Socceroo Aaron Mooy has continued his rejuvenation at Celtic with a double while Japanese star Kyogo Furuhashi also scored twice to hit the 20-goal mark for the campaign as Celtic thrashed Morton 5-0 in the Scottish Cup.
Mooy scored a controversially-awarded penalty in the 18th minute to give Celtic the lead and ended up sealing their triumph with the game’s fifth goal in the 84th minute in Saturday’s fourth-round tie at Parkhead.
Furuhashi matched his tally for last season thanks to a first-half double, while David Turnbull scored his second spectacular goal of the week.
The game was not without controversy after Mooy’s opener came courtesy of an extraordinarily harsh VAR decision against former Celtic defender Efe Ambrose.
Footage showed Liel Abada’s shot hit off the foot of Jack Baird then bounced up away from the goal and skimmed Ambrose’s arm, which was slightly out of his body.
Napier decided it was a “clear and obvious” error from Clancy, who pointed to the spot after studying the incident on his monitor.
Mooy sent Brian Schwake the wrong way in the 18th minute and Celtic doubled their lead three minutes later when Ambrose took a heavy touch on the edge of his box and Abada set Furuhashi up to the net.
Celtic went further ahead in the 42nd minute when Furuhashi laid the ball back for Turnbull to find the bottom corner with a first-time side-footed effort from 22 yards.
Furuhashi struck again in stoppage time after Grant Gillespie had taken a fresh-air swipe at Abada’s cutback.
Mooy added the fifth in the 84th minute when he finished from close range after substitute Sead Haksabanovic had dribbled his way into the goalmouth.
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