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Where would you rather be? Travelling away or staying at home?

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They have won the Scottish Cup 79 times. Hibernian have won the cup.

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They are waiting, not some money. Yesterday, the away team sprung no

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surprises. A Scottish Cup goal for Rangers. Absolutely brilliant. Year

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after year it's in St Mirren last won the cup, Partick were at once

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nearly a century ago, but... An equaliser. Could their dreams come

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true forward the Scottish Cup quarterfinals... Right out of the

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top drawer. Outstanding! That is an absolute beauty. Oh yes! That is

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unbelievable. Unbelievable. What a finish. Time for heroes. It is not a

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dream, it is reality. Good evening. Day two of the sixth round weekend

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known as the quarterfinals to you and me. With us for a company, John

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Rankin and Scott McDonald. Selkirk does Anglo Celtic are the

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overwhelming favourites. They took on St Mirren. Since his death on

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Thursday, the tributes have been flowing for Tommy Gemmill, a true

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great. And emotional afternoon was in store. -- Tommy Gemmell.

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Celtic are the unstoppable force, they have been irresistible under

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Brendan Rodgers, unbeaten on 33 domestic games and seven points

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short of wrapping up the Premiership title. Few would back them the

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bottom side to end the run but then this is the Scottish Cup with the

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unthinkable can happen. As they aim for 28 consecutive domestic victory,

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they have the same team that beat Cally Thistle. Dembele leads the

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line. St Mirren arrived here in good settle having won the last four

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games including the midweek win over Hibernian. Celtic are different

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challenge. It is the same team as they look to get their first win at

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Celtic Park since 1990. Before kick-off today, we will observe a

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minute 's silence in memory of Tommy Gemmell, the Lisbon Lion who passed

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away this week. APPLAUSE. And impeccably observed

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silence as you would expect to mark the passing of such a great man, a

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great figure in the history of Celtic Football Club. Celtic to get

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us under way. Armstrong and that man, Dembele, who can stop them?

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St Mirren know they will have to play the game of their lives if they

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are to emerge from this match with a positive result.

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57 Michael Lucky for his captain, Scott Brown. Armstrong. -- Lustig.

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He was the midweek hero, but. An unlikely hero perhaps, but a hero

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nonetheless. Brendan Rodgers, exchanging a few words with the

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fourth official. His St Mirren counterpart, Jack Ross, his main

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priority has to be keeping the club in the Championship, but I don't

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think he would pass up the opportunity to advance in the

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Scottish Cup semi-finals. And intervention there by McGinn. Lustig

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is onto it. Armstrong. Great ball. Great backtracking by Demetrio. --

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Gordon. Free kick. -- what a chance this was but Gary Mackay Stephen --

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Demetriou. He allowed Demetriou to get back at him. Mackay-Steven

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looking to get it back to Armstrong. Mackay-Steven, Lustig penalised for

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the challenger Morgan. -- for the challenge on Morgan. Free kick. I

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don't believe we will be going to the goal from here. A chance to

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deliver. It goes wide to Smith. Sutton wins it. Our goal for St

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Mirren, would you believe that? St Mirren are in front. -- a goal for

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St Mirren. Incredible. Who would believe this tale. A brilliantly

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worked free kick. The ball swung in by Smith. And Harry Davies, up from

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the back, knocking it past Craig Gordon, Celtic appeal in vain for

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offside, but Harry Davies is an absolute heaven. He has put the

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bottom side ahead against the Premiership runaway leaders and what

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a story we have on our hands at Celtic Park. Plenty to contemplate

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early on. He does not look particularly fazed, I have to say.

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Good ball for Scott Brown. Mackay-Steven. Back for a Sinclair

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and there is brown, just past the post from the Celtic captain. The

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free kick is given, some of the Celtic players thought that took a

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hit of a St Mirren defender. Tries to ensure that his players keep

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their shape, stick to the tactics that have served them well in the

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opening 35 minutes. Celtic, need to drag themselves level. Boyata, could

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not get a clear head in. He took a bullet, pretty high, -- he took a

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boot. Demetriou trying to clear, Mackay-Steven had his head down but

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his boot was pretty high. Celtic look to apply pressure and an

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equaliser before half-time. It is a lovely ball from Armstrong, can he

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pick out a team-mate? Dembele, great ball by Armstrong, great work by

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Brown and when it fell to Dembele, you thought it would be the

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equaliser but it was not to be, the Frenchman was inches wide. This is

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Smith. He has done well to get away from him. It is a free kick, deep in

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Celtic territory for St Mirren. Just getting the first rumblings of

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discontent among the home support. Bitton is shown a yellow card. This

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is a chance for St Mirren. It is Mallan. It looked like it went into

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the net, incredibly, it stays out. It looked like Dembele had just

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sliced that into his own net. It comes back off the frame of the goal

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and Harry Davies could not directed into the net. Mallan with a bit of

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room. Lustig getting in there. Taken down by Demetriou. That will be a

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yellow card for the Cypriot fullback. For his challenge on Lee

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Griffiths, completely taking him out of play. Celtic then with the free

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kick over on the far side. A glancing header in there and at last

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Celtic are level and it looks like Lustig got the slight touch on that

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and finally Celtic draw themselves level. St Mirren have defended

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Wrigley, but that was hurled into the area, Lustig just getting a

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touch to take this beyond O'Brien, a crucial touch and Celtic are back in

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this match. Here they come. Scott Sinclair, up against Gary Irvine,

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can he make it a quick second? He can. And in the space of a minute,

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Celtic have turned this game on its head and Scott Sinclair is the man

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that provides the golden touch as he has done so often this season. The

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minute he picked up the ball, St Mirren looked in trouble. Running in

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fields as he loves to do, getting onto the right foot and a very

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similar finish to the goal against Albion Rovers. And Celtic now in

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command. 18 goals for the season for Scott Sinclair. McGinn was waiting

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on the ball. Roberts. Up against Demetriou, slips on through for

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Sinclair and surely now, Dembele, has Celtic easing their way into the

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last four of their Scottish Cup. Dembele, who else? Scott Sinclair

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made that goal as he pounced again, waiting for possession to fall to

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him, Patrick Roberts, picked out his run, it is onside, so to Dembele, it

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is an incredible 32 goals for the season for Dembele. Smith, a good

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ball. Morgan. That is so close. Lewis Morgan. Just about sneaked in

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at the far post of Craig Gordon. The goalkeeper beaten, one yard pass the

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post in the end from Lewis Morgan. Brown. Griffiths. Sinclair. Dembele.

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Almost another 4-3-3 macro. He is enjoying himself -- almost another

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one for Dembele. Here comes Kouassi to replace Armstrong. The Celtic

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supporters stand in appreciation both of the contribution for

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Armstrong as well as the first side of the 19-year-old from the Ivory

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Coast. He joined for ?3 million in January. A chance now for the young

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midfielder to make an impression at his new home. Coroner. It was missed

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by a couple of defenders. Celtic go forward once more. A sight

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of goal and he doesn't need to be asked twice to hit the target. Leigh

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Griffiths, he's been waiting a while to get his chance again. But

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everyone knows what he can do. Leigh Griffiths with a 14th goal of this

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season, catching Billy O'Brien unawares. Celtic cruising to victory

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now, cruising into the last four of the Scottish Cup and the treble is

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very much an for the first time since 2001. Tierney, fires into the

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mid-drift of Smith, who really felt that. WHISTLE

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Pretty venomous bite Kieran Tierney. Love leave from Leigh Griffiths. And

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there is the header from Boyatta compounding St Mirren's second-half

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misery. Dembele... You can see Derek Boyatta thought he added to Celtic's

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tally but it remains 4-1. Dembele wide to Roberts. Is there a

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final fifth goal for Celtic? Roberts dances past the defence and

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eventually in that... The offside flag is up on the far side to deny

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eventually in that... The offside Leigh Griffiths the second goal of

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the afternoon and a fifth for Celtic. It looked like Roberts had

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done the damage himself. Leigh Griffiths well offside as the shot

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is taken. The assistant correctly ruling that one out. But it matters

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not a jot as the referee brings the game to the end. Celtic on course

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for the domestic treble. They have thick kitbag here for- one. -- they

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have won here. The players are not robots, they've played absolutely

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remarkable this season. They are the best domestic team we've played. It

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was going to be a tough game for us and we could see that from early on

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in the game. But again, it demonstrates that level of

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concentration of the players, how committed and focused they are to

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want to achieve and win things. Disappointed first and foremost

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because we wanted to progress to the semifinals. That was our goal and

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because we wanted to progress to the our ambition coming here and I think

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we played well, for large parts of the game if not all of it. We were

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up against a very good team, very powerful when they are at their best

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and I think that's what they were in the second half. We made them do

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their best and that's a testament to our performance. You have to believe

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in yourself and your performance. It's about chances and we took them.

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We have great players to come off the bench, score goals and take

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chances, they came an unchanged change the game. Celtic through but

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for the best part of an hour it looked like we might have a huge,

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huge upset on our hands. Brendan Rodgers thing at the end is a mirror

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in the best side they have faced domestic league this season. That is

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quite a compliment. A fantastic complement the St Mirren, whether or

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not I agree with that... It could have been five or six in the end. I

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think the way that everything has been this week, along with the press

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and how Celtic have run away with the league and everything else, I

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think St Mirren were fantastic today. As we've seen in the

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highlights, it could have easily been 2-0. Celtic would would have

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been an lots of trouble. You don't think it's come to Matt, who do you

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think it is? They have had a lot of tough games away from home...

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Motherwell basically. Yeah. LAUGHTER Harry Davis had a day to remember

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didn't he? Unbelievable moment and for St Mirren. I think Mackay-Steven

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switches off at the free kick. The ball got switched into the box.

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Outjumped Sviatchenko. Derek Boyatta is ball watching. Harry Davis comes

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in and puts it in the net. A fantastic moment for St Mirren fans

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who were probably daring to believe that point, especially when you go

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to half-time with that scoreline, in the old way St Mirren set up, how

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did they manage to give Celtic a real test? They must have done a lot

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of work during the week. They played a 4-3- 2-1 system throughout. It

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seemed to me every time the ball went into that final third area,

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they were over it like flies. They were just surrounding the ball. When

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you go to Celtic Park, to do this time and time again... Big questions

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to try do that for the whole game. They did it fantastically well,

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especially in the first. This here, this is something they have worked

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on. Derek Boyatta, leaving him on the ball to come with it and as soon

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as they won the ball back, they the ball to come with it and as soon

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tried to find the space he left behind him. Great counterattack and

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in the end Celtic are very lucky to get away here. Derek Boyatta only

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just recovers. On another day, if he doesn't get the ball, it could be a

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penalty. We should remembered Jack Ross was in charge of Alloa. Earlier

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in the season they took on Celtic at Celtic Park and he got it to 0-0 at

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half-time. He knows what he's doing against Celtic. He has obviously

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analysed how Celtic play this season. Fairly successful to get to

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80 minutes at 0-0. Today St Mirren go 1-0 up unfortunate not to go 2-0

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up when you see Dembele's clearance the crossbar. Unbelievably unlucky.

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A major turning point, if St Mirren go 2-0 up psychologically they see

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58 minutes... Nearly an hour. That for a championship team going to

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Parkhead, seeing your 2-0 up you think, wow, we have a real chance

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here. Five minutes later, it's a different story. The floodgates

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opened. They certainly did. They turn on the quality, Celtic. They've

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done it time and time again. When questions have been asked of them

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this season they've more than answered it. They've done it again.

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In the first half they were doubling up on the wide players. This time

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one against one, does he come or stateless might he decides to stay

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and in the end Sinclair has this quality we've seen him do time and

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time again, putting in the top corner. Fantastic finish. At the end

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of the day they are packed with quality. Tweaked the way they

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played, contained terms of formation. They change throughout

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the game. Brendan Rodgers realise they were struggling and St Mirren

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were possibly being successful with their game plan. He brought an Leigh

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Griffiths and when almost 24-3- four. Leigh Griffiths gave them a

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whole new dimension. That's what Brendan Rodgers has done this year,

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when I have been questions asked, his change the shape and formations

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and the players have responded every single time to it. They've been

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fantastic for him. Let's talk a little more about Leigh Griffiths.

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He did have a bit of a go at Leigh Griffiths, Brendan Rodgers. He came

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on today made a difference, where does he fit in now at Celtic? I

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think he's going to have to bide his time. I think Dembele has more than

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secure back top up spot. Having a wonderful season. There we see...

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This is where Leigh Griffiths is completely at his best, running in

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behind, his tenacity, getting in amongst players. What he's added to

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his game this season is dropping off into these little areas, it's

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something that perhaps before this season he wouldn't go into those

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areas are looking to go behind every time. He picks it up once again in a

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similar area to the last one and obviously from there he is always

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going to be dangerous. A wonderful strike in the end to get his goal. I

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think Brendan Rodgers will be delighted for him just to be back in

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the squad again and scoring goals and putting pressure on Dembele.

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Whether St Mirren are the best side that Celtic have faced domestic

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league this season, Scott McDonald and I will debate this long into the

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night... No we won't, because we lost, so it doesn't matter. I didn't

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want to mention that! In terms of St Mirren, back to the day job of

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staying in the championship. They are still at the bottom. They have a

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lot of work to do. You think they will stay up, don't you? I do, yeah.

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I think they've got real belief in their side at the moment. They've

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got great momentum, as well. Four wins in the last five. Jack Ross has

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brought a steady belief among the side at this moment in time. A lot

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of good players. Stephen McGinn, he came on and he was a real leader,

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something they've lacked earlier in the season. He's helping the younger

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one. He's brought a bit balance as well. He's realised they didn't have

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a left full-back and brought one in. He's been fairly successful as

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assigning as well. A lot of football to be played. For the second of the

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quarterfinals Partick Thistle hadn't beaten Aberdeen at Pittodrie since

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2003. The Glasgow side on a fine run of form but Aberdeen undoubtably

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favourites this afternoon. Commentary from Steven Thompson.

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COMMENTATOR: There's no doubt Aberdeen are the harder job. Jade

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and stock league starts today. Jack and Reynolds are injured following

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the midweek defeat at Hamilton. No reason to change really for Alan

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Archibald, is tempted as he was to tinker a little. It is the Thistle

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side that beat Dundee. Daniel Devine started in defence. Adam Boulton has

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been a superstar for them this season. Kris Doolan always provides

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goals. A quarter of this quarterfinal has

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come and gone. No goals. Thistle enjoyed the opening 5-10 minutes.

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It's been Aberdeen since then. McGinn hits it! Brilliant save from

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Cerny. What a hit on the half volley. No defensive error from

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Daniel Devine, but a really smart save from Cerny.

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McGinn. Graeme Shinnie... Brilliant goal! Graeme Shinnie breaks the

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deadlock, and the man who lifted the cup with Inverness a couple of years

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ago has given Aberdeen a shot at the semis, potentially. They are in

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front. A magnificent finish from Graeme Shinnie. Again, good linkup

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play by Stockley. When the ball comes into him he shifted onto his

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left foot, curls it into the bottom corner. A magnificent finish, and

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Aberdeen deserved to be in the lead. He has a good recent history in this

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competition, and how he would love to lift the cup again. With his

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hometown team. The Aberdeen fans singing he's one of their own.

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Good tenacity by Peter Pawlett, winning it back for the hosts.

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Eventually got it under control. Bodychecked. It was good play from

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Peter Pawlett initially, winning a couple of challenges. That is a

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definite bodycheck from Keown. The free kick is decent. Great save by

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Cerny to deny Andrew Considine. Unbelievable save from Cerny.

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Considine does ever so well to stretch is left leg out to get a

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touch on it. Does look like it's going in the far corner but a

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brilliant, athletic save from Cerny. McGinn. Stockley. Peter Pawlett!

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Again, and absolutely brilliant touch from Stockley. His linkup play

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has been superb. McGinley across. Look at that touch from Pawlett, he

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should have hit the target. Pawlett's ball is a good one.

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Rooney's header. Must have hit the outside of the post, right into the

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sunshine. A tremendous ball by Pawlett, and he does well to get it

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back across. I think it just comes off the upright.

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Aberdeen dominating proceedings at Pittodrie. Considine's long throw,

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Pawlett after it. He has been cleaned out by Daniel Devine, we

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surely going to go into the book for that. Osman is down as well. It was

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Daniel Devine an Pawlett. He eventually pulled out the yellow

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card for Daniel Devine. A nice little peg from Johnny Hayes.

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Definite obstruction. It is the free kick for McGinn. Just over from

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O'Connor. It clipped the back. The kick for McGinn. Just over from

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quality of the ball in is magnificent but again a free header,

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it ends up coming in off the shoulder. Got to hit the star get.

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One minute of stoppage time awaits. They have got just about everyone in

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the Aberdeen half here. They have got skill here. Lawless, got his

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team a free kick as well. A cheap free kick to give away in a really

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dangerous area. Jonny Hayes pulling back his arm and it is a big chance

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for Partick Thistle. Can they take advantage of this one that has been

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presented to them? In from booth. It is headed just over. Big big chance

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there. Osman. That was their best chance of the match. It is headed

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over the bar. He has got to hit the target. He has to score.

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The Aberdeen fans launch into a rendition of The Northern Lights. I

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think there is going to be a yellow card. A second one for Danny Devine.

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He is going to make it to the bath just before the rest of his

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team-mates. That sums up the afternoon for Partick Thistle. He is

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smashed into the boards here, Stockley. That looked painful.

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Keown. Then there is divine. -- Danny Devine. It is going the way of

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Partick Thistle. They might get one last chance. We have played the five

:32:42.:32:49.

minutes of stoppage time, it is added time in added time now and Cal

:32:50.:32:55.

booth has got a good set peas in him. 95-macro came up. Taylor

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blasted it -- Tierney. The referee him. 95-macro came up. Taylor

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blows for full-time before Jonny Hayes can get onto it. He was sure

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he was going to be in for a second Aberdeen goal. One that will do,

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scored by Graham Shinnie. Aberdeen are back in the semi-finals of the

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Scottish Cup. Obviously we are delighted. I thought we were the

:33:28.:33:32.

better team throughout. I we missed some good opportunities, it was hard

:33:33.:33:37.

fought. They are a good side, Allen has them going in a good way and we

:33:38.:33:44.

thought that chances would be at a premium and I thought we is created

:33:45.:33:46.

enough opportunities. I think it opened up nicely for me in training,

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that is what we practice every day. We normally do not win in the game.

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Luckily enough I hit it sweet and ended up on the net. Every team gets

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a chance and we have that in the last five or ten minutes and we got

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that chance, we will lick our wounds. I would imagine, given your

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recent form, this will not dent confidence. We are not despondent,

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we lost to a topside today. We need to focus and use our disappointment

:34:20.:34:24.

to drive us on in the league. Not a game drenched in quality but one

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to drive us on in the league. Not a moment for quality on the field,

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Graham Shinnie. He won the cup with Inverness and I am sure he would

:34:36.:34:39.

like to get his hands on it again. He was great for Aberdeen and he had

:34:40.:34:43.

on the captain 's armband and led from the front and by example. It

:34:44.:34:51.

was a superb finish. Such a versatile player, looked at him

:34:52.:34:55.

doing the dirty aspects of the job all over the pitch. You see him as a

:34:56.:35:05.

centre midfielder now. It is with and without the ball, he gets the

:35:06.:35:09.

ball back so many times for Aberdeen. You see him here now. He

:35:10.:35:14.

manages to get it, get it in front of him. That is not the finish of a

:35:15.:35:23.

defender. He does all the difficult stuff as well as scoring the goals.

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He touched on it in his interview, stuff as well as scoring the goals.

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he seems to score goals like that in training. He has got the technique

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and the quality to do so. Obviously, with Jack out and him taking the

:35:36.:35:39.

armband, he is leading from the front and he certainly made that

:35:40.:35:42.

central midfield role his own now. We are looking at him more analysis

:35:43.:35:50.

central midfielder and 35-macro is delighted with his performances.

:35:51.:35:55.

Aberdeen could have got some more goals -- Derek McGuinness. You see

:35:56.:36:05.

many go over the bar, but it is a great save from here and then later

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on again, I think it is Andrew Considine, and then he generally

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goes with his left. It is a strange save. It is one for the cameras. He

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will be delighted. Were you disappointed by the performance of

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Partick Thistle, they did not threaten much. Probably the game

:36:34.:36:38.

plan is to be hard to beat. Obviously that disappointing result

:36:39.:36:41.

against Hamilton but all in all they have been fantastic in recent weeks.

:36:42.:36:44.

You're going there trying to make it difficult and Partick Thistle have a

:36:45.:36:48.

great shape, they are difficult to play against, you know you're not

:36:49.:36:51.

going to get too many chances against them and you have to make

:36:52.:36:55.

them count when they come. They honestly got that chance, but

:36:56.:36:57.

obviously Partick Thistle were waiting for the chance and they got

:36:58.:37:03.

it at the end. Let us look at this, Osman will not want to see this

:37:04.:37:13.

again. It is a great ball in but he has to hit the target and get it

:37:14.:37:16.

across the ball. It is really bad defending from Aberdeen. At that

:37:17.:37:19.

stage in the game, I am sure that Derek McInnes will be disappointed

:37:20.:37:23.

in his defence. It was a wonderful chance. Archibald will be kicking

:37:24.:37:33.

himself there. Osman should have hit it. They beat Rangers thanks to a

:37:34.:37:42.

goal from Adrian Sprott. That was 1987 and how did it go in 2017? Well

:37:43.:37:58.

outside. Good ball across. Did he have his photo taken away from him?

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He did. The penalty is awarded. Rangers get the opening goal in a

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Scottish Cup tie for the first time this season. It was knocked on. Joel

:38:09.:38:17.

Garner scores, just over two minutes into his Scottish Cup debut. That

:38:18.:38:25.

was bad by coroner. He has really hurt him and the referee has got a

:38:26.:38:35.

decision to make. The coroner. It has gone end. The shop was on

:38:36.:38:42.

target. His last two corners have caused chaos. Simple header into the

:38:43.:38:54.

top corner. Joel Garner, the mistake by the goalkeeper, the celebration

:38:55.:38:59.

by Matthews and Joel Garner helps himself to the second goal of the

:39:00.:39:08.

afternoon. Into the middle it goes, well clear, back to Garner, can he

:39:09.:39:14.

get the hat-trick? He can. A second-half hat-trick and a belongs

:39:15.:39:19.

to Garner. A place in the semifinal emphatically secured by Rangers.

:39:20.:39:25.

Match ball and the Man of the Match for the second-half substitute

:39:26.:39:31.

Garner, it finishes at Ibrox 6-0 to Rangers. Very convincing scoreline

:39:32.:39:35.

for Rangers but in the papers today, so many conflicting reports about

:39:36.:39:38.

what will happen next in terms of the managerial situation at Rangers

:39:39.:39:45.

and who knows, what will happen? How unsettling is that going to be for

:39:46.:39:50.

the players? It is very unsettling. You do not know what can happen.

:39:51.:39:56.

Someone can come in at any particular time with a manager and

:39:57.:39:59.

then he comes in with coaching staff as well and you have to try and give

:40:00.:40:03.

the manager the respect he deserves. You have got a similar situation at

:40:04.:40:08.

Motherwell. We have a backroom staff that have stayed, so not much has

:40:09.:40:12.

changed for us, but honestly Graham is there on his own and the players

:40:13.:40:15.

will be lost in transition and they will be looking for someone to come

:40:16.:40:17.

in and lead and have some leadership. As a

:40:18.:40:33.

player, you will be really frustrated because it has been a few

:40:34.:40:35.

weeks and they will want to get someone in and get going and have

:40:36.:40:38.

someone to lead them and move forward from there. Last year 's

:40:39.:40:40.

runners-up entered the semi-finals after that long wait for a Scottish

:40:41.:40:43.

Cup glory. Chasing promotion is the focus most week, the defence of the

:40:44.:40:46.

trophy is still very much on, Eric United face their opponents.

:40:47.:40:57.

-- Ayr United. Hibernian have not had the best of relationships with

:40:58.:41:01.

the Scottish Cup and after lifting the trophy in 1902 they were on the

:41:02.:41:06.

losing side in the final on ten different occasions, but last year

:41:07.:41:09.

there are Scottish Cup hoodoo came to add glittering end. In those the

:41:10.:41:19.

goal from David Gray. It is not a dream, it is reality. The sun was

:41:20.:41:27.

shining on one man for years of hurt. -- 114 years of hurt.

:41:28.:41:51.

The Scottish Cup win put a shine on a league campaign that ultimately

:41:52.:41:58.

ended in disappointment, defeat in the play-offs to Falkirk meant

:41:59.:42:00.

another season in the Championship and the club are now one win away

:42:01.:42:05.

from a return to Hampden but this time around, with a swap their

:42:06.:42:13.

beloved trophy for a return to the Scottish top-flight? We need to

:42:14.:42:15.

promotion, we want promotion and we are desperate and we are pushing

:42:16.:42:18.

hard to get it. Our priority right from the start of the season is to

:42:19.:42:21.

be promoted and that has not changed. We need to keep focused on

:42:22.:42:26.

that. We are going to get up there, we will get up there, the cup is

:42:27.:42:31.

another incentive which would be superb. The whole thing is a magical

:42:32.:42:36.

day and Sunday was even better, so they can have back, that would be

:42:37.:42:39.

brilliant but promotion is the key thing for us this year. The league

:42:40.:42:43.

is something we have been without for three seasons and they need to

:42:44.:42:47.

get back. The fact that we beat Hearts last week is our cup anyway.

:42:48.:42:56.

It is another season in this week. I am looking forward to the last games

:42:57.:43:02.

and looking forward hopefully to getting back into the Premier

:43:03.:43:08.

League. Ayr United arrive here unbeaten in their last two visits

:43:09.:43:12.

and what better preparation for a cup match than a chance to put out

:43:13.:43:16.

the champions? We did well here the last couple of times but it is a

:43:17.:43:22.

different occasion now. Our players are looking forward to it. To get to

:43:23.:43:27.

the at Hampden, that would magnificent. The priority is the

:43:28.:43:33.

league but you want to win both competitions, the players wanted

:43:34.:43:36.

defend the trophy as strongly as they can add to be fair, they have

:43:37.:43:47.

done that so far. McGinn. Brilliant! Absolutely brilliant. He won ebb

:43:48.:43:59.

back then, was it in the box? It was! Penalty! Here he goes. In it

:44:00.:44:10.

goes. His time might be done already. That is unbelievable! They

:44:11.:44:22.

are not done yet, you know. That is an absolutely stunning goal. This

:44:23.:44:32.

looks good. Absolutely cleaned out. The referee goes to his pocket, it

:44:33.:44:36.

is a red card for Scott McKenna. James Keatings will surely ensure a

:44:37.:44:53.

victory for Hibernian as they aim to go back to back. We did something

:44:54.:45:00.

magical last year and we want to defend as strongly as we can and

:45:01.:45:03.

we're doing that. For me it's very exciting. I'm very proud of the

:45:04.:45:11.

players. We can start concentrate on winning games again in the league.

:45:12.:45:16.

We were right in the game but the players signed off and that

:45:17.:45:20.

effectively killed the game. They gave their all and stayed in the

:45:21.:45:23.

game for long periods in the second half but ultimately you are here to

:45:24.:45:28.

win, and they didn't. The league may be the priority here at Easter Road

:45:29.:45:31.

but they are certainly not giving up their prized possession without a

:45:32.:45:36.

fight. The Scottish Cup defence goes on and Hibs are going back to

:45:37.:45:42.

Hampden The draw for the semifinals was made this afternoon. No Rod

:45:43.:45:50.

Stewart today. This is how it turned out.

:45:51.:45:56.

Number four. Rangers. There we have it, Celtic against Rangers, Hibs and

:45:57.:46:15.

Aberdeen drawn against each other as well. The ties to be played on the

:46:16.:46:22.

22nd and 23rd of April. Scott McDonald, sensational statistic, 92

:46:23.:46:27.

years, incredibly, since Celtic beat Rangers in a Scottish Cup semifinal.

:46:28.:46:35.

Wow, that some statistic. As we all know, records are there to be

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broken. You expect them to be broken. At this moment in time you

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would expect it, wouldn't you? The form Celtic are in and Wales Rangers

:46:43.:46:47.

are at. But like we saw last year, these games are a one off and

:46:48.:46:53.

anything can happen. From Rangers and Celtic perspective is it better

:46:54.:46:56.

for them to face each other in the semifinal rather than the final? I

:46:57.:47:00.

don't know if it makes any difference, if I'm being honest.

:47:01.:47:04.

From a Rangers point of view, if you're going to win it you need to

:47:05.:47:08.

beat Celtic and from the Celtic point of view, if you're going to

:47:09.:47:10.

win it you need to beat Rangers. It's a chance for Rangers to stop

:47:11.:47:16.

Celtic winning the treble. By the time that I comes about... A good

:47:17.:47:24.

start to stop them winning the treble. Hibs up against Aberdeen in

:47:25.:47:29.

the other one. I suppose that still leaves us with the prospect of

:47:30.:47:34.

potentially Neil Lennon in the final against Celtic, if that's the way it

:47:35.:47:35.

potentially Neil Lennon in the final turns out. That would be a spicy

:47:36.:47:39.

final, wouldn't it? To see Neil Lennon come up against his old team.

:47:40.:47:43.

A lot of football to be played between now and then. It is a great

:47:44.:47:47.

spectacle for Scottish football, these four teams arguably you could

:47:48.:47:51.

say the best four teams in Scottish football right now. The two ties

:47:52.:47:59.

will be excellent. I think Hibs and Aberdeen have got the type they

:48:00.:48:02.

wanted, to play against each other and hopefully they will get a route

:48:03.:48:05.

into the final. As we saw last year, anything can happen in these games.

:48:06.:48:08.

It's going to be great to see. Yes, Sportscene is back next weekend as

:48:09.:48:12.

well, back to the Ladbrokes Premiership. A big weekend in store.

:48:13.:48:18.

Celtic against Rangers. Highlight of all the Premiership action, join us

:48:19.:48:22.

at six o'clock on BBC Two Scotland and it will be repeated at 11

:48:23.:48:23.

o'clock on BBC One Scotland. Speaking of the Premiership, there

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was one game played this weekend, manager slept Motherwell away at

:48:37.:48:45.

Kilmarnock. Interim manager Lee McCulloch sticks with the same 11.

:48:46.:48:51.

Kris Boyd and, salmon continue to lead the Kilmarnock attack. The

:48:52.:48:56.

Motherwell captain returned along with Richard Tait and Stephen

:48:57.:49:03.

Hamill. Lee McCulloch is getting the hang of being interim boss at

:49:04.:49:07.

Kilmarnock. This Steve Robinson, his first taste in charge of Motherwell.

:49:08.:49:15.

Jones with the corner. Here is Kris Boyd... It won't go for Kilmarnock.

:49:16.:49:26.

Motherwell manage to get it clear. Lee McCulloch's side so close to an

:49:27.:49:31.

opening goal. It was Kris Boyd clattering about one of the

:49:32.:49:38.

across-the-board -- crossbar. Motherwell have won in the last

:49:39.:49:42.

three visits to Rugby Park, so that is a good omen for them. Richard

:49:43.:49:53.

Tait, in towards Chris Cadden. Cadden has three goals so far this

:49:54.:49:56.

season and was close to adding to his tally there. Richard Tait did

:49:57.:50:03.

well to get that ball cut back. Kilmarnock work it short. Taylor.

:50:04.:50:06.

Kris Boyd with a header. He knows he Kilmarnock work it short. Taylor.

:50:07.:50:12.

should have done better, just didn't get enough angle on it.

:50:13.:50:19.

Taylor. Finding Gary Dicker. The target is Kris Boyd, Kris Boyd! And

:50:20.:50:32.

it's a landmark goal for the Kilmarnock striker! It's his 200th

:50:33.:50:40.

top-flight goal in Scottish football and he certainly enjoyed that one.

:50:41.:50:45.

Gary Dicker with the through pass. It

:50:46.:50:57.

bounced off Heneghan. His six of this campaign but his 200th in

:50:58.:51:06.

top-flight Scottish football, Kris Boyd. Richard Tait. It was too long

:51:07.:51:13.

for McDonald. Stephen Hamill may keep that in. McDonald! Good save by

:51:14.:51:20.

the Kilmarnock goalkeeper, Woodman. Good little flick from McDonald.

:51:21.:51:30.

Here is Carl McHugh! Motherwell are back on level terms six minutes into

:51:31.:51:42.

the second half. It is Carl McHugh claiming his first goal for the

:51:43.:51:46.

further part side. The initial header bouncing off Kris Boyd and

:51:47.:51:51.

Carl McHugh wasn't hanging around as he dispatched that one beyond

:51:52.:51:52.

Woodman. Jones. Trying to tease and take on

:51:53.:52:08.

Richard Tait. Gary Dicker! That's a brilliant save from Craig Samson to

:52:09.:52:19.

deny Gary Dicker. The Motherwell goalkeeper getting fingertips to it

:52:20.:52:20.

to turn it on to the bar. Jones, Ajer. Samson had to be alert

:52:21.:52:35.

to the threat of that header. The looping header touched away.

:52:36.:52:41.

Motherwell pressing again. Cadden. And Scott McDonald trying to find

:52:42.:52:56.

the corner of the net and Woodman doing well to get down to turn that

:52:57.:53:08.

one away. The free kick... Zak Jules! And Motherwell are in front.

:53:09.:53:13.

Zak Jules this in last week with the own goal against Dundee scores a

:53:14.:53:17.

goal at the right end this time at Rugby Park. Motherwell 2-1 in front

:53:18.:53:23.

with 76 minutes played. What a time to get your first goal for your new

:53:24.:53:25.

club. We are into stoppage time. Good

:53:26.:53:40.

running by Roberts. The referee points to the spot. Kilmarnock have

:53:41.:53:45.

a lifeline, it's a penalty. And a chance to level things up. Kris Boyd

:53:46.:53:57.

with the chance to equalise. It's off the post! Lee McCulloch realises

:53:58.:54:04.

the points are going to be dropped here. Kris Boyd so reliable, he

:54:05.:54:11.

misses on this occasion. At full-time it is a boost for

:54:12.:54:13.

Motherwell, and that victory sees full-time it is a boost for

:54:14.:54:16.

them go above Hamilton into tenth place in the table. Two set plays

:54:17.:54:24.

that a criminal, absolutely criminal. We had a chance to get a

:54:25.:54:35.

point at the end... I think Motherwell find themselves lucky,

:54:36.:54:39.

they've had that little bit of luck today. We just dust ourselves down.

:54:40.:54:44.

What they did well today was the basics. There was a lack of belief

:54:45.:54:48.

sometimes, because they have been on a bad run but you could see momentum

:54:49.:54:51.

growing as the game went on. The team remained positive. On the whole

:54:52.:54:59.

we were on the front foot, believed in what we were doing. Tremendous

:55:00.:55:03.

fighting performance from the boys. That victory for Motherwell sees

:55:04.:55:08.

them leapfrog Hamilton and go up to tenth place. Mark McGhee sacked

:55:09.:55:14.

during the week. How much did the victory mean to you and the players?

:55:15.:55:18.

It meant a lot. It's been a tough week forever on the club and

:55:19.:55:22.

everyone was hugely disappointed to see Mark leave the club. The players

:55:23.:55:26.

still believed in mark but decisions are made and players must get on

:55:27.:55:30.

with and we get another chance to go again and thankfully we hit the

:55:31.:55:37.

ground running. It was such an important three points, to try and

:55:38.:55:44.

climb up that table. Kris Boyd, 200 top-flight goals for him but it

:55:45.:55:49.

wasn't all plain sailing for him. He's definitely had better

:55:50.:55:53.

afternoons. You can't give Kris Boyd that sort of space. These unlucky,

:55:54.:56:01.

struck it across the goalkeeper with his right foot but it comes back

:56:02.:56:06.

out. The ball over the top here is great. Makes a good running behind.

:56:07.:56:13.

He makes a good run in behind it, uses the body well. Did it hit his

:56:14.:56:21.

hand? Possibly an argument to be made. I think our fans must have

:56:22.:56:24.

been saying something to him there and he's given a little something

:56:25.:56:28.

back. Yes, very ironic, but thankfully, I've never seen him do

:56:29.:56:33.

this before, Mr penalty. For all the time I've known Kris and played with

:56:34.:56:41.

him. Not happy. Note, you could have argued Lee could have had a

:56:42.:56:42.

hat-trick, but luckily for us he argued Lee could have had a

:56:43.:56:46.

didn't. Fantastic achievement for Kris Boyd to get 200 top-flight

:56:47.:56:50.

goals. In terms of your own goals, it was exactly the sort of result

:56:51.:56:55.

your site needed, wasn't it? It was. I don't think we've scored too many

:56:56.:57:00.

goals from set pieces this year. Delighted to score off one and not

:57:01.:57:05.

just score of one but two. Great to see... That is poor defending. You

:57:06.:57:09.

can't allow someone to take a touch in the six yard box and finish. No,

:57:10.:57:13.

again, I think Kris Boyd will be disappointed with that one! Meant to

:57:14.:57:19.

be a great day for him. Like Lee McCulloch touched on, a free header.

:57:20.:57:24.

But great for Zak Jules. Coming off the back of last week, would have

:57:25.:57:28.

been disappointed. He's a young fella, learning his trade and it

:57:29.:57:30.

will be great for his confidence, that goal. Steve Robinson, your

:57:31.:57:35.

caretaker manager, does he have a chance to get the job full-time? I

:57:36.:57:40.

think so. He's done himself no harm at all by the result at the weekend.

:57:41.:57:45.

You know, all week in training he's been excellent work under. I guess

:57:46.:57:50.

we're going to have to wait and see. What this week brings... Will

:57:51.:57:55.

Motherwell be safe this season? Yes. Definitely. Not just because Scott

:57:56.:58:01.

is sitting beside me. When I looked at the defending of Hamilton

:58:02.:58:05.

yesterday... They could struggle. That is good news? Fantastic! That's

:58:06.:58:12.

it for another round of the Scottish Cup done and dusted. Webby kittens

:58:13.:58:18.

have dominated the headlines, until next weekend, good night. -- where

:58:19.:58:23.

big hitters have dominated the headlines.

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