Celtic spoil Andy Halliday’s perfect Scottish Cup draw with emphatic win at Tynecastle
Celtic ended Andy Halliday’s Scottish Cup dreams in brutal fashion at Tynecastle today.
The go-to guy of the Scottish media had been shouting the odds ahead of the quarter-final tie at Tynecastle but in common with his team-mates Halliday barely turned up as Celtic crushed Hearts for the second time in a week.
On Friday Halliday told the Daily Record:
You have a better chance of beating them at Celtic Park or Hampden so for me it was the perfect draw. We have set out ambitions to try and win a cup.
Aaron Mooy got the scoring underway in just the second minute when he fired home from 12 yards out.
Celtic should have put the tie to bed but missed a succession of first half chances before a flick of Kyogo Furuhashi’s heel in the 44th minute knocked the life out of the hosts.
Halliday was substituted midway through the second half with a Cameron Carter-Vickers header in the 80t minute sent the home fans racinG for the exits.
Celtic are due back at Tynecastle after the split looking to complete a clean sweep over Hearts in the SPFL.