Only one crumb of comfort for Robbie Neilson
Robbie Neilson had no excuses to offer as he watched Celtic beat Hearts 3-0 in the Scottish Cup at Tynecastle.
On Wednesday night the Hearts boss focussed on a far fetched red card claim on Alexandro Bernabei, grabbing the headlines with a claim that an opponent needs de-capacitated for a Celtic player to be sent off.
It was a fairly routine victory for Celtic today after a second minute goal from Aaron Mooy set the tone for the afternoon.
Before Kyogo Furuhashi back-heeled Celtic’s second goal Joe Hart had a double save which gave Neilson something to hang onto in his post match interviews.
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I thought that we recovered well, got a foothold in the game and got some opportunities but yeah, the key moments like that (Hart’s double save) didn’t happen for us today.
You’ve got to credit Celtic as well, I thought that they played very well. I thought that they saw out the game, good experience at the right times.
Cameron Carter-Vickers scored Celtic’s third goal in the 80th minute with Hearts fans streaming out of Tynecastle as soon as the ball hit the net.
Celtic have a free week ahead of them before facing Hibs at home next Saturday followed by the first international break of the year.