St Johnstone manager Simo Valakari has praised Celtic's "relentless" performance in yesterday's Scottish Cup semi-final.
Goals from Callum McGregor, Daizen Maeda, Adam Idah, and Jota at Hampden put an end to St Johnstone's cup run.
Valakari, whose team had defeated Celtic only a fortnight earlier, expressed his admiration for the Glasgow side.
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He told the BBC: "That's Celtic, that's what they can do to any team here in Scotland, even in Europe.
"When they get this little confidence, and they get the first goal, they are relentless.
"We didn't do enough good football things today to get anything out of it."
Despite the heavy defeat, Valakari remained positive about his team's efforts.
He said: "I'm proud of my players.
"They worked all the way to get here.
"The result is not what we all wanted, we came here to compete to the final.
"It didn't happen this year, we are sad now, but that was our 2025 cup journey."
Meanwhile, Celtic's sights are firmly set on the domestic treble, with the second part potentially secured against Dundee United at Tannadice this weekend.
Central defender Liam Scales said: "We know we still need to win another game in the league.
"Obviously, we want to go on and win the cup final.
"So, I think it's important we get a good rhythm going into the cup final, and hopefully there we can win the treble.
"It would be amazing."
Celtic will face Aberdeen in next month's final.
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