St Mirren put up a brave fight against Celtic but ended up on the receiving end of a bruising 5-1 Scottish Cup defeat after Richard Taylor picked up a costly red card at a key moment.
The Buddies suffered an early setback when Daizen Maeda slotted home Aaron Mooy's cross to put the favourites in front. But the visitors rallied well and matched the hosts for the rest of the first half, with Tony Watt and Alex Gogic both spurning chances to equalise.
St Mirren battled hard deep into the second half but suffered a double blow when Taylor was deemed to have stopped Liel Abada's shot with his arm. After a lengthy VAR review the centre back was sent for an early bath, with Hatate stepping up to slot home from the spot.
