14/04/2013 Sportscene

Kilmarnock have taken the lead and harm done and have stunned Celtic!

Hard to ring to the Scottish Cup final!

It is stunning! It is absolutely stunning at hand and park!

Jackie McNamara won the Scottish Cup twice as a Celtic player.

set and match for Dundee United! would really love to win this cup.

Celtic needed to win today if there were going to stay on track for an

domestic double. For both teams, there was the chance of matching up

to the first semi-final. Highlights are both matches coming up. We hear

from Ian Murray and four-times Scottish Cup winner, Willie Miller.

The best bits of today's semi-final sheer drama will be a tall order

for the sides. We do expect bolts. There had been 16 goals and at

three meetings so far this season. Ominously for Dundee United, only

four have gone their way. Be might take heart from some wretched

Celtic performances here in recent day for 16-year-old John Souter and

17-year-old Ryan Gauld. A strong line-up from the SPL champions-

elect. They bring James Forrest straight back into the side after a

month off with injury. He replaces Anthony's books. A meeting of two

former Celtic players of some running in the second of the semi-

finals. They have a lot to live up settle quickly. Good early

possession by Dundee United. Moving the ball quickly. This is Ryan

sensational from Kris Commons! He loves to hit them from distance.

Head that he did. A fantastic finish. It is absolutely sublime.

He goes past easily Mike Miller. Right into the corner. What a start

for Celtic and what a goal by Kris backing -- keep that in me. I think

he is given it as a pass back. I think he is called that a back-pass.

I think he has given the pass back. took the ball square in the initial

a tent. Brave defending. Mark Miller strikes it. FA Ambrose takes

one right on the chest. He keeps Mikhail list big up from the back.

It looked easier to score than to mess. Kris Commons is running the

show again. He must score. Mikael Lustig must score. He can't believe

They have a two on one. Gary Mackay Steven! Dundee United are level! A

terrific counter-attack. Finished off by that man, Gary Mackay-Steven.

The crowds is jubilant as their side, having been dominated for

much of the match, suddenly find themselves level. Jon Daly get some

subtle way. He knows he doesn't have the speed. Gary Mackay Steven

plays the ball, but what a pass from the young fellow. What an

Craig Thomson son nothing wrong with that. He gets there first. But

would have been harsh, for me. Neil Lennon and Jackie McNamara must be

wondering what their defences are playing at. Emile is a dreary --

Dundee United! It is Jon Daly, the United skipper who has put aside in

front! An incredible turnaround at Hampden Park. Barry Douglas with

the delivery, John -- Jon Daly with the finish. Was the offside? He was

on for me. We said Celtic looked vulnerable at the back, and that's

explains it all. The game at -- is thought the cup-tie yesterday was

full of drama. This one looks at the one match at all the way.

Victor Wanyama rising highest and Celtic are level. What a game basis.

Gary Mackay-Steven just switches off for a second. What her response

from Celtic. Gary Mackay Steven gets caught ball-watching. What a

brilliant header by Victor Wanyama. We thought yesterday was good, what

absolutely vital. Almost a third Charlie Mulgrew. Well held by

from Kris Commons. I am not sure how much she knew about that, but

is this typical in four games for the Celtic forward. Hooper could

not get there and Kris Commons the unwitting person who hits it over

the line. It comes off his right arm. He did not put his arm towards

is a booking that will rule him out of the Scottish Cup final should

sell to called on to this lead. He let Craig Thomson know option.

was in! Kris Commons had been thought the same. It just needs the

wrong side of the post. Brilliant from Gary Hooper. Kris Commons gets

a touch and Radoslaw Cierzniak does in the second half. That is

tremendous! Jon Daly brings them back into it once more. Gary Mackay

Steven produced the perfect cross and Jon Daly with a perfect header.

Celtic defensively... they were just onside there. A mismatch at

the back post. That is the only place he can plant that header. An

unbelievable header from Jon Daly. Brilliantly judged. At 14th goal of

the season from the United captain. We have a cup tie on her hands once

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Rus I imagine this will be a now chairs the and. -- great save

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It must have been a roller-coaster of emotions. He could say that! --

you could say that. It has been a long season. Defensively, we let

ourselves down their little bay. -- we let ourselves down a little bit.

We take a lot of positives from the game. The has it been a frustrating

season for you? The it has probably been one of the hardest seasons.

Apart from clinching the title, they have not got a lot left.

Absolutely. It is a great occasion, the Scottish Cup final. The

European campaign was immense. They have got a title, just about. Now

they have something to look forward to. Losing a semi-final is always

painful. For of course. They will be devastated. It is a massive

occasion. it wasn't a great surprise that Kris Commons scored

sort of range. Willo Flood came in as well. He slips a little bit but

get real power behind it. Very The response from Dundee United was

mind. Absolutely. It is a classic counter attack. Everybody does as

they should do. There is a lot of work to be done to put that ball in

the back of the net. Lovely free- kick from Barry Douglas fought

Dundee United. Yes. It is a really It was a fabulous cross. He rises

above the United defence. Fabulous. A goal which made it 3-20, Kris

see it. -- up I'd do not think the referee could see it. This is a

classic Jon Daly header. He did not defend the back post well. You have

to hand it to Jon Daly. The fantastic crossed to the back post.

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-- I think it was all about exposed. We could have been into

double figures, I guess. The it has been a wonderful weekend of

football. How that one does not end up in the back of the net, I do not

know! It adds to the excitement of the game. It is just chance after

chance. A lot of composure here as well. Good defending, too. It was

an exciting afternoon. That was Jon There are fine margins, especially

in semi-finals. The penalty kick decision, that was a huge thing.

Neil Lennon questioned Celtic's defending. It seems they do not

have the intensity of games that really matter. They hit the height

in the Champions' League, of course. It is an area that most concern

Neil Lennon. -- must concern Neil Lennon. You have to make sure if

you are marking someone like Jon Daly, he does not get ahead. They

certainly had a team on fire. Pharaoh of Risley massive pluses --

there are of is the massive pluses For them, everybody says they have

a chance to win it. Seven goals in that match, and seven goals

yesterday. Highlights with Kraig year-old. How is that for a bit of

composure? Craig Sibbald just passes it into the bottom corner.

took that free kick. This is incredible! Falkirk have insurance

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in the semi-final. You have to Sensational! Blair Austen makes it

three for Falkirk. Hibernian have gone into self-destruct mode.

Falkirk have picked them off -- Falkirk have picked them off yet

again. Who is the first player to react? One in dark blue. They are

worth it because they had been by far the better side. Hibernian have

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no chances. When it is not your day, it is not your day. Alex Harris

could not have had that any better. He is unlucky. What a reaction from

the goalkeeper. That is exactly was, it doesn't matter. The referee

has turned a blind eye. That is a Alex Harris, a stunning goal from

the youngster. It has been an incredible start to the second half.

That is an absolute beauty. He hits it well enough. It just mix of

Darren Dods. The fingertips can't rescue mission might be on here. A

yellow card as well. Is there much contact? That is less of a penalty

made a hash of it. That by his standards is a bad penalty. I think

the Leigh Griffiths felt that if Eoin Doyle had left it alone he

would have got it into the back of Hibernian go to within one. This

isn't over yet. This is real quality. Not much on, great ball

into Alex Harris, he picked out Leigh Griffiths and wasn't going to

miss for a second time. That was an absolute beauty, the passing, the

from the dead! Hibernian with three goals down and now have levelled.

This has been the most incredible game. When he gets the ball I'm

thinking he is up against it, but he decides to try his luck and

defines the bottom corner. Oh when Doyle has come on and changed the

game for Hibernian. He gets them level. Were this game is going, not

went up straight away. You know something, he is level. That is a

goal! It may have won an incredible game! Are Hibernian going to the

Scottish Cup final again? If they do, that is the kind of goal that

deserves to take them there. An absolute stunner. A rocket from

Leigh Griffiths. He has missed a few chances today, but it doesn't

rub his confidence. He heads an absolute beauty across the

goalkeeper. He couldn't have hit the better. Absolutely perfect.

What a player this guy has been for Hibernian all season. That is top

That was the chance right there. They were going to get one

opportunity at best. He is actually slightly offside. He should be

scoring. What an incredible semi- final. What did he say to the

players at half-time? I don't then A tremendous comeback. The first at

performance was very bad. After half-time I thought you were

exceptional. Very proud of my boys. Proud of their team, the staff.

Couldn't have asked for any more. They gave me everything and then

some. It just turned it wasn't to be. What was said at half-time?

lot of home truths. A lot of disappointed people saying what

they felt, and rightly so. It wasn't good enough. We're in the

final and we have another final to look forward to. We always talk

about the romance of the Cup. These Hibernian's name on the trophy?

do know about that. We have had some fantastic games. Will we about

that when we get to the final. report that the match yesterday.

Was that second half showing from your team saved Pat Fenlon's job?

don't know. There in another final, another massive occasion for the

club. Back-to-back Cup finals is a fantastic achievement. For a

manager in his first full season has got and it is amazing. That is

not a bad way to start for Gary Holt. He has every right to be

proud. Hibernian were very bad. It is good to see them admitting about

their work. Some of their fans leaving at half-time and you really

couldn't blame them, it was that bad. Take nothing away from Falkirk,

young side, played exceptionally well, to their goals with composure.

The manager should be very proud of their achievement and a performance

on the day. Dumbarton play Falkirk on Tuesday night. You were watching

that of a lot of interest. The first half you can pick all sorts

of holes and the way Hibernian That is a great finish. It went

from bad to worse for Hibernian in the first act. Two great semi-

finals and young players like J Fulton grabbing the headlines.

is wonderful for Scottish football that these youngsters are getting a

chance to play at a high level at Hampden Park. They did

exceptionally well. To be 320 up -- 3-0 up, they must be thinking what

a performance we have put in! Lyle Taylor had been allowed to go

through there. That is an example of their defending. That was to

story. It would it been a half-time team talk from Pat Fenlon worth

recording! What happened and the other side of the interval was a

complete transformation. It was. They could have been five goals

down. It ever was said at half-time are what the manager has done, it

worked. They came out in the second haven't really went for it. People

want to know why they took 45 minutes and to be three goals out

for that to happen. Should Michael McGovern have done better with

this? It takes a bit of a deflection, but it think he has to

get stronger hands on it. But you can't take anything away from Alex

Harris's strike. He was a threat. The strike for the goal was a

wonderful strike. Again, I think he would be questioning himself if he

could have got stronger hands on it. Maybe even go with one hand to

trying get it over the bar. When Hibernian scored their second, due

sense that they were well under way back. Yes, they got the goals are

great times. They scored early in the second half. You were thinking

Hibernian were the stronger side then and would win the match.

can pick out mistakes. I think the defender had the chance to put

their challenge in there. That is just a wonderful strike. That is a

gold fixing of winning any game. There was only one thing in his

mind there, to get it onto his left foot and gold to gold. It just

glided into the far corner. could Hibernian have been so bad in

the first atom so good in the second? It is a mystery. Everybody

at the game at half-time was thinking this could have been five.

It was bad enough for Hibernian to get beaten by a First Division team,

but to the three goals down at half-time was crazy. You have to

give the massacre of for coming back. I felt a bit sorry for the

Hibernian players and staff because there was one of those days when

the players were trying so hard, they were almost trying too hard.

You start to wonder what was going to go ahead. The manager due to do

the right time. He was brave again. The turnarounds in the second have

was incredible. If the final comes anywhere close to supplying they

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