2010-03-13: Kilmarnock 0-3 Celtic, Scottish Cup QF

Trivia

• Scottish cup Quarter-final
• Keane scores hat-trick
• Only chance for us to win senior trophies.
• Rangers drew 3-3 with D Utd next day in Scottish Cup.

Review

Celtic have bounced back but you have to see it as a partial recovery. Good work by McGeady was insufficent as we were lucky not to go in at half-time behind. A bollocking by Mowbray seems to have done the trick and we coasted the second half three nil.

Robbie Keane got a hat trick with the first goal being a sublime piece of skill collecting a great long ball by the much maligned Braafheied before rounding the keeper and slotting it into the back of the net. The other two goals showed great positioning as his colleagues worked the ball with Fortune selflessly gifting the chances to Keane to tap the ball in.

Nice win and thankfully a good change for the support.

Teams

Celtic

Substitutes

• 47 Cervi,
• 12 Wilson,
• 18 Ki,
• 09 Samaras,
• 10 Fortune

Goals

• Keane 64
• Keane 81
• Keane 82

Articles

• Match Report
• Manager Interview

Pictures

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KStreet

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• Match
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MOTM

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• Result Thread
• Winner – R Keane
• 2009-10 Winners

Stats

Possession

• Kilmarnock 46%
• Celtic 54%

Articles

By Fraser Gibson
BBC
Robbie Keane's second-half hat-trick kept Celtic's silverware quest alive as Tony Mowbray's side swept into the Active Nation Scottish Cup semi-finals.
Brave Kilmarnock kept the visitors at bay until the second half when Keane latched onto Edson Braafheid's long pass to roll home.
Substitute Marc-Antoine Fortune set up the unmarked Keane for a second with a cross to the back post for a tap-in.
Fortune again supplied Keane for his third after a swift counter attack.

Story from BBC SPORT:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/sport1/hi/football/scot_cups/8563557.stm

Published: 2010/03/13 14:13:44 GMT

© BBC 2011

Robbie Keane hat-trick keeps Celtic season alive as Kilmarnock slump

Glenn Gibbons at Rugby Park

guardian.co.uk, Saturday 13 March 2010 15.58 GMT
Article history
Celtic's entry into the Scottish Cup semi-finals was basically personal retribution for Robbie Keane, whose hat-trick exacted revenge on the Kilmarnock side who had ruined his debut for the Parkhead side last month.
The striker also kept Celtic's season alive, in the process putting a grotesquely misleading scoreline on a match that Kilmarnock had seemed unlikely to lose, far less by such a margin.
Indeed, in a game in which defeat would have effectively ended their interest in the honours, Celtic for long periods played as though the worst had already happened. It was, in other words, often the kind of colourless, lifeless performance that has typified their endeavours since the start of the campaign.
This general blandness is never more obvious than in the vicinity of the opposition goal, and even the expensive capture of Keane on loan from Spurs has not been sufficient to redeem Tony Mowbray's side's prospects of regaining the SPL championship.
In this cup tie, until the Republic of Ireland international's second-half burst, he once again spent too much time chasing irretrievable causes. Perhaps this explained his sluggishness in attempting to convert the two good opportunities that came his way before half-time. A through ball from Marc Crosas left the striker with only Cammy Bell to beat, but he drove the ball straight at the goalkeeper's legs.
When he was next supplied by Aiden McGeady, he was too dilatory in releasing his shot, allowing Scott Severin to come across and make the block.
These were isolated moments in a first half in which Kilmarnock had the territorial advantage and frequently looked the more dangerous. They should have taken the lead when Darren O'Dea was unfortunate to see his good tackle "rewarded" by the ball breaking straight to Alan Russell. The striker tried to side-foot the drive first-time, but lifted it over Lukasz Zaluska and against the crossbar.
O'Dea would make an important intervention later, when Jamie Hamill's measured header down to Craig Bryson gave the latter the opportunity to deliver a net-bound drive and the Celtic defender deflected the ball for a corner kick.
Even Tim Clancy himself must have wondered what had become of the referee and his assistant when both missed his dreadful stamp on Morten Rasmussen's shin. The Kilmarnock man could have been shown a red card but did not even receive a yellow – at least, not until his later challenge on Scott Brown. The match officials also missed Rasmussen's off-the-ball elbow into the face of Frazer Wright, another offence that would have demanded a dismissal.
Celtic were noticeably more vibrant early in the second half and McGeady, the liveliest of all, was denied the goal he deserved when Bell made an excellent save from the Ireland international's drive. But, almost typically, the visitors had been reined in once again by the time Keane atoned for earlier failures with the goal that gave them the lead.
It came from nothing, a long ball punted forward from Edson Braafheid in the left-back position. Suddenly, however, James Fowler had slipped in midfield and Keane was bolting towards the ball as it dropped from the sky. His first touch was extraordinary, taking him past Bell and allowing him to knock the ball left-footed into the unprotected net from six yards.
Most of what good work Celtic produced in forward areas came from McGeady and it was his perfect pass to Keane that was relayed on to Georgios Samaras – he and Marc-Antoine Fortune had replaced Crosas and Rasmussen, and the Greece striker, from a tight angle on the left, was a little unfortunate to see his shot slip outside the far post.
But Keane's 90-second explosion near the end would leave Kilmarnock muttering about the game's injustices. Fortune did the good work on the left that brought the rolled pass to Keane and allowed the striker to tap the ball over the line.
It was another pass from McGeady that released Fortune on the right and his square pass to Keane saw the striker hit the drive, first time, high to the left of Bell from 18 yards.

Final Result