Celtic book place in cup final
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Celtic faced Rangers in the Scottish League Cup semi-final and the Old Firm derby lived up to expectations with one red card issued while one player narrowly avoided a sending off
Pat Bonner on BBC Scotland: "The sending off had a huge role to play, although Rangers did rally in the second half. "They had the chances to even win this game. "That summed a Celtic team under Martin O'Neill - high energy, everybody banging into tackles.
Old Firm derbies are famously heated affairs, and Artur Boruc certainly brought this up a notch during his time at Celtic. The Polish goalkeeper enjoyed the most successful spell of his career at
After an energetic start, Celtic initially took the lead thanks to an own goal, as Nasser Djiga knocked the ball off Nico Raskin. However, after a short delay, Celtic celebrations would be silenced as VAR overturned the goal, ruling that Daizen Maeda had been offside in the build-up. An extremely tight decision, but the Celts pushed on.
For over a decade, Rangers' turbulence has provided their rivals with a steady diet of schadenfreude, but ahead of Sunday's League Cup semi-final, both clubs have been fighting for the negative headlines. In the east end, Celtic fans have spent weeks protesting against a board they see as out of touch.
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VAR did not overturn the decision to award Rangers a penalty against Celtic because the ball struck Anthony Ralston's arm below the t-shirt line. The Celtic defender was penalised for handball as he attempted to block Djeidi Gassama's shot in the box at Hampden.
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