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title: "Celtic: Fans disagree with tweet praising Craig Gordon’s performance in the 2018 Scottish Cup semi-final"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/celtic-fans-disagree-with-tweet-praising-craig-gordons-performance-in-the-2018-scottish-cup-semi-final/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Fintan O'Reilly"
section: "Twitter Talk"
published: "2020-04-08T09:20:07Z"
modified: "2020-04-08T09:20:07Z"
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# Celtic: Fans disagree with tweet praising Craig Gordon’s performance in the 2018 Scottish Cup semi-final

**The Scottish Cup’s official Twitter account [recently posted a tweet](https://twitter.com/ScottishCup/status/1247224049119322112?s=19) praising Celtic goalkeeper Craig Gordon’s “inspired performance” in the Hoops’ 2018 Scottish Cup semi-final victory which has caught the attention of many Celtic supporters.**

Some Hoops fans have flocked to this tweet to disagree with the Scottish Cup’s assessment of Gordon’s performance in this game, with some claiming that the goalkeeper doesn’t deserve that much praise for his role in Celtic’s win.

After taking the lead in the [22nd-minute of the game through a Tom Rogic goal](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/spielbericht/index/spielbericht/3014686), Celtic didn’t look back in this derby clash, going on to put another three goals past their rivals to ensure that they secured a place in the 2017/18 Scottish Cup final in fashion, as they stormed to a [4-0 semi-final win](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/spielbericht/index/spielbericht/3014686).

Considering that Celtic ultimately came away from this game with a comfortable victory thanks to their goalscoring efforts, it might be understandable why some Hoops supporters feel that the goalkeeper shouldn’t receive too much praise for his role in the win.

However, [as stated by the BBC in their post-match report for this game](https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/43686496), Rangers did get “three glorious chances in succession” which forced the Celtic goalkeeper to pull off “three wonderful stops”.

Had Gordon not been on form and had Rangers managed to take these “three glorious chances”, it might be fair to say that this game may not look like as comfortable of a victory as it was for the Hoops. With that in mind, it may be fair to say that Gordon does deserve some credit for his performance in this semi-final clash.

> ⛔️ It was an inspired performance from [@CelticFC](https://twitter.com/CelticFC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) stopper Craig Gordon in the Hoops' Semi-Final victory over Rangers in 2018. [pic.twitter.com/EMJAJjqJze](https://t.co/EMJAJjqJze)
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> — Scottish Gas Scottish Cup (@ScottishCup) [April 6, 2020](https://twitter.com/ScottishCup/status/1247224049119322112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Game was a canter square yourselves up man! Inspired pffftt!
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> — KÈV (@keviebhoy7) [April 6, 2020](https://twitter.com/keviebhoy7/status/1247259593698430977?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Inspired 😂 made two saves when it was 4-0
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> — Patrick McGlone (@paddybhoy1983) [April 7, 2020](https://twitter.com/paddybhoy1983/status/1247486088119226373?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> C’mon the game was dead and buried by the time Gordon made any of those saves 🙈
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> — Kev (@mccaff24) [April 6, 2020](https://twitter.com/mccaff24/status/1247246372165869568?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> On another day it could have easily been 4-1.
>
> — The Celtic Symphony (@jockmartincfc) [April 6, 2020](https://twitter.com/jockmartincfc/status/1247253072113475585?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> We won 4-0??? He made a few saves
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> — Hartley Mullins CSC (@Hartleymullinsc) [April 6, 2020](https://twitter.com/Hartleymullinsc/status/1247241125510950913?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Inspired? Their best chance was from Lustig and that beat the keeper!
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> — Jamie (@AirSion) [April 6, 2020](https://twitter.com/AirSion/status/1247283570160340992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> That saves at 3-0 😂😂😂😂😂 Gordon hadnt even layed a glove on the baw before that 🤣
>
> — Graeme Conway (@bigG1888) [April 6, 2020](https://twitter.com/bigG1888/status/1247252283819245569?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> You couldn’t make that up.
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> — St.Anthony (@Stephen4\_2) [April 6, 2020](https://twitter.com/Stephen4_2/status/1247237184668733445?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Score was 3-0 at that point 😂😂😂
>
> — Colm (@AtownColm) [April 6, 2020](https://twitter.com/AtownColm/status/1247238268485341184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

***Celtic fans, what did you make of Gordon’s saves? Let us know below!***