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but the Irish was careless and off target with a weak shot, and that was punished.

Three minutes into Scope's time at the end of the half as Celtic doubled their lead.

The move started down the left-hand side, the ball transferred across to the right to Yang, and he teed up Anthony Nelson for a fierce right-foot finish on the angle off the underside of the bar for a first goal of the season for the Scotland right-back.

Scott Allen, is that the game put to bed for Celtic?

and Celtic obviously looked to me as if they were going to make it to the final Was Jamie Sinisalo fortunate you saw a big big punishment for Ryan Mullan for his mistake when Maeda scored early could the same have happened to Sinisalo on a couple of occasions Scott?

And you'd have been pleased yourself with that finish from Anthony Arrowson deep into stoppage time at the end of the first half he's Celtic's fourth choice right back there's no Alistair Johnson there's no Julian Araujo there's no Colby Donovan he's come in so far helped protect a clean sheet and he's got his first goal of the season He has done I think you've got to give a lot of credit to Yang who has that awareness to see him come behind him lovely back heel and then it's down to the finish or something to Arrowson and he

The Firmland manager, Andrew Neil Lennon, he's sitting in front of us.

He had to get up from his TV duties to pose for some photographs with Celtic fans here in the main stand at Hampden at the break.

It'll be interesting to see him in the opposite dugout against Martin O'Neill come May the 23rd.

It's heading in that direction at the break at Hampden at Celtic 2, St Mirren 0.

No, they all look about there, I'm just looking at the St Mirren team coming back out, led by Mark O'Hara-Young, Grant Tamasavisi is coming out at his back, it looks as if it's going to be the same, St Mirren 11, obviously, that early change inside the first 15 minutes, Ryan Mullan going off injured, and Tamasavisi, 17 years of age, on in goal, but no, it looks as if all the outfield players are staying on, they'll be in that three at the back formation, and...

listen they'll need to they'll need to somehow claw their way back in if you remember if you go back to December Andrew to that Premier Sports Cup final he scored after just a couple of minutes Marcus Fraser with that header from the corner they had something to hang on to and even with Rio Hitati equalised for Celtic that day they got their way they were always in the game Iunga scored Iunga scored again and they saw the game out this time it'll be far far harder for some of them they need to come not just from one down that early goal but that was a real blow Anthony Ralston scored in the second three minutes

into stoppage time Celtic coming out just now Callum McGregor leading them out Ralston just at his back the goal scorer it's his first goal for one year and one week he scored a home win over Kilmarnock in April last year this is his first goal of the season for Celtic's fourth choice right back both teams coming out no changes either for Celtic I just see

Arne Engels coming out there, I think he's the last outfield player to take the field, Scott would you expect Celtic would go hard at it early in the second half to get the third goal and maybe get a few players rested ahead of these five post-flick games starting with Falkirk in Saturday night?

We're just about to get back underway, Killian Phillips in the centre circle, over the ball, and St Mirren start a desperate bid to get back into this, and shock Celtic at Hampden again, what a comeback that would be.

We're underway, Andrew.

We've got another half hour at Hampden in this Scottish Cup semi-final, Andrew.

It's Celtic 2, St Mirren 2 at the end of the 90 minutes and an incredible 90 minutes.

Celtic were 2 up at the break, goals at either end of the first half by Dyson Maida and Anthony Ralston.

In between, St Slot stand-in keeper Ryan Mullan with 17-year-old Gran Tamas Avicii is going in goal.