Fans clashed on the Ibrox pitch after Celtic knocked Rangers out of the Scottish Cup on penalties. The visitors progressed to the semi-finals despite failing to register a single shot on target in 120 minutes of action.
Celtic secured a 4-2 shootout victory after the goalless draw before dozens of their fans invaded the pitch. That sparked an invasion from hundreds of Rangers supporters and missiles were thrown as police and stewards moved to form a barrier.
Flares were thrown and some minor skirmishes appeared to take place before order was restored and the 7,500 Celtic fans were left to celebrate alone.
The Rangers captain, James Tavernier, hit the bar with the first penalty before his fellow substitute Djeidi Gassama blazed over, with Tomas Cvancara then sealing the victory and prompting the chaos.
The Celtic striker Daizen Maeda had a goal disallowed for offside following a video assistant referee review, but Martin O’Neill’s side otherwise never threatened. Statistics showed that Rangers managed 24 shots and they also had a goal wiped out by VAR following an obvious handball by Emmanuel Fernandez. But the hosts struggled to seriously test Viljami Sinisalo and were denied on a number of occasions by some penalty-box blocks.
