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We are going to penalties.
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Rangers get us started – and they have James Tavernier on in place of Sterling.
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We’re going to extra time at Ibrox.
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Rangers kick off and win a free-kick outside the Celtic box almost immediately.
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We’re even-stevens at the break. Rangers with more of the play, especially early on, but Celtic thought they had the lead before Maeda’s clinical header was ruled out for an offside in the buildup.
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McCowan’s cross in, Scales touch and a diving header from Maeda at close range! Now, VAR will have a look at this for offside – and the rest – but will it stand?
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It will not! Liam Scales, who’s flicked header set up Maeda, was coming back from an offside position. It was very tight.
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Rangers: Butland, Sterling, Djiga, Fernandez, Rommens, Raskin, Diomande, Skov Olsen, Moore, Naderi, Chermiti.
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Rangers against Celtic in a knockout tie is always a seismic game for both clubs but you get the feeling there is something extra riding on this one. It won’t be a popular talking point in Glasgow, but with Hearts atop the Premiership table, the Scottish Cup might represent each club’s best chance of ensuring they don’t end up trophyless come the end of this campaign.
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So far this season it could hardly be more even – two draws (including an enthralling 2-2 at Ibrox a week ago) and a 3-1 win apiece. The two teams are also separated by just one point in the league with Celtic in second, just ahead of Rangers in third.
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Danny Röhl’s hosts have had a week to prepare for this quarter-final while Celtic played in midweek, winning 2-1 in Aberdeen, but Martin O’Neill’s side will be boosted by a sizable support this afternoon. Scottish Cup allocation rules mean the away side gets up to 20% of tickets, so 7,500 Celtic fans will be filling the Broomloan Stand.
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That should make for an even more boisterous atmosphere than usual, particularly with a place at Hampden on the line. Who will join Falkirk and Dunfermline in the last four of the cup? Find out with kick-off at 1pm GMT.
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Penalties: Rangers 0-0 Celtic: Tavernier misses!
James Tavernier cracks the ball on to the bar. Oh my what a start.
Penalties will be in front of the Rangers fans, away from the away end. And it’s going to be Rangers to take first. Its Tavernier up first.
So, which end are we going to be taking the penalties in front of? Who will go first?
The big questions. My (sketchy) research suggests there have been just two penalty shootouts between the sides over the years. One apiece.
Full time! Rangers 0-0 Celtic
We are going to penalties.
119 min: Important interception Souttar to stop a fine Celtic attack! That was some nice interplay.
118 min: Tavernier’s pass, Bajrami can’t quite get on the end of it. A bit too much on it and Bajrami hops up and down on the spot. We are almost at the end.
117 min: Rangers on the attack, Gassama crosses but it’s a Celtic head on the ball to put it clear.
115 min: Will one side get a chance at a winner in the final five minutes? Araujo picks up a booking for a (tactical) foul to stop Rangers breaking.
Raskin has Araujo by the collar! But both men seem equal there in giving each other some verbals. Fair enough.
114 min: Chermiti is in space on the left and crosses the ball in, but Bernardo chests it calmly back to his goalkeeper.
111 min: Celtic are almost let in! Souttar’s poor, short pass just gets to Butland, who was out rapidly enough to hammer it clear – good work from the Rangers keeper.
110 min: Now Bernardo picks up a yellow card for pulling back Raskin by the arm as he tries to break away. A clear one.
108 min: Paulo Bernardo with some fleet feet inside the Rangers’ box! Souttar defended well to stop him wriggling into an opening, good play from two fresh players.
107 min: Murray clears well for Celtic but it’s another wave of Rangers pressure. Another towering Murray header clears it.
106 min: We’re back under way; Rangers’ John Souttar is on for Djiga. The hosts put the ball into the Celtic box but Oxlade-Chamberlain clears it.
So it’s now 1-1 on goals that have been ruled out but it was clear quickly on replays that the ball had touched Emmanuel Fernandez on the arm before it was bundled into the net. A case of VAR clearing up an obvious one pretty quickly. (Cue a VARdisaster in the second half of extra time.)
Peep-peep: it’s the break in added time. We have 15 minutes to go until penalties.
105 min: Rangers have a corner on the verge of the half-time break in extra time. Murray heads it clear. Tavernier’s deliveries have been a threat since he came on.
103 min: Chermiti with another chance after an inviting Tavernier cross – he puts it wide of the post! He really should be testing the goalkeeper there. Rangers on top at the moment, Celtic clinging on.
99 min: Fernandez has the ball in the net from a corner – Ibrox goes wild! But it’s pretty clearly touched his arm before he bundled it into the net. VAR are going to overturn this … yes! It does not take long; that was fairly clear.
98 min: Chermiti is in behind the Celtic defence! He has a chance to shoot but it’s a take effort and it’s cleared. That was a chance.
97 min: Tavernier with a dangerous ball into the box, Sinisalo springs into action to punch it clear.
95 min: Naderi wins the ball and tries to play it in but can’t find a gap in the Celtic defence. Oxlade-Chamberlain is pulled up for a challenge on Chermiti. It’s not the most free-flowing in extra time, let’s say.
93 min: Chermiti runs at the Celtic defence but when he has the chance to get a shot away, it’s blocked from close range.
Zach Neeley has a question re. the Rangers-Celtic shot chart (on which Rangers dominate the numbers, 19-1, but with precious few on target): “Currently posing the question to fans: is it better to have tried and failed or to have not tried at all?
Extra time kicks off
Rangers get us started – and they have James Tavernier on in place of Sterling.
Stat from normal time: Rangers had 19 attempts on goal but only four on target. A sign of the lack of clinical edge on show. Sinisalo has looked sharp with what he has had to do.
Full time: Rangers 0-0 Celtic
We’re going to extra time at Ibrox.
90+3 min: Celtic get it clear but the ball is soon back with Rangers. Time for one final chance? Raskin’s cross flies well out of play.
90+2min: A Rangers corner. This could be the final chance of normal time.
90+1min: Sinisalo launches the ball into a Rangers box, but the hosts win it back and break. Chermiti has the ball inside the Celtic box! But Murray puts in a superb and necessary block. Great play all round.
89 min: Sterling rises to head Celtic’s corner clear. We’re going to get three additional minutes before extra time.
87 min: Oxlade-Chamberlain plays a pass straight to Fernandez; Rommens pulls down Forrest. It’s scrappy. But will we see a late goal? Celtic have a corner.
86 min: Fernandez shuts down a Celtic attack, the ball goes down the other end but Sinisalo is out quickly once more to claim it.
85 min: Rommens takes a corner for Rangers, Raskin with a great header! But Nygren does really well to hook it clear.
83 min: Celtic play a through ball but any opening is snuffed out by Raskin. Hatate is booked after he fouls Naderi having been dispossessed himself. Some tired play out there.
82 min: Rangers have possession but their passing looks a little tired and Chermiti is caught offside. Celtic’s chance to build something – Sterling fouls Mvuka. He has to be careful, being on a booking.
80 min: Chukwuani attempt the spectacular with a shot from outside the box – it is unspectacular and blazes over.
78 min: Rangers try and work the ball down their left but Hatate clears. A double change for Celtic: Yang and Maeda off; James Forrest and Joel Mvuka are on.
76 mins: Moore comes off for Rangers, Nedim Bajrami enters the fray.
75 min: Gassama wins a corner for Rangers, Trusty with the block once more. Rommens to take – Sinisalo with a confident take.