The breakthrough came when Thompson dispossessed Richie Foran and charged forward to flash the ball across goal.

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"The play was broken up and I tried to flash to the ball, " he said.

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Mark McLaughlin got too much on his header when Marco Paixao swung in a right-footed corner and Gallacher would have been relieved to see the ball flash a yard wide of his post.

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Parks' pass was just behind Xavier Rush on the charge and Blair was on the loose ball in a flash, hacking downfield into the 22.

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Munster wing Anthony Horgan made a hash of collecting it and Flutey was onto the loose ball in a flash, avoiding O'Gara's desperate dive to streak away.

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My ball machine also became a flash point of potential danger.

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Boyd clipped the ball through the centre of the Celtic defence and Miller was onto it in a flash and showed great composure to roll it past the despairing Boruc.

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