Celtic in Scottish Cup demolition job as Morton thumped but VAR call dominates debrief - 3 talking points
dailyrecord.co.ukCeltic dished out a 5-0 Scottish Cup spanking – but the Parkhead men got a little help on their way from VAR.The Hoops ripped into Morton with Kyogo Furuhashi bagging a double, Dave Turnbull and all getting on the scoresheet in a first half blitz before Aaron Mooy grabbed his second late on to seal the 5-0 win.
But it was Mooy’s first from the penalty spot that left the Cappielow men raging and everyone else scratching their heads.Ref Kevin Clancy eventually pointed to the spot after video assistant Craig Napier flagged up an incredibly harsh handball call against former Celt Efe Ambrose, who was caught when the ball bounced up from the boot of Jack Baird at point blank range.Even Hoops fans were surprised and having flagged up a number of ropy VAR decisions, this time Celtic benefitted from one.
It sunk Morton from the start but it might not have made much difference to the result with Ange Postecoglou’s men in this kind of attacking form.Josip Juranovic was on his way to Germany to complete his move to Union Berlin and Giorgos Giakpoumakis was out along with Cameron Carter-Vickers.
The Hoops manager predictably made changes – but it was still a strong Celtic side.Morton boss Dougie Imrie has fond memories of stunning the Hoops on their own turf in the League Cup almost 10 years ago and he had a couple of former Celts in his side in Ambrose and Calvin Miller.
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