Celtic ease to League Cup win

Celtic won their first trophy of the Brendan Rodgers era with a 3-0 victory over Aberdeen in the League Cup final at Hampden.

Tom Rogic and man of the match James Forrest netted in the first half to set the Hoops up for the club’s 100th trophy, before Moussa Dembele’s penalty ensured he scored in every round of the competition.

The favourites dominated possession in the opening stages and finally created a chance when Stuart Armstrong slipped a pass to overlapping left-back Emilio Izaguirre and his cross found the head of Dembele, but Aberdeen ‘keeper Joe Lewis made an instinctive block and Andrew Considine cleared the rebound.

But three minutes later, Jozo Simunovic strode into the Dons half and his forward pass was cut out by Ash Taylor, but the Celtic defender was first to the loose ball and found Rogic (16) with a superb second pass. The midfielder skipped passed Graeme Shinnie to curl a wonderful shot inside the far post beyond Lewis.

Aberdeen came close to a quick equaliser when James …

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