Camilo Duran's double saw Celtic recover from their Champions League heartache to maintain their winning Scottish Premiership start. After throwing away a four-goal lead to crash out of Europe's elite competition, Martin O'Neill had told his players to show their true "character" against Falkirk. The players emerged to a banner reading "world-class embarrassment" but Camilo Duran soon had the Hoops support cheering when he pounced on a horrible mistake by Bairns goalkeeper Scott Bain to put them in front.
The Colombian striker then turned Kieran Tierney's cross into the net to double Celtic's lead before the break. Benjamin Nygren passed up a number of chances to put the hosts further in front and Colby Donovan put the ball in his own net after Jacob Murrell was denied by Viljami Sinisalo to make the final period more nervy than it should have been. It is three wins from three for the Scottish Premiership champions.
John McGlynn's Bairns remain without a victory in the league. 1: CHANCE! Falkirk with an early chance, but Carter-Vickers diverts the ball past before Parkinson can tap in. 4: GOAL CELTIC! A terrible mistake from former Hoops goalkeeper Bain gifting Duran the opener, given after a VAR check. 29: GOAL CELTIC!
Tierney's cross finds Duran unmarked, and he sweeps the ball into the bottom corner. 33: OVER! Nygren gets on the end of a cross, but he sends his header over the crossbar. 34: OVER! He bursts into the box, but strikes over the bar. 38: SAVE!
Nygren tries again, but he is denied by the Falkirk keeper who pushes it over the bar. 48: CHANCE! Parkinson brings down the ball in the box, turns and fires over the bar. 50: SAVE! Bain denies Nygren at close range after a lovely pass from Oxlade-Chamberlain. 52: OVER!
This time a curling shot from just inside the box, which is inches over the bar. 72: GOAL FALKIRK! Murrell's low shot is saved by Sinisalo, only for Donovan to put the ball into his own net. 65: OVER! Scales heads over from Yang's cross as Celtic look to restore their two-goal lead. 76: CHANCE!
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