Celtic eased their way into the quarter-finals of the Scottish Cup as expected with a 2-0 win over Lowland League side East Kilbride at Airdrie’s Excelsior stadium, yesterday.

Back-to-back defeats against Ross County in the League Cup semi-final and Aberdeen in the league had piled pressure on boss Ronnie Deila.

In reality there was no prospect of a shock yesterday, although the Hoops fans booed off their team off at the interval as they led only by striker Leigh Griffiths’ 20th-minute opener, his 29th goal of the season.

Deila and the Celtic fans were able to relax after new striker Colin Kazim-Richards added a second in the 51st minute.

Other result: Hearts vs Hibernian 2-2.

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