Dundee United hit the woodwork five times, yet Celtic still left Tannadice with a 4-0 cup win and Benjamin Nygren involved in every goal. Auston Trusty headed Celtic in front, Camilo Duran scored 120 seconds later, and Nygren later finished off a night when Celtic's cutting edge was far better than the home side's luck.
Nygren's hand in every goal
The most striking part of the night was not the scoreline on its own, but how directly Nygren shaped it. Benjamin Nygren was involved in all four Celtic goals, including scoring the fourth himself, and his role was the difference between a match that might have drifted and one that was gone before Dundee United could recover.
Trusty, who has averaged 7.65 in Premiership matches for Celtic this season and has already logged 187 league minutes, kept his header simple enough. Camilo Duran then needed only 120 seconds to add his first Celtic goal. Sebastian Tounekti supplied the finishing touch on the other side of the break.
Dundee United's five efforts against the woodwork tell their own story. They created chances, but none of those bounces changed the night. Celtic have now gone 10 games without defeat since their March loss to Dundee Utd, and this was one of the more ruthless performances in that run.
New faces ahead of LASK
The cup win also gave Martin O'Neill a first look at Mika Baur and Haissem Hassan, who came on for their club debuts ahead of Wednesday's Champions League qualifier against LASK at Celtic Park. That matters because the game had already been won by then, so the late stages became about minutes as much as control.
For Celtic, the night was about more than moving through a cup tie. Nygren's involvement in every goal stood out, Duran opened his account, and the team still found room to blood new arrivals before LASK on Wednesday.
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