Stephen Welsh delighted with back-four input

The win that took Celtic through to the quarter-finals of the Scottish Cup was the main thing, but to achieve it with a clean sheet against an in-form team at a difficult venue only added to the feelgood factor after the game – especially for the defence, and Stephen Welsh praised the match-winning efforts of his fellow defenders. After a busy 90 minutes for the centre-back, he said of the 2-0 win over St Mirren: “I’m delighted, we knew it was going to be a tough game coming here...