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O’Carroll gave the first indication of his growing threat when he turned well and jinked past the challenged of three Pars defenders to set up Quinn for a shot that, by his own high standards, was tame.
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And, sure enough, with 26 minutes played, O’Carroll began the goal rush, rising to meet an inviting cross from Irvine and directing the ball past the wrong-footed Langfield via a wicked deflection off Steven Vinter.
There was, in fact a degree of dubiety about whether the goal should have been credited to the young Irishman or the hapless Vinter but, if there was an element of good fortune about O’Carroll’s first goal, there was nothing remotely lucky about his second.
The pass from David Fernandez to lay it on was worthy of admiration in itself, but even more impressive was the former Home Farm striker’s pace and strength in racing on to it and holding off his marker before unleashing a left-foot rocket that soared into the postage stamp corner from 20 yards.
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Any hopes of an unlikely comeback were extinguished within seconds, however, when, following a wonderful move involving O’Carroll, McParland and Wallace, Quinn lashed an unstoppable volley into the roof of the net from just outside the box.
That the second period paled in comparison to the half which had preceded it was no great surprise, given the quality of football that Celtic had produced, but there were was an enduring freedom in the Hoops play, typified by a scissors kick from O’Carroll and an audacious chip from inside his own half by Fernandez which had the Pars keeper scampering back to clutch it out of the air.
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O’Carroll should certainly have had a hat-trick on 65 minutes, but he just couldn’t find a way past Langfield after racing on to another superb defence-splitting pass from McParland.
Anthony Stokes seems to be playing in midfield for Arsenal's reserves these days.