Celtic beat Dundee United in fiery Cup replay

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Celtic booked a place in the last four of the Scottish Cup with a 4-0 win over Dundee United in their quarter-final replay on Wednesday as both sides had a man sent off. United arrived in Glasgow without a win at Celtic Park in nearly 23 years and never looked like changing that statistic or avenging last Sunday's League Cup final defeat after falling behind in the 17th minute to a header from Jason Denayer. Leigh Griffiths volleyed home a second in the 57th minute before Kris Commons rounded off the scoring with a calm finish in the 79th minute. The red mist descended in the final minutes as Celtic striker Anthony Stokes was sent off in the 87th minute for lashing out at Paul Paton following a challenge before Ryan McGowan was given a straight red for a hefty challenge on substitute Liam Henderson a minute later.

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