29th Oct 2014 Celtic 6 Partick Thistle 0 (League Cup Quarter Final)

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	Ronny Deila	Alan Archibald	37y, 3m, 16d

		Dan Seaborne; Nathan Eccleston
		Freddy Frans; Kris Doolan

John Guidetti (0-1, 30 mins); Emilio Izaguirre (0-2, 47 mins); John Guidetti (0-3, 51 mins); John Guidetti (0-4, pen 55 mins); Leigh Griffiths (0-5, 62 mins); Leigh Griffiths (0-6, 67 mins)
none (0-1, 30 mins); Anthony Stokes (0-2, 47 mins); none (0-3, 51 mins); none (0-4, pen 55 mins); Emilio Izaguirre (0-5, 62 mins); none (0-6, 67 mins)
		Jordan McMillan
		Stuart Bannigan (@ 0-1, 44 mins)
Callum McGregor (Mubarak Wakaso, HT); Anthony Stokes (Leigh Griffiths, 57 mins); John Guidetti (Stefan Šćepović, 62 mins)		Steven Lawless (Kallum Higginbotham, 56 mins); Nathan Eccleston (Kris Doolan, 58 mins); Christie Elliott (Jake Carroll, 63 mins)

	Craig Gordon	Scott Fox	27y, 4m, 1d
	Mikael Lustig	Stephen O'Donnell	22y, 5m, 18d
	Jason Denayer	Jordan McMillan	26y, 0m, 13d
	Virgil van Dijk	Dan Seaborne	27y, 7m, 24d
	Emilio Izaguirre	Conrad Balatoni	23y, 9m, 2d
	Scott Brown	Abdul Osman	27y, 8m, 2d
	Charlie Mulgrew	Stuart Bannigan	22y, 1m, 12d
	Stefan Johansen	James Craigen	23y, 7m, 1d
	Callum McGregor	Nathan Eccleston	23y, 9m, 29d
	John Guidetti	Steven Lawless	23y, 6m, 17d
	Anthony Stokes	Christie Elliott	23y, 5m, 3d

			24y, 8m, 2d

	Lukasz Zaluska	Paul Gallacher	35y, 2m, 13d
	Adam Matthews	Kris Doolan	27y, 10m, 18d
	Efe Ambrose	Ryan Stevenson	30y, 2m, 5d
	Stefan Šćepović	Freddy Frans	25y, 9m, 26d
	Leigh Griffiths	Kallum Higginbotham	25y, 4m, 14d
	Mubarak Wakaso	Jake Carroll	23y, 2m, 18d
	Beram Kayal	David Wilson [ii]	20y, 1m, 23d

TTA report

Thistle had a few half chances before Celtic went ahead from a free-kick (30). The game ended as a contest when Bannigan was red-carded (44). 5 goals in 16 minutes (including another free-kick and a penalty) left Thistle reeling. 3 attempts on goal, 1 on target, 1 corner, 37% possession. Ritual humiliation.

Media report

29-Oct-2014, bbc.com

Celtic routed 10-man Partick Thistle to seal their place in the semi-finals of the Scottish League Cup. John Guidetti once again demonstrated why moves are afoot to sign him on a permanent basis with a hat-trick. Emilio Izaguirre grabbed his first Celtic goal in four years after Guidetti's opener was followed by Stuart Bannigan's red card for Thistle. And Leigh Griffiths leapt off the bench to score a brace and complete the scoring. Celtic join Aberdeen, Dundee United and Rangers in Saturday's semi-final draw.

Thistle's last win at Celtic Park was in 1992 and their last League Cup success over Celtic was their famous 4-1 final triumph under Davie McParland in 1971. And the visitors settled well with Bannigan, Nathan Eccleston and James Craigen all flashing efforts wide of the target. But as the first half progressed, Celtic grew into the game and took the lead on the half-hour after Guidetti had been hauled down by Abdul Osman. The Swede - on loan at Celtic from Manchester City - stroked the free-kick home to give the favourites the lead. On Halloween week, the horror was just beginning for the Maryhill men. Bannigan was shown a straight red card by referee Kevin Clancy for thumping into Guidetti who was left writhing in agony. Half-time arrived but it was not long before the turkey-shoot got underway.

Izaguirre's goal drought was ended as he thumped home a Stokes flick-on just after the break. Guidetti grabbed another from a superb arching free-kick before completing his treble from the penalty spot, the Swede having been fouled. As the carnage unfolded, Griffiths arrived on the scene and headed an Izaguirre cross past Scott Fox. Fox then drove a clearance off the former Hibernian forward and it spun into the far corner for Celtic's sixth.

Mercifully for the Jags, with half-an-hour still to play, the damage did not get worse. What will please manager Ronny Deila will be the nature of the performance in the closing stages as Celtic did not drop down into cruise control, with substitute Stefan Scepovic almost squirming an effort home. But it stayed at six and Celtic's recent woes in the tournament look to be at an end.

Celtic manager Ronny Deila: “The second half was fantastic. We created a lot of chances and we opened them up. They went down to 10 men and it was difficult for Partick Thistle, but he deserved the red card, so that's not our fault. We were professional, we worked hard for 90 minutes and we created chances and a lot of good moments in the second half. We have five clean sheets in nine games now, so defensively it's good and offensively we still have to get things quicker, but I think we are going the right way.”

Partick Thistle manager Alan Archibald: “Very disappointing. Game of two halves, the sending off changes things totally. There was nothing in the game up until the [first] free-kick [goal]. We were very disappointed by the foul that led to it because we didn't think it was a foul. I didn't think Stuart had to make the challenge. It was a wee bit reckless. The game totally changes on that. We lost poor goals. The lads felt a bit sorry for themselves and that led to a couple of the soft goals that we lost. They've got to learn from it.”

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