Celtic v Heart of Midlothian

:00:48. > :01:07.A year of change and challenge for the champions. And relegation for

:01:08. > :01:18.Hearts followed by rejuvenation. New faces force a new focus. New belief

:01:19. > :01:23.for those... Winning heals everything.

:01:24. > :01:31.They are a leader Park this season but Premiership favourites Celtic

:01:32. > :01:34.are far from firing on all cylinders, and Hearts are looking

:01:35. > :01:39.like a team reborn at the top of the Scottish championship. It adds up to

:01:40. > :01:44.an intriguing matchup tonight in the third round of the Scottish League

:01:45. > :01:50.Cup. These two looking to join Aberdeen, Hibs, Partick Thistle,

:01:51. > :01:56.Rangers, St Johnstone in the quarterfinals. We will have last

:01:57. > :02:02.night's highlights at half-time. There are two more places up for

:02:03. > :02:07.grabs tonight. The Dundee derby at Tannadice and Hamilton against

:02:08. > :02:15.Motherwell. We will have news of those two woven in with our coverage

:02:16. > :02:18.of this one. Hearts against Celtic at Celtic Park. Charlie Mulgrew is

:02:19. > :02:22.not playing tonight. That is why he is with me. Michael Stewart is here

:02:23. > :02:29.as well. Letters find out who is playing for Celtic to night,

:02:30. > :02:33.firstly. -- let us find out. Four changes from the team against

:02:34. > :02:42.Motherwell at the weekend. Craig Gordon, Scott Brown, Kris Commons

:02:43. > :02:50.and Stefan Johansen play. Players moving out of the team, Zaluska,

:02:51. > :02:57.Kayal, by tonne and Tonev. Hearts have made three changes. Prince

:02:58. > :03:05.Buaben is back after suspension. Sam Nicholson is back. And Dale

:03:06. > :03:11.Carrick. Robinson, King and Keating dropped out. Those are the team

:03:12. > :03:17.selections. Charlie, maybe not too surprising when we saw the impact

:03:18. > :03:25.that Brown and Kris Commons had on Sunday? Yes, they are big players.

:03:26. > :03:29.You saw when they came on on Sunday, Scott Brown drive from the midfield

:03:30. > :03:32.and he drags everybody with him. Kris Commons's goals cannot be

:03:33. > :03:40.overlooked. He has got a great record. He has started scoring again

:03:41. > :03:44.this season. Two big players. Michael, in terms of the three

:03:45. > :03:53.Hearts changes, is Prince Buaben the T1? That is the important area. With

:03:54. > :03:56.Scott Brown coming back in first Celtic, it is important that Hearts

:03:57. > :04:05.get their strongest team on the pitch. -- for Celtic. It will be a

:04:06. > :04:12.good battle to night. Ultimately whoever can get a foothold in the

:04:13. > :04:19.middle of the park, could win the game. Nicholson could cause

:04:20. > :04:23.problems. The Celtic fans would prefer you were in the hoops rather

:04:24. > :04:29.than the shirt and tie tonight. How is your knee? I saw the specialist

:04:30. > :04:34.in London and he thought the best option was to get an injection in

:04:35. > :04:39.the knee. Settling down well. Hopefully I can get back to training

:04:40. > :04:46.in the next ten days. I am trying to say area. We will see what the

:04:47. > :04:51.physio says. Will you have to go under the knife? It was spoken about

:04:52. > :04:55.but the best option was the injection. If I had the operation it

:04:56. > :05:01.would have been an extra couple of weeks. It has given me a lift that I

:05:02. > :05:06.can now start running. Here is a goal of yours from the Scottish

:05:07. > :05:14.League Cup, sadly in a game you last against St Mirren. Has it been

:05:15. > :05:18.surprising and disappointing for you that in among all this success you

:05:19. > :05:27.have adverse Celtic, the League Cup has not been kind to you? Yes. Very

:05:28. > :05:32.disappointing against Rangers. We never got back to another final

:05:33. > :05:38.after that. After tonight, hopefully we are in the next round and we can

:05:39. > :05:47.push on and do well. That is the big game for us. -- name. The last time

:05:48. > :05:55.these never to met was five years ago. You will never guess who scored

:05:56. > :06:01.the game. It wasn't Charlie! I can remember the penalty, a

:06:02. > :06:09.fantastically struck one that just crept over the line. Charlie was a

:06:10. > :06:14.wee bit excited about it as well. It was a good result. We got through to

:06:15. > :06:19.the semifinal and ended up playing on a boggy pitch at Fir Park against

:06:20. > :06:24.St Mirren. Unfortunately we never made the final. It was a great

:06:25. > :06:28.result. We were going to a sticky patch at that time Park and win the

:06:29. > :06:33.game with a fantastically struck penalty was a good night. Not the

:06:34. > :06:37.most convincing penalty I have ever seen! Current Celtic manager Ronny

:06:38. > :06:43.Deila would not fancy a repeat of that result. It has been a tough

:06:44. > :06:46.start for him in the Celtic job. He has been talking to us. He is

:06:47. > :06:55.convinced he is making good progress.

:06:56. > :07:00.I think we are getting there. To have a consistency with the starting

:07:01. > :07:03.XI is important. When we have that, we are progressing. But when we have

:07:04. > :07:11.switched a lot of players at the same time, we have struggled. Like

:07:12. > :07:17.the first half an hour on Sunday. But again, when we get more

:07:18. > :07:29.experienced players on, we get the momentum back. European football...

:07:30. > :07:35.It is about fitness and about injuries. A lot of things are behind

:07:36. > :07:41.the decisions. What are your ultimate goals this season? Do you

:07:42. > :07:50.see the trouble as being attainable? It is a goal. It would be very

:07:51. > :07:54.difficult. But we have a chance. And now we just have to go into every

:07:55. > :08:05.game and do everything we can to win. We play good teams every time.

:08:06. > :08:11.It starts with Hearts. That is a big goal for us to win the trouble.

:08:12. > :08:17.Hearts are not in the top league. What do you know of them and how

:08:18. > :08:26.much have you seen of them? They are a young team. They are a big club.

:08:27. > :08:29.They have been in the top division for many years. It will be a tough

:08:30. > :08:36.game. They have very good confidence now. They are playing well. I am

:08:37. > :08:43.looking forward to it. I have watched them on television. We know

:08:44. > :08:48.what we are going to meet and we know it will be tough but we also

:08:49. > :08:53.know how good we are when we play as we did in the second half on Sunday.

:08:54. > :08:58.He seems like a really nice guy. What is it like to work with? What

:08:59. > :09:04.is his style and will he be the right choice? Definitely. He is a

:09:05. > :09:08.really nice guy. A really top coach. His training is great. Everybody

:09:09. > :09:16.enjoys it. He has brought some new ideas. I think he needs time like

:09:17. > :09:21.any manager. It is very important you get the players onside.

:09:22. > :09:26.Ultimately you need to get results and build up momentum. It can write

:09:27. > :09:30.quickly turn. It is good to hear that the guys are buying into what

:09:31. > :09:39.he is trying to do. Letters here from Robbie Neilson, the Hearts

:09:40. > :09:43.coach. -- let us hear. He says they are top of the table through hard

:09:44. > :09:49.work. If players want to get to the top, they have to work hard. If you

:09:50. > :09:54.want to get better, you train more. When I was coming through as a

:09:55. > :09:58.player, you reported at ten o'clock and you were away for 12. You are

:09:59. > :10:05.never going to develop like that. Boys, now in four 8 o'clock and they

:10:06. > :10:13.stay until half past four sometimes. It is a balance between development

:10:14. > :10:19.and winning games. Will you be relaxed at Celtic Park? Yes. I am

:10:20. > :10:24.pretty relaxed going into games. We do our preparation before it. We

:10:25. > :10:33.give the players all of the information, as much as we can. It

:10:34. > :10:41.is a case of motivating them before the game and giving them last words.

:10:42. > :10:46.Celtic lost to Morton in the League Cup last season. Do you think they

:10:47. > :10:48.put as much importance on this Cottage and as much importance on

:10:49. > :10:54.this, designers Hearts? Yes, I think they do. Stephen and I went to see

:10:55. > :10:57.the game against Motherwell on Sunday and have arrested six

:10:58. > :11:05.players. It shows the importance of the Scottish League Cup. We urge

:11:06. > :11:14.huge underdogs. But we want to show what we can do.

:11:15. > :11:22.What have you made of Ronny Deila? I have heard a lot of good things

:11:23. > :11:25.about him. I have never met him. I have heard a lot of good things from

:11:26. > :11:30.players about the things he is trying to do. I look forward to

:11:31. > :11:36.meeting him. I think it will be interesting to see what his views on

:11:37. > :11:40.the game are. He is an attack minded. The things he's doing in

:11:41. > :11:45.training are interesting. It will be good.

:11:46. > :11:50.We were talking about Ronny Deila being a surprise choice. Robbie

:11:51. > :11:57.Neilson probably falls into the same sort of category. He has been

:11:58. > :12:02.impressive? Yes, he has. He is a very meticulous guy. He goes about

:12:03. > :12:08.his work. He is fully professional. That has shown with the results. It

:12:09. > :12:15.is not by chance they are sitting at the top of the league. He was

:12:16. > :12:18.watching Livingston yesterday in Aberdeen. He goes about his business

:12:19. > :12:24.in a professional way. I'm delighted to see him do so well. He has put

:12:25. > :12:29.together a really good team. A lot of good acquisitions. You have to

:12:30. > :12:33.take that forward onto the pitch. Get the players understanding what

:12:34. > :12:36.they are meant to be doing. You can see with the youngsters and the

:12:37. > :12:46.experienced players, he has got a good blend. Morton knocked Celtic

:12:47. > :12:55.out of the League Cup last season. That is a suitable warning for

:12:56. > :12:59.Celtic to -- that if you don't get your attitude right, something can

:13:00. > :13:04.happen? Morton made it difficult for us that night. We were all over

:13:05. > :13:09.them. We could not get that goal. That is what happens. We have got to

:13:10. > :13:18.show tonight that we have learned our lessons. We can go through. That

:13:19. > :13:26.is what we want to do. Everybody is up for it. Hopefully we can get a

:13:27. > :13:29.result. More from Charlie and Michael at half-time. Let's get to

:13:30. > :13:40.the action now. It is Celtic against Hearts. Bidding for a place in the

:13:41. > :13:45.quarterfinals of this League Cup. The commentary from Stephen Thompson

:13:46. > :13:54.and Liam McLeod. Good evening. When you have been in

:13:55. > :13:58.a dark place, when you have been grappling with Demons, you find

:13:59. > :14:04.yourself staring into the abyss, there will be a moment in the

:14:05. > :14:08.recovery process which will tell you if your time has come. Tonight would

:14:09. > :14:25.be that moment for this Hearts team. They come to Celtic Park to face...

:14:26. > :14:30.Hearts have adapted to the championship so far. This could be a

:14:31. > :14:34.huge night for Ronny Deila. He has had anything but a comparable start.

:14:35. > :14:39.It has been a spluttering beginning under the Norwegian. The Champions

:14:40. > :14:47.League is gone. Twice their league form has been hit and miss. Under

:14:48. > :14:54.this cup spotlight last season they were found wanting. There is Craig

:14:55. > :14:59.Levein, former Scotland and Hearts manager. They would be a minute's

:15:00. > :15:08.applause in joint respect of John Divers, a former Celtic player, and

:15:09. > :15:13.Hearts supporter Gordon Wilson, who passed away at 43 while watching his

:15:14. > :15:44.team play Cowdenbeath at the weekend.

:15:45. > :16:27.It is a very different Celtic team to the one you normally see. Brown

:16:28. > :16:34.and Commons return. So to Craig Gordon, the former Hearts keeper. He

:16:35. > :16:41.left Hearts for Sunderland and is now number one in this neck of the

:16:42. > :16:45.woods. A stable looking Hearts team. They scored 23 goals in nine

:16:46. > :16:52.competitive games so far. Look out for Nicholson and sell. -- Sow

:16:53. > :17:02.macro. The man Hearts fans love to hate,

:17:03. > :17:13.Leigh Griffiths, is back in the Celtic squad tonight. Willie Collins

:17:14. > :17:20.is in charge tonight. -- Willie column. He was in charge of the 2012

:17:21. > :17:32.final. The game is on the way. Celtic's

:17:33. > :17:39.first foray in this competition this season against a Hearts team with

:17:40. > :17:45.arguably a better squad than the last time they faced Celtic in the

:17:46. > :17:49.top flight? Yes, definitely. I would say the purchases during the summer

:17:50. > :18:00.have been astute, especially in Gomis. We will keep you up-to-date

:18:01. > :18:05.with what is happening in the other matches taking place tonight. They

:18:06. > :18:12.kick off later. Hamilton against Motherwell and the Dundee derby.

:18:13. > :18:14.Dundee looking for redemption after the hammering they took against

:18:15. > :18:34.Dundee United at the weekend. Hearts unbeaten in the league. Their

:18:35. > :18:35.only defeat this season came in the Challenge Cup. They put out a second

:18:36. > :18:52.string team. Buaben and Gomis were such an

:18:53. > :19:01.important part of the United team that won the Scottish cup in 2010.

:19:02. > :19:04.Reunited at Tynecastle. Hearts are more than happy to allow Celtic to

:19:05. > :19:14.have possession of the ball in their run half. -- their own half. When

:19:15. > :19:24.Celtic move up the pitch, they will tighten up and put in challenges.

:19:25. > :19:35.Jason Denayer scored a couple of goals for Celtic since his loan move

:19:36. > :19:45.from Manchester City. He has been impressive so far.

:19:46. > :19:59.There was a little bit too much on that. If that ball had been slightly

:20:00. > :20:01.better, Osman Sow was one-on-one. Celtic need to be wary of that

:20:02. > :20:22.direct pass. Sow was brought down by Denayer. The

:20:23. > :20:25.referee has gone to his pocket. Jamie Walker did ever so well in the

:20:26. > :20:31.middle of the park, winning the ball from McGregor. I would like to see

:20:32. > :20:35.the referee let that one goal early in the match. Yes, it is a bad

:20:36. > :20:51.challenge, but for me it is not a yellow card. A booking for the young

:20:52. > :20:56.Belgian. Good movement from sale. -- from Osman Sow. He will be pivotal

:20:57. > :20:59.to what Hearts do this evening. He made a run into the channel on that

:21:00. > :21:09.occasion, showed his pace and his power. He will be vital. Six foot

:21:10. > :21:15.four, Osman Sow. And he can move as well. That puts Denayer on a

:21:16. > :21:48.tightrope for the rest of the match as well.

:21:49. > :22:01.That was the first attempt on goal. Hearts have started the match really

:22:02. > :22:04.brightly. There are just three survivors on the Hearts team from

:22:05. > :22:10.the one that played Celtic the last time, a league defeat at Tynecastle

:22:11. > :22:45.back in the spring. Patterson, Wilson and Nicholson.

:22:46. > :22:57.Izaguirre with the cross. A very important clearance. The first real

:22:58. > :23:07.prodding of the Hearts re-occurred from Celtic. Brown! -- rearguard. It

:23:08. > :23:11.was a fantastic effort. Was it Stokes who headed in the end? I

:23:12. > :23:16.think it might have been. Celtic probing, looking for the opening. It

:23:17. > :23:26.was a fine strike. Just past the post.

:23:27. > :23:37.It is the first time Celtic have laid a glove on Hearts so far.

:23:38. > :23:42.Hearts have started well. They are not pressing the ball. You have to

:23:43. > :23:45.be comfortable as a defence to do that. Celtic have got the quality to

:23:46. > :24:04.find pockets. I think Hearts need to be clever.

:24:05. > :24:18.They need to play counterattacking game. They are not flooding too many

:24:19. > :24:22.men forward. John Guidetti is the Celtic centre forward of choice this

:24:23. > :24:49.evening. Anthony Stokes is playing on the left-hand side.

:24:50. > :24:59.Alexander, the Hearts goalkeeper, is such an experienced campaigner. He

:25:00. > :25:49.had a long spell as Allan McGregor's understudy at Rangers.

:25:50. > :26:02.Guidetti did well to divert that towards goal. It was a clever ball

:26:03. > :26:31.from Scott Brown. Guidetti tried to get a shot on it.

:26:32. > :26:38.Well done from Osman Sow. He needs to retain possession for Hearts all

:26:39. > :27:08.night. It was rather disappointing on

:27:09. > :27:15.Sunday for the Celtic supporters. They could only draw with

:27:16. > :27:21.Motherwell. It is a corner to Hearts. Walker really got a hold of

:27:22. > :27:26.that shot. Luckily for Celtic it deflected away for a corner. Hearts

:27:27. > :27:30.are really forcing themselves forward. That shot was definitely

:27:31. > :27:43.going on target. Jamie Walker is one of the

:27:44. > :27:45.youngsters who found himself in the first team as a result of the

:27:46. > :28:01.problems they have had in recent years.

:28:02. > :28:12.It will be another corner kick to the visitors. You just wonder when

:28:13. > :28:15.he hits this, if the ball doesn't deflect, is the on-site? I think you

:28:16. > :28:53.might have been onside. -- onside. Hearts are keeping possession of the

:28:54. > :29:04.ball very well. They look like a confident team. Denier concedes a

:29:05. > :29:15.corner. Hearts's third corner within a minute. How many times have you

:29:16. > :29:24.seen that go into the net? Hearts turning the screw. I have seen Jamie

:29:25. > :29:30.Walker score many times from outside the box. Not on that occasion. I

:29:31. > :29:33.think that was the wrong choice. It was a difficult angle. He was

:29:34. > :29:38.slightly off-balance. Just put it back into the area. Promising again

:29:39. > :29:54.for Hearts. Just the one clean sheet so far this

:29:55. > :29:56.season for Craig Gordon. It has been a problem for Celtic in the early

:29:57. > :30:31.stages of the season. The referee was not ready there. He

:30:32. > :31:33.is now. Stefan Johansen played for Norway

:31:34. > :31:44.recently in a European Championship qualifier against Italy. They lost

:31:45. > :31:48.the game. Dreadful defending! Guidetti kicks the post and

:31:49. > :31:52.frustration. He knows he should have put Celtic in front. Absolutely. It

:31:53. > :32:11.was a very bad mess. The only thing worse was the defending from Ozturk.

:32:12. > :32:13.That is a golden opportunity. John Guidetti missing a glorious

:32:14. > :32:21.opportunity to open his Celtic account. They are so giving van Dyck

:32:22. > :32:42.a hard time down the other end. Collins. It is John Guidetti again,

:32:43. > :32:48.it is too high for Kris Commons, and Paterson blocks, crucially. John

:32:49. > :32:53.Guidetti does very well, you had the opportunity to go down, he stays on

:32:54. > :33:02.his feet and he hands a lovely ball up and in the end it is good

:33:03. > :33:05.defending from Calum Paterson. A couple of warnings for the

:33:06. > :33:13.championship side, in the last couple of minutes, the Scottish

:33:14. > :33:18.champions. Trying to stab it towards goal, Alexander holds on. It is a

:33:19. > :33:33.bit scrappy, the quality of the corner is not that great, taking a

:33:34. > :33:43.lovely touch. In the end, it falls to Jason Denayer and he does not

:33:44. > :34:06.have it. Emilio Izaguirre. He was not going anywhere. Hearts have won

:34:07. > :34:13.the last two League Cup matches, there have won both of them, it was

:34:14. > :34:46.a 1-0 win, it was a penalty in 2009. Paterson. Bailed out, by John

:34:47. > :34:55.Guidetti, it was poor that time. Yes normally, his distribution is very

:34:56. > :35:08.good. It was slack there. He was a hearts fan as a boy, Alexander, he

:35:09. > :35:18.is living the dream. Capitalising on poor Celtic possession, it is poor

:35:19. > :35:26.hearts possession, McGregor. WHISTLE Goalkick. Excellent defending.

:35:27. > :35:29.McGregor tries to take him on the outside, and he is really showing

:35:30. > :35:34.that he has the pace to deal with that. His brother Richard is

:35:35. > :35:40.currently, with Terry Henry at the New York Red Bulls. It cannot be

:35:41. > :35:47.bad. I played with him at Burnley, he is a very nice guy, York rebels

:35:48. > :36:01.can't be bad. And he had a spell at Burnley as well. Is he a character?

:36:02. > :36:10.He is. It is only a temporary intermission. Celtic beginning to

:36:11. > :36:18.grab this game by the scruff of the neck. Kris Commons, it is good play.

:36:19. > :36:21.It is good movement by Kris Commons, he is finding it difficult to get on

:36:22. > :36:34.the ball, hearts have made that area so compact. That was his first

:36:35. > :36:38.attempt on goal. Of the night. John Guidetti is not the shyest of guys,

:36:39. > :36:43.when he came into the Burnley dressing room I had my iPod on, it

:36:44. > :36:50.was his first game, in the dressing room and he put my iPod off, he said

:36:51. > :36:56.what is this rubbish? He put some Dutch house music on, so I swiftly

:36:57. > :36:59.told him to take that. It was a while back but he was a talented

:37:00. > :37:04.player, it was unlike him to miss that opportunity, his main attribute

:37:05. > :37:12.and his outstanding attribute is his finishing, he is very skilful. Over

:37:13. > :37:22.the course of a season. It will be 22, John Guidetti. It is a tough

:37:23. > :37:29.looking challenge. Yes, she liked to challenge as well. That attitude

:37:30. > :37:34.like to. It is the news Celtic gaffer. It has been up and down

:37:35. > :37:47.since he replaced Neil Lennon Way back in June. There were other two

:37:48. > :37:51.Champions League knockouts, it was the previous one that stuck in the

:37:52. > :38:04.throat the most I would imagine. It really was a capitulation against

:38:05. > :38:08.Legia. Kris Commons could be in, and Celtic, they are beginning to turn

:38:09. > :38:12.it on now. They are starting to find space and movement, in between the

:38:13. > :38:20.hearts lines and that was excellent again. Working up his left foot, and

:38:21. > :38:24.in the end it was a touch too many. Hearts can recover. Lost sight of

:38:25. > :38:45.the ball at the crucial moment. Stokes was there. Green and white

:38:46. > :39:01.hoops. John Guidetti. Kris Commons. Brown. Neil Alexander 's fingertips,

:39:02. > :39:05.another Celtic corner, hearts having to weather the storm. Yes, Scott

:39:06. > :39:14.Brown is very good from the edge of the box. Set up very nicely for him.

:39:15. > :39:20.It is a good save in the end, he caught it well enough. He had the

:39:21. > :39:37.entire campaign with a hamstring injury. It is kept in by Virgil van

:39:38. > :39:41.Dijk. To no avail in the end. Celtic are delighted to see him still at

:39:42. > :39:44.the club, with the closure of the transfer window. It looks like, he

:39:45. > :40:14.was. Johansson. McGregor. And Johansson was under all kinds of

:40:15. > :40:20.pressure there. Celtic are committing more and more men to the

:40:21. > :40:26.attack, they are almost playing four upfront, pushing on, well into it.

:40:27. > :40:36.And they are putting hearts under pressure but the problem is, Wilson

:40:37. > :40:41.trying to put it away, and it is in! It is the first goal for John

:40:42. > :40:47.Guidetti, in the green and white hoops of Celtic. It is one that puts

:40:48. > :40:56.them in front, against the championship visitors. First blood

:40:57. > :41:01.to Celtic. John Guidetti makes no mistake with this finish, he will be

:41:02. > :41:06.delighted to open his account, Danny Wilson has got to do it with a

:41:07. > :41:13.clearing header. Anywhere, he puts it right into the path, back into

:41:14. > :41:17.the danger area. When you have got to header it into the corner. It is

:41:18. > :41:23.a mistake and it is a costly one to have. They will know more than

:41:24. > :41:28.anybody else, that a striker wants to get his first goal for the club

:41:29. > :41:40.as soon as possible. And the Swede John Guidetti is off the mark. It is

:41:41. > :41:49.no surprise, when he is on loan, 20, in 23 appearances. It just shows

:41:50. > :41:53.the quality that he has. He will get opportunities, that is one thing

:41:54. > :42:02.that you can guarantee as a striker for Celtic. It is a position that is

:42:03. > :42:04.up for grabs, that is for sure. The Serbian international that has

:42:05. > :42:11.signed is on the bench to night, he has not really impressed so far.

:42:12. > :42:15.John Guidetti has, he has got good movement as we have seen there, and

:42:16. > :42:18.Celtic will quickly looking for a second

:42:19. > :42:24.to really knocked the stuffing out of their opponents. To really 1-0 up

:42:25. > :42:31.and then get the second and third goal. I'm sure that would have been

:42:32. > :42:35.the focus of his pre-match talk. When you do school, getting the

:42:36. > :42:48.first goal quickly. It is the Stoke corner. Turning towards goal. Again.

:42:49. > :42:55.Two in just two minutes. Hearts are swimming against the tide. I wonder

:42:56. > :43:06.if they could have two better chances. Emanuel as Aguirre --

:43:07. > :43:10.Emilio Izaguirre, deep. He will be furious with himself, you are right

:43:11. > :43:17.it could have been a hat-trick and it probably should have been a

:43:18. > :43:22.hat-trick. Wonderful defending. He started his career at Manchester

:43:23. > :43:33.United, like so many others, he has had to go far and away to rediscover

:43:34. > :43:44.himself. Barnsley and Port Vale. Denmark for six years as well. 29

:43:45. > :44:00.now, but he started this game well,. Hearts have not found

:44:01. > :44:05.themselves behind to offer them this season, wonderful win at Ibrox. At

:44:06. > :44:17.the start of the championship campaign. 2-1, that was. Back to

:44:18. > :44:27.Nicholson, we have not seen much of him so far. We are at the quarter

:44:28. > :44:33.mark. Nicholson now. Scoring a screamer against Hibs. In a league

:44:34. > :44:45.victory in August. It will be a goal kick. Hearts at the start have

:44:46. > :44:51.really struggled to get their key players on the ball, Nicholson has

:44:52. > :44:56.been a real standout for hearts, he has not really be involved. Janey

:44:57. > :45:01.Walker, making dynamic runs. Simply because they are all in their own

:45:02. > :45:11.half, Celtic cannot get on the ball because of the pressure that they

:45:12. > :45:16.are under. Stokes. Trying to play in John Guidetti who appreciate the

:45:17. > :45:23.efforts. He was looking to let back to Stokes, to get the shot. It is

:45:24. > :45:27.probably the first time that they have played together, it will take a

:45:28. > :45:39.while, it always does as a striker to find partnerships. To find what

:45:40. > :45:46.the other striker likes to do. We were talking to Charlie Mulgrew

:45:47. > :45:52.before the match and about this competition being the Achilles heel

:45:53. > :46:02.of Celtic. St Mirren in the semifinals a couple of seasons ago,

:46:03. > :46:06.this day last year, they lost 10-2 at the end to Hamilton Academical,

:46:07. > :46:12.it is an unlikely victory. Extra time winner. Knocking Celtic out. It

:46:13. > :46:13.was an astonishing result, the longer the season went on and the

:46:14. > :46:24.longer the armed -- the unbeaten run Celtic went.

:46:25. > :46:31.That is a bit more like it from hearts, making the run forward, in

:46:32. > :46:53.the end it is a good tackle, from Jason Denayer. It is a set piece.

:46:54. > :46:58.Walker corner. Jason Denayer I. It is going to arrive there are, in the

:46:59. > :47:08.end. Celtic should have cleared that. Plenty of corners, in the way

:47:09. > :47:13.of the men. I don't know why Jason Smyth took a touch there, always

:47:14. > :47:17.wanting to clear your lines. Relieve the pressure, he tries to take a

:47:18. > :47:25.touch as it is a mistake. There is another corner. Carrick, in the

:47:26. > :47:32.middle for hearts, scoring a couple. He awaits again. Jason tonight are

:47:33. > :47:45.feeling a bit better, conceding a corner in the first place. -- Jason

:47:46. > :47:49.Denayer. The 19-year-old from Brussels, he is not far off the

:47:50. > :48:09.Belgian senior squad. Doing well to get into that. Each time, the hearts

:48:10. > :48:15.attack breaks down. Celtic's last League Cup triumph in 2009, Aiden

:48:16. > :48:29.McGeady with a penalty. Emilio Izaguirre, he was at the

:48:30. > :48:36.right place at the right time. Playing down the left, a neat 1-2,

:48:37. > :48:42.his delivery is not bad, well defended, it is another corner to

:48:43. > :48:57.Celtic. A really good approach to the game by Celtic tonight. Stokes,

:48:58. > :49:02.away by Wilson. A push on Sam Nicholson, that has drawn the hearts

:49:03. > :49:06.free kick, they were under serious pressure even after the Celtic goal,

:49:07. > :49:18.Celtic keeping them hemmed in. It has calmed down just a bit in the

:49:19. > :49:22.last couple of minutes. It is one thing that hearts cannot afford to

:49:23. > :49:28.do, when they keep possession of the ball, they need to try and build a

:49:29. > :49:33.bit more, back to front. Without any real quality. And possession his key

:49:34. > :49:47.when you are up against it, trying to keep the ball. It looked as

:49:48. > :50:04.though it was going to get through to Kris Commons, there was no flag.

:50:05. > :50:17.32 and a half minutes in. Celtic in front, thanks to that John Guidetti

:50:18. > :50:19.goal, the Swede with his first strike, the Scottish champions,

:50:20. > :50:33.hearts started promisingly, they have had possession. Terence Fond

:50:34. > :50:37.Danny Wilson. In truth, wonderful save, from Alexander. Again, bring

:50:38. > :50:44.play from Emilio Izaguirre, fantastic delivery. Alexander has

:50:45. > :50:49.two make a wonderful reaction save here. Although there is plenty of

:50:50. > :50:59.power you have got to say, another mistake, he is saved by his

:51:00. > :51:06.goalkeeper. Virgil van Dijk was in the Netherlands squad for the

:51:07. > :51:12.opening qualifier, he did not play, they lost to the Czech Republic. Is

:51:13. > :51:21.that the Celtic centre-half? It is incredible, he does ever so well,

:51:22. > :51:25.tries to get a bit fancy. Just pick somebody out with a solid pass, and

:51:26. > :51:36.it would have been another goal for Celtic. Hearts have two face another

:51:37. > :51:43.Anthony Stokes corner kick. After things have been sorted out.

:51:44. > :51:55.Remember one of the players was booked earlier on. For a late

:51:56. > :52:04.challenge. On Ostman so. Anthony Stokes it is, Carrick does well,

:52:05. > :52:14.with a good header away. Emilio Izaguirre. Again, it is a really

:52:15. > :52:19.good combination tonight. To, it looks like Emilio Izaguirre is in

:52:20. > :52:30.the mood to night. Anthony Stokes is on the left-hand side and it is

:52:31. > :52:39.causing hearts real problems. Anthony Stokes, Emilio Izaguirre

:52:40. > :52:46.again. It drifted out of play across Emilio Izaguirre, not his best to

:52:47. > :52:53.night. Well spotted by the assistant referee on this nearside. Celtic

:52:54. > :53:00.attack in the east end of Celtic Park in the first half. As they tend

:53:01. > :53:06.to do in the first half of matches, the other third round ties tonight.

:53:07. > :53:21.Dundee United, Dundee, what a game that could be at Tannadice. Paul

:53:22. > :53:29.Hartley's team. To go to Tannadice tonight, top of the SPL Premiership.

:53:30. > :53:34.Joint top, as United top Celtic, five points behind those two. But

:53:35. > :53:41.with a game in hand, it is against Partick Thistle. On its way through,

:53:42. > :53:53.Callum McGregor has been flagged offside. This time, it is Jason

:53:54. > :53:59.Denayer, going a fraction early. It just shows you, it is so hard to

:54:00. > :54:06.defend against. When you have got the Celtic centre-half is breaking

:54:07. > :54:10.in like that. All Woody through to the quarterfinal draw, at Tannadice

:54:11. > :54:22.-- already three. The completion of that Dundee derby. Between Hamilton

:54:23. > :54:30.and Motherwell. Live on BBC radio Scotland, after all of the ties are

:54:31. > :54:35.done, including this one, the St Mirren side losing after extra time.

:54:36. > :54:42.It was St Johnstone and Hebburn and, also through to tonight straw

:54:43. > :54:45.after their victories tonight. -- and Hibernian, also through to two

:54:46. > :55:01.nights draw. Jamie Walker has won a free kick. He

:55:02. > :55:06.will want to speak to Callum McGregor. I think it might have been

:55:07. > :55:18.a slight over exaggeration, it was a bit theatrical. It is poor from

:55:19. > :55:23.Hearts, almost getting through. You don't want to be conceding

:55:24. > :55:26.possession to men like this, here is Kris Commons. Three goals this

:55:27. > :55:48.season for Kris Commons, 32 last season. He is fouled.

:55:49. > :56:00.Offside flag. He is really not getting enough of the ball, not

:56:01. > :56:07.enough service. When he does get service, it is poor. 1200 hearts

:56:08. > :56:16.fans have come along the mph tonight. -- the M8. They have come

:56:17. > :56:38.here in confidence, the only defeat so far is when a second string side

:56:39. > :56:51.lost at Livingston. Foreword by Nicholson. It is brilliant

:56:52. > :56:56.football, by Efe Ambrose. He has his critics but that is good. He is

:56:57. > :57:02.playing at right back, a position that he knows very well giving that

:57:03. > :57:06.he plays it for his national team, including Appenzell as Nigeria

:57:07. > :57:12.reached the last 16, talking about that Livingston victory over hearts.

:57:13. > :57:17.Here is the man who masterminded it, his team lost to Aberdeen last

:57:18. > :57:26.night. Mark Burchill the former Celtic striker is to his left. They

:57:27. > :57:32.were watching them Manchester City friends. Plummer was watching and

:57:33. > :57:37.John Guidetti. He was inside last night, part of the Livingston

:57:38. > :57:48.coaching setup. He began his career here. It is incredible the amount of

:57:49. > :57:52.players that teams like Manchester City and Chelsea have out on loan, I

:57:53. > :57:56.was reading that Chelsea have got more players out on loan than they

:57:57. > :58:00.do in their first squad, that is incredible. That is incredible and

:58:01. > :58:07.hilarious, that shows the finances that they have got to run sides like

:58:08. > :58:13.that. With other clubs like Celtic and St Mirren, if they can benefit

:58:14. > :58:19.from the system then great. Hearts were waiting for the flag to go up

:58:20. > :58:26.as it did a few minutes ago. It is Carrick. Over the ball. Scott Brown,

:58:27. > :58:36.lovely run. Shoulder to shoulder challenge. We know that Celtic, with

:58:37. > :58:38.Scott Brown throughout that European campaign, it was a futile campaign

:58:39. > :58:43.with regards to the Champions League, how much of a difference

:58:44. > :58:49.would he have made, had he been in the Celtic engine room? I think he

:58:50. > :58:54.has made a lot of difference, we have a leader on the pitch, but

:58:55. > :58:59.possibly a bit soft in the European qualifying games. Again, it is

:59:00. > :59:05.Emilio Izaguirre and Anthony Stokes, we know that Anthony Stokes likes to

:59:06. > :59:11.play through the middle but he has played very well on the left flank.

:59:12. > :59:20.100%, if he's going to try and build a team, players in possessions, they

:59:21. > :59:24.need to build relationships, I think that he is going to have two, Ronny

:59:25. > :59:32.Deila hast to start playing the same team, on a more regular basis, that

:59:33. > :59:38.he is going to find consistency. You are not going to get consistency

:59:39. > :59:44.doing it. Anthony Stokes with a free kick, Hearts cannot afford to

:59:45. > :59:52.concede a second. The interval, that is not a bad call, Steve Brown,

:59:53. > :59:56.Nicholson, his run is a bit earlier. It just shows you, the

:59:57. > :00:02.counterattack, one long ball from Neil Alexander, if that pass had

:00:03. > :00:08.been two inches longer, Nicholson have maybe got his foot on it. That

:00:09. > :00:12.is the danger, Celtic need to watch for, that is why Ronny Deila has

:00:13. > :00:18.been talking about getting the second goal. Hearts are very much

:00:19. > :00:33.still in this game. Alexander is there. Generally taking a pragmatic

:00:34. > :00:40.approach to these games, in Warsaw, 2-1 down were Celtic. Still waving

:00:41. > :00:45.the players forward, they were down to ten men, it would have been a

:00:46. > :00:51.wonderful result in the end. As Jason Denayer, he fouls, it was a

:00:52. > :00:57.game that they look pretty comfortable in, they had been caught

:00:58. > :01:01.up at the other end of the park. He has an attacking philosophy which is

:01:02. > :01:04.great, but the one problems is that you will get caught on the Qatar

:01:05. > :01:07.attack. Celtic have had wanted sheet in the last seven games -- the

:01:08. > :01:20.counterattack. There is a fine balance between

:01:21. > :01:26.committing too many men forward and leaving yourself exposed. They have

:01:27. > :01:31.got to find that balance. Going into the final minute of this first half.

:01:32. > :01:38.Ronny Deila in conversation with John Collins. John Collins, who led

:01:39. > :01:41.Hibernian two League Cup success in 2007. They hammered Kilmarnock in

:01:42. > :02:01.the final. Jamie Walker! What a chance! Spurned

:02:02. > :02:10.by Jamie Walker. It was a golden opportunity. Will they get a better

:02:11. > :02:13.one tonight? Celtic very much out of jail. Those defensive frailties we

:02:14. > :02:19.were talking about, exposed once again. Jamie Walker could not take

:02:20. > :02:25.advantage. Another horrendous mistake. Jamie Walker was so

:02:26. > :02:32.unlucky. I personally would have gone low into the bottom corner. The

:02:33. > :02:37.goalkeeper's left-hand side. He has tried to lift it over Craig Gordon.

:02:38. > :02:45.That will be their best chance tonight, probably. It goes to show

:02:46. > :02:48.again, Celtic are not killing teams off. They are giving teams the

:02:49. > :03:01.opportunity to get back into the match. Craig Jordan was beaten. The

:03:02. > :03:07.crossbar came to his rescue. Celtic looking a bit jittery towards the

:03:08. > :03:14.end of this first half. They seem to have problems clearing their lines.

:03:15. > :03:24.Ball up and had a clear opportunity. -- Prince Buaben. He just drags his

:03:25. > :03:27.shot. Jamie Walker was so unlucky. Who will be thinking about that all

:03:28. > :03:33.night tonight. The half-time whistle goes. Hearts have looked pretty

:03:34. > :03:39.comfortable in possession. But Celtic have turned the screw in the

:03:40. > :03:44.middle section of the first half. John Guidetti could have had a

:03:45. > :03:48.hat-trick. He has just the one. It is the one goal that separates the

:03:49. > :04:39.two. His first goal for the club. What an amazing end to the

:04:40. > :04:46.first-half here at Celtic Park. Celtic have dominated. One ahead.

:04:47. > :04:49.Could have been further in front. What an opportunity for Jamie Walker

:04:50. > :04:54.almost on the half-time whistle. Charlie Mulgrew and Michael Stewart

:04:55. > :04:59.watching. What a super points that could have been for Celtic? Yes, it

:05:00. > :05:07.would have been a bad time to lose a goal. Thankfully came off the bar.

:05:08. > :05:14.We go in 1-0 up. He had so much time, Michael. Maybe too much? How

:05:15. > :05:22.much will Hearts regret that? We will find out in the end of the game

:05:23. > :05:25.comes. When you come to Celtic Park and you get a gilt-edged

:05:26. > :05:31.opportunity, you have to put them on the back of the net. Fantastic

:05:32. > :05:35.technique. He will be disappointed, knowing he should have found the

:05:36. > :05:40.back of the net. It was very slack play by Celtic to allow him in

:05:41. > :05:44.there. Potentially he may had a wee bit too much time and thought about

:05:45. > :05:49.it too much. Maybe if it was one touch to finish it, he might have

:05:50. > :05:55.hit the back of the net. Those chances are few and far between at

:05:56. > :06:01.Celtic Park. It is 1-0 here. Three League Cup ties going on tonight.

:06:02. > :06:09.The other two kicking off half an hour after this one. A early days at

:06:10. > :06:16.Tannadice in the Dundee derby. Dundee have just missed a penalty.

:06:17. > :06:21.Greg Stuart slammed it down the throat of the goalkeeper, who turned

:06:22. > :06:36.it away for a corner kick. A barnstorming start. Sift sea, with

:06:37. > :06:39.the outside of his right foot, swinging the ball across and the

:06:40. > :06:52.keeper touched it away. -- shifty. A full house here. Great game.

:06:53. > :06:58.There is a Lanarkshire derby tonight as well. Hamilton against

:06:59. > :07:07.Motherwell. Richard Wilson is there. We are into the 22nd minute. It is

:07:08. > :07:12.0-0. There has not been a chance so far. Both sides are very cagey.

:07:13. > :07:19.Hamilton had a shot blocked inside the penalty area. Otherwise we have

:07:20. > :07:24.not seen much open play. The most interesting aspect of the game has

:07:25. > :07:27.been the two sets of fans goading each other. The atmosphere is pretty

:07:28. > :07:34.heated. The game itself has not sparked yet.

:07:35. > :07:38.The draw for the quarterfinals is later tonight once the Dundee derby

:07:39. > :07:40.is finished. Five teams already through. Let us review last night's

:07:41. > :07:53.action. On this evidence Aberdeen do not

:07:54. > :07:59.plan on Malinga sing the League Cup and easily. They were ahead as early

:08:00. > :08:13.as the eighth minute. -- relinquishing the League Cup that

:08:14. > :08:23.easily. David Goodwillie and Adam Rooney to -- proved lethal for

:08:24. > :08:26.Aberdeen will stop --. Rooney scored the second. Then Ryan Jack was

:08:27. > :08:32.stretchered off after what looked an innocuous challenge. With a quarter

:08:33. > :08:41.of an hour remaining, Rooney claimed his second and Aberdeen's third. And

:08:42. > :08:46.just as he did earlier in the season, the Dons number nine claimed

:08:47. > :08:53.his hat-trick. Johnny Hayes with the cross and Rooney sneaked into prod

:08:54. > :09:01.home. A solid victory for Derek McInnes's men and another match ball

:09:02. > :09:08.bagged by Rooney. In August, Rangers left Falkirk with

:09:09. > :09:20.a win. They fell behind in this cup clash after five minutes. Lloyd

:09:21. > :09:35.reacted well to a spilled shot. Owain Tudor-Jones scored an own

:09:36. > :09:39.goal. Into the second half and Rangers took the lead through Dean

:09:40. > :09:49.Shiels. A clever through ball from Smith and a cam finish. -- a calm

:09:50. > :09:55.finish. Another dangerous Smith cross was met by John Daly, forcing

:09:56. > :10:01.a great save from Donald. Then the moment that infuriated Peter

:10:02. > :10:08.Houston. He was convinced there was a handball. But could he do much

:10:09. > :10:11.about it? With no award given, Rangers wrapped up the match in

:10:12. > :10:26.style through Ian Black. Ross County and Hibs have both

:10:27. > :10:39.struggled for form this season. It was the championship side who took

:10:40. > :10:42.the lead. -- Championship. Alan Stubbs's side doubled their lead in

:10:43. > :10:58.36 minutes with a similar goal to the first. A lovely counterattack

:10:59. > :11:08.move. Stevenson delivered a pinpoint cross from a longer to score. A rare

:11:09. > :11:12.moment of sheer for the Hibs fans. The visitors had to seek out the

:11:13. > :11:21.match with ten men. Dylan McGeouch was dismissed. The referee dishing

:11:22. > :11:31.out a straight red to the on loan Celtic midfielder.

:11:32. > :11:37.Kalmar McCann St Johnstone photo closing counter at Rugby Park. It

:11:38. > :11:47.was not a great night for Kilmarnock. No complaints from the

:11:48. > :12:00.midfielder, booked for diving. Tommy Wright's side took the lead.

:12:01. > :12:07.It is not the prettiest build-up you will ever see. But it was well worth

:12:08. > :12:17.the wait. The finish from Brian Graham. His third goal in four

:12:18. > :12:25.games. With 20 minutes remaining, elemental was given his marching

:12:26. > :12:35.orders. A second yellow card was inevitable.

:12:36. > :12:43.Partick Thistle progressed to the quarterfinals by beating St Mirren

:12:44. > :12:49.in extra time, revenge for the league defeat last Friday. In a

:12:50. > :13:01.match of very few chances, a Nathan Eccleston strike was enough to send

:13:02. > :13:03.the hosts through. It was Partick's second home win over St Mirren in 33

:13:04. > :13:23.years. We have heard from Jim that Greg

:13:24. > :13:31.Stuart's penalty was saved in the Dundee derby. Still goalless at

:13:32. > :13:40.Tannadice. Goalless too between Hamilton and Motherwell. Celtic

:13:41. > :13:45.leading Hearts by 1-0. It could have been different and have time. John

:13:46. > :13:51.Guidetti would be delighted with his first goal? Yes, it is a great

:13:52. > :13:57.finish. He has taken it well. It was not the greatest clearance from

:13:58. > :14:03.Danny Wilson. If you look at it here, it goes wide. Emilio gets on

:14:04. > :14:09.it. The ball was between the goalkeeper and the defenders and

:14:10. > :14:17.John took it well. It was not that good! As a centre-half you have to

:14:18. > :14:23.make sure you get that over the crossbar and out for a corner. You

:14:24. > :14:29.cannot be putting the ball into an area like that. It is dangerous. It

:14:30. > :14:36.came to Guidetti quite quickly. He will be delighted to get off the

:14:37. > :14:39.mark in a Celtic jersey. It was not a surprise that the goal came midway

:14:40. > :14:44.through the first-half because Celtic all over Hearts. They were

:14:45. > :14:50.cutting through them with great ease. It seems as though John

:14:51. > :15:00.Guidetti's style will fit in well with Celtic? Definitely. He is

:15:01. > :15:09.working hard for the team. He gets on the edge of the box. I think what

:15:10. > :15:14.Guidetti Brinks to de Celtic team is physical presence. -- brings to the

:15:15. > :15:21.Celtic team. He should score there, to be honest. He is a big difference

:15:22. > :15:25.to the rest of the strikers. His movement in this game so far has

:15:26. > :15:35.been quite impressive. Scott Brown with a fantastic strike. Scott

:15:36. > :15:41.drives the team forward. A number of chances from Celtic. This was

:15:42. > :15:50.McGregor. That was a good clearance from Eccles Lee off the goal-line.

:15:51. > :15:57.-- Eckersley. He offers something different for Celtic. Griffiths and

:15:58. > :16:04.Stokes are similar. A great save their from Alexander. Guidetti will

:16:05. > :16:07.be a good signing for Celtic. What struck me, Charlie, was that Celtic

:16:08. > :16:14.have the right attitude from the start? Yes, that is important. These

:16:15. > :16:17.games in the cup are all about attitude, being up for it. These

:16:18. > :16:23.teams come here and they have got nothing to lose. The likes of Hearts

:16:24. > :16:30.come from the championship and nobody expect anything from them.

:16:31. > :16:37.There was a get out of jail card available for Hearts at the end of

:16:38. > :16:43.the half, and Jamie Walker failed to convert the chance? It was a great

:16:44. > :16:51.opportunity. Some slack play from Celtic. Good quick play from Walker

:16:52. > :16:57.as well. He read it. He is starting to move quicker than the rest of the

:16:58. > :17:02.Celtic defence. He maybe had a bit too much time. He has got to be

:17:03. > :17:07.scoring that. Opportunities like that are few and far between. The

:17:08. > :17:14.first 20 minutes, big Robbie Neilson would have been happy with Hearts.

:17:15. > :17:22.But after that, Celtic started to get a hold on the game. We saw are a

:17:23. > :17:26.lot of opportunities. For the first 20 minutes, Hearts were comfortable.

:17:27. > :17:40.There is only one goal in it. All to play for. Celtic need the goal or

:17:41. > :17:46.two to make this safe? Yes, we need the other goal to make it more

:17:47. > :17:53.comfortable. Hopefully we can get one night and early. Back to Stephen

:17:54. > :17:58.and Liam. The 20th League Cup meeting between

:17:59. > :18:06.Celtic and Hearts. Celtic have won 13, Hearts have won seven. The

:18:07. > :18:14.Jambos get the second half under way. 1-0 down against a team that

:18:15. > :18:23.have won the last ten games against them.

:18:24. > :18:37.Ambitious. 40 yards out. Why not have a go? He leans back and little

:18:38. > :18:44.bit. -- a little bit. You do feel a second Celtic goal Wood ended as a

:18:45. > :18:47.contest? Yes, that would have been talked about at half-time. Getting

:18:48. > :19:14.the second goal, killing teams off. A great example of Celtic running

:19:15. > :19:23.into trouble in a game in which they seem to be comfortable was against

:19:24. > :19:28.Aberdeen here. They were in cruise control. On the hour mark, Aberdeen

:19:29. > :19:32.pulled one back. They could have salvage something from the game. --

:19:33. > :19:49.salvaged. No replays in the League Cup, unlike

:19:50. > :19:54.the Scottish cup. It is decided on the night. Extra time and penalties

:19:55. > :20:04.if necessary. Celtic were taken to extra time by Morton last year. They

:20:05. > :20:08.eventually went out. It is a competition that Neil Lennon could

:20:09. > :20:14.not crack as Celtic manager, although he did win it as a player.

:20:15. > :20:28.He cracked everything else, of course. Johannson conceding the free

:20:29. > :20:38.kick. Walker, who so nearly equalised on half-time. There is Efe

:20:39. > :20:42.Ambrose at his worst. It is another example of Celtic being slack. A

:20:43. > :20:49.very simple ball. He could have taken a touch. In the end he slashes

:20:50. > :21:00.at a clearance and puts his team under pressure.

:21:01. > :21:27.So, Robbie Neilson eyeing up the Celtic penalty area. Sam Nicholson

:21:28. > :21:54.to take the corner. Good play by Neil Alexander. Reading

:21:55. > :21:56.the danger. He is an experienced player. Playing as a sweeper there

:21:57. > :22:45.almost. Eckersley had absolutely no idea

:22:46. > :22:57.that McGregor was behind him there. He got lucky. It could very easily

:22:58. > :22:58.have gone wrong for him. Celtic have won the Scottish League Cup 14

:22:59. > :23:23.times. You just feel one of these times

:23:24. > :23:27.Celtic will do something that will be their own downfall. A slack

:23:28. > :23:40.backpass like that. You just feel there is a number -- another

:23:41. > :23:42.opportunity in this game for Hearts. Good start to the second half. It

:23:43. > :24:01.has been from one end to the other. Paterson had we pull out Stokes's

:24:02. > :24:34.shirt. He definitely pulls him. Dale Carrick normally does his work

:24:35. > :24:46.at the other end of the pitch. The debt he waiting in the box. --

:24:47. > :24:56.Guidetti. Surrounded, the big Swede. The corner kick beats everybody.

:24:57. > :24:57.O'Connell at the back post is the cousin of Irish rugby legend Paul

:24:58. > :25:08.O'Connell. He scored an own goal against Caley

:25:09. > :25:30.Thistle in the league. That was before the marrow board

:25:31. > :25:32.game. Ronny Deila made just the ten changes for that game! --

:25:33. > :25:42.marathoner. His Celtic career is in its infancy,

:25:43. > :25:47.of course. But he does like to change things. No messing tonight.

:25:48. > :25:56.He has gone with the top team available to him.

:25:57. > :26:07.That is the sort of instance I am talking about there. You have to

:26:08. > :26:16.secure that kind of ball here at Parkhead. Difficult times for

:26:17. > :26:20.Hearts. They are under pressure. In this time to challenge their from

:26:21. > :26:24.Johannson. He knows what he is doing. -- and miss timed challenge.

:26:25. > :26:26.You wonder how long Hearts will leave it before the judges another

:26:27. > :26:46.striker? Maybe 70 minutes. He has given a penalty! It is a

:26:47. > :26:52.penalty to Hearts! Osman Sow went down under the challenge of van

:26:53. > :26:59.Dijk. Why van Dijk hangs a leg out here I will never know. He has

:27:00. > :27:07.absolutely no need to do that. There was not much in that. Willie Colum

:27:08. > :27:17.sees enough. He kicks the back of his heel. It is just enough.

:27:18. > :27:25.Osman Sow is guided to get himself. The Hearts fans would not have known

:27:26. > :27:35.much about him before he signed in the summer. He scored the winner at

:27:36. > :27:40.Ibrox in August. He skies it high. Another huge, huge chance for Hearts

:27:41. > :27:49.goes begging. I thought his run-up was casual. He was trying to go down

:27:50. > :27:54.the middle with a clip. He gets it horribly wrong. It has not just gone

:27:55. > :28:02.over the bar, it has gone over the bar by a couple of metres. The look

:28:03. > :28:07.of horror on his face said it all. He hit -- they hit the bar at the

:28:08. > :28:13.end of the first out through Jamie Walker. They miss a penalty. How

:28:14. > :28:18.many chances do they need? When you get opportunities like that at

:28:19. > :28:30.Parkhead, you really have to take them. Whereas his countryman at the

:28:31. > :28:34.other end should prowess to put Celtic in front, Osman Sow misses a

:28:35. > :28:43.glorious opportunity. It is another penalty! Ozturk is in trouble.

:28:44. > :28:48.Yellow card. We have had two penalties in the space of the same

:28:49. > :28:59.number of minutes. It looks like a shoulder challenge. He went into the

:29:00. > :29:02.back of John Guidetti. He was far too forceful. The ball was running

:29:03. > :29:13.away from Guidetti. He was never going to get it. Bang into the back

:29:14. > :29:17.of his back with his forearm. Kris Commons, who scored from the spot

:29:18. > :29:22.against Motherwell at the weekend to salvage a draw, has the chance to

:29:23. > :29:31.ease Celtic towards the draw for the League Cup quarterfinals. 32 goals

:29:32. > :29:41.last season, three this season. Make that four! Celtic 00 up a couple of

:29:42. > :29:48.minutes after Hearts miss a penalty. 2-0. We talked about defining

:29:49. > :29:53.moments in games. The last few minutes, Hearts miss a penalty and

:29:54. > :30:02.Celtic score one. There is no way back for Hearts for me now. It is a

:30:03. > :30:13.good penalty. He gets the power on the ball. Even if he does the right

:30:14. > :30:26.way, Alexander, the power is enough. Kris Commons seldom misses from the

:30:27. > :30:31.spot. He is almost hitting the 70 mark in his Celtic career, Kris

:30:32. > :30:40.Commons. That is a phenomenal statistic considering he is a

:30:41. > :30:51.midfielder. He scored on his debut with just about his first touch.

:30:52. > :30:59.Hearts are on the rack. It is all their own doing. Yes, Celtic have

:31:00. > :31:03.the bulk of the possession in the first half but Hearts had a couple

:31:04. > :31:18.of gilt-edged opportunities. Walker and Osman Sow guilty will stop --.

:31:19. > :31:24.Kris Commons doing the sentencing. Hearts would need to make a change

:31:25. > :31:26.now. Change the formation, perhaps, bring on another striker. Certainly

:31:27. > :31:46.press higher up the pitch. The quarterfinals, tonight at

:31:47. > :31:51.Tannadice, you will get that on BBC radio Scotland. And sport sound.

:31:52. > :32:02.After the other two ties tonight are done. Of course, later on, 7:45pm

:32:03. > :32:25.kick-off, this one starting half an hour earlier. Half-time school at

:32:26. > :32:30.Douglas Park, it is Hamilton Academical 0-0 Motherwell. Goalies

:32:31. > :32:43.in the Dundee derby, heading towards half-time to. 2-0. To the

:32:44. > :32:50.Premiership champions Celtic, here. Here is Ambrose. Played all of

:32:51. > :33:20.Nigeria's games at the World Cup finals. All four of them. Brown.

:33:21. > :33:32.Emilio Izaguirre. A coming together between Carrick and Paterson but

:33:33. > :33:50.they are OK. Paterson. Craig Levine and Jack Ross watching on, it is a

:33:51. > :34:03.long way back for their team. Stokes. And it has been turned into

:34:04. > :34:10.his own net! By Adam Eckersley. You know what he is trying to do comedy

:34:11. > :34:19.is trying to put it back to his goalkeeper but he gets far too much

:34:20. > :34:24.on it. It is a fantastic ball in, you can see what he is trying to do.

:34:25. > :34:36.Maybe just to put it back for a corner. The game is most definitely

:34:37. > :34:40.finished. It is a horrible moment for Adam Eckersley, you could see

:34:41. > :34:45.what he is trying to do, playing it back to Alexander but the pace of

:34:46. > :34:51.the ball did not really make that viable. It did not, you have got to

:34:52. > :35:06.feel sorry for him. It is a bad mistake in the end. A big share of

:35:07. > :35:16.credit for that one. Yes he will be claiming an assist. Adam Eckersley

:35:17. > :35:27.in a very good first half, we can confirm half-time at Tannadice, is

:35:28. > :35:35.also goalless. Those clubs looking to join Aberdeen, Partick Thistle,

:35:36. > :35:45.Rangers, St Johnstone and Hibernian, Celtic are basically there. A

:35:46. > :35:50.monumental comeback. It does not look that way. What a huge couple of

:35:51. > :36:00.minutes it was. So missing the penalty, it is a very good penalty.

:36:01. > :36:07.There will be a change. The end of the park go Celtic, they win

:36:08. > :36:16.themselves a as well. They convert one of Kris Commons, in off Adam

:36:17. > :36:23.Eckersley. Offside flag. There are, the changes are made. Jason Holt.

:36:24. > :36:28.Replacing Carrick, it has been a good first half, he was always an

:36:29. > :36:40.option. He is a proper midfield player who is on, in Jason Holt.

:36:41. > :36:49.Celtic change two. John Guidetti, goes off, the Celtic supporters like

:36:50. > :36:54.the cut of his jib, he will be replaced, he scored his goal, he was

:36:55. > :36:58.involved in a lot of the forward play, he worked hard. The only thing

:36:59. > :37:04.that will be disappointing for him is that he should have got more

:37:05. > :37:12.goals. It should have been three anyway, but he is off the mark. He

:37:13. > :37:20.is a permanent signing, arriving from sporting in Spain. Eventually,

:37:21. > :37:26.as the transfer deadline day moved at one point it did not look like it

:37:27. > :37:36.would happen, and John Guidetti happened after the deadline day, and

:37:37. > :37:46.Stefan Scepovic is a Serbian international. Still looking to do

:37:47. > :37:51.his bit, to get into the good books of the Celtic supporters, a goal

:37:52. > :38:02.would help, Scott Brown is on the ball now. As it comes to Ambrose.

:38:03. > :38:08.Johannson. Lovely ball. Not a great take by McGregor. Yes it was a

:38:09. > :38:17.really good one from McGregor, lovely clip over the defence. Lovely

:38:18. > :38:27.touch. The half-time sub, to Virgil van Dijk. It is a position of

:38:28. > :38:31.comfort for Celtic, that is for sure, it could have been different.

:38:32. > :38:36.It really could, the game completely changed with that penalty miss, and

:38:37. > :38:42.Celtic now looking extremely comfortable, popping the ball about

:38:43. > :38:47.under no pressure, starting to enjoy the match. White making a good start

:38:48. > :38:52.to the Europa League campaign, the second tier competition. They would

:38:53. > :39:00.rather be in the Champions League, but a draw, is a good basis for

:39:01. > :39:08.moving forward in that competition. Dynamo Zagreb of creation. --

:39:09. > :39:18.Croatia. Following that, a remaining team. Ronny Deila, arriving from

:39:19. > :39:24.Norway. In the summer, he would love a run in the Europa League and

:39:25. > :39:30.indeed in this competition, because this competition offers him the

:39:31. > :39:35.first chance of silverware. It is a competition that they have not won

:39:36. > :39:40.in five years, he will be desperate to get his first as the Celtic

:39:41. > :39:47.manager. If he wins the treble, he will be breaking the mould? It has

:39:48. > :39:53.not happened in a while. We are getting a bit ahead of ourselves.

:39:54. > :40:02.Yes, a long way to go, there will be other clubs that have got a long way

:40:03. > :40:07.to go. It is a cornerstone of yellow it is a fantastic match, constant

:40:08. > :40:10.threat on the left-hand side -- it is a cornerstone of yellow it is a

:40:11. > :40:45.fantastic match. Almost. Wilson. And even tougher

:40:46. > :40:55.shift, he has done well, it was not a fantastic ball from Danny Wilson,

:40:56. > :41:07.and he chases it down, does Sow, 70 yards down the pitch. He really has

:41:08. > :41:12.been isolated tonight, he has not had a lot of service or support

:41:13. > :41:17.runs, it has been a difficult night for him. He spent the season at

:41:18. > :41:24.Partick Thistle, Emilio Izaguirre thought about the challenge for a

:41:25. > :41:43.split-2nd. Was lucky, it was a 1-2. He was lucky to get back, it was a

:41:44. > :41:50.Miss control. 11th caps for his country now. Scott Brown looks back

:41:51. > :41:54.to his best, just in time for the international double-header, which

:41:55. > :42:24.is coming up very soon against Georgia. The crucial, crucial trip,

:42:25. > :42:34.to take Poland on in Warsaw. O'Connell. McGregor is offside.

:42:35. > :42:41.Maybe he has just drifted, the wrong side, of Adam Eckersley. Stephen you

:42:42. > :42:47.have been on both sides of this situation, I have been on the end of

:42:48. > :42:50.a good few doings from Celtic. You have been on both sides of the

:42:51. > :42:56.situation, you have been at Rangers when they have dominated teams, you

:42:57. > :43:02.have also been in situations, as the flag goes up in the far side,

:43:03. > :43:04.against Anthony Stokes. You had been on the receiving end against Celtic

:43:05. > :43:11.and Rangers and you have also been on the Rangers team when you have

:43:12. > :43:17.given teams a doing. It is a very difficult situation for Hearts which

:43:18. > :43:22.is what I'm trying to say? Very diplomatically put, at this point of

:43:23. > :43:25.time, you are 3-0 down and you are pulled the just looking for the

:43:26. > :43:31.final whistle. When you are coming to Parkhead and you go 1-0 down, you

:43:32. > :43:36.always feel like there might be an opportunity to get back in the

:43:37. > :43:41.match, but historically, when you lose a second goal, it is very much,

:43:42. > :43:48.just trying damage limitation. You go chasing the game, taking a heavy

:43:49. > :44:01.one and you might lose four or 5-0. It is very difficult. Playing

:44:02. > :44:14.Livingston at the weekend, a match at Tynecastle on the 28th, Celtic,

:44:15. > :44:26.and kick-off is on Saturday. At lunch time. Both national finals are

:44:27. > :44:29.back at the National Stadium this season after the Commonwealth Games,

:44:30. > :44:39.that is back here for Anthony Stokes. It is a really good passage

:44:40. > :44:45.of play for Celtic, it is a lovely backheel from Anthony Stokes,

:44:46. > :44:51.quality ball, that is delightful, from Anthony Stokes. Again linking

:44:52. > :44:58.up. They both have really strong partnerships tonight. Allan McGregor

:44:59. > :45:09.has been taken off, on loan from Aston Villa, the man who comes on.

:45:10. > :45:18.The 24 your old Bulgarian international, ---year-old Bulgarian

:45:19. > :45:25.international. He started eight games, for them last season comedy

:45:26. > :45:34.gets immediate touch. --, he gets an immediate touch. He scored three

:45:35. > :45:46.times for his country, all in one game, against Malta in a World Cup

:45:47. > :45:53.qualifier. That was last year. There is the Scotland manager. It is

:45:54. > :45:56.real, the real stuff began for him in Dortmund a couple of weeks ago

:45:57. > :46:01.and he was lucky not to lose the game. The Georgia and Poland

:46:02. > :46:08.matches, will be played in just a couple of weeks time. Away in Warsaw

:46:09. > :46:13.against Poland, that is when the pressure really starts, that is when

:46:14. > :46:21.they are expected to pick up points. Hearts come forward just now. It is

:46:22. > :46:29.forward for them. They just cannot get a touch on the ball. Keeping

:46:30. > :46:35.possession. Very comfortably, and hearts just cannot do it at all. It

:46:36. > :46:49.is a great run forward, he was not spotted, by Ambrose. Kris Commons

:46:50. > :46:58.has been spotted. Aleksandar Tonev. It is a nice first touch, onto his

:46:59. > :47:04.left foot, it gets a shot on target, it is never going to work at that

:47:05. > :47:09.distance. The cups were a problem for Celtic, they lost a couple of

:47:10. > :47:13.times to Greenock Norton. At this stage exactly a year ago, they lost

:47:14. > :47:21.to Aberdeen, they went on to win this trophy at this stage, they lost

:47:22. > :47:25.to the Dons in the Scottish cup. Trying to write some wrongs, this

:47:26. > :47:32.season. Aberdeen looked in the mood to defend this trophy last night,

:47:33. > :47:42.Stevie Crawford passes on some wisdom, to the substitutes that will

:47:43. > :47:46.be on in a second. It is the last throw of the dice for hearts, they

:47:47. > :47:52.will stick to Mac strikers on and really go for it, but unfortunately

:47:53. > :48:02.I think that it is too little, too late. 15 minutes left to go. -- to

:48:03. > :48:14.Mac the last meeting was a 7-0 meeting

:48:15. > :48:20.at Tynecastle, it was a game in which Neil Lennon was talking about

:48:21. > :48:28.football utopia, after the performance by Celtic at Tynecastle

:48:29. > :48:47.that day. The Moroccan is waiting to come on, he has released Walker, and

:48:48. > :48:56.Walker again. Surprise that Jamie Walker did not release the shop.

:48:57. > :49:17.Yes, one second earlier, the second opportunity to attack him. It is a

:49:18. > :49:21.really good ball in by Jamie Walker. Jimmy Walker does well, he puts the

:49:22. > :49:28.ball into the area and in the end, it is well defended. The hearts

:49:29. > :49:55.corner. Changes will come after this. 21 new role Jamie Walker to

:49:56. > :50:04.take. It is easy to deal with. Anthony Stokes, and Adam Eckersley

:50:05. > :50:09.who put the ball through his own net tonight. Hearts would have loved a

:50:10. > :50:14.cup run this season and they might still get one in the Scottish cup of

:50:15. > :50:20.course, of course they would like a run in the cup competitions but they

:50:21. > :50:25.have got bigger fishes to fry? I agree, the management team's focus

:50:26. > :50:45.will be on the league. I think it is all about getting them back up to

:50:46. > :50:49.the Premier League. He's not at his best tonight, really, was isolated

:50:50. > :50:52.tonight, he did not get much help from his team-mates, and when he did

:50:53. > :50:55.was not good. Just that she look of horror on the face of Sow, it was

:50:56. > :51:05.1-0 at the time and he ballooned it over the bar. That is James Keating

:51:06. > :51:13.'s, he began his career at Celtic, he was the top under 19 scorer, he

:51:14. > :51:22.was part of Hamilton Academical when they start and hit Burnley and, --

:51:23. > :51:29.they stunned Hibernian. Hamilton have adapted well to Keating, and he

:51:30. > :51:35.is on for his new club. Yes they are going to leave it like this now,

:51:36. > :51:39.Hearts going four for 4-4-2. It is a last throw of the dice, if they were

:51:40. > :51:44.to get a goal it would make for an interesting last ten minutes but

:51:45. > :52:03.Celtic do not look like they are under any pressure. Anthony Stokes.

:52:04. > :52:10.Emilio Izaguirre. Side, that will rule that one out. Again, it is

:52:11. > :52:13.Emilio Izaguirre, they have been brilliant tonight. You just wonder

:52:14. > :52:21.if he does not touch it, will it go in anyway? Connections, if he does

:52:22. > :52:27.not make a connection I think it will go into the bottom corner. It

:52:28. > :52:34.is difficult to tell from the previous angle. Another new boy

:52:35. > :52:47.waiting for his first goal for the club. John Guidetti got his earlier.

:52:48. > :52:59.Aleksandar Tonev, now going into the final ten.

:53:00. > :53:24.for Kris Commons. Celtic, swaying in their hammocks, quite happy with the

:53:25. > :53:31.way that things are, very comfortable, they began their season

:53:32. > :53:35.in mid-July, in the Champions League qualification, that draw in Salzburg

:53:36. > :53:42.last week. It is a good basis to go forward with. Yes it has been an

:53:43. > :53:48.indifferent start, that is three months now. Is that to be expected?

:53:49. > :53:56.You have always got the time when there is a new player, new

:53:57. > :53:59.management. You have got that'll solve that St Mirren? It takes time

:54:00. > :54:02.to gel, you are talking about building relationships on the pitch

:54:03. > :54:07.and off the pitch, I think that period is now probably over. And I

:54:08. > :54:13.den think that it is an excuse any more, what he needs now is results,

:54:14. > :54:21.this is certainly a very good results. Brilliantly done, by Emilio

:54:22. > :54:27.Izaguirre, he really deserved that and for me, he has been Man of the

:54:28. > :54:33.Match, absolutely fantastic. Going forward, taking his man on, numerous

:54:34. > :54:37.balls in the box, he commits that offender. And then, he just drags

:54:38. > :54:44.his shot. Difficult angle to score on. What a match he has had. He has

:54:45. > :54:47.just got the one goal for Celtic, against St Johnstone a few years

:54:48. > :54:53.ago. Emilio Izaguirre, who like Ambrose played for his country in

:54:54. > :55:05.the cup finals, in all three of the Honduras matches, Ambrose, facing

:55:06. > :55:12.Bosnia, Argentina and then France, in the last 16. There is Stokes,

:55:13. > :55:21.slipping and sliding, his ball in, it is a way, by Alexander. If

:55:22. > :55:25.Celtic's ball had just been a bit better they would have scored a few

:55:26. > :55:43.more goals, it is a good save by Neil Alexander. El Hassnaoui, he was

:55:44. > :55:51.in the Moroccan Olympic squad in London 2012. He was born in the

:55:52. > :55:59.Netherlands. The new signings for hearts, signed a three-year deal. He

:56:00. > :56:04.was with Spartak Rotterdam in the second tier of Dutch football. Here

:56:05. > :56:12.is another Dutchman. Virgil van Dijk. Taking chances. He has

:56:13. > :56:16.overcooked it. Threading it through. It is the sort of thing throughout

:56:17. > :56:24.the season at Celtic are going to get caught with, sometimes they play

:56:25. > :56:31.two for four, and if Virtual Van Dyke is willing to take risks like

:56:32. > :56:34.that, people will score goals, from other Celtic players because they

:56:35. > :56:40.just cannot recover. That is all very well, but in games, I think

:56:41. > :56:53.they will get caught out in one or two matches. Six and a half stoppage

:56:54. > :56:58.is to be played. Aleksandar Tonev, the

:56:59. > :57:06.less said about that the better. He has just celebrated his 39th

:57:07. > :57:10.birthday, Ronny Deila. He will be fairly content with what he has

:57:11. > :57:16.seen. There are still issues that he will need to address, that will have

:57:17. > :57:22.reared their ugly heads. He will be desperate for a clean sheet, because

:57:23. > :57:26.Celtic have been struggling for clean sheets. John Guidetti. Scott

:57:27. > :57:31.Brown, getting another 90 minutes under his belt, he has been quietly

:57:32. > :57:39.efficient, and they have looked aggressive however, there have been

:57:40. > :57:43.moments, of capitulation from him. They are their own worst enemy at

:57:44. > :57:49.times, from overplaying and over committing. If that is the way that

:57:50. > :57:59.they want to play, you will score goals. They will concede some along

:58:00. > :58:05.the way. Here is Chris Ambrose. WHISTLE

:58:06. > :58:11.Free kick, it has gone the way of hearts. The book is out, it is

:58:12. > :58:16.yellow. It is a definite foul, pushing things out of the way. I

:58:17. > :58:30.don't know if the DLO is for dissent. -- if the yellow.

:58:31. > :58:43.Good touch by Holtz, we have not seen much of him since he has come

:58:44. > :58:51.on. Emilio Izaguirre. That is a clumsy foul. It is frustration,

:58:52. > :58:58.isn't it? It is also a broad challenge, I don't know if that is

:58:59. > :59:10.his first tackle, but it is a yellow card. Scott Brown in the foreground,

:59:11. > :59:15.just watching on, he was not on the Celtic team charter back from

:59:16. > :59:20.Salzburg, he missed it, he was having a drugs test with Aleksandar

:59:21. > :59:25.Tonev. Aleksandar Tonev made the flight, Scott Brown didn't, he made

:59:26. > :59:29.his way back, there are very strict rules in the airport at Salzburg.

:59:30. > :59:32.They were not allowed to fly aircraft in and out after a certain

:59:33. > :59:42.time last week so Scott Brown did not make the flight. I don't think

:59:43. > :59:47.that hearts should be too despondent about this result, the league is

:59:48. > :59:52.their main focus this season, for the first 15 or 20 minutes, it

:59:53. > :59:58.looked as though they would cause Celtic one or two Mac problems. As

:59:59. > :00:01.the game rolled on, the quality of Celtic told. They are certainly not

:00:02. > :00:07.the first and they won't be the last to come here, and loose

:00:08. > :00:14.heavily to Celtic. They have had opportunities to bring themselves

:00:15. > :00:19.back into the match, and as they said at half-time, you have got to

:00:20. > :00:30.take them. Unfortunately for hearts, they did not. It is convincing for

:00:31. > :00:35.Celtic, they have deserved it, they probably argue readers are the 3-0

:00:36. > :00:40.lead that they have just now, -- arguably deserved the 3-0 lead. But

:00:41. > :00:46.things could have been completely different, if the shot had been a

:00:47. > :00:53.bit lower, 1-1. Yes we could have thrown out on Celtic as well, the

:00:54. > :00:56.opportunities they have created. They probably created another six or

:00:57. > :01:01.seven glorious opportunities that they have not taken, they have

:01:02. > :01:19.dominated the second half and they have deserved their victory.

:01:20. > :01:29.It will be interesting to see if Ronny Deila will use the Stokes and

:01:30. > :01:34.Izaguirre, nation going forward. I think he will. I think he would be

:01:35. > :01:44.mad not to. They have been so impressive tonight. Scott Brown gets

:01:45. > :01:52.the Man of the Match from the sponsors. He does look back to full

:01:53. > :01:58.fitness. He does. He has had an effective match. He has done his job

:01:59. > :02:01.very professionally. I have seen him play better. For me the Man of the

:02:02. > :02:07.Match would have been Izaguirre. I think he has been a standout. There

:02:08. > :02:12.have been a lot of good performances from Celtic players tonight. That

:02:13. > :02:22.will please their manager. It was important for Ronny Deila to get a

:02:23. > :02:27.result tonight. If I was him I would keep the same team. I would play the

:02:28. > :02:32.same team and let them build more partnerships like Izaguirre and

:02:33. > :02:40.Stokes. Now the formation better. Build consistency. It is Ronny

:02:41. > :02:45.Deila's team now, pretty much, albeit a good number of the players

:02:46. > :02:52.were signed under the previous regime. He has got the team he wants

:02:53. > :02:59.to have now. He will be pretty content with what he has seen in an

:03:00. > :03:08.attacking sense. They have not really been tested, certainly not in

:03:09. > :03:15.open play in this second half. Most of the opportunities that Hearts did

:03:16. > :03:19.create work through Celtic's own mistakes. It cannot end quickly

:03:20. > :03:26.enough for the men in maroon, well beaten in the end. The draw for the

:03:27. > :03:31.quarterfinals of the League Cup will be made after they are done at

:03:32. > :03:37.Tannadice. And Hamilton against Motherwell. The last we heard, both

:03:38. > :03:46.ties were goalless. They started half an hour after this one. Great

:03:47. > :03:55.play again by Izaguirre. Lovely pass with the outside of his boot.

:03:56. > :03:59.Commons just strayed offside. If you are the Hearts players, just forget

:04:00. > :04:04.all about it and look forward to Hamilton on Saturday. They will want

:04:05. > :04:16.to keep their unbeaten league record going. Stevie Crawford alongside

:04:17. > :04:30.Robbie Neilson on the Hearts bench. Former Raith Rovers striker. A

:04:31. > :04:34.corner kick to Hearts. It will be just about the final act of this

:04:35. > :04:39.third round tie. It has been a bridge too far for a Hearts team

:04:40. > :04:51.three points clear at the top of the Championship. Craig Gordon came off

:04:52. > :05:01.his line. It is a Celtic free kick. It has gone behind for a goal kick.

:05:02. > :05:06.Final thoughts? Celtic deserving the victory. It could have been very

:05:07. > :05:12.different had Osman Sow scored his penalty. I do think Celtic would

:05:13. > :05:18.have turned out to be victorious in the match anyway. For Hearts, there

:05:19. > :05:21.was not too much to take from the game. They will not play a team like

:05:22. > :05:27.this again, unless they get Celtic again this season. 12 months on from

:05:28. > :05:32.an embarrassing exit at this stage of the competition to Greenock

:05:33. > :05:38.Morton, Ronny Deila guides Celtic past Hearts with an easy score line

:05:39. > :05:47.in the end. John Guidetti the opener in the first half. Osmond so missed

:05:48. > :05:56.a penalty. -- Osman Sow. Kris Commons with a penalty for Celtic.

:05:57. > :06:08.And Eckersley scored an own goal for Celtic's third. Celtic going into

:06:09. > :06:15.the quarterfinal draw. It is a cruise in the end for Celtic. They

:06:16. > :06:17.look back to their best in an attacking sense. It finishes at

:06:18. > :06:58.Celtic Park 3-0 to Celtic. So Celtic are a team number six

:06:59. > :07:06.through to the quarterfinals of the League Cup. John Guidetti getting

:07:07. > :07:11.his first goal for the club. John, how pleasing is it to get your

:07:12. > :07:17.first goal? It is fantastic. We needed a win. We played really well

:07:18. > :07:25.today. It is always nice to get your first goal. You getting used to

:07:26. > :07:29.playing with Celtic now? Getting the first goal must give you great

:07:30. > :07:32.confidence? Yes, but I have confidence because I am playing with

:07:33. > :07:37.great players. I know chances will come. The boys have been great to me

:07:38. > :07:46.ever since I came. Taking care of me. When you come into such a great

:07:47. > :07:50.group, it is easy to adapt. Your goal settled nerves just after

:07:51. > :07:57.Hearts had missed a chance to pull level. Very crucial that you didn't

:07:58. > :08:03.make the same mistake as Osman Sow? Yes. I scored one a couple of days

:08:04. > :08:08.ago. I have got to keep changing it. Make sure I pick my spot. It just

:08:09. > :08:14.shows you, if they scored it would put a different convex on the game.

:08:15. > :08:18.At 2-0 makes it a lot more relaxed. As soon as we got the second we

:08:19. > :08:23.played with a lot more freedom. You guys have got some on the options in

:08:24. > :08:29.attacking positions. What has this guy brought to the team? Just a

:08:30. > :08:36.freshness. Wonderful movement, good touch, Nosworthy back of the net is,

:08:37. > :08:41.at least after ten minutes! You can see he is highly talented. He will

:08:42. > :08:47.get better. We will get a good relationship going, get more goals

:08:48. > :08:54.and win some trophies. John, do you feel there is more to come from

:08:55. > :09:00.you? Of course. We improve all the time. Me and Chris we are starting

:09:01. > :09:05.to find each other. We can find each other even more. It is normal. It

:09:06. > :09:12.takes some time to get to know each other. It felt better today. It felt

:09:13. > :09:17.better second half. We are gradually getting better and better and

:09:18. > :09:20.hopefully we can win trophies. There is a lot of competition. It seems as

:09:21. > :09:27.though the manager wants to play essentially one main striker. You

:09:28. > :09:32.have to be at the top of your game if you want to be in the first 11?

:09:33. > :09:37.Listen, at the end of the day it is about winning trophies for the club.

:09:38. > :09:40.We have got some Enyeama is we need the full squad. Every time you go

:09:41. > :09:48.out you want to make yourself proud and the team proud. We need the

:09:49. > :09:53.whole squad. It is not enough for one guy to do his job. You need 11

:09:54. > :10:01.players to do their job. Well done. Let's catch up on what is happening

:10:02. > :10:08.in the other two ties which are very much ongoing in this League Cup

:10:09. > :10:16.competition. The Dundee derby at Tannadice. Dundee United almost

:10:17. > :10:25.conceding an own goal. Dundee down to ten men, Rob. Martin Boyle got a

:10:26. > :10:31.straight red card for denying Armstrong a clear goal-scoring

:10:32. > :10:38.opportunity. Dundee had a penalty saved ten minutes later. It is all

:10:39. > :10:50.united. They have rattled the woodwork twice. Dundee have just

:10:51. > :10:55.chipped one over the bar. This one is raging from end to end. Dundee

:10:56. > :11:03.trying to fight their way back into the game, down to ten men.

:11:04. > :11:09.A let down at Tannadice. Richard Wilson cannot do much better at New

:11:10. > :11:14.Douglas Park? I'm afraid not. Hamilton reduced to ten men when

:11:15. > :11:22.Stephen Hendry was sent off for his second yellow card. Lots of effort,

:11:23. > :11:25.lots of industry, lots of sweat spilled for the cause but not enough

:11:26. > :11:32.accomplishment from either side in this game. Chances at a premium. The

:11:33. > :11:37.second half has not delivered much. Motherwell had a claim for a penalty

:11:38. > :11:41.when aim is worth saw a shot blocked inside the referee was not having

:11:42. > :11:55.any of it. -- Hainsworth. Coverage of those ties continuing on

:11:56. > :12:01.BBC radio Scotland. I live television matched tonight ended

:12:02. > :12:05.Celtic three, hearts zero. Comfortable in the end, Charlie, for

:12:06. > :12:10.Celtic but a couple of scary moments? Yes, the penalty was a big

:12:11. > :12:15.moment in the game. Hearts miss it and we get one at the other end and

:12:16. > :12:19.we managed to score it. It was a good performance. Definitely

:12:20. > :12:25.encouraging signs. Hearts will feel they have made too much of a

:12:26. > :12:32.contribution to the Celtic win themselves? I don't think there is

:12:33. > :12:36.any doubt about it. I cannot remember Hearts put a tackle in in

:12:37. > :12:44.the second half. In the defining moment of the game, Hearts had a

:12:45. > :12:50.part to play in their own downfall. The first couple of goals were poor

:12:51. > :12:55.defending. There was no need for Ozturk to challenge good -- Guidetti

:12:56. > :13:07.for the challenge. It was pretty poor for hearts. -- Hearts. C from

:13:08. > :13:11.Ronny Deila. -- let us hear. How pleased were you with the

:13:12. > :13:16.performance? I am very pleased. We are going in the right direction all

:13:17. > :13:20.the time. What I am most pleased with is that we worked as a team, 11

:13:21. > :13:26.players who want to win the ball, are working together. We had the

:13:27. > :13:30.ball a lot. And we are starting to create something along the sides.

:13:31. > :13:40.Especially with Stokes and Amelia. It was good. That is something to

:13:41. > :13:44.build on. -- Amelio. Amelio and Anthony Stokes made summary

:13:45. > :13:51.chances. Is that something you would like to see more of in future? My

:13:52. > :14:02.philosophy in football, we need to be very dangerous on the sides and

:14:03. > :14:06.in the centre. I think to create on the sides, we can do better. Today

:14:07. > :14:13.we did that on the left side. And we kept a clean sheet as well. That was

:14:14. > :14:17.good. John Guidetti got his first goal for the club. He is not a man

:14:18. > :14:24.who lacks confidence. But strikers thrive on that, don't they? Yellow

:14:25. > :14:36.macro yes, he is a very good boy. He works hard every day. He has been

:14:37. > :14:41.out for a long time. That is why he cannot sustain 90 minutes. But he

:14:42. > :14:45.had a huge impact on the game. The clean sheet must be hugely

:14:46. > :14:57.encouraging. There were a couple of chances for Hearts. Things could

:14:58. > :15:09.have been quite different? You can say so. We gave away chances. That

:15:10. > :15:13.is easy to do. These are just individual things. That is something

:15:14. > :15:20.we can do much better on on Saturday. Is giving away a chance

:15:21. > :15:24.here and there is something you are willing to sacrifice because you

:15:25. > :15:34.want to be as positive as possible? I would rather win 5-4 than 1-0. But

:15:35. > :15:37.the best win would be 5-0! Into the quarterfinals now. You were asked

:15:38. > :15:40.about the prospect of maybe meeting Rangers. Would you like that to

:15:41. > :15:45.happen in the quarterfinals would you rather ideally save that for the

:15:46. > :15:50.final? We are looking forward to the next game anyway. We are comparable

:15:51. > :15:57.that we have a very good team. Whoever we need they will have a big

:15:58. > :16:01.challenge. With the games coming thick and fast, you have St Mirren

:16:02. > :16:07.in the league and another European tie here against Dinamo Zagreb,

:16:08. > :16:12.would you like to stick with the 11 who were so impressive tonight? Umax

:16:13. > :16:20.-- yellow macro we have players on the bench coming along well. It is

:16:21. > :16:27.important to keep consistency and. If you change too much and you don't

:16:28. > :16:32.do well, I can understand why. Ronny Deila, the victorious Celtic

:16:33. > :16:35.manager, talking about a lot of things. Including the threat from

:16:36. > :16:42.Celtic down the left-hand side. The linkup between Stokes and is Greer.

:16:43. > :16:47.Does that may be mean he should be thinking about playing a more

:16:48. > :16:52.settled team more often? There were six changes between Salzburg and

:16:53. > :16:57.Sunday. It always helps when there is a settled team, a settled back

:16:58. > :17:01.four. I think the manager is still finding out who his best team is.

:17:02. > :17:10.The combination on the left side tonight was brilliant. I think that

:17:11. > :17:14.is a big thing the manager wants. That combination in the wide areas.

:17:15. > :17:20.They got that right tonight definitely. Let us look back on some

:17:21. > :17:26.of the key moments of the match. We will do that in a second.

:17:27. > :17:31.Robbie Neilson is in the tunnel. Robbie, obviously this was a big

:17:32. > :17:37.task, into Celtic Park to face the Premiership champions. Do you feel

:17:38. > :17:44.that Hearts give it all they could? I thought the game hinged on the

:17:45. > :17:51.penalty. We went behind but we still stayed strong. We had some good

:17:52. > :17:56.passing. We hit the crossbar. In the second half we missed a penalty and

:17:57. > :17:59.the game totally changed from there. It was very difficult from there.

:18:00. > :18:10.The crowd got behind them, the atmosphere changed. But even then I

:18:11. > :18:17.thought we still plastered. It is a hard place to come. I am pleased

:18:18. > :18:21.with the performance overall. Disappointed with the score. But at

:18:22. > :18:26.the end of the day the league is the big thing for us. I guess every goal

:18:27. > :18:30.is avoidable but in terms of the three you did concede, was it

:18:31. > :18:38.disheartening that you were probably your own worst enemies with them?

:18:39. > :18:48.Yes. We defended well. The back four were fantastic. Disappointed to lose

:18:49. > :18:55.goals. Every gold is avoidable. Every goal you can TrackBack to a

:18:56. > :19:01.mistake somewhere. I would rather defend badly in the League Cup.

:19:02. > :19:04.Other number of things you can take from this game in terms of the

:19:05. > :19:12.positive aspects? Definitely. There are not many teams who will come to

:19:13. > :19:18.Parkhead and pass as well as we did. Try to move them about and control

:19:19. > :19:23.the game. Disappointed with the score but pleased with the

:19:24. > :19:27.performance. They passed it, they moved, they created good

:19:28. > :19:35.opportunities. Commiserations to. Thank you.

:19:36. > :19:38.Swedes have a history at Celtic. I am not suggesting that John Guidetti

:19:39. > :19:42.is the new Henrik Larsson but there was lots of encouragement from

:19:43. > :19:50.Internet? Definitely. He worked the well tonight. He worked hard up

:19:51. > :20:01.there. He took his chance well. This was a great cross. It dropped to him

:20:02. > :20:06.quickly. He realised he was not going to get on the end of that

:20:07. > :20:11.cross but he held his position. That is good instinct from a striker. It

:20:12. > :20:23.is poor defending but he is in that area. He still has a bit to do. It

:20:24. > :20:29.was a good finish. That was Celtic's 1-0. We are about to see

:20:30. > :20:32.Hearts miss a chance. What we should be stressing bill before we see this

:20:33. > :20:38.is that Celtic had half a dozen chances before Guidetti scored? It

:20:39. > :20:43.could have been put to bed early on. It could have. The first 20 to 25

:20:44. > :20:48.minutes, Robbie would have been happy. But as the game wore on,

:20:49. > :20:56.Celtic were opening Hearts up and creating chances. Just before

:20:57. > :21:01.half-time, obviously, Celtic were almost the downfall of themselves. A

:21:02. > :21:08.poor backpass towards Craig Gordon. Jamie Walker got onto it. He reacted

:21:09. > :21:14.well. He has got to be scoring there. When you come to Celtic Park

:21:15. > :21:17.and you get chances like that you have got to put them in the back of

:21:18. > :21:22.the net. They are few and far between. Lo and behold in the second

:21:23. > :21:26.half they got another fantastic opportunity with the penalty. You

:21:27. > :21:33.have to get those chances in the back of the net. You were not

:21:34. > :21:50.convinced this should've been a penalty for arts? -- Hearts. No. He

:21:51. > :22:00.was leaning in. I don't think it is a penalty. There was not enough

:22:01. > :22:07.contact. The difficulty is there, the Ryder Cup is coming up at

:22:08. > :22:11.Gleneagles, and that is getting the driver in and taking a wild swipe at

:22:12. > :22:23.it! It was almost like a leisurely strike. What was Ozturk thinking

:22:24. > :22:27.here? Again, absolutely no need to put any physical challenge in at all

:22:28. > :22:32.there. The ball is running away from him, he is not going to get anywhere

:22:33. > :22:38.near it. Self-inflicted. Fantastic finish from Kris Commons. Showing

:22:39. > :22:44.Osman Sow how to put the ball in the back of the net. What a contrast in

:22:45. > :22:51.penalty taking in the space of a few minutes. The first one was too

:22:52. > :23:01.casual. You see how to put a penalty away there. All you do is hit the

:23:02. > :23:05.target. You so Charlie do that five years ago -- you saw me doing it

:23:06. > :23:10.five years ago! It was not even that good! Make your mind up where you

:23:11. > :23:14.are going to hit it and you don't change your mind. He looked a bit

:23:15. > :23:18.too lackadaisical in his approach to the ball. Obviously tried to hit it

:23:19. > :23:25.high. It was too lackadaisical for me. Hearts wanted to make Celtic

:23:26. > :23:28.work for this win. They will be heading back to Edinburgh thinking

:23:29. > :23:32.they played too big a part of themselves will stop an own goal to

:23:33. > :23:39.round themselves -- to round things off? Is a great ball from Anthony

:23:40. > :23:46.Stokes. Maybe just headed out for a corner. He has tried to put it back

:23:47. > :23:55.to the keeper when he should deal with it. It came from a throw in. A

:23:56. > :24:00.fantastic ball across. In between the goalkeeper and the defenders.

:24:01. > :24:07.But from a throw in, you have got to set up. You cannot allow a simple

:24:08. > :24:12.throw-in, a free cross and Eckersley will know himself that was a poor

:24:13. > :24:17.goal to give away. This season for Hearts is not about winning tonight.

:24:18. > :24:22.It is all about getting promotion. Getting back into the big league.

:24:23. > :24:28.But they had a chance, didn't they? I think they did. Come to Celtic

:24:29. > :24:32.Park tonight, Celtic have not had a great run of things yet. They have

:24:33. > :24:41.not built up the momentum under Ronny Deila. If they had kept Celtic

:24:42. > :24:47.on the back foot for at least 30 minutes, the crowd get anxious, the

:24:48. > :24:52.players are unsure. But to lose a goal so early on, it changes the

:24:53. > :24:59.whole dynamic of the game. What pleased you most Charlie? I think

:25:00. > :25:04.the second half, after we scored the penalty. The way we went forward and

:25:05. > :25:11.pushed for more. We got confidence as the game went on. Anthony Stokes

:25:12. > :25:15.and Izaguirre, the way they combined, that was a real positive.

:25:16. > :25:21.Let's catch up on those other two League Cup ties ongoing. Still very

:25:22. > :25:28.much in the balance. The Dundee derby at Tannadice. Dundee defending

:25:29. > :25:32.further lives, down to ten men. United have been coming at them in

:25:33. > :25:34.waves. This could be heading for extra

:25:35. > :25:41.time. It could be a left shift for Jim

:25:42. > :25:48.Spence died. -- late shift. The same at New Douglas Park? Still 0-0.

:25:49. > :25:56.Hamilton down to ten men. Motherwell on top.

:25:57. > :26:00.Those matches still very much up for grabs in terms of the last couple of

:26:01. > :26:05.places in the quarterfinals of this League Cup competition. Coverage is

:26:06. > :26:16.continuing on BBC radio Scotland. Let us recapture the story so far in

:26:17. > :26:18.the quarterfinals of the League Cup in terms of results in the third

:26:19. > :27:21.round. These are the results so far. Coverage of the two remaining ties

:27:22. > :27:28.still ongoing on BBC Scotland. The draw will follow at Tannadice after.

:27:29. > :27:31.Thank you to Charlie Mulgrew and to Michael Stewart. 3-0 to Celtic. They

:27:32. > :27:36.are in the quarterfinals.