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Well, well, well!! The "treble" is over for Celtic in an exciting "end to end" Scot Cup match. Rangers trying hard to win it in the 1st half and not converting some good scoring opps with Arribo hitting Celtic's goal post. Second half, all indicators showing Rangers finally "running out of puff", Taylor scoring his 1st goal this season to make the score 1-0. Celtic looking on course to win another semi-final until a pivotal moment on approx 70 mins when Carter-Vicker missed a great scoring opp to seal the game - hit the Hun crossbar, really should've scored, what a miss!! Van Bronckhorst brings on two impact subs soon after this fortuitous moment and one of them, Arfield, scores a "sucker punch" goal against the run of play. Rangers suddenly finding the energy levels to compete instead of previously looking like a totally jaded side. ET follows and the winning goal is ironically an og with 6 mins remaining. Most players almost "dead on their feet" during the period of extra time. In summary, no clear cut deserved winner in this match although IMO I think the absence of Giakoumakis was a big factor in this result actually materialising - Celtic could've done with that additional dangerous in form goal scorer to force upon a tiring side. Celtic a tad unlucky and need to move on quickly to fully focus on the push for the Scot Prem title next weekend - a far more important target esp with a 6 pt advantage and an unassailable GD.!