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  • Lafferty's attempted clearance from a Celtic free-kick brushes off Maeda and flies into net

  • Celtic keeper Hart tips away McKenzie strike and saves Wright header either side of opener

  • Celtic have Hatate and Maeda goals ruled offside, and Abada flashes a header inches wide, as Armstrong hits side-netting for Killie and Doidge is denied by Hart

  • Moments after surviving penalty scare after tangling with Wright, Giakoumakis taps in Celtic's second in injury time

  • Celtic to face winners of Sunday's semi-final between Rangers and Aberdeen

  • Earlier, Hibs salvaged a late draw with Dundee Utd in Premiership as bottom club Ross County hit back for a point at Motherwell & Livingston beat St Johnstone

  1. Postpublished at 82 mins

    Celtic 1-0 Kilmarnock

    Celtic midfielder Aaron Mooy shows good feet to spin 20 yards out and curl a left-foot shot at the Killie goal where Sam Walker dives to his right to make the vital save.

  2. Postpublished at 80 mins

    Celtic 1-0 Kilmarnock

    James Forrest is on for Daizen Maeda.

  3. Postpublished at 79 mins

    Celtic 1-0 Kilmarnock

    Celtic attacker Daizen Maeda looks exhausted after yet another attack, though on this occasion he cannot keep the ball in play. He takes a few deep breaths and gets back on to the pitch. Meanwhile, Killie are still in this match. They're spending much more time in their opponent's half.

  4. Postpublished at 77 mins

    Celtic 1-0 Kilmarnock

    Kilmarnock manager Derek McInnes is out on the touchline imploring his players to keep up their impressive effort. Celtic counterpart Ange Postecoglou is silent, brooding under his hood as the rain pelts down.

  5. GREAT SAVE!published at 75 mins

    Celtic 1-0 Kilmarnock

    Joe Hart gets down sharply to his left to deny Kilmarnock striker Christian Doidge who swung a boot at the loose ball. He must have thought he'd scored, it's a superb save by Hart. This is much better by Kilmarnock.

  6. 'Sloppy from Celtic'published at 19:04 Greenwich Mean Time 14 January 2023

    Cammy Bell
    Former Kilmarnock goalkeeper on BBC Sportsound

    Quote Message

    It's another huge warning sign for Celtic. Sloppy again, gave the ball away under no pressure. Danny Armstrong had the right to take the opportunity on, just didn't get it right and the shot was off target

  7. The goal that wasn'tpublished at 19:03 Greenwich Mean Time 14 January 2023

    Celtic 1-0 Kilmarnock

    Maeda scores before it's ruled out for offsideImage source, SNS
    Image caption,

    Daizen Maeda picked out the top corner

    VAR ScreenImage source, SNS
    Image caption,

    But VAR ruled it out for offside

  8. Postpublished at 72 mins

    Celtic 1-0 Kilmarnock

    Kyle Vassell, Killie's new signing until the end of the season from San Diego Loyal, weighs up his options and decides to try his luck with a pop at goal. He skews it wide. At the other end, Jota finds himself in space in the box but can't pick out a pass.

  9. Postpublished at 68 mins

    Celtic 1-0 Kilmarnock

    Josip Juranovic arrows a drive a few feet wide of the Kilmarnock goal. That could have put the game beyond Kilmarnock but as it is they are one chance away from drawing level.

  10. Postpublished at 66 mins

    Celtic 1-0 Kilmarnock

    What was I saying? Kilmarnock break out their own half for a rare foray forward. Their striker Kyle Vassell clips the ball to the back post and Danny Armstrong stretches fully to volley the ball in to the side netting. So close!

  11. Postpublished at 65 mins

    Celtic 1-0 Kilmarnock

    Celtic have Kilmarnock pinned back. Their defenders will need a long Sunday lie-in, the work they're having to do to contain Celtic's waves of attacks. They have been unable to threaten Joe Hart's goal like they did in the first half.

  12. Postpublished at 64 mins

    Celtic 1-0 Kilmarnock

    That's two goals ruled out for Celtic in the second half - one by Reo Hatate, quite clearly offside, and one by Daizen Maeda, the result of a fractional offside infringement by his team-mate Kyogo Furuhashi.

  13. DISALLOWED GOALpublished at 18:52 Greenwich Mean Time 14 January 2023

    Celtic 1-0 Kilmarnock

    Well, well. Kilmarnock have life in them yet. A VAR review shows that Kyogo Furuhashi was a centimetre or two offside, his heel, I think. The goal is chopped off.

  14. goal

    GOAL Celtic 2-0 Kilmarnockpublished at 18:49 Greenwich Mean Time 14 January 2023

    Daizen Maeda

    It's a beauty of a goal by Celtic forward Daizen Maeda who rounds off a series of short, sharp passing, picking up Kyogo Furuhashi's pass and slotting past Sam Walker.

    Celtic goal
  15. Postpublished at 58 mins

    Celtic 1-0 Kilmarnock

    Refree Willie Collum has a giggle to himself as the ball hits him and breaks up a Celtic attack. There was nothing he could do to get out the way - that's not how the Celtic fans see it.

  16. Postpublished at 56 mins

    Celtic 1-0 Kilmarnock

    Kilmarnock cannot keep hold of the ball. Their defending cannot be faulted, but their distribution is less impressive. They simply don't have time to get their heads up to pick out a pass.

  17. Postpublished at 54 mins

    Celtic 1-0 Kilmarnock

    Celtic midfielder Reo Hatate finds space to pick the ball and turns quickly to drive at the retreating blue shirts. His drive is deflected for a corner, just a couple of feet wide of the Kilmarnock goal.

  18. Postpublished at 52 mins

    Celtic 1-0 Kilmarnock

    Danny Armstrong, who has played well so far, makes a mess of a free-kick 25 yards from goal, cracking it into the Celtic wall. He scolds himself as play rages on and the rain lashes down.

  19. DISALLOWED GOALpublished at 49 mins

    Celtic 1-0 Kilmarnock

    Reo Hatate has the ball in the back of the Kilmarnock net but he is ruled offside, not for when he actually received the ball - because that came via a deflection off Kilmarnock's Ash Taylor - but in the previous movement when the Celtic midfielder was a yard or two offside.

  20. Postpublished at 47 mins

    Celtic 1-0 Kilmarnock

    Carl Starfelt to Reo Hatate to Daizen Maeda to Alexandro Bernabei - Killie making tightly but unable to cope with the movement and runners. Thankfully for the Ayrshiremen, the move breaks down on the edge of their box with a slack pass but it typified how quickly Celtic attack and how sharp Killie have to be to defend.