:47. | |
it add spice to the game? really. It is always the next round | :08:47. | :08:55. | |
in a cup tie, and the semi-final is still only next round. It might | :08:55. | :09:00. | |
give you the extra edge but it is difficult and as much as we want to | :09:00. | :09:05. | |
win, we have got a tough task. Birmingham's league form has not | :09:05. | :09:13. | |
been so good this season. -- Hibs' the for. We have got to make sure | :09:13. | :09:19. | |
we get wins and draws have not really helped us in the season that | :09:20. | :09:24. | |
a draw would still keepers in. As was proved against Motherwell and | :09:24. | :09:28. | |
we are ready for it. We hope to keep everybody on the edge of their | :09:28. | :09:32. | |
seat. And we have played recently, the majority of games have been | :09:32. | :09:40. | |
open and exciting. Good luck. Your team news, you have brought | :09:40. | :09:45. | |
back Thomas Rogne, was it forced upon you? Not really. He played a | :09:45. | :09:50. | |
game on Monday, and we wanted to see how he was football-Wise. And | :09:50. | :09:58. | |
for Glenn,, Charlie pulled out this morning, he has been hampered by | :09:58. | :10:04. | |
injuries this season as have most of the squad! But he is fit round | :10:04. | :10:08. | |
of the goal, a good player and we will meet him at his best. Celtic | :10:08. | :10:11. | |
are overwhelming favourites now to lift this Cup, does that come with | :10:11. | :10:21. | |
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added pressure? The majority of the town,... We will have to do the | :10:22. | :10:25. | |
hard work first and that means trying to win games in knockout | :10:25. | :10:30. | |
competitions. We were at the final last year, fell short and we want | :10:30. | :10:34. | |
to go one better. You do not get opportunities like this very often. | :10:34. | :10:38. | |
I stress this to the players and we will have to play our very best. | :10:38. | :10:42. | |
Good luck. Thank you. We spoke of the problems that | :10:42. | :10:48. | |
Celtic have in defence than what they have got a couple of | :10:48. | :10:53. | |
goalscorers and a terrific talent in James Forrest. You thought Hibs | :10:53. | :10:58. | |
will be making attempts to contain him. It will be interesting to see | :10:58. | :11:02. | |
who he plays on the left-hand side to stop James Forrest because he | :11:02. | :11:07. | |
has been Celtic's best player by far. Since the international break | :11:07. | :11:16. | |
and another player I would certainly enjoy playing with. It | :11:16. | :11:24. | |
will be Anthony Stokes and Hooper, we are looking forward to seeing | :11:24. | :11:28. | |
them tonight. Significant importance of the League Cup has | :11:28. | :11:38. | |
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sometimes been downplayed in the past. If for every club, it has got | :11:38. | :11:44. | |
every significance. Celtic would definitely love to win this cup. | :11:44. | :11:47. | |
There have been so many upsets in this competition but that is not | :11:47. | :11:52. | |
because teams have not taken it seriously. Everybody wants to win | :11:52. | :11:56. | |
this competition and you see with Celtic, they have put up the | :11:56. | :12:00. | |
strongest team available tonight. This is a competition that Neil | :12:00. | :12:03. | |
Lennon liked to win. I know everybody will say to take the | :12:03. | :12:08. | |
pressure off, but Celtic like to win trophies and any trophy U take | :12:08. | :12:15. | |
part in, you want to win it. And it is the trophy that Hibs would like | :12:15. | :12:20. | |
to get their hands on as well. think they have to take it on and | :12:20. | :12:25. | |
win it. Nothing else matters to Celtic, they want to win every | :12:25. | :12:34. | |
trophy they are in. They will want to win everything, a tough task for | :12:34. | :12:37. | |
the trouble but they are more than capable of doing it. It starts here | :12:37. | :12:42. | |
tonight once again and they are favourites for the whole Cup | :12:42. | :12:48. | |
competition. Let's see how they get on tonight. Hibs will hope they can | :12:48. | :12:53. | |
see is on a Celtic and safety tonight. If they can get through | :12:53. | :12:59. | |
the first -- Celtic anxiety. They will hope the pressure will mount | :12:59. | :13:06. | |
on them. Yes, what you are leading 2, if you see a weakness in the | :13:06. | :13:11. | |
team and it is Celtic's defence, then you go for that. It is attack- | :13:11. | :13:19. | |
minded. Griffiths is a very attack- minded players, scores a couple at | :13:19. | :13:28. | |
the weekend, that is a massive hope for him. A big lift having Ivan | :13:28. | :13:33. | |
Sproule in as well. He is a danger to any defence. Marc Wilson at the | :13:33. | :13:38. | |
back will have his work cut out. A lot of interesting changes can be | :13:38. | :13:45. | |
made tactically tonight. Will it be Hanlon or Murray who plays back | :13:45. | :13:51. | |
tonight? That changes as the night goes on. Both managers will be | :13:51. | :13:55. | |
thinking about going forward than defending and that is where I | :13:55. | :14:01. | |
really am hopeful and expecting that there will probably be lots of | :14:01. | :14:05. | |
goals. Are you surprised, Scott, that Hibs would switch away from | :14:05. | :14:15. | |
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Cool -- goalkeeper who was playing previously and go for Mark Brown? | :14:17. | :14:24. | |
Colin Calderwood has said it in previous matches that Mark Brown | :14:24. | :14:29. | |
will play. Let's see how he will do. I am sure he is up for it. Both | :14:29. | :14:33. | |
teams have conceded goals recently. We are looking for goals tonight, | :14:33. | :14:39. | |
hopefully we will get them but we will see what happens. A hedge | :14:39. | :14:45. | |
against Celtic for a place in the Scottish Communities League Cup | :14:45. | :14:49. | |
semi-final -- it is Hibs against Celtic. | :14:49. | :14:56. | |
COMMENTATOR: The Easter Road faithful may look to this as a | :14:57. | :15:04. | |
campaign to get started. This is a fixture that Hibs have not cleaned | :15:04. | :15:08. | |
much joy from, won't win in 10 goes at it. The last made the | :15:08. | :15:18. | |
competition in 2003, it has a 2-1 win here. They did lose that to | :15:18. | :15:28. | |
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Livingston. Celtic back-to- winning ways and Neil Lennon's men are | :15:30. | :15:36. | |
heavy favourites to lift the trophy. Rangers, Hearts and Motherwell all | :15:36. | :15:46. | |
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out in the last round. No Richie Towell, an attack-minded side | :15:49. | :15:59. | |
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fielded. Ivan Sproule is back from 4 celtic and he has been critical. | :16:07. | :16:17. | |
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James Forrest is in the form of his life and also Thomas Rogne play. No | :16:18. | :16:26. | |
strike is among this Celtic substitute. He has been one of the | :16:26. | :16:33. | |
busier officials, he has shown four reds in the game see us taking part | :16:33. | :16:38. | |
in. That includes a Champions League games. Also the man in the | :16:39. | :16:47. | |
middle for the Hibs penalty shoot- out win. Mark Brown prepared to... | :16:47. | :16:50. | |
Mark will summer the captain's armband in the absence of Charlie | :16:50. | :17:00. | |
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Mulgrew, he is back in the team as earth-shattering but perhaps would- | :17:19. | :17:29. | |
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I think it will be a really open game, Liam. Looking forward to two | :17:32. | :17:42. | |
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team is designed to attack. It really important goals and tonight | :17:55. | :18:00. | |
would be a great time for him to grab another. From obscurity to be | :18:00. | :18:10. | |
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Griffiths that likes to get into the thick of it. The goals on | :18:21. | :18:25. | |
Saturday will increase his confidence but can you defend | :18:25. | :18:30. | |
against that? Look at the Celtic midfield quartet, they have got | :18:31. | :18:40. | |
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Wotherspoon if he can find them. David Willis but you want to get it | :19:13. | :19:23. | |
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Thursday, good performance in France and they needed to Paul all | :19:45. | :19:55. | |
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Wotherspoon is going to play at right-back. They are going to give | :20:08. | :20:12. | |
at the back four a bit of protection. But David Wotherspoon | :20:12. | :20:22. | |
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will try to get one forward every time they can. Ivan Sproule takes | :20:23. | :20:33. | |
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the credit! It is the perfect start but Celtic do not deal with a | :20:36. | :20:42. | |
corner. Comes into the front post area. The scrum or eight away | :20:42. | :20:48. | |
initially the never get the ball clear. It is into the back of the | :20:48. | :20:57. | |
net and the team have got off to an absolute fire. Daniel, not a good | :20:57. | :21:02. | |
start for him. Not much you can do about that. Not a thing you can do | :21:02. | :21:07. | |
about it. It hits him and goes right in the bottom corner. Delight | :21:07. | :21:10. | |
for Colin Calderwood but I don't think Neil Lennon will be enjoying | :21:10. | :21:20. | |
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as an on goal from it Daniel Majstorovic. It was not going in | :21:30. | :21:40. | |
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Celtic rearguard in recent weeks and once again, hit by an early | :21:42. | :21:52. | |
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lead for 10 minutes. They do not have the players to do it. They | :22:04. | :22:09. | |
have to keep going. That is true. Colin Calderwood has gone with | :22:09. | :22:19. | |
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their very attack-minded team. He has reaped the rewards early. | :22:21. | :22:25. | |
Celtic need to get their foot on the ball. They have been unable to | :22:25. | :22:35. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 41 seconds | :22:35. | :23:17. | |
do that the first five minutes. -- clattering into him. He will get | :23:17. | :23:22. | |
away with a warning. One more like that and he will be in the book. He | :23:22. | :23:32. | |
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dived in. He did well to get away Kayal not impressed with the | :23:58. | :24:02. | |
goalkeeper. The goalkeeper has got to take charge. That could have | :24:02. | :24:12. | |
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-- pass. He needed to be perfect. Adam Matthews getting forward at | :24:34. | :24:41. | |
every opportunity. It was at decent ball. It was a clever run. But the | :24:41. | :24:51. | |
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final pass let him down. Mark Brown, a former Celtic goalkeeper. He was | :24:52. | :25:02. | |
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could not control. He is holding a high line. You have to be careful. | :25:29. | :25:38. | |
He looked onside. A good call by the linesman. Just a little bit too | :25:38. | :25:48. | |
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a recent times. He got all the praise in the draw with Kilmarnock. | :26:24. | :26:31. | |
Celtic were three down at half-time in that game. Neil Lennon looks | :26:31. | :26:37. | |
glum. You work -- he won this tournament twice as a player with | :26:37. | :26:47. | |
the Celtic. Same old story. Bad goals to lose. None will ever be as | :26:47. | :26:55. | |
bad as the goal they conceded in France last week. That was quite | :26:55. | :27:03. | |
horrifying. They have got players who can score goals. That is | :27:03. | :27:13. | |
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challenge. If you show the Stutz, you will always get penalised. | :27:48. | :27:58. | |
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Stokes was in an offside position. Hooper was not. It is a rule that | :28:14. | :28:18. | |
frustrated players and fans alike. Gary Hooper was onside. Anthony | :28:18. | :28:23. | |
Stokes, as long as he does not get involved, Hooper is allowed to go | :28:23. | :28:33. | |
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season so far. He does not seem to be clicking as well as he did last | :28:36. | :28:44. | |
season. He was terrific last campaign. Top scorer for Celtic. | :28:44. | :28:53. | |
All he and Stokes have got five so far. Spend two years at Scunthorpe. | :28:54. | :29:03. | |
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He has got one eye on the Great Britain Olympic team next summer. | :29:06. | :29:11. | |
Celtic are anxious to avoid more capital punishment having lost | :29:11. | :29:21. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 41 seconds | :29:21. | :30:35. | |
Perfect conditions. The pitch is Forrest, one of the smallest | :30:35. | :30:43. | |
players on the park. Did not really fancy him against Paul Hanlon. A | :30:43. | :30:47. | |
good three choice back four inches between them. Forrest could not | :30:47. | :30:53. | |
make contact. The couple of Scotland caps to add to his CV | :30:53. | :31:03. | |
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against Spain and Liechtenstein. winger played tonight. You have got | :31:21. | :31:26. | |
Ivan Sproule and James Forrest. What have you made of Sproule since | :31:26. | :31:30. | |
he came back? He has managed to get a few goals. He is not a tricky | :31:30. | :31:37. | |
winger. But if he has got -- if he gets a run non-U, he is gone. | :31:37. | :31:47. | |
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good in possession. Goal-kick. Sproule Kit himself far too much to | :32:02. | :32:11. | |
do. -- gave himself. If you knock it 10 yards away, the second | :32:11. | :32:17. | |
defender comes across and not sit out for a goal-kick. -- knocks it | :32:17. | :32:23. | |
out. Three changes in the Celtic team from the one that beat | :32:23. | :32:33. | |
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Aberdeen. Mulgrew, Loovens and when the hammer out. -- Wanyama. We said | :32:37. | :32:41. | |
the first goal was going to be important. The next one is very | :32:41. | :32:51. | |
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important. The Celtic supporters I think he would expect Celtic to | :33:16. | :33:21. | |
pick things up after losing the ball -- goal. But Hibs have played | :33:21. | :33:31. | |
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in the season. Scored against Aberdeen at the weekend. -- Sung- | :33:52. | :34:02. | |
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flag was up. The linesman waited to see. You can see, he just got it | :34:24. | :34:33. | |
right. Have I yard offside. -- half a yard. James Forrest did not find | :34:33. | :34:40. | |
the target and the way. A couple of early flags for Keith Sorbie, the | :34:40. | :34:48. | |
linesman, tries Max assistant referee. -- or assistant referee. | :34:48. | :34:58. | |
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Lines man will do me! -- linesman. Ederney and leading by a one goal | :35:01. | :35:11. | |
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thanks to an own goal by Daniel Majstorovic. It came in the fourth | :35:12. | :35:22. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 41 seconds | :35:22. | :36:03. | |
minute. A deflection off an Ivan Hooper could not turn it in. What a | :36:03. | :36:12. | |
chance by Celtic. Great ball. Gary Hooper, he came off his left knee. | :36:12. | :36:20. | |
That was a terrific ball. An incredible miss. Stephens and | :36:20. | :36:24. | |
Wotherspoon were in close attendance. But you would expect | :36:24. | :36:31. | |
Gary Hooper to have scored. If he got a decent touch, that was in the | :36:31. | :36:40. | |
back of the net. On the night like this, quarter-final, UDR know how | :36:40. | :36:46. | |
many chances you will get, you cannot pass one up like that. -- | :36:46. | :36:56. | |
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you do not know how many chances 20 minutes? It is a wonderful start | :37:03. | :37:08. | |
by Hibs. I thought there would be more of a reaction from Celtic. I | :37:08. | :37:12. | |
expected them to dominate in the middle, keep the ball, get in wide | :37:12. | :37:19. | |
areas. That was the first time Kayal got forward. He created a | :37:19. | :37:29. | |
:37:29. | :37:36. | ||
really good chance. The Israeli, il, joined last summer. An important | :37:36. | :37:46. | |
:37:46. | :37:46. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 41 seconds | :37:46. | :38:29. | |
player for Celtic. Izaguirre out Self-inflicted. It was an easy | :38:30. | :38:38. | |
clearance. The way things are going for Celtic... Now they face a | :38:38. | :38:43. | |
corner kick. Just when Celtic thought they would keep a settled | :38:43. | :38:50. | |
back line, they lost Glenn Loovens and charlie macro. -- Charlie | :38:50. | :39:00. | |
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- Osbourne! If Ivan Sproule takes one touch too many -- I just wonder | :39:39. | :39:49. | |
:39:49. | :39:51. | ||
if Ivan Sproule takes one touch too many. This was half chance. -- this | :39:51. | :40:01. | |
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times. 13 behind Rangers. Looking to exercise some ghosts from last | :40:19. | :40:29. | |
:40:29. | :40:33. | ||
season when they lost at Old Firm final. -- the Old Firm final. | :40:33. | :40:40. | |
Celtic have won a free kick. It is one of those areas where you think, | :40:40. | :40:44. | |
is it too far out for a shot? Clever play by Kayal. Under | :40:44. | :40:50. | |
pressure. You just wonder if somebody on the Celtic team fancies | :40:50. | :41:00. | |
:41:00. | :41:26. | ||
What's the reaction of the goalkeeper. -- watch. It was not | :41:26. | :41:33. | |
that far away. As I say, well hit. It was always rising. Mark Brown | :41:33. | :41:43. | |
:41:43. | :42:09. | ||
confident. The Irishman thought it League Cup in 1981. -- 1991. That | :42:09. | :42:15. | |
was against Dunfermline. They have won Mac hits since then, a 5-1 | :42:15. | :42:25. | |
:42:25. | :42:41. | ||
back. The goalkeeper was quite entitled to picket up. -- to pick | :42:41. | :42:51. | |
:42:51. | :43:00. | ||
woodwork. The build up was different class. The passing was | :43:00. | :43:09. | |
accurate, quick, slick. The final touch missing. Hooper was to his | :43:09. | :43:16. | |
left. Anthony Stokes is an out and out striker. It faeces a goal, he | :43:16. | :43:26. | |
:43:26. | :43:34. | ||
is going for goal. -- if he sees a in his time at Hibs. He was just | :43:34. | :43:43. | |
here for a year. Good return. Falkirk, Hibs, Celtic. He knows | :43:43. | :43:53. | |
:43:53. | :44:02. | ||
where the back of the Net is. He is clambering on Stokes there. It is | :44:02. | :44:12. | |
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50-50, both players get their arm joining Ayr and Kilmarnock in the | :44:35. | :44:45. | |
:44:45. | :45:19. | ||
tonight, extra-time and penalties for the Celtic defence. Le Daniel | :45:19. | :45:24. | |
Majstorovic has been looking edgy. Two players who have not worked | :45:24. | :45:30. | |
well together and you don't strike up a partnership in 10 minutes and | :45:30. | :45:40. | |
:45:40. | :46:17. | ||
Griffiths... A shake of the head Wotherspoon. What do you think | :46:17. | :46:22. | |
about that? I think defenders can make contact, as long as you don't | :46:22. | :46:26. | |
grab them. I think he goes down far too easily for the referee to give | :46:26. | :46:36. | |
:46:36. | :46:53. | ||
way we do, he might even be tempted to book him. Done on a Storrar | :46:53. | :46:59. | |
vetch -- Daniel Majstorovic. Hibs to believe there was a need touch | :46:59. | :47:02. | |
there but a good defending from Hibs. Just throwing themselves over | :47:02. | :47:12. | |
:47:12. | :47:23. | ||
the ball and make sure you block for Stokes. As he headed it on to | :47:23. | :47:28. | |
his own shoulder, it is a free header. You would expect him to at | :47:28. | :47:33. | |
least hit the target and you can see by his reaction, he has missed | :47:33. | :47:43. | |
:47:43. | :48:09. | ||
to go with the attack minded line- up has been vindicated, hasn't it? | :48:09. | :48:15. | |
You, off to a flying start and it lifts the players. Yes, off to a | :48:15. | :48:20. | |
flying start. It has gone straight across the goal, it just gives Hibs | :48:20. | :48:25. | |
that little bit extra offspring in their step because they have got | :48:25. | :48:35. | |
:48:35. | :49:04. | ||
to get back on level terms. That is not proving easy for them right now. | :49:04. | :49:14. | |
:49:14. | :49:16. | ||
Hibs looking fairly comfortable, fair to say? I think Victor Palsson | :49:16. | :49:26. | |
:49:26. | :49:56. | ||
has had given the backbone a bit of on the far side. He couldn't find | :49:56. | :50:06. | |
:50:06. | :50:07. | ||
the target there. Up a really sharp break from Hibs. You can see | :50:07. | :50:11. | |
Griffiths getting to the far post but he has decided he will take on | :50:11. | :50:14. | |
the goalkeeper, looking for the far top corner, does not get the bend | :50:14. | :50:24. | |
:50:24. | :50:38. | ||
Hibernian there. Almost in for a got a goal that opens things up. | :50:38. | :50:42. | |
And Celtic have only got one thing in mind, getting back in and that | :50:42. | :50:48. | |
means pushing forward and meaning they will be light at the back | :50:48. | :50:58. | |
:50:58. | :51:17. | ||
Mirren at the weekend. The strikers will create a bit of room and it | :51:17. | :51:24. | |
means you can get on the ball and then you can play decent passes. | :51:24. | :51:30. | |
Leigh Griffiths is in. The flag is up against Leigh Griffiths. A good | :51:30. | :51:34. | |
ball in from the wide area, the linesman has got a perfect view | :51:34. | :51:40. | |
here. A good ball through and he gets it in early, yes, offside. | :51:40. | :51:50. | |
:51:50. | :52:25. | ||
little for Mark Brown to do, Graham Stack was one of Hibs' best players. | :52:25. | :52:35. | |
:52:35. | :52:36. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 41 seconds | :52:36. | :53:19. | |
Celtic, Mark Brown. Frustrating Celtic here, he came right at the | :53:19. | :53:24. | |
end of the season in 2008. Scott Brown, his final game for Hibernian, | :53:24. | :53:34. | |
:53:34. | :53:46. | ||
this. Once again, just that little bit far out in order to be thinking | :53:46. | :53:56. | |
:53:56. | :54:08. | ||
because he is shaping up for the cross here. He has said it through | :54:08. | :54:18. | |
:54:18. | :54:28. | ||
to Hooper instead. Anti-climax for counter attack again. The | :54:28. | :54:37. | |
goalkeeper makes the save. you're going to go on a fast break, | :54:37. | :54:43. | |
he get Ivan Sproule involved it will be pacy but Agogo as well, | :54:43. | :54:50. | |
credit to the goalkeeper. He gets a good contact on the ball. It seems | :54:50. | :54:58. | |
a little bit easy for Hibs to counter-attack. It always seems | :54:58. | :55:05. | |
down that left-hand side because Ivan Sproule will come on to his | :55:05. | :55:11. | |
good right foot and take shots at your goalkeeper. Sproule well | :55:11. | :55:20. | |
remembered for a hat-trick against Rangers at Ibrox. His first at the | :55:21. | :55:30. | |
:55:31. | :55:31. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 41 seconds | :55:31. | :56:59. | |
second bite of this, Celtic with onside, Leigh Griffiths that there | :56:59. | :57:04. | |
a chance for the second... Could not take it. Well Hibs look back at | :57:04. | :57:12. | |
that and one that was my what a chance, what a ball from Dario,! | :57:12. | :57:22. | |
:57:22. | :57:43. | ||
on to his left foot. Always the touch with your bad food to get it | :57:43. | :57:53. | |
:57:53. | :58:13. | ||
on your good side, isn't it? Good from the end of this tie, a Celtic | :58:13. | :58:23. | |
:58:23. | :58:27. | ||
have won, if one he had found the net if the had got it? A two call | :58:27. | :58:35. | |
the League is brilliant. -- a one goal lead is good, a two goal lead | :58:35. | :58:42. | |
is brilliant. Extra firepower for Hibs, any kind of set pieces in the | :58:42. | :58:48. | |
final third, a few big lads. Stevens is up from the back, a few | :58:48. | :58:58. | |
:58:58. | :59:09. | ||
do Celtic look at the back? The set pieces are causing problems. You | :59:09. | :59:16. | |
can see the number of green jerseys and it is scrambled clear but they | :59:16. | :59:21. | |
don't look safe when that ball comes in the area. Celtic need to | :59:22. | :59:25. | |
wake up from the slumber in the back. Hibs are looking dangerous | :59:25. | :59:29. | |
every time they come forward. Another corner kick. I will give | :59:29. | :59:33. | |
you three guesses where this will go. He will bend it right in on top | :59:33. | :59:43. | |
:59:43. | :00:21. | ||
of the goalkeeper and keep the goalkeeper cannot come for that. | :00:22. | :00:25. | |
When you have got a team under pressure, don't let them out | :00:25. | :00:35. | |
:00:35. | :00:40. | ||
the interval. Celtic have had chances. Most notably Stokes and | :00:40. | :00:50. | |
:00:50. | :01:15. | ||
get in early but it has got to be a added on to the end of the first | :01:15. | :01:25. | |
:01:25. | :01:51. | ||
What have been made of the first half, Craig Paterson? Colin | :01:51. | :01:55. | |
Calderwood will be delighted, they are ahead and looking confident. | :01:55. | :02:02. | |
Neil Lennon is more from his team, players who can dominate, Forest he | :02:02. | :02:07. | |
can repeat to shreds, Beram Kayal, he has got to fire them up. There | :02:07. | :02:15. | |
is the half-time whistle. The Hibs fans will be delighted. They have | :02:15. | :02:22. | |
got a 1-0 lead at half-time, Ivan Sproule battering it in off Daniel | :02:22. | :02:25. | |
Majstorovic and they have looked very dangerous in the counter- | :02:25. | :02:29. | |
attack. Hooper and Stokes have had a great chances as well but it is | :02:29. | :02:35. | |
Hibs after the magnificence that who have the lead at Easter Road. | :02:35. | :02:41. | |
Daniel Majstorovic not happy, he is talking to one of the officials. At | :02:41. | :02:50. | |
half-time here at Easter Road at the moment, Hibs and joining Ayr, | :02:50. | :02:57. | |
Falkirk and Kilmarnock. I wonder if he has tried to get the | :02:57. | :03:01. | |
own goal taken off because that separates the sides. I can't | :03:01. | :03:05. | |
imagine Camacho played better than that. We have got highlights from | :03:05. | :03:14. | |
last night's free ties coming up. Hibs have been impressive. Yes, | :03:14. | :03:18. | |
they have. They pass the ball exceptionally well, they have found | :03:18. | :03:28. | |
:03:28. | :03:30. | ||
the gaps in Celtic's defence. Celtic have had their chances that | :03:30. | :03:33. | |
neither side has taken the initiative after the first goal. | :03:33. | :03:42. | |
Will it be enough for Hibs, that first goal? We will see. If he took | :03:42. | :03:47. | |
the Second chance, it might have been a different game. They might | :03:47. | :03:55. | |
route that? I think there is great power in that team, all the way | :03:55. | :04:02. | |
through the centre, Stevens a really important player at the | :04:02. | :04:06. | |
field, and Agogo has been the man of the match, tackling, passing | :04:06. | :04:11. | |
everything. Great energy and confidence. Among the have needed | :04:11. | :04:16. | |
something special, it is the pace of Sproule, a brilliant going | :04:16. | :04:23. | |
forward. Griffiths has got up there as well. All round, a good | :04:23. | :04:26. | |
performance from Hibs, unrecognisable from early season. | :04:26. | :04:31. | |
Celtic did not need to concede a goal inside five minutes. No, they | :04:31. | :04:36. | |
didn't. But I think Marc Wilson is unlucky, he did not see it until | :04:36. | :04:42. | |
late, he did it well to get off the line. Below 40 macro is in the | :04:42. | :04:52. | |
:04:52. | :04:54. | ||
right place at the right time. I don't think there is a great deal | :04:54. | :05:01. | |
wrong there. Sproule has made the run and got lucky with the ball has | :05:01. | :05:06. | |
landed for him. Could a Celtic player get up there early? At think | :05:06. | :05:12. | |
that is harsh. 1-0 at half-time, it leads talk about that a bit later, | :05:12. | :05:15. | |
but elsewhere in the Scottish Communities League Cup last night. | :05:15. | :05:18. | |
Lots of thrills and spills and Jonathan someone can talk us | :05:18. | :05:28. | |
:05:28. | :05:33. | ||
United set about ending that miserable sequence against Falkirk | :05:33. | :05:43. | |
:05:43. | :05:45. | ||
at Tannadice. United went closer soon afterwards. Jon Daly with a | :05:45. | :05:49. | |
strike off the bar. Every get the feeling it is not going to be your | :05:49. | :05:59. | |
:05:59. | :06:03. | ||
night? The feeling intensified in the 70th minute. Falkirk one goal | :06:03. | :06:08. | |
ahead. Having taking -- having taken the scalpel Rangers in the | :06:09. | :06:17. | |
last round, they sensed another scalp. -- the scalp of Rangers. | :06:17. | :06:22. | |
Johnny Russell equalised within five minutes. The SPL side back on | :06:22. | :06:32. | |
:06:32. | :06:33. | ||
level terms. A great finish from a tight angle. It finished 1-1. In | :06:33. | :06:40. | |
the first period of extra-time, United took the lead. Great pass | :06:40. | :06:50. | |
:06:50. | :06:57. | ||
from Russell and daily with the finish. -- Jon Daly. It Disree | :06:57. | :07:05. | |
nearly 3-1. -- it was very nearly. Jon Daly with another superb strike. | :07:05. | :07:10. | |
Again it hit the bar. With two minutes of extra-time remaining, | :07:10. | :07:18. | |
Falkirk equalised through Ally Graham. Rude macro one paying | :07:18. | :07:28. | |
:07:28. | :07:29. | ||
dividends for a Falkirk as they stayed in the Cup. -- route. Willo | :07:29. | :07:37. | |
Flood missed in the penalty shoot out for Dundee United. Stewart | :07:37. | :07:43. | |
Murdoch kept his composure to send Falkirk into the semi-finals. | :07:43. | :07:47. | |
Another cup upset. Another celebration for a manager Steven | :07:47. | :07:57. | |
:07:57. | :08:05. | ||
upset at St Mirren Park. -- fair mack United. Initially it was the | :08:05. | :08:15. | |
:08:15. | :08:17. | ||
SPL side in front. 1,200 Ayr fans made the trip. Nine minutes from | :08:17. | :08:22. | |
time they got what they travelled in hope to see. Eddie May along | :08:22. | :08:27. | |
with the ball into the box, Chris Smith with the header. -- Eddie | :08:27. | :08:36. | |
Malone. The First Division side in sight of the semi-finals. St Mirren | :08:36. | :08:46. | |
:08:46. | :08:51. | ||
laid siege to the goalmouth. Graham Carey struck the crossbar late on. | :08:51. | :09:00. | |
Scenes of joy at the final whistle. This was the third SPL scalp for | :09:00. | :09:10. | |
:09:10. | :09:15. | ||
the team currently bottom of the Aberdeen, Second Division East | :09:15. | :09:19. | |
Fife's hopes of seeing off Kilmarnock suffered a major blow | :09:19. | :09:29. | |
:09:29. | :09:47. | ||
the second half, Paul Heffernan went close. In the 73rd minute, | :09:47. | :09:55. | |
Killie made the breakthrough. Mohamadou Sissoko scoring. The big | :09:55. | :09:59. | |
central defender with plenty of space, could control and a fine | :09:59. | :10:06. | |
finish. Some trade mark Kilmarnock passing play almost carved open the | :10:06. | :10:16. | |
East Fife again. In the 81st minute, Kilmarnock made sure of their place | :10:16. | :10:24. | |
in the semi-final, Gary Harkins picking up the pieces and his shot | :10:24. | :10:29. | |
was too hot for Marc Ridgers. The possibility of an Ayrshire derby in | :10:29. | :10:39. | |
:10:39. | :10:40. | ||
Great live coverage of all of that last night on Radio Scotland. The | :10:40. | :10:46. | |
real story was the First Division teams getting through. The Falkirk | :10:46. | :10:54. | |
conclusion was dramatic. What about Ayr? They have been an incredible | :10:54. | :11:00. | |
Cup team. Usually you just do not want to get them. Bottom of the | :11:00. | :11:10. | |
:11:10. | :11:10. | ||
First Division? Bott it is Cup night. The fans get behind them. A | :11:10. | :11:14. | |
possible Killie against Ayr semi- final will be one to look forward | :11:14. | :11:22. | |
to. He is ahead against year-old Teeny here. We have seen the Hibs | :11:22. | :11:30. | |
goal. But they had numerous other chances. What about the past here | :11:30. | :11:38. | |
from Agogo and the ball in from Wotherspoon? Yes, fantastic. They | :11:38. | :11:47. | |
were unlucky. The goal gave them confidence. As we see again here, | :11:47. | :11:56. | |
another great chance. Sproule cut in from the left. Maybe he took a | :11:56. | :12:01. | |
touch too many. If this was your first view of Hibs this season, you | :12:01. | :12:06. | |
would wonder what the fuss was about. They have been special. | :12:06. | :12:14. | |
think it is confusing for the Hibs fans as well! Osborne has been | :12:14. | :12:20. | |
fabulous today. The pace of Sparrow on the break has been absolutely | :12:20. | :12:30. | |
phenomenal. -- Sproule. He looks up Forrest today. As Scott said during | :12:30. | :12:35. | |
the game, time and again against the big teams he seems to get up | :12:35. | :12:45. | |
:12:45. | :12:47. | ||
for it. He is breaking well there. Celtic are very open. Obviously | :12:47. | :12:52. | |
they are behind and trying to go for the game. The two full-backs | :12:52. | :12:58. | |
going at the same time. The shape is not correct. The centre halves | :12:58. | :13:02. | |
are nowhere. That was a great chance for Griffiths. He needed to | :13:02. | :13:09. | |
slow down a little bit and be a little more composed. This was the | :13:09. | :13:13. | |
moment that this League Cup tie may have slipped from Celtic's grasp? | :13:13. | :13:18. | |
Yes, every single Hibernian supporter will be thinking that. | :13:18. | :13:25. | |
You do not get that many chances against the Old Firm. That was one. | :13:25. | :13:31. | |
What a blow by Garry O'Connor. All the way through the Hibs team they | :13:31. | :13:36. | |
have played well. As well as they can play. You suspect Celtic will | :13:36. | :13:42. | |
make sure they do not play that well in the second half. This one | :13:42. | :13:47. | |
from Kayal qualifies as a good chance. You would have thought the | :13:47. | :13:52. | |
ball would have ended up in the back of the net? Exactly. He will | :13:52. | :13:57. | |
be disappointed he got nothing on the ball. Hibs did well to | :13:57. | :14:06. | |
pressurise him. It was a great ball in. He is of balance because he is | :14:06. | :14:13. | |
being dragged back a little bit. off balance. He will be | :14:13. | :14:18. | |
disappointed. Celtic have been unlucky a little bit. On another | :14:18. | :14:25. | |
night, this one from Stokes would have gone in. A dinner at think | :14:25. | :14:30. | |
Celtic have played badly. I think they have played really well. They | :14:30. | :14:35. | |
look very dangerous. At some point in the second half, Cooper and | :14:35. | :14:45. | |
:14:45. | :14:48. | ||
stocks will get chances. -- Hooper and Stokes. I just think there | :14:48. | :14:53. | |
seems to be weaknesses in the Celtic defence. Yes, as in the Hibs | :14:53. | :14:59. | |
defence. There are goals to come in this game. It has been entertaining | :14:59. | :15:08. | |
to watch. From an unbiased point of view, the goal as come at the wrong | :15:08. | :15:14. | |
end! Knee will Lennon believes in his team. He knows they can go | :15:14. | :15:19. | |
forward and create chances. Again it was highlighted before the game | :15:19. | :15:28. | |
that left-back was a problem for Ederney. -- Hibernian. If you put | :15:28. | :15:36. | |
pressure on Hanlon, if Celtic get the ball up to the right hand side | :15:36. | :15:42. | |
and overload down that side, there will be more opportunities. Kayal | :15:42. | :15:47. | |
has looked comfortable for me. He can create something. There are | :15:47. | :15:56. | |
more chances. He is good to watch. He likes to look forward every time. | :15:56. | :16:01. | |
It is a pleasure to play with him. You have got midfielder's playing | :16:01. | :16:06. | |
the ball earlier. This is the only goal so far but it is unlikely to | :16:06. | :16:13. | |
be the only goal? Nothing Celtic can do on the line that there. It | :16:13. | :16:19. | |
came through a crowd of players. I am not going to say anything | :16:19. | :16:29. | |
:16:29. | :16:30. | ||
against must Horowitz. -- Majstorovic. Celtic will continue | :16:30. | :16:36. | |
to be that open. They will carry on pushing on. There are great | :16:36. | :16:42. | |
opportunities for Celtic in the second half. Do not turn off. | :16:42. | :16:47. | |
man with the dubious honour of the only goal so far, Daniel | :16:47. | :16:56. | |
Majstorovic, putting into his own net. Back to Kraig Patterson and | :16:56. | :17:06. | |
:17:06. | :17:21. | ||
this season at the weekend. -- Hibernian. This is a Celtic team | :17:21. | :17:26. | |
that has shown resilience and character in the last few games. | :17:26. | :17:31. | |
They will need to improve if they are to claw their way back into | :17:31. | :17:41. | |
:17:41. | :18:05. | ||
this one. No changes on either side gone with the same line-up for the | :18:05. | :18:10. | |
second half. Celtic have no strikers on the bench. Paddy | :18:10. | :18:17. | |
McCourt perhaps the most creative? Yes. If they still need a goal as | :18:17. | :18:22. | |
the game goes on, you would imagine they would introduce the magic of | :18:22. | :18:32. | |
:18:32. | :18:35. | ||
McCord. -- McCourt! What a start for Forrest! The reaction that Neil | :18:35. | :18:39. | |
Lennon and the Celtic fans wanted comes in the first minute of the | :18:39. | :18:46. | |
second half. What a strike. Unbelievable hit! Drags his team | :18:46. | :18:56. | |
:18:56. | :18:58. | ||
back into the game as he did against Kilmarnock. Across the | :18:58. | :19:04. | |
goalkeeper. Good skill. What a finish. Mark Brown sees it but he | :19:04. | :19:10. | |
sees it too late. That was stunning from a forest. His 5th goal of the | :19:10. | :19:20. | |
:19:20. | :19:38. | ||
season. -- from a James Forrest. He half. Celtic scoring early in the | :19:38. | :19:48. | |
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second. What will this do for this cup-tie? Kayal is holding his nose. | :19:50. | :19:56. | |
Certainly Hecken is it a challenge. The players go head to head. I do | :19:56. | :20:06. | |
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not see anything happening there. The yellow card is coming out. | :20:07. | :20:17. | |
:20:17. | :20:21. | ||
There may be one for each player. Kayal and Sproule. Indeed it is. | :20:21. | :20:26. | |
you get on with the game, you may have a chance of getting away with | :20:26. | :20:33. | |
it. A few go head to head, you will both be booked. -- if you go head | :20:33. | :20:43. | |
:20:43. | :20:53. | ||
to head. The first two cards of the prevents any nerves that may have | :20:53. | :21:01. | |
crept into the Celtic game. Fantastic for that man, Neil Lennon. | :21:01. | :21:05. | |
Colin Calderwood, the last thing he would have said, first five minutes, | :21:05. | :21:14. | |
keep it tight. Magic from James Forrest. How good her seat in this | :21:14. | :21:21. | |
season? At Kilmarnock, three -- three goals behind, you look too | :21:21. | :21:31. | |
:21:31. | :22:00. | ||
experienced players to bring you He was convinced that all had gone | :22:00. | :22:06. | |
over. Once again, you can see the pace. Is the whole of the ball | :22:06. | :22:16. | |
:22:16. | :22:35. | ||
impossible ball to win as his centre-back when it is coming to | :22:35. | :22:45. | |
:22:45. | :22:56. | ||
the striker's chest. You just have organised by Forster. -- first | :22:56. | :23:06. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 41 seconds | :23:06. | :23:46. | |
happening for Gary Hooper. No. He struggled at Kilmarnock. Eventually | :23:47. | :23:51. | |
had to be substituted. He does not look the dynamic player we know he | :23:51. | :23:58. | |
can be. To be fair, he does most damage inside the penalty area. | :23:58. | :24:03. | |
This season he does not seem to be in the same place as he was last | :24:03. | :24:13. | |
:24:13. | :24:34. | ||
O'Connor. That was sore. Kayal lungs a moan. Yes. He was quick to | :24:34. | :24:44. | |
:24:44. | :24:50. | ||
Celtic game, he is very interesting to watch. He talked his way through | :24:50. | :24:55. | |
matches. He does like to get involved. But the great thing is he | :24:55. | :25:05. | |
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ballooned it over anyway. That was a poor finish. You see the ball | :25:39. | :25:47. | |
being played. Maybe just. Mark will some on the far side getting back | :25:47. | :25:54. | |
at pace. -- Marc Wilson. If that hit the back of the net there was a | :25:54. | :26:04. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 41 seconds | :26:04. | :27:27. | |
Extra-time and penalties if win since February. They have had | :27:27. | :27:30. | |
their lead taking away from them right at the start of the second | :27:30. | :27:40. | |
:27:40. | :27:40. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 41 seconds | :27:40. | :29:39. | |
second half, it is planning out pretty much as they did in the | :29:39. | :29:49. | |
:29:49. | :29:50. | ||
first. Jenas Forest is in again...- 21, Celtic! -- 2-1. He has turned a | :29:50. | :29:55. | |
match on its head. He is some player, and when he gets in, he | :29:55. | :30:03. | |
makes it a great break. Just inside the post. A terrific finish again | :30:03. | :30:08. | |
and this lad is on fire at the moment. This and by from Celtic but | :30:08. | :30:17. | |
here's way you get a bit of a break, he is onside and he has played him | :30:17. | :30:22. | |
on and Forrester they really slick finish right in the bottom corner. | :30:22. | :30:27. | |
And Hibs having back, have got to drag themselves back into the game. | :30:28. | :30:32. | |
This game has been turned upside- down in the space of 12 second half | :30:33. | :30:40. | |
minutes. Whatever he said at half- time has worked. Once again, it is | :30:40. | :30:50. | |
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completely changed. The they can move from side to side, they come | :31:04. | :31:07. | |
round the Hibs players all over the park because they have the lead and | :31:07. | :31:17. | |
:31:17. | :31:18. | ||
therefore they will dictate the way they want the game to go. Suddenly, | :31:18. | :31:23. | |
Celtic are running amok here. Stokes looking for Joe Ledley in | :31:23. | :31:28. | |
the middle. They look so much more dangerous coming forward in the | :31:28. | :31:32. | |
second half and in the first. Confidence is now losing through | :31:32. | :31:40. | |
the side. If he looks up, nobody in the middle. There is the man with a | :31:40. | :31:45. | |
problem. It may be looking at the bench to see if some were can be | :31:45. | :31:55. | |
:31:55. | :31:55. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 41 seconds | :31:55. | :32:44. | |
put on a park you can produce a bit Griffiths. Goal kick. Great pace | :32:44. | :32:54. | |
from Matthews, and when you get a head, cut back was the defender. A | :32:54. | :33:02. | |
great tackle there. -- cutback across the defender. He did well to | :33:02. | :33:12. | |
:33:12. | :33:43. | ||
get back at Griffiths there. The in there for Hibernian. Yes, a 2-1 | :33:43. | :33:52. | |
defeat is no good, you have got to take chances. You could understand | :33:52. | :34:02. | |
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another goal lost in trying to get Sung-Yeung slopes and that let | :34:14. | :34:21. | |
Hibernian off the hook. Once again, drives, gets in the box, forest. A | :34:21. | :34:28. | |
brilliant chip to the back post and the move dies because of keys in | :34:28. | :34:34. | |
young losing his footing. -- Because Ki Sung-Yeung loses his | :34:34. | :34:44. | |
:34:44. | :35:09. | ||
is terrorising that Hibernian defence. Allow him to get on the | :35:09. | :35:15. | |
ball in the box, you are in trouble because he has got quick feet, pace, | :35:15. | :35:18. | |
tricks and it is difficult to get him off the ball. Palsson does well | :35:18. | :35:28. | |
:35:28. | :35:36. | ||
there. Ki Sung-Yeung will take the there is the third! It is Anthony | :35:36. | :35:41. | |
Stokes to get it. That may well be the goal that knocks Hibernian out | :35:41. | :35:46. | |
and put Celtic into the last four, the former Hibernian Stokes he gets | :35:46. | :35:53. | |
it. Far too easy from Hibs' point of you but Anthony Stones finds a | :35:53. | :36:03. | |
bit of space, but of power, and Celtic now have that cushion. | :36:03. | :36:07. | |
this is possibly a cue for many of the Hibernian fans to head for the | :36:08. | :36:13. | |
exit. Celtic have gone from 1-0 down to 3-1 up just be on the hour | :36:14. | :36:23. | |
:36:24. | :36:34. | ||
minutes. They came back from 3-0 down against Kilmarnock to become | :36:34. | :36:40. | |
3-3 in 17 second half minutes. need a repeat of their performance | :36:40. | :36:44. | |
against Dundee United. They got a draw, a couple of goals if they can | :36:44. | :36:51. | |
score which will give them a chance and a lift. But this Celtic score | :36:51. | :36:55. | |
again, this game is gone. You were under what is going through the | :36:55. | :37:01. | |
mind of Colin Calderwood. A pretty easy team time talk at half-time, | :37:01. | :37:05. | |
they looked OK right up until Celtic's second but since then, it | :37:05. | :37:15. | |
:37:15. | :37:22. | ||
had been utter domination from the makes the save. So a good effort. A | :37:23. | :37:27. | |
good save from the goalkeeper but how easy does Stokes get on the | :37:27. | :37:33. | |
ball here? Nobody near him. Look. Sets it up, takes the shot, good | :37:33. | :37:43. | |
:37:43. | :38:23. | ||
little bit of zealous. Hibs appeared to make a change. Danny | :38:23. | :38:29. | |
Galbraith will try to get something into the box, I would imagine. A | :38:29. | :38:35. | |
good first touch from Hooper. They are a different team. As I said, | :38:35. | :38:41. | |
the passing is sharp and accurate, they look a different side. A yard | :38:41. | :38:46. | |
apart. They have certainly turned up now. Celtic fans will be asking | :38:46. | :38:56. | |
:38:56. | :38:57. | ||
why they can't play like this from chances, Leigh Griffiths in | :38:57. | :39:01. | |
particular towards the end of the first half. Would Hibs look back at | :39:02. | :39:11. | |
:39:12. | :39:15. | ||
to come off for Hibs, Danny Galbraith to come on -- Victor | :39:15. | :39:25. | |
:39:25. | :39:35. | ||
challenge with the goalkeeper. A decent ball in that Leigh Griffiths | :39:35. | :39:40. | |
looking for the ball and takes a good hit from Fraser Forster into | :39:40. | :39:45. | |
the bargain. But Hibs substitution, he would take of a defensive | :39:45. | :39:49. | |
midfielder a stick-on another forward? And I think now, Colin | :39:49. | :39:59. | |
:39:59. | :40:01. | ||
clearly annoyed, perhaps not by coming off but the way things have | :40:01. | :40:08. | |
gone for Hibs in the second half. Second minute seeing Celtic | :40:08. | :40:18. | |
:40:18. | :40:29. | ||
Victor Wanyama for Barran Kyle. A straight forward replacement -- | :40:29. | :40:39. | |
Beram Kayal. To keep the lead, you have to. I think he is bringing of | :40:39. | :40:42. | |
a player who will sit and defend, stake in the back four and make | :40:42. | :40:52. | |
:40:52. | :40:54. | ||
sure Hibs don't get through easy. Hooper is onside and a great | :40:54. | :41:01. | |
finish! Celtic crackling like a log fire and they have come from behind | :41:01. | :41:11. | |
:41:11. | :41:12. | ||
to routing Hibernian. In 68 minutes, it 68 -- it will beat Celtic in the | :41:12. | :41:19. | |
last four. Gary Hooper goes, he is onside and the rest is, can he | :41:19. | :41:26. | |
finish? First touch is a brilliant and that is a quality finish. | :41:26. | :41:35. | |
has unravelled big style for Hibs. Cooper sleep with a finish that is | :41:35. | :41:43. | |
like Cooper from last season and what a shot. Colin Calderwood will | :41:43. | :41:50. | |
be absolutely livid as a centre- back. Beram Kayal will be replaced | :41:50. | :41:58. | |
by Victor Wanyama. These two meet again on lead business on Saturday | :41:58. | :42:05. | |
-- league business on Saturday in Glasgow. One of the new faces, | :42:05. | :42:15. | |
:42:15. | :42:19. | ||
Victor, around Celtic Park. Number Celtic history in the year of 1967, | :42:19. | :42:24. | |
little wonder that some Hibs fans are slipping off, they have had | :42:24. | :42:34. | |
:42:34. | :42:38. | ||
enough. It was all going so well minutes. The game has gone now. You | :42:38. | :42:44. | |
can hardly blame them for heading home early. Having been 1-0 ahead | :42:44. | :42:47. | |
and now 4-1, you have to be the eternal optimist if you think they | :42:47. | :42:57. | |
can get back in. Here they come again. It is read out for the | :42:57. | :43:03. | |
Northern Irishman. Hibs down to 10. This is going from bad to worse. -- | :43:03. | :43:09. | |
it is a red card for the Northern Irishman. He misses a game. Ivan | :43:09. | :43:12. | |
Sproule can have no complaints, he has attended a challenge, coming | :43:12. | :43:17. | |
back. He has not got the ball, managed to get the player and you | :43:17. | :43:23. | |
are going to get yellow carded he has already got one and that means | :43:23. | :43:33. | |
:43:33. | :43:35. | ||
he has off the park. Well, Celtic have had Hibs under their farm for | :43:35. | :43:45. | |
:43:45. | :43:46. | ||
demoralised. The game that looked like there might be something | :43:46. | :43:56. | |
:43:56. | :44:22. | ||
special now it is about pride and second half it wasn't there in the | :44:22. | :44:29. | |
first. There are 10 points them and Rangers at the top of the Premier | :44:29. | :44:37. | |
League. They have a game in hand against Dunfermline. A long way to | :44:37. | :44:47. | |
:44:47. | :45:04. | ||
go and this will do wonders for Stevenson and Akpo Sodje. You need | :45:05. | :45:10. | |
some kind of help and they will try and get on the ball when they come | :45:10. | :45:16. | |
on but it is all about pride now. Brian a profession and your team. - | :45:16. | :45:26. | |
:45:26. | :45:58. | ||
- pride in your profession and a have a chance to go 2-0 up, if you | :45:58. | :46:02. | |
don't take it against the Old Firm, it will come back and quality big- | :46:02. | :46:12. | |
:46:12. | :46:25. | ||
time. A free kick, Hibs have got a back in the middle. The big Swede | :46:25. | :46:35. | |
:46:35. | :47:04. | ||
in the book. Leigh Griffiths has a office 46 games before tonight | :47:04. | :47:12. | |
since taking over from John Hughes one year ago. Another night of | :47:12. | :47:16. | |
misery for the former Scotland defender. As Garry O'Connor is | :47:16. | :47:26. | |
:47:26. | :47:36. | ||
by Akpo Sodje. It looks like Akpo Sodje will have to play upfront | :47:36. | :47:41. | |
alongside Griffiths. They still have the two strikers which might | :47:41. | :47:45. | |
sneak a goal but if you leave yourself short at the back, Celtic | :47:45. | :47:55. | |
:47:55. | :48:12. | ||
Celtic who already lead by four to one Aminah what a court can do. He | :48:12. | :48:20. | |
will replace Gary Hooper surely. -- and we know what Paddy McCourt can | :48:20. | :48:26. | |
do. Where did this go wrong for Hibs? Light at the first minute of | :48:26. | :48:30. | |
the second half. Its Celtic got a lift and they have gone on to | :48:30. | :48:40. | |
:48:40. | :48:50. | ||
wonder. He becomes off, managed to get himself on the scoresheet with | :48:50. | :48:57. | |
the 4th goal. On comes Paddy McCourt. Joy if you're a defender | :48:57. | :49:00. | |
and you are starting to tire and they bring on a trickster like | :49:00. | :49:10. | |
:49:10. | :49:32. | ||
is struggling for strikers. -- it worked out OK. James Forrest drag - | :49:32. | :49:42. | |
:49:42. | :50:07. | ||
Forrest is on a hat-trick. Moving himself on to six for the season | :50:08. | :50:17. | |
:50:18. | :50:28. | ||
tonight. So too is Stokes and so to play Celtic again in the league on | :50:28. | :50:38. | |
:50:38. | :50:42. | ||
Saturday. -- Hibs. A cheeky finish. Mark Brown was equal to it. He was | :50:42. | :50:46. | |
trying to flick the ball across goal. He has got quick feet. He has | :50:46. | :50:51. | |
got so many tricks. Defenders have to be careful not to give away a | :50:51. | :51:01. | |
:51:01. | :51:02. | ||
penalty against him. Celtic meet him was on the weekend. Then they | :51:02. | :51:12. | |
:51:12. | :51:12. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 41 seconds | :51:12. | :52:16. | |
play rain in the Europa League next a Hibs fan. A man down, 4-0 down, | :52:16. | :52:26. | |
:52:26. | :52:26. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 41 seconds | :52:26. | :53:12. | |
demoralised. Yes,. The players He had watched 15 or 16 passes and | :53:12. | :53:17. | |
decided, it is going to have to stop at some point. Anthony Stokes | :53:17. | :53:27. | |
:53:27. | :53:37. | ||
very appreciative of this, on a hat-trick. His manager wanting to | :53:37. | :53:43. | |
get the ovation. And he deserves it. He got Celtic back into this game. | :53:43. | :53:50. | |
Quick feet and great finishing. This is a beauty. Wonderful strike | :53:50. | :54:00. | |
:54:00. | :54:02. | ||
across the goalkeeper. No chance for Mark Brown. Perfect again. | :54:02. | :54:10. | |
Anthony Stokes court was by surprise. Cha Du-Ri is the player | :54:10. | :54:20. | |
:54:20. | :54:21. | ||
who is on. Just giving players a run out. Every chance to get match | :54:21. | :54:31. | |
:54:31. | :54:46. | ||
mistake by Cha Du-Ri in France, when he knocked the ball past his | :54:46. | :54:56. | |
:54:56. | :55:21. | ||
ball. Anthony Stokes checks out, drags the defender and oats, | :55:21. | :55:31. | |
:55:31. | :55:40. | ||
cheques back. Cha Du-Ri could not away from home for Celtic, losing | :55:40. | :55:46. | |
just one away domestic cup-tie since famously losing to Clyde in | :55:46. | :55:56. | |
:55:56. | :55:56. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 41 seconds | :55:56. | :56:37. | |
2005. That was at St Mirren in a Osborne. The referee was right. | :56:37. | :56:47. | |
:56:47. | :56:50. | ||
Look for advantage. It did not come. He has given the free kick. Forster | :56:50. | :56:57. | |
did not look convincing there. Still just a little snippets that | :56:57. | :57:02. | |
the Celtic defence is not functioning. That is the main worry | :57:02. | :57:07. | |
for Neil Lennon. In the first half they struggled. A couple of times | :57:07. | :57:17. | |
:57:17. | :57:35. | ||
you can put that down as a chance. The angle was always against him. | :57:35. | :57:40. | |
He did well to wrestle himself into that position. But he was never | :57:40. | :57:50. | |
:57:50. | :58:10. | ||
Danny Galbraith. What next Burke Colin Calderwood? -- for Colin | :58:10. | :58:16. | |
Calderwood? Condon taking things that have happened out there in the | :58:16. | :58:26. | |
:58:26. | :58:26. | ||
second hand. -- contemplating. Four minutes remaining. Him and Billy | :58:26. | :58:30. | |
Brown wondering where it all went wrong. I am sure the manager would | :58:30. | :58:39. | |
have told them how important the early have of the second half was. | :58:39. | :58:47. | |
-- early Park. The big night for Celtic. They lost to Rangers, | :58:47. | :58:52. | |
Hearts and Atletico Madrid, drew with Kilmarnock and Udinese. It is | :58:52. | :59:02. | |
a big win for Celtic tonight, you feel, and for a meal that none. | :59:02. | :59:12. | |
:59:12. | :59:24. | ||
just sometimes wonder when a player has come on and he knows the game | :59:24. | :59:34. | |
:59:34. | :59:45. | ||
is won, if he gets up to the speed opponents to play against. Well | :59:46. | :59:55. | |
:59:56. | :59:56. | ||
done, Louise Stevenson. -- you we Stevenson. McCord does not get many | :59:56. | :00:02. | |
start. His 7th appearance of the season. They have all been as a | :00:02. | :00:12. | |
:00:12. | :00:12. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 41 seconds | :00:12. | :00:57. | |
Falkirk want to avoid Celtic in the semi-final draw? You can bet your | :00:58. | :01:07. | |
:01:08. | :01:08. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 41 seconds | :01:08. | :01:52. | |
time at the the end of this match. Hibs will want this over and done | :01:52. | :02:02. | |
:02:02. | :02:19. | ||
Celtic demolished Hibernian in the second half. Neil Lennon beating | :02:19. | :02:25. | |
Colin Calderwood again, just like he did earlier in the season. It | :02:25. | :02:30. | |
was James Forrest, just like he did at Rugby Park, who grabbed the game | :02:30. | :02:34. | |
by the scruff of the neck and scored twice early and the second | :02:34. | :02:42. | |
half, as Celtic went from one down to 4-1 ahead. Gary Hooper got the | :02:42. | :02:50. | |
4th. His 6th of the season. Stokes got his 6th of the season. A | :02:50. | :02:55. | |
fantastic second half performance from the Parkhead side. Yes. | :02:55. | :03:00. | |
Questions were asked at half-time. Do Celtic have it in them to get | :03:00. | :03:04. | |
back into the game? That players answered with an emphatic yes. | :03:05. | :03:12. | |
James Forrest the man once again who led them. When you look at the | :03:12. | :03:16. | |
first 45 and the second 45, it looked like two different Celtic | :03:16. | :03:26. | |
teams. Once Celtic click into gear, it was hard work. Celtic had the | :03:26. | :03:30. | |
swagger of a gunslinger and the second half. The team to avoid in | :03:30. | :03:39. | |
Celtic manager Neil Lennon did say on Sunday that at team would take a | :03:39. | :03:44. | |
beating from his team one of these days. Sadly for Hibs, they were on | :03:44. | :03:49. | |
the wrong end of it. What a dramatic transformation. Let's hear | :03:49. | :03:55. | |
from the excellent James Forrest. Fantastic second half performance, | :03:55. | :04:00. | |
and from yourself in particular. You must be delighted? Yes, the | :04:00. | :04:05. | |
first half was not up to scratch. We had a better attitude of the | :04:05. | :04:11. | |
second half. I notice that the manager and a few words in your ear | :04:11. | :04:17. | |
as he took you off. What did he say to you? I know I was not good | :04:17. | :04:21. | |
enough in the first have. Hopefully I did better in the second half. | :04:21. | :04:27. | |
What did the manager say to the team at half-time? The players knew | :04:27. | :04:32. | |
themselves the first half was not up to scratch. He let us know that. | :04:32. | :04:36. | |
We shall we can play in the second half. Why we are not up to scratch | :04:36. | :04:41. | |
and the first half? Are I cannot put my finger on it. We had a few | :04:41. | :04:49. | |
chances. They scored an early goal. Incredible performance from Hibs in | :04:49. | :04:54. | |
the first half. They had you under the cosh at times? Yes, they had | :04:54. | :05:03. | |
some chances. Big Forster made a few saves. Credit to him. | :05:03. | :05:08. | |
excellent second half performance from Celtic. Into the semi-finals. | :05:08. | :05:11. | |
Two First Division teams in there. You most fear you have a good | :05:12. | :05:18. | |
chance to win this tournament? of the First Division teams had | :05:18. | :05:27. | |
beaten SPL teams. -- have beaten. He looks like he could be a Celtic | :05:27. | :05:32. | |
ball boy. He is at 20-year-old Going places at the moment. Two | :05:32. | :05:39. | |
crucial goals which turned this game around? Yes. We said at half- | :05:39. | :05:44. | |
time how impressed that he has been. We had it in the second half. A | :05:44. | :05:51. | |
danger man. The fantastic finish for the first one. Taken with great | :05:51. | :05:58. | |
composure. A lot better than Griffiths did in the first up. | :05:58. | :06:02. | |
much was that second half of that Celtic finding their form and Hibs | :06:02. | :06:08. | |
crumbling? Yes, he has crumbled to some degree. They played well in | :06:08. | :06:12. | |
the first half. I did not think they could keep it off for another | :06:12. | :06:22. | |
45 minutes. The last thing we said at half-time was, get Forrest into | :06:22. | :06:32. | |
:06:32. | :06:33. | ||
the game. That is exactly what Celtic did. Practically it worked. | :06:33. | :06:41. | |
Well done Neil Lennon. Celtic were behind inside five minutes. It was | :06:41. | :06:47. | |
an own goal from Daniel Majstorovic which put Hibs in front. Hibs were | :06:47. | :06:54. | |
very impressive and the first that. They had a little bit of luck. | :06:54. | :07:04. | |
:07:04. | :07:05. | ||
Celtic were unlucky. At that point, Higgs did not panic. They tried to | :07:05. | :07:11. | |
get the second goal. I think they deserve to get the goal at that | :07:11. | :07:21. | |
:07:21. | :07:21. | ||
point. A second goal would have been pushing it. We did wonder if | :07:21. | :07:30. | |
this was a Turning Point? Yes, it was a chance for them to go two D 0 | :07:30. | :07:40. | |
:07:40. | :07:44. | ||
ahead. He has not slowed down. -- 2-0. If that was Hooper or Stokes | :07:44. | :07:51. | |
or Scott McDonald, that Paul would be in the back of the net. | :07:51. | :07:56. | |
Fantastic second half performance. What did you put in the tea at | :07:56. | :08:01. | |
half-time? It is not what I put in the tea. It is basically what I | :08:01. | :08:07. | |
asked of them in the second half. We want to win all the competitions. | :08:07. | :08:12. | |
They did themselves justice. I was disappointed with some of our | :08:12. | :08:17. | |
finishing. We were all open and sloppy at times in possession. That | :08:17. | :08:22. | |
is why Hibs hit Hossa reid mack on the break. A poor goal from a | :08:22. | :08:28. | |
corner. I was not very pleased. In the second half, exhilarating. The | :08:28. | :08:33. | |
fans responded. Some of the football in the second half was as | :08:33. | :08:37. | |
good as it has been since I have been here. You said your team would | :08:38. | :08:43. | |
give somebody a hiding. Was that the hiding tonight? We scored four | :08:44. | :08:47. | |
goals in the second half. We got three at Kilmarnock. But we played | :08:47. | :08:54. | |
better tonight. To a man in the second half they were fantastic. | :08:54. | :08:59. | |
The keeper made a great save at 1-0. When we play like that we are a | :08:59. | :09:08. | |
very good team. You have had to reorganise your defence more often | :09:08. | :09:12. | |
than you would like. Well tonight give your team extra components to | :09:12. | :09:22. | |
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kick on? When they play as a pin, you can see what the outcome can be. | :09:26. | :09:31. | |
-- has that team. We have got Hibs again on Saturday. It is a huge | :09:31. | :09:34. | |
gain in the context of the season. The players have shown what they're | :09:34. | :09:39. | |
capable of. You cut a very frustrated figure and the first | :09:39. | :09:45. | |
half. Can you put a finger on why your team is not starting games as | :09:45. | :09:50. | |
you would like them? We went to sleep last set-piece and they | :09:50. | :09:57. | |
punished us. -- on a set piece. When we pass quickly and shortly, | :09:57. | :10:05. | |
we look like we are going to score. I had at early at Forrest at half- | :10:05. | :10:09. | |
time. He changed his white boots. What a wonderful footballer he is | :10:09. | :10:16. | |
turning out to be. In the last four. You must feel you have got a good | :10:16. | :10:22. | |
chance to win the tournament now? Yes. I am just pleased we're in the | :10:22. | :10:27. | |
semi-final. We can put that to bed for a couple of months. Concentrate | :10:27. | :10:31. | |
on the leak. It gives the players something to look forward to. It is | :10:31. | :10:37. | |
still up for grabs. Celtic odds-on favourites to win | :10:37. | :10:42. | |
this trophy. Honda stand idly. The semi-final draw will take place | :10:42. | :10:47. | |
next week. -- understandably. Neil Lennon reckons that was some of the | :10:47. | :10:54. | |
best football they have played in his time? Yes. They passed the ball | :10:54. | :10:59. | |
slightly. They got the early goal in the second half. Once the goal | :10:59. | :11:08. | |
went in, Hibernian lost their belief. They went on the back foot | :11:08. | :11:13. | |
and let Celtic dominate. Set it were superb and the second half. | :11:13. | :11:19. | |
Four goals in 22 minutes. He is were blown away by this double from | :11:19. | :11:26. | |
James Forrest. -- Hibs. You could not stop it coming. It was like a | :11:26. | :11:31. | |
tsunami. Forrest has got wonderful balance. He could go either way. | :11:31. | :11:41. | |
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More than one trick. He is an international class players now. I | :11:44. | :11:52. | |
actually preferred the second goal. This shows you the balance. He has | :11:52. | :11:56. | |
fallen over but he still has the wherewithal to score. And on his | :11:56. | :12:04. | |
back foot. Stokes has done really well for Celtic as well. You take | :12:04. | :12:09. | |
your hat off to Celtic, or you say that Forrest found his way through | :12:09. | :12:19. | |
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easily? I would say well done to He had to say well done the striker. | :12:20. | :12:28. | |
You can't ignore what he did there. The first touch, that was the | :12:28. | :12:32. | |
reason the goal was scored. They link well and when you get Hooper | :12:32. | :12:41. | |
and Stokes linking well and they have got other good players as well | :12:41. | :12:44. | |
but Forest looks on fire when he can link up with them. The goals | :12:45. | :12:49. | |
were raining in at that stage. Anthony Stokes got this one from a | :12:49. | :12:53. | |
corner. You wonder at this stage, what the final score might be? | :12:53. | :12:58. | |
eyes, I don't think scores too many with his head. That is why he was | :12:58. | :13:06. | |
having a joke with Ki Sung-Yeung at the end. Do I think Mark has got it | :13:06. | :13:11. | |
into the ball and does not know where Stokes is. But full credit to | :13:11. | :13:16. | |
Stokes. Leigh Griffiths and missed from an opportunity in the first | :13:16. | :13:23. | |
half, Gary Hooper was never going to pass up the chance. They come | :13:23. | :13:29. | |
out from the same ankle and that was a composed striker. Scott said | :13:29. | :13:37. | |
to me immediately, it is on 4th his right foot. And it suits him better | :13:37. | :13:43. | |
from that angle it is beautiful. will be going home a happy man | :13:43. | :13:47. | |
tonight. Second game back after injury and I am sure that Neil | :13:47. | :13:51. | |
Lennon is a happy man, two strikers back in the goals. They a big sky | :13:51. | :13:58. | |
of relief -- a big sigh of relief for Neil Lennon. They were in a bit | :13:58. | :14:01. | |
of a whole at half-time and it could have been worst. Yes and not | :14:01. | :14:07. | |
for the first time this season. It has been a rocky period for Celtic. | :14:07. | :14:14. | |
A long period where their European games were not going well. | :14:14. | :14:19. | |
Questions have been asked about the defence so every single win is | :14:19. | :14:23. | |
important and getting a trophy would be fantastic. One of the | :14:23. | :14:27. | |
things I noticed that was different today which surprised me was the | :14:27. | :14:31. | |
difference it made, Neil Lennon said all the right things but | :14:32. | :14:39. | |
Celtic were going to their own fans, but they seemed to be panicked | :14:39. | :14:45. | |
before. If your fans keep on backing you, it lists you. With the | :14:45. | :14:50. | |
first goal, they came and kept seeing the whole time and it | :14:50. | :14:56. | |
destroyed Hibs and lifted of the Celtic players. Any thoughts of a | :14:56. | :15:04. | |
Hibs fight back crumbled when spieler 13 took the long walk. Did | :15:04. | :15:09. | |
he have grounds for appeal here? think Pat feels different but if | :15:09. | :15:14. | |
the referee is sensible, he pulls into the side, has a little chat | :15:14. | :15:19. | |
and lets him get on with it. argument about that one. No, that | :15:19. | :15:24. | |
is definite. Looking at that again, I would not want a yellow card but | :15:24. | :15:30. | |
because they were squaring off to each other, and Neil Lennon tried | :15:30. | :15:40. | |
to defuse the situation. The red card there, not only has he tried | :15:40. | :15:44. | |
to tackle with the infant, he has tried to play the other tackle off | :15:44. | :15:51. | |
with the other foot. Hibs were turned to shreds at that point. | :15:51. | :16:00. | |
When you C Paddy McCourt come on, you think, oh no. This complete the | :16:00. | :16:05. | |
picture in terms of the Scottish Communities League Cup semi-finals. | :16:05. | :16:08. | |
All the results of the quarter- finals of last night's free, and | :16:08. | :16:18. | |
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tonight's game as well. They finished there, Hibs 1, Celtic four. | :16:20. | :16:29. | |
Ayr United through with a win at Paisley. After 120 minutes, Falkirk | :16:29. | :16:37. | |
1 on penalties. And Kilmarnock threw against East Fife at Rugby | :16:37. | :16:44. | |
Park. First to Tannadice and see what ensued in that match. They | :16:44. | :16:48. | |
beat Rangers in the previous round so not lacking in confidence and it | :16:48. | :16:58. | |
:16:58. | :17:01. | ||
certainly seemed to be that way shock? No, because they showed such | :17:01. | :17:11. | |
great spirit. Johnny Russell has a big boots to fill. But having had | :17:11. | :17:15. | |
the chance to go ahead and then going behind, you think have they | :17:15. | :17:21. | |
got the nerve and guts to come back? Of all the teams in the | :17:21. | :17:29. | |
Premier League, out, they're probably have. | :17:29. | :17:35. | |
Willo Flood with his head in his hands, he has had that post before. | :17:35. | :17:42. | |
And then the Murdoch with the winning penalty. What a penalty. | :17:42. | :17:52. | |
:17:52. | :17:55. | ||
yes, he has done a fantastic job With Celtic and Kilmarnock, they | :17:55. | :18:01. | |
will be the danger team next time round. They may not be one you | :18:01. | :18:04. | |
would want to get. A ridiculously young team, Falkirk. Some | :18:04. | :18:12. | |
achievement. A slightly unknown to the Premier League teams, | :18:12. | :18:18. | |
Kilmarnock were look at that and think rather have Ayr United than | :18:18. | :18:23. | |
play against Falkirk. They have nothing to lose, no expectations of | :18:23. | :18:28. | |
them, they are playing completely fearlessly. They are the dark | :18:28. | :18:32. | |
horses, the danger team. And there have to say that I enjoy watching | :18:32. | :18:38. | |
them play. Having knocked out Rangers and Dundee United, they are | :18:38. | :18:46. | |
not going to fear anyone. No. And their league form has not been too | :18:46. | :18:56. | |
:18:56. | :18:56. | ||
bad. They need to put things to one side, they have got a lot of | :18:56. | :18:58. | |
preparation and League form is important that they will keep | :18:58. | :19:03. | |
learning and keep doing well. have been continuing your research, | :19:03. | :19:09. | |
down in the north-east of England? A couple of my mates play in the | :19:09. | :19:14. | |
First Division. A bad result for Dundee United because they have | :19:14. | :19:18. | |
been toppling downwards in the SPL, third from bottom now and out of | :19:18. | :19:22. | |
the competition. They must have had hopes of winning? Yes, a real shame | :19:22. | :19:26. | |
for them. We nor the problem has been for them, they spent a long | :19:26. | :19:31. | |
time building a very good squad and a good team and purely financial | :19:31. | :19:35. | |
reasons, they are beginning to lose but other players leaking away, not | :19:35. | :19:41. | |
enough depth in the squad. The problem is the confidence leaks out. | :19:41. | :19:49. | |
After a team that was playing with total provider for a few years in a | :19:49. | :19:55. | |
row. It is worrying. Long-term, I think they will be fine bob. They | :19:55. | :20:04. | |
have got quality players to cope but it will hurt. If you are a team | :20:04. | :20:07. | |
doing a particular well in the league, you get a release in the | :20:07. | :20:14. | |
cup if you get a good run. Tannadice, and a shock in Paisley | :20:14. | :20:18. | |
last night, Ayr United, bottom of the First Division were in town and | :20:18. | :20:23. | |
they took another big chance. They had beaten Hearts already and | :20:23. | :20:27. | |
here's a golden goal, Chris Smith caught with a glancing header which | :20:27. | :20:31. | |
proved to be crucial. A great ball in and you have got to ask | :20:31. | :20:37. | |
questions of the defence. Good header at the near post. This was | :20:37. | :20:41. | |
Graham Carey force and Veron with a late and desperate effort which | :20:41. | :20:47. | |
came back off the crossbar. One of those nights for the team but a | :20:48. | :20:56. | |
glorious night for Brian Reid and his team. I would feel sorry for St | :20:56. | :21:02. | |
Mirren. They could have got a point at the end and were unlucky. | :21:02. | :21:05. | |
Hitting the crossbar at the end and that is the dividing line you have | :21:05. | :21:10. | |
got between the two, winning or going out of competitions. They | :21:10. | :21:17. | |
have gone to Ayr United but I am hugely impressed by some -- St | :21:17. | :21:24. | |
Mirren. The headline is Ayr United and wasn't Mark Roberts grabbing | :21:24. | :21:32. | |
the headlines rarely and it was Ayr United. They are in the lower | :21:32. | :21:36. | |
reaches of the First Division, no fear again. You go, enjoy the day | :21:36. | :21:44. | |
and go for it. Against Kilmarnock, that will be fun. Cup football does | :21:45. | :21:54. | |
:21:55. | :21:58. | ||
some strange things. Inverness, Hearts and now cent said Mirror | :21:58. | :22:05. | |
have been dispatched. It is a fantastic thing and it would be a | :22:05. | :22:10. | |
great thing for Scottish football if there was a derby. We will have | :22:10. | :22:17. | |
to wait to see what comes but they will want to enjoy the occasion. | :22:17. | :22:20. | |
Hampden is a special place and to go there, it would be great for | :22:20. | :22:28. | |
them. A question, no disrespect, but two games need to be played at | :22:28. | :22:32. | |
Hampden, with crowds not really expecting full houses? Who would | :22:32. | :22:37. | |
like a bit more of an atmosphere for Scottish football? He East Fife | :22:37. | :22:41. | |
were tried to complete a hat-trick of surprises having knocked | :22:41. | :22:44. | |
Aberdeen out of the competition but they were severely handicapped by | :22:45. | :22:50. | |
the sending off of Robert Ogleby down to ten men, firstly for a | :22:50. | :22:56. | |
pretty wild challenge and then a second yellow came his way. It is | :22:56. | :23:06. | |
not misuse but the referee has to do it. It would be tough enough for | :23:06. | :23:11. | |
the East Fife fans but against a decent Kilmarnock's team. If you | :23:11. | :23:15. | |
are a striker or defender and catch the ball, he caught the half volley | :23:15. | :23:24. | |
very well, he would love finishing that. Gary Harkins got the second | :23:24. | :23:30. | |
and it is not about picking up points for artistic impressions, it | :23:30. | :23:36. | |
is getting through. But it is not as easy as that. They needed to get | :23:36. | :23:40. | |
the job done and they got it done last night so they will be pleased. | :23:40. | :23:47. | |
And because of the happenings of 10 days ago, at Rugby Park, Kilmarnock | :23:47. | :23:52. | |
will not be in fear if they add played against the favourites. | :23:52. | :23:57. | |
And underlining this Cup which is important, everybody has taken it | :23:57. | :24:01. | |
completely seriously. They have said they have had upset and | :24:01. | :24:04. | |
expected results but not because the Premier League teams are | :24:04. | :24:07. | |
putting up weak side, they have all wanted to go for this competition | :24:07. | :24:12. | |
and it has been a really exciting competition and I think a lot of | :24:12. | :24:20. | |
teams will be watching it, a Ayr United fine or a Kilmarnock side, | :24:20. | :24:27. | |
you would be thinking this saying "yes, we have got a chance". Celtic | :24:27. | :24:31. | |
will be absolute favourites but once again,, the semi-finals, | :24:31. | :24:41. | |
everybody will put up their strongest sides. Celtic 4, and | :24:41. | :24:48. | |
heads one. Here's Colin Calderwood. What did you say at half-time? | :24:48. | :24:54. | |
could be as critical as you want but we have got two point out that | :24:54. | :24:58. | |
it was a man's game and we have got to play like a man and we did not | :24:58. | :25:04. | |
at the second half, two-to-one down, you are still in the game. We did | :25:05. | :25:14. | |
not pick up from a corner. We got beat by those two goals and then | :25:14. | :25:19. | |
obviously giving the ball away in the first. We have let the air out | :25:19. | :25:23. | |
of our own balloon. The was it a lack of commitment in the second | :25:23. | :25:31. | |
half? No, don't be stupid. why would you think that? Perhaps they | :25:31. | :25:34. | |
were not as up for it in the second half? Was it more about Celtic in | :25:34. | :25:40. | |
the second half? They had the same threat. We did not make the | :25:41. | :25:46. | |
decisions and we did not to our jobs at certain points. | :25:46. | :25:49. | |
disappointing is it especially having been 1-0 up in the first | :25:49. | :25:56. | |
half? You have gone from excitement, anticipation, getting ourselves | :25:56. | :26:02. | |
into the second half and I am sure we would have had opportunities as | :26:02. | :26:11. | |
they pushed but the goal get the game even far too quickly and a cup | :26:12. | :26:16. | |
tie, we still did not go back to what we did in the first half. They | :26:16. | :26:20. | |
were in their ascendancy. The sending off obviously makes it | :26:21. | :26:25. | |
difficult. It is just a case of preservation then and looking | :26:25. | :26:28. | |
forward at the weekend. Commiserations for top thank you. | :26:28. | :26:32. | |
STUDIO: He is deflected, Colin Calderwood, and you can understand | :26:32. | :26:41. | |
why. The yes, as you head, the goal came too quickly. -- yes, as you | :26:41. | :26:46. | |
heard. The players are fully committed, no doubt about that. | :26:46. | :26:51. | |
They kept coming at them and they did not have an answer. It would be | :26:51. | :26:55. | |
wrong to pick holes in what Hibs did because Celtic were tremendous | :26:55. | :27:00. | |
in the second half. I think some of the Hibs fans will do that. We | :27:00. | :27:05. | |
commented right at the start that they were an extraordinary open- | :27:05. | :27:08. | |
side to go against Celtic who have got plenty of options themselves | :27:08. | :27:12. | |
but it comes down to quality in the end and if you look through that | :27:12. | :27:19. | |
Celtic's sad, going forward they have got real quality and Stokes | :27:19. | :27:26. | |
and Hooper, at no point in the game would they not scored. It took a | :27:26. | :27:31. | |
bit of a while for the chances to come. Forest for me, I think the | :27:31. | :27:36. | |
game is his. He is definitely the man of the match by a long distance. | :27:36. | :27:41. | |
We are seeing a player at the age of 20 he will go a long way in the | :27:41. | :27:44. | |
game. Hopefully he stays here in Celtic for a long time. Learned | :27:44. | :27:48. | |
what he can about the game and is an international player that we can | :27:48. | :27:53. | |
be very comfortable about. And Celtic, smiles again at last. | :27:53. | :27:59. | |
just in, the draw will be on Tuesday afternoon. For the semi- | :27:59. | :28:03. | |
finals. Thank you to Scott McDonald and Pat Nevin and a word about the | :28:03. | :28:08. | |
weekend. The results programme firstly on Saturday, have passed | :28:08. | :28:16. |