McCourt sets sights on Rapid

PADDY MCCOURT scored his second brilliant individual goal for Celtic in four days in the win at St Mirren on Saturday but accepted the stinging criticism handed out to him and the rest of his team-mates by Tony Mowbray.

The Irishman capped his first 90 minutes for the Hoops since signing from Derry City last summer with a fine solo strike in the Co-operative Insurance Cup win at Falkirk last Wednesday.

McCourt produced an even better effort in the 2-0 win at St Mirren, weaving his way past five challenges before driving past Paul Gallacher, but even that failed to lift the spirits of manager Mowbray.

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