Celtic can breathe a sigh of relief after that win over Rangers.
It was a game that had it all, but in the end, Celtic ran out winners against Rangers on penalties, with the players putting their fans through it all.
Six goals were scored in an enthraling 120 minutes of football, with both sides taking leads, but not being able to capitalise on it.
Brendan Rodgers wasn’t happy with the first-half performance and he showed that by bringing on Liam Scales for Auston Trusty at the break.
Given that Greg Taylor’s mistake led to Rangers’ opening goal, many thought the left-back would be the one to be hooked.
But bringing on Scales was the right call and Willie Miller feels the Republic of Ireland international will breathe a sigh of relief for reason, in particular.
Willie Willer thinks Liam Scales didn’t want to take a penalty for Celtic against Rangers
Only five Celtic men were needed to win the shootout, with Kasper Schmeichel’s penalty save being backed up by Daizen Maeda’s winning penalty.
Willie Miller lauded all the players for their penalties and how they were ‘well-taken’, as he told The Scottish Football Podcast on BBC Radio Scotland.
But Miller added how someone like Scales would have been standing and waiting ‘hoping’ that he didn’t need to take a penalty because of the pressure of it all.
“All the penalties were well-taken, Yilmaz, yeah, he didn’t get the power, but it was accurate enough and a decent save from Schmeichel,” said Miller. “The rest of them were just right up there. Top-quality penalties.
“It’s quite amusing, Liam Scales, and I have been in that position myself standing there hoping that it’s not going to go 5-5 and you are going to be invited to take a penalty. He summed it up quite well.
Liam Scales makes penalty admission after Celtic beat Rangers
It seems as though that winger James Forrest was the next man to take a penalty, if it came to it, with Adam Idah, Callum McGregor, Arne Engels, Reo Hatate and Maeda the ones to step up.
After the game, Scales was pretty honest about how he felt watching his teammates go through that mental pressure and admitted that he was hoping he didn’t need to take one.
“We are all sort of hoping that it doesn’t go past the five because then you are thinking ‘who’s next?’,” said Scales on BBC Radio Scotland.
“We are all in the line. No one wanted it. It’s great to get it done in the five. Brilliant Kasper and Daizen. All the takers, it’s just big bravery and brilliant penalties.
