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Hartson had the ball in the net in the 24th minute when he muscled Sean Webb off the ball, from Henrik Larsson's flick over the top, but referee Iain Brines deemed the challenge illegal. Celtic carved out a great chance in the 27th minute when Neil Lennon picked out Shaun Maloney on the edge of the penalty box but his shot was well kept out by the diving Graeme Smith.
With 16 minutes remaining, Hartson found room on the edge of the six yard box after a appearing to shove Lauchlan to the ground and the Welsh striker glanced home a cross from Wallace. Larsson could have sealed the result twice when first his strike was saved by the feet of Smith before heading against the post.
But Lambert did put the game out of the County's reach in the 78th minute when his long-range strike took a deflection before nestling in the top corner of the net.

Trivia

Celtic made three changes to the team which mauled Rangers at Parkhead last week, with Paul Lambert, Ross Wallace and Shaun Maloney coming in for Stanislav Varga, Stilian Petrov and Alan Thompson.
Stephen Pearson came on to make his Celtic debut in the 80th minute.

Teams

Celtic:-
Douglas, Balde, Sutton, McNamara, Agathe (Pearson 80), Lambert, Maloney (Petrov 66), Lennon, Wallace (Beattie 80), Larsson, Hartson.

Subs Not Used:- Hedman, Varga.

Goals:- Hartson 74, Lambert 78.

Ross County:-
Smith, McCunnie, McCulloch, Lauchlan, Robertson, Webb, Hannah, Rankin, O'Donnell (Higgins 82), Winters (Gethins 76), Bayne (Cowie 81).

Subs Not Used:- Fridge, McGarry. Booked: Lauchlan.

Attendance:- 30,565

Referee:- I Brines

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