Dembele fires Celtic into final

Moussa Dembele’s late goal gave Celtic a deserved 1-0 win over Rangers as they set up a Scottish League Cup final meeting with Aberdeen next month.

Erik Sviatchenko’s second-half header was disallowed when referee Craig Thomson ruled he had fouled Clint Hill in the process and it seemed the game would go to extra-time at Hampden Park.

But substitute Leigh Griffiths got the better of Rangers captain Lee Wallace to set up Dembele and he scored with a cheeky flick through goalkeeper Matt Gilks’ legs to finally break Celtic’s stubborn opponents down.

The result takes Brendan Rodgers to his first final with the club and they will meet Aberdeen for trophy back at Hampden on November 27.

There is no doubt they merit their place in that match and Rodgers will feel his team could have won more comfortably.

Few within the Rangers camp are likely to disagree but they will at least take encouragement from a more purposeful performance than they produced when they lost 5-1 at Celtic Park last month.

Rangers manager Mark Warburton made changes to his team, with Gilks playing as he has done in all of Rangers’ League Cup ties this season at Wes Foderingham’s expense.

Lee Hodson was also introduced as right-back with James Tavernier was pushed forward and while that certainly worked at times, Celtic …

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