Celtic in the Final

Celtic defeated Hearts 2-1 at Hampden Park this afternoon in the Scottish Cup Semi Final.

The Scottish Champions were looking to get revenge following last week's 2-0 loss at the hands of the Edinburgh side in the SPL and within 3 minutes, Chris Sutton had made it 1-0.

The Englishman rose above the Hearts defenders to meet Alan Thompson's cross and fire the Hoops into the lead.

The scoreline stayed at 1-0 into the second half with Celtic dominating the match.

And on 48 minutes, they were two goals in front.

Craig Bellamy turned and shot low past Hearts goalkeeper Craig Gordon's near post.

Hearts tried to get back into the game and their efforts paid off when substitute Deividas Cesnuaskis scored a magnificent lob over David Marshall with unhder 20 minutes remaining.

But the Jambos couldn't get find the goal to force a replay and it will be Celtic who face Dundee United in the Scottish Cup Final next month after they fought back from a goal down to beat Hibs 2-1 yesterday.

The occasion was marred before kick off when sections of the Hearts support failed to show respect to the passing of Pope John Paul II and forced referee Stuart Dougal to cut the minute silence short.

Craig Bellamy was awarded with the Man of the Match in which around 39,000 attended.