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Quick Review

The tie was only three minutes old when Petrov gave Celtic the lead. Larsson found space on the edge of the box before slipping an inch-perfect pass inside Patrick Kisnorbo to allow the onrushing Bulgarian to slide the ball past Craig Gordon. Sutton claimed for a penalty when Gordon caught him with a mis-timed punch, but referee Willie Young awarded a goal kick.
Celtic doubled their lead with a beautifully worked goal. Sutton played the ball to Larsson who deftly flicked it on to Petrov and the midfielder drove a fierce first-time drive high into the net.
Hartley was fortunate not to be ordered off for an obvious elbow on Lennon, but the card shown was yellow. Celtic continued to look the more threatening team after the break and should have been three goals up after 54 minutes, but Larsson somehow failed to connect with an Alan Thompson cross.
With six minutes remaining, Hartley was shown the red card for another foul on Lennon, but the game was already well beyond Hearts.
Petrov should have had his hat-trick in the final minute, but with time and space inside the box, his attempt at finding the top corner sailed high over the bar.
Maybury was shown his second yellow card for a late challenge on Lennon and Larsson capitalised on the space left at the back to head into an empty net after Gordon had saved from Petrov.

Trivia

Steven Pressley and Paul Hartley lined up for Hearts.
Hartley was sent off.

Teams

Hearts:-
Gordon, Maybury, Pressley, Webster, Stamp, de Vries, MacFarlane, Wyness, Hartley, Kisnorbo (Kirk 70), Sloan.

Subs not used:- Moilanen, McKenna, Neilson, Weir.

Booked:- Stamp, Hartley, Maybury

Sent Off:- Hartley, Maybury



Celtic:- (4-4-2)
Douglas, Agathe, Varga, Kennedy, McNamara, Petrov, Lennon, Thompson, Pearson, Sutton, Larsson.

Subs:- Marshall, Valgaeren, Lambert, Maloney, Beattie.

Goals:- Petrov 3, Petrov 33, Larsson 90.

Booked:- Lennon, Sutton.

Referee:- W Young

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