Scottish Cup
February 7, 2010
Dunfermline Athletic
2 - 4
Celtic
Scottish Cup
12:15 GMT, February 7, 2010
East End Park, Scotland
Referee: Charlie Richmond
Keane off mark to deny plucky Pars
Scoring Summary
| Dunfermline Athletic | Celtic |
|---|---|
| David Graham (21') | Diomansy Kamara (20') |
| Andy Kirk (pen 28') | Morten Rasmussen (43') |
| Callum Woods (og 59') | |
| Robbie Keane (pen 68') |
Teams
| Dunfermline Athletic | Celtic |
|---|---|
| 1 Greg Fleming | 1 Artur Boruc |
| 3 Austin McCann | 22 Glenn Loovens |
| 6 Andrew Dowie | 21 Edson Braafheid |
| 5 Neil McGregor | 52 Paul Caddis |
| 2 Callum Woods | 38 Josh Thompson |
| 7 William Gibson | 8 Scott Brown |
| 4 Steven Bell | 6 Landry N'Guemo |
| 8 Nick Phinn | 17 Marc Luque Crosas |
| 11 Alex Burke | 19 Morten Rasmussen |
| 9 David Graham | 15 Diomansy Kamara |
| 10 Andy Kirk | 9 Georgios Samaras |
| Substitutes | |
| 20 Greg Paterson | Lukasz Zaluska 24 |
| 12 Greg Ross | Thomas Rogne 25 |
| 15 Greame Holmes | Aiden McGeady 46 |
| 14 Joe Cardle | Zheng Zhi 27 |
| 16 Paul Willis | Robbie Keane 7 |
| Substitutions | |
| Joe Cardle for Nick Phinn (69) | Robbie Keane for Marc Luque Crosas (45) |
| Greame Holmes for Andy Kirk (74) | Aiden McGeady for Diomansy Kamara (66) |
| Greg Ross for Callum Woods (81) | Zheng Zhi for Paul Caddis (69) |
| Yellow Cards | |
| David Graham (29) | Paul Caddis (27) |
| Callum Woods (38) | |
| · Squads: Dunfermline Athletic | Celtic | |
Robbie Keane came off the bench at the interval to help Celtic overcome Dunfermline 4-2 to book their place in the quarter-finals of the Scottish Cup.
• Mowbray: Keane can inspire HoopsHoops' boss Tony Mowbray chose to leave out star players Keane and Aiden McGeady for the trip to East End Park and it almost backfired during an exciting first half in which the Pars took all the credit for going in to the break level.
After Diomansy Kamara opened the scoring for the visitors, a David Graham strike and an Andy Kirk penalty put the home side ahead before Hoops' striker Morten Rasmussen gratefully levelled two minutes from the interval.
But when Keane came on for Marc Crosas at the start of the second half, Celtic strode away.
The Fifers' resistance crumbled in the second half after defender Callum Woods scored an own goal Keane scored from the spot with his first goal for the club to ensure a safe passage in to the next round.
The Irn-Bru First Division side, as expected, tried to unsettle Celtic early on but the visitors' class came to the fore in the 19th minute when Kamara put the visitors in to a deserved lead.
Parkhead debutant Edson Braafheid left Willie Gibson for dead down the left-hand side and his cut-back was fied on to the crossbar by Georgios Samaras.
The Fifers failed to clear their lines and when the ball eventually fell to Kamara, he thundered a shot from the edge of the box high past home goalkeeper Greg Fleming.
However, Celtic's joy was short-lived as less than two minutes later, Nick Phinn found space on the right to cut back for Graham to slide in the equaliser.
The goal stunned the visiting support but there was more drama in the 26th minute when the home side forged ahead through a Kirk penalty.
Celtic defender Paul Caddis was adjudged by referee Charlie Richmond to have pushed Steven Bell in the back as he awaited a Phinn cross and when the Celtic protests died down, the Irishman sent Artur Boruc the wrong way from the spot.
The Glasgow giants wavered for a few moments before reasserting themselves, but Dunfermline scrapped and fought to keep their lead intact.
There was scare for the home side six minutes from the break when midfielder Alex Burke was short with a pass back which had Fleming racing from his goal to clear with Rasmussen ready to pounce.
As Mowbray's side stepped up the pressure, Pars stopper Neil McGregor and Fleming did well to block from the Dane after the keeper had spilled a Caddis cut-back from the right.
However, in the 43rd minute Rasmussen got Celtic back level when he scooped the ball in from close range at the second attempt, after Parkhead skipper Scott Brown's effort fell kindly to the former Brondby striker.
Keane was welcomed by the travelling support when he appeared at the start of the second half.
The visitors, effectively playing with four strikers, swarmed over Dunfermline and in the 54th minute Fleming pulled off a great close-range save from Rasmussen after he could only parry Keane's cut-back from the by-line.
Moments later, Fleming had another decent save, this time from Keane, after the Republic of Ireland player had weaved his way in to a shooting position inside the Fifers' penalty area.
But in the 58th minute, after Fleming had foiled Keane again, Celtic nudged back in the lead when Kamara's cross from the right looked to be turned in to his own goal by Woods with Rasmussen in close attention.
Keane eventually got his first goal for the Hoops in the 67th minute, although he had to rely on a dubious penalty, awarded when he was tackled inside the box by Pars skipper Austin McCann.
The Irishman dusted himself down and slammed in the spot kick before taking the acclaim of the Celtic fans behind the goal.
The cup tie was effectively over and it appeared a case of how many Celtic would score.
McGeady replaced Kamara and Zheng Zhi came on for Caddis as the visitors piled forward looking for more goals.
Celtic huffed and puffed, but there were no more goals and after an unconvincing first 45 minutes Mowbray will have been glad to avoid another slip-up