Celtic seize late initiative in Scottish League Cup epicCeltic and Rangers rarely do half measures and Hampden witnessed a Scottish League Cup semi-final that swung like an old heavyweight bout.

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.

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

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.

Rangers head coach Danny Rohl : "I think this is tough for the team because we had the feeling we could beat them even with 10 men. "We put a lot of effort in, showed a lot of resilience and a lot of good spirit in the second half, nice football, we were brave.

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

With the possible exception of the very early weeks of the season, when Celtic and Rangers meet, it is usual for one of them to be hovering somewhere close to crisis. It is simply the nature of Scottish football,

Captain Callum McGregor and teenage substitute Callum Osmand scored in extra time to take holders Celtic into the League Cup final at 10-man Rangers' expense in a pulsating match at Hampden.

Callum McGregor and Callum Osmand scored in extra-time as Celtic emerged victors in an epic Premier Sports Cup semifinal against 10-man Rangers at Hampden Park on Sunday. With for