Alistair Johnston was able to get on the scoresheet in the Premier Sports Cup and open his account for the season. Johnston grabbed the second goal as Celtic breezed past Falkirk to reach the last 16 of the competition. The win saw several of the players reunite with former Hoops goalkeeper Scott Bain after he made the move to Falkirk this summer.

Here are the talking points as a much-changed Celtic side cruised into the quarter finals of the Premier Sports Cup with an impressive win over Falkirk.

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Falkirk manager John McGlynn was taking positives out of his side's defeat at Celtic Park in the Premier Sports Cup second round. "Celtic were very very good tonight," he said. "They were excellent in the way they moved the ball and the pace and intensity.

Daizen Maeda fired the hosts ahead in the 26th minute, and Alistair Johnston added a second nine minutes into the second half

BRENDAN RODGERS was fully suited and booted again. Then he watched Celtic tie Falkirk in knots to progress to the quarter-final. Daizen Maeda and Alistair Johnston had the Hoops cruising before

Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers was full of praise for his side as they progressed to the Premier Sports Cup quarter-finals by beating Falkirk. "I thought the performance was very, very good from the first whistle," he said. "You've seen the hunger in the team and the intensity in the team.

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