Callum Osmand will celebrate his 20th birthday next Saturday, and he marked the end of his teenage years with his first Celtic goal in the 3-1 League Cup semi-final victory over Rangers at Hampden today (Sunday).

The young striker came on in the second half for the man who opened the scoring for the Hoops, Johnny Kenny, and he caused problems for the Rangers defence throughout the rest of the match.

Indeed, if it wasn’t for some great saves from Jack Butland, then Osmand could well have added to his goal.

His goal came three minutes into the second-half of extra-time, sliding in to steer home a Kieran Tierney cross, and he was delighted to get off the mark as he told Celtic TV after the game.

“There’s no words for me to put this into,” he said. “This is what I dreamt of. If I could have written down how everything panned out, it would have been exactly like how today happened. So I’m just ecstatic.

'It was bringing a tear to my eye at the end. It’s the happiest moment of my life, and it’s unbelievable. I can’t thank everyone at the club and the supporters enough.'

“I felt like I had to get that because there were a couple of chances! I thought for the header across goal the keeper’s made an unbelievable save but there were a few chances that I should have put away, but I’m just glad we got it over the line.

“The result’s the most important thing but to get the goal to top it off is just fantastic.

“I’m so excited, all the boys are, and we’re in a very good place now. I feel like we’re all together and this will give us that boost to go and finish the job.”

Callum Osmand: This is the happiest day of my life!