Delighted Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers explained why he hooked Auston Trusty for Liam Scales at half-time in an attempt to fix his team's faltering build-up play.
Rangers went in after 45 minutes a goal to the good having been the better team. But their great rivals emerged in the second period looking much more effective.
And Rodgers revealed he felt Irish international Scales would be better to keep the passing 'clean'.
He told Premier Sports: "I thought we had no cleanliness in our build-up at all.
"We looked so clunky and couldn't get through the pitch. We looked a wee bit edgy. So I didn't like that, how we cleaned the game up. Scales has been brilliant, to be fair.
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"He's clean and Auston Trusty did really, really well. I just felt that he's had the experience of playing in finals for us now, Liam. I just made that change and he came in and he was able to clean the game up."
Rogers was delighted to see his side pick up another trophy after a difficult match at Hampden.
"It's always nice when you come out the other end," Rodgers admitted. "I suppose it's what a final is, you don't expect everything to go your own way.
"I thought Rangers played well in the first half. We had to show a big heart to come back. I think both sets of players made it a really, really exciting game.
"But the guys know you want to come out on the right end and thankfully we were able to do that.
"These guys have been around it a long time and set the standards as well. So it can never be a disease success. You've got to keep fighting, keep working every day, and then hopefully things drop for you.
"It was an exciting game for the neutral to see. As I said, the goals at the end, but to come out the other side of it, the guys with the penalties were fantastic as well. Kasper makes the save and we pulled through in the end."
