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It was Celtic who created the better chances early on. Hartson was found unmarked by a Maciej Zurawski overhead kick, but the Welsh striker mis-hit his volley from 14 yards under pressure from Julien Rodriguez.
Waterreus pulled off a fine stop, parrying a curling Maloney free-kick clear one-handed. The Dutchman then raced off his line to block Zurawski's goal-bound effort after the striker was played into the penalty area.
Rangers rarely threatened at the other end.
When striker Kris Boyd did fire the ball low into the corner of the net, he was just offside after latching on to Burke's through ball.
Prso was denied by a superb save from Boruc, the goalkeeper turning the Croatia striker's header on to the post.
Celtic were improved slightly when Nakamura replaced Roy Keane and Waterreus had to get down smartly to turn a Maloney snap-shot from 25 yards wide of his near post.

Trivia

Stilian Petrov started for Celtic despite handing in a transfer request on Friday.

Teams

Celtic:-
Boruc, Telfer, Varga, McManus, Wilson, Petrov, Lennon, Keane (Nakamura 61), Maloney (McGeady 81), Zurawski, Hartson (Dublin 84).

Subs not used:- Marshall, Thompson, Pearson, Wallace.

Booked:- Lennon, McManus.


Rangers:-
Waterreus, Hutton, Kyrgiakos, Rodriguez, Smith, Burke (Ashikodi 90), Gavin Rae, Hemdani, Buffel, Prso, Kris Boyd (Novo 70).

Subs not used:- Klos, Andrews, Alex Rae, Malcolm.

Booked:- Kyrgiakos, Novo.

Att:- 59,684

Ref:- C Thomson.

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