Overview
- Celtic beat St Mirren 6-2 after extra time at Hampden on Sunday to book a place in the Scottish Cup final.
- St Mirren's stand-in keeper Ryan Mullen mis-hit a clearance under Daizen Maeda's press inside 55 seconds for the opener before going off injured.
- Anthony Ralston made it 2-0 in first-half stoppage time, then Mikael Mandron struck on 53 minutes and again at 90+1 to take it to extra time.
- Celtic then scored four early in extra time, with Kelechi Iheanacho hitting two as Luke McCowan and Benjamin Nygren added the rest.
- The cup run now offers Celtic a chance to steady a season of managerial changes, with O’Neill’s bench options proving decisive.