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Shaun Maloney passed up a glorious second-minute chance when he pulled a shot wide from 14 yards after Maciej Zurawski had pulled the ball across the face of goal.
Keane was coming in for some rough treatment from the visitors but he had the last laugh as Maloney's free-kick bounced off a defender and into his path in the 34th minute. The former Manchester United skipper drilled a shot into the net.
McBreen should have punished Celtic moments later when Gow picked him out unmarked in the box, but he seemed to lose sight of the ball in the floodlights and headed straight at Artur Boruc.
Celtic doubled their lead a minute before the break when a Maloney cross was flicked on by Balde and McManus chested the ball down before side-footing it into roof of the net from three yards.
Dublin headed a Nakamura free-kick just over the crossbar before a Stilian Petrov header hit the turf then came off the crossbar from six yards.
Celtic were well on top but Falkirk were back in the game when Milne found the top corner of the net in 83 minutes.

Trivia

Roy Keane scored his first Celtic goal.

Teams

Celtic:-
Boruc, Telfer, Balde, McManus, Wilson, Nakamura (Thompson 89), Petrov, Keane, Maloney, Zurawski, Dublin.

Subs not used:- Marshall, Varga, Pearson, Wallace, McGlinchey, Hartson.

Goals:- Keane 34, McManus 44.

Booked:- Petrov.



Falkirk:-
Ferguson, Cregg, Ross, Ireland, Milne, Lescinel (Moutinho 60), O'Donnell (Craig 78), Rodrigues, Thomson (Lima 85), McBreen, Gow.

Subs not used:- Howard, Latapy, Lawrie, Allison.

Goal:- Milne 83.

Booked:- Ross, Lescinel, O'Donnell.

Att:- 56,672

Ref:- I Brines.

Articles

• Match Report (BBC)
• Strachan sees Celtic improvement. (BBC)

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