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Newcastle 4 - Celtic 1

00:00
kick off

10:00
Obafemi Martins opens the scoring after stepping on to a ball into the box from the right, some 15 yards out and drilling his shot between the legs of John Kennedy and past the fingertips of Artur Boruc.

17:00
Celtic win a corner after some patient play sets up Lee Naylor, whose cross from the left is deflected wide of the target. Ball swung into the box by Hartley, stabbed at goal by Kennedy and cleared by the Newcastle defence.

20:00
Geremi shot from around 25 yards flashes narrowly over the Celtic crossbar.

21:00
Deep ball from the left knocked out by Paul Caddis, ensuing corner from Geremi punched away by Boruc.

24:00
A second long-range effort, from around the same distance by Geremi, flashes narrowly wide of the post.

28:00
Albert Luque adds Newcastle's second, beating the offside trap at the back post to turn the ball past Boruc at close-range.

32:00
Shot from over 30 yards out, in front of goal, by Aiden McGeady produces a fingertip save from Shae Given.

33:00
Corner from the right by Paul Hartley cleared at the near post by the Newcastle defence.

36:00
Luque breaks into the box, onto a Martins knock down and thumps a shot at goal which sails a foot over the crossbar.

37:00
Scott Brown slips just as he prepares to tee-up Zurawski, after being played in behind the defence by a clever ball from the halfway line by Donati.

39:00
Speculative effort from McGeady on the edge of the box deflected out for a Celtic corner.

40:00
Vennegoor of Hesselink just fails to reach Zurawski's knock-down six yards out, with Given flailing at the loose ball.

42:00
John Kennedy fails to reach a ball swung into the box from the right by Martins. With Luque popping up to knock a simple header into the back of the net.

43:00
Nicky Butt fails to hit the target as Newcastle enjoy another chance.

45:00
Half-time whistle sounds after a minute of time added on.

46:00
Celtic unchanged at half-time, N'Zogbia, Taylor, Pattison and Carroll on for Newcastle.

46:00
Celtic have made one change at half-time, with Mark Brown replacing Artur Boruc.

52:00
Cross from the byline comfortably collected at his near post by Given, with a second ball in from the left by Naylor again taken by the Newcastle keeper.

55:00
Poor backpass by Lee Naylor puts through Newcastle substitute, Andy Carroll. But Brown is off his line quickly to block and then collect the shot at the second time of asking.

59:00
Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink collects and then turns on a long-ball to the edge of the box. But covering defender Taylor does just enough to put the Dutchman off, with his shot spinning harmlessly wide of the target.

60:00
James Milner drills a shot at goal which curls away from Brown's right hand post and is well-covered by the Celtic keeper.

65:00
Newcastle substitution, James Troisi on for goalscorer Obafemi Martins.

66:00
Celtic substitution, Kenny Miller on for Maciej Zurawski.

66:00
Celtic substitution, Kenny Miller on for Maciej Zurawski.

67:00
Burst into the box by Scott Brown sees a dangerous ball to the near post hooked away by Peter Ramage.

70:00
Newcastle substitution, David Edgar on for centre-back David Rozehnal.

72:00
Outstanding sliding challenge by John Kennedy on the halfway line sparks a Celtic counter, with the ball played to Aiden McGeady on the edge of the box. The winger then turns at goal and lifts a lovely ball into the path of the onrushing Scott Brown, who leaps and then bullits his header past the fingertips of Given.

74:00
Celtic maintain the pressure with a lovely turn from McGeady skinning Carr and setting up Brown, whose persistance allows him to squeeze off a shot at goal which is deflected and spins inches away from goal.

74:00
Celtic maintain the pressure with a lovely turn from McGeady skinning Carr and setting up Brown, whose persistance allows him to squeeze off a shot at goal which is deflected and spins inches away from goal.

77:00
Celtic substitution with right-back Paul Caddis replaced, after a solid performance, by midfielder Jiri Jarosik.

78:00
Naylor drives a ball across the face of goal, which is met by Scott Brown. But the midfielder is unable to control the ball and his stab at goal spins wide.

80:00
Newcastle goalkeeper, Steve Harper, enters the game as an outfield player after Nicky Butt goes off injured. Harper moves up front to partner Carroll.

84:00
Good breakaway by Celtic sees Donati play-in Miller, whose lay-off to Brown is driven at goal and parried by Given for a Celtic corner.

88:00
Steven Taylor leaves the game injured, forcing Newcastle to finish the match with 10 men.

90:00
Paul Hartley, playing as a stand-in right-back, lifts a ball to the back-post which sails inches wide of the target, with Vennegoor of Hesselink having stopped his run.

91:00
Charles N'Zogbia breaks at goal, rolling the ball out to James Milner on the edge of the box, who drives a first-time snapshot low and into Brown's bottom corner.

92:00
Full-time after two minutes of time added on.

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