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Good evening and welcome to Sportscene. | :00:08. | :00:26. | |
Aberdeen are in front. Is that must for three points? I want to see | :00:27. | :00:56. | |
Aberdeen do well. And go on to win the title. | :00:57. | :01:01. | |
What a strike for Christie. We know we will get back to winning ways | :01:02. | :01:08. | |
sometime soon. INAUDIBLE The sweet dream has turned into a | :01:09. | :01:21. | |
nightmare for Aberdeen. Derek McGuinness's side face a harrowing | :01:22. | :01:24. | |
date with Celtic, can they bring their title aspirations back from | :01:25. | :01:30. | |
the brink? The champions of four points clear of Aberdeen, who | :01:31. | :01:33. | |
haven't managed a win in their last five matches. Bad form in any | :01:34. | :01:38. | |
standard. Ronny Deila brings back killing Tina | :01:39. | :01:58. | |
and Rogic who made an impression in the League Cup. -- Paul Tierney. The | :01:59. | :02:08. | |
same Aberdeen side that beat Celtic last month. | :02:09. | :02:18. | |
Aberdeen without a league win for 11 years, in miserable record, 20 | :02:19. | :02:26. | |
straight defeats. Desperate to put that right. Griffiths twisting away | :02:27. | :02:32. | |
from Logan. He is having a wonderful time of it, Griffiths. Ronny Deila | :02:33. | :02:40. | |
was outspoken in his media conference. Blocked by Maclean, but | :02:41. | :02:52. | |
was it blocked by a hand or arm? Celtic play on. Not too many appeals | :02:53. | :03:00. | |
from the players. That is a sore one for Boyata. Considine clash. The | :03:01. | :03:07. | |
referee has had to stop play, as you might expect. This was the alleged | :03:08. | :03:14. | |
handball. Difficult for McLean to do anything about that. Shinnie so | :03:15. | :03:22. | |
impressive in the Pittodrie meeting in September. McLean. | :03:23. | :03:28. | |
He tees up plenty, he has teed up Rooney. That wasn't too far away | :03:29. | :03:39. | |
from the Don's top scorer, great run from Rooney. Derek McGuinness's side | :03:40. | :03:48. | |
have won here under his tutelage. In a Scottish cup tie a couple of | :03:49. | :03:55. | |
seasons ago. It will break back to Johnny Hayes. Rooney. The striker | :03:56. | :04:03. | |
knows exactly where in the box to be. What a blow for Aberdeen. Andrew | :04:04. | :04:10. | |
Considine has not recovered from that clash with Boyata. He started | :04:11. | :04:14. | |
the game well. He scored the late winner the last time the teams met. | :04:15. | :04:20. | |
Paul Quinn replaces him. Reynolds in for Rooney. Offside. WHISTLE | :04:21. | :04:23. | |
It won't count. Low complaints from the Aberdeen | :04:24. | :04:34. | |
number nine. Nodded into his path by Reynolds. Adam Rooney is offside. | :04:35. | :04:44. | |
Kieron Tierney to take. So good in the games against Dundee United and | :04:45. | :04:49. | |
then Apache. Handball -- and then fell Apache. | :04:50. | :04:54. | |
The players and fans were more vocal about that one. Rogic. Comments. | :04:55. | :05:07. | |
Through for Griffiths. What a good save by Ward. | :05:08. | :05:12. | |
Danny Ward bagged a point against Motherwell last week. Accession of | :05:13. | :05:20. | |
late saves. That was as good as anything last week. He made himself | :05:21. | :05:23. | |
big and denied Scotland's top scorer. Reynolds. That is loose. | :05:24. | :05:35. | |
Bitton. He tried to find Rogic. Late on Bitton. Yellow for Shinnie, who | :05:36. | :05:43. | |
is walking a title now. Poor challenge. -- walking a tightrope. | :05:44. | :05:51. | |
Hayes. Lovely played by Johnny Hayes. Rooney. Back it comes to | :05:52. | :06:02. | |
Shinnie. McLean. Shinnie lovely play. Hayes. Rooney! | :06:03. | :06:09. | |
Adam Rooney would normally score. This is a wonderful cross from | :06:10. | :06:17. | |
Johnny Hayes. Rooney is unlikely, but he will feel he should have | :06:18. | :06:19. | |
scored. -- is one lucky. He might go himself. Corner. Celtic | :06:20. | :06:35. | |
are piling on the corners, here. Not lacking in confidence, Tierney, | :06:36. | :06:41. | |
that's for sure. As he weaved to the edge of the box. Commons. Boyata. | :06:42. | :06:53. | |
McLean hit it off his own bar. The champions are cranking it up, they | :06:54. | :06:56. | |
know they can go seven clear of Aberdeen with a win today. McLean | :06:57. | :06:58. | |
dealt with it. Still, Celtic can't breach this | :06:59. | :07:05. | |
organised Aberdeen rearguard. Derek McInnes will be happy with the | :07:06. | :07:16. | |
way with what they have thrown at them, Celtic. Well over by | :07:17. | :07:22. | |
Griffiths. On his weaker right foot. | :07:23. | :07:25. | |
He feels he should have done better, a lot better. | :07:26. | :08:15. | |
Griffiths. Trying to squeeze it through to Commons. That is a | :08:16. | :08:21. | |
dreadful challenge by Taylor. through to Commons. That is a | :08:22. | :10:07. | |
pick up your hat-trick. Danny Ward is, once again, preventing Aberdeen | :10:08. | :10:11. | |
going down to a very heavy scoreline. | :10:12. | :10:15. | |
Rogic. Lovely ball for Armstrong. Might have done better. Just on as a | :10:16. | :10:27. | |
sub. Almost instant impact from Armstrong. | :10:28. | :10:33. | |
Aberdeen heading for another game without a win, this would be six. | :10:34. | :10:42. | |
Five of them defeats. Melting in the heat. Here is Armstrong. He gets it | :10:43. | :10:50. | |
back from Commons. Another chance. APPLAUSE | :10:51. | :10:55. | |
Good work between Armstrong and Commons. | :10:56. | :11:01. | |
Great ball in and a great save from Gordon. | :11:02. | :11:11. | |
Pieter Braun Pawlett is not on. -- Peter Pawlett. Denied by Gordon. | :11:12. | :11:23. | |
Here is Griffiths. Floated over Taylor's head. Just | :11:24. | :11:33. | |
passed by Commons and Armstrong wasn't far away from turning it home | :11:34. | :11:34. | |
himself. Goodwillie taken down by Boyata, | :11:35. | :11:48. | |
Aberdeen have a free kick. Not many positives for Derek McInnes to take | :11:49. | :11:53. | |
today. Rooney's header goes in. There is a positive for Derek | :11:54. | :11:57. | |
McInnes and Adam Rooney. A really good finish that the Celtic | :11:58. | :12:07. | |
defence just stopped. This has come very late, mere consolation. | :12:08. | :12:12. | |
It was a very good performance. Very tough to play so many games in nine | :12:13. | :12:19. | |
days, 4 games in nine days is tough for everybody. But we have turned it | :12:20. | :12:26. | |
around after a bad result. INAUDIBLE We have so much to play for, looking | :12:27. | :12:30. | |
forward to a good day on Thursday as well. | :12:31. | :12:33. | |
The first half we had brilliant attacks and good interchanging of | :12:34. | :12:39. | |
play, to force the issue. We looked probably more threatening themselves | :12:40. | :12:43. | |
at that stage. Goal disallowed, I haven't seen it again, in general it | :12:44. | :12:49. | |
was 1-0 at half-time. It was harsh. Top of the league, seven points | :12:50. | :12:53. | |
clear, you would expect to stay there? I would expect so. It is a | :12:54. | :13:00. | |
big deficit. We need a big as Gap a possible. A huge win for Celtic. It | :13:01. | :13:05. | |
leaves us asking the question, is that the title race dust and done -- | :13:06. | :13:12. | |
done and dusted? If it continues it will be difficult. If Celtic play | :13:13. | :13:15. | |
like they did at the weekend, I don't think anyone can catch them. | :13:16. | :13:22. | |
Old professional like yourself. Did you ever truly believe that we had a | :13:23. | :13:27. | |
title race? If Aberdeen had continued their form with eight | :13:28. | :13:30. | |
straight wins. We all knew it would be difficult for a team like | :13:31. | :13:35. | |
Aberdeen, even to sustain a title challenge with Celtic having that | :13:36. | :13:39. | |
budget we spoke about. With the players they have at their disposal. | :13:40. | :13:42. | |
It was always going to be difficult but never say never. Got to get back | :13:43. | :13:47. | |
to winning ways. Celtic stretching away, looking like they will | :13:48. | :13:50. | |
struggle to lose games at all. It will be difficult for everybody but | :13:51. | :13:56. | |
we knew that. 21st straight league defeat at Celtic Park for Aberdeen. | :13:57. | :14:00. | |
But, could the game... How different could the game have been, had Adam | :14:01. | :14:04. | |
Rooney taken one of his chances? He had good chances. He had one in | :14:05. | :14:10. | |
particular, a fantastic ball in from Hayes. He doesn't catch it enough. I | :14:11. | :14:15. | |
think he thinks he has scored. He will be kicking himself. Great | :14:16. | :14:19. | |
movement. Fantastic. Two or three occasions like that. Griffiths had | :14:20. | :14:24. | |
some. Celtic dominated possession. On the break, Aberdeen were | :14:25. | :14:28. | |
dangerous. How good a chance was that? You are both strikers. I would | :14:29. | :14:33. | |
love to be on the end of that. He should have scored. He would have | :14:34. | :14:38. | |
wanted to score. Form plays such an important part. One man in amazing | :14:39. | :14:43. | |
form is Leigh Griffiths, is he... Is there any debate, is he the best | :14:44. | :14:47. | |
player in the league? He has proven he is the best striker in the | :14:48. | :14:49. | |
league. N'Doye a bit of everything. Schools | :14:50. | :15:26. | |
headers. He sees off other strikers that come to the club. You can see | :15:27. | :15:31. | |
has his arm up, he really wanted in there. Fantastic. Midweek against | :15:32. | :15:38. | |
Hearts, not having the greatest game, tries to take it on. Always | :15:39. | :15:44. | |
this, I had him at Dundee. He will go past you, pace. Little nutmeg. | :15:45. | :15:51. | |
Always have the composure to bend it away. Into the corners of the net. A | :15:52. | :15:57. | |
player at the top of his game, confident. Best player in the league | :15:58. | :16:06. | |
at the moment. In terms of Aberdeen's defence, not helped when | :16:07. | :16:15. | |
they had to reshuffle? It was one of his first game is back, concussion. | :16:16. | :16:20. | |
Set pieces, everything, important. Be glad. A bit more solidarity, | :16:21. | :16:26. | |
playing left-back all season, when they were on their successful run. | :16:27. | :16:31. | |
To have two reshuffle early. A big blow for them. Reynolds had to go | :16:32. | :16:38. | |
and play at left-back. Becomes a lot more difficult for Aberdeen, who | :16:39. | :16:44. | |
have been struggling for form. Derek McInnes is really good at getting | :16:45. | :16:48. | |
his team setup to be to beat. They were a bit ragged yesterday. What is | :16:49. | :16:56. | |
going through his mind? I'm sure Derek McInnes could not believe it. | :16:57. | :16:59. | |
There anywhere I could describe it was mental. Stay up, plenty of | :17:00. | :17:06. | |
cover, 3-2. Show Kris Commons out, you cannot do that. A Rush of blood | :17:07. | :17:11. | |
to the head. He sees the ball, thinking I can do damage. Credit to | :17:12. | :17:19. | |
Celtic. They played well. Scott, for you, is that a great goal? It is, | :17:20. | :17:35. | |
Rogic put the bowling, had a great game. He gets a little shove, | :17:36. | :17:45. | |
fantastic goal. Celtic do deserve credit, fantastic win. Ciaran | :17:46. | :17:50. | |
Tinney, Man of the Match performance, how big a prospect is | :17:51. | :17:54. | |
he? Fabulous, not great height, but his best asset is getting forward. | :17:55. | :17:59. | |
Left-back, quick, determined, good little defender. You see how high up | :18:00. | :18:06. | |
the Piti is. He says he modelled his game and Roberto Carlos? Looks like | :18:07. | :18:13. | |
it. Awareness to pick out that pass. High up again, delivery. Great | :18:14. | :18:19. | |
quality again. Nice to see a young Scottish player coming through at | :18:20. | :18:23. | |
Celtic. Not easy, top-quality players there. To be getting a game, | :18:24. | :18:29. | |
question is, can he play, Whee in, week out. Huge victory for Celtic. | :18:30. | :18:38. | |
-- week in. Ronny Deila not happy with many things, he says he will be | :18:39. | :18:43. | |
judged in Europe, massive match coming up. You will | :18:44. | :18:45. | |
judged in Europe, massive match coming up. You will be watching. How | :18:46. | :18:49. | |
important for Celtic to win that. Very much so if they want to stay in | :18:50. | :18:54. | |
the Europa League. The way that handle the situation since the Kris | :18:55. | :19:02. | |
Commons incident. With Nadir Ciftci, Izaguirre, people will say, is he | :19:03. | :19:05. | |
losing the dressing room? Is everything OK? The best way to | :19:06. | :19:10. | |
answer that, give Hearts did something, then Aberdeen. Two good | :19:11. | :19:15. | |
results against second and third in the league. These situations arising | :19:16. | :19:21. | |
all clubs. They are escalated because you are Celtic Football | :19:22. | :19:24. | |
Club. Infighting, people voicing opinions. Everybody has an opinion? | :19:25. | :19:31. | |
Of course. Winning games, certainly keeping critics away. Good win for | :19:32. | :19:34. | |
Celtic. Plenty still to come on Sportscene | :19:35. | :19:36. | |
tonight, here's what else we've got One of | :19:37. | :19:39. | |
the surprise success stories of this season has been the Partick Thistle | :19:40. | :19:58. | |
mascot Kingsley, who's been making And as it was Halloween, Connie | :19:59. | :20:00. | |
McLaughlin went to Firhill to find It is Hallowe'en, the speediest day | :20:01. | :20:24. | |
of the year. Where else would we be other than Scary Hill, the home of | :20:25. | :20:28. | |
Partick Thistle. On the trail of the most terrifying creature in the | :20:29. | :20:34. | |
SPFL. Easy as bad as everyone makes out? -- is ES bad. No, actually. As | :20:35. | :20:44. | |
it turns out Kingsley is the most popular creature here. Incredible, | :20:45. | :20:51. | |
the action he has had, calls from New York, all over the world, BBC | :20:52. | :20:59. | |
World Service, talking to Argentina. Phenomenal, maximising exposure, on | :21:00. | :21:05. | |
people's laptops. People who did not there Partick Thistle. It has given | :21:06. | :21:11. | |
us an edge. We have done a lot of work rebranding the club. He | :21:12. | :21:15. | |
certainly falls into that category, he has been good. From that | :21:16. | :21:20. | |
perspective. Kingsley was not the only one in costume, as they faced | :21:21. | :21:25. | |
the intimidating challenge of a Hearts side second in the table. The | :21:26. | :21:34. | |
first half was fairly even, Stuart Branigan going close for the home | :21:35. | :21:44. | |
side. They also threatened, a bowl dropping from a panicking corner, | :21:45. | :21:51. | |
the effort blocked by Meguid. It was Hearts taking the lead in the 38th | :21:52. | :21:56. | |
minute. Ryan Scully palmed away the shot. It was turned home. Sluggish | :21:57. | :22:07. | |
reactions from the Partick defence. It was the seventh goal of his | :22:08. | :22:14. | |
season. Hearts's from two combining for the second goal. Swivelling on | :22:15. | :22:22. | |
the edge of the box, before taking it pass Kelly. Strong play from the | :22:23. | :22:29. | |
big Swedish player. Sixth strike of the season for him. More Spanish | :22:30. | :22:36. | |
wing play helped create the opportunity for Hearts' third. | :22:37. | :22:44. | |
Drawing the foul to win the penalty. Nice footwork from the Belgian | :22:45. | :22:48. | |
midfielder. A little target the shirt as well. Coolly slotted home | :22:49. | :22:59. | |
for 3-0. Being three down at home already a terrifying prospect for | :23:00. | :23:05. | |
Alan Archibald, it got even scarier in the 85th minute. Scully playing | :23:06. | :23:18. | |
in praise of Thomas Cerny shown a straight red card. All three | :23:19. | :23:23. | |
substitutes whereon the park. Costume change the Ryan Stevenson. | :23:24. | :23:36. | |
He did get a hand on the spot kick from Sow, but the score was four - | :23:37. | :23:42. | |
zero. We still want to play better football, create more opportunities. | :23:43. | :23:46. | |
The second half was not acceptable, 3-0. We downed tools, that was the | :23:47. | :23:52. | |
way felt. We should be angry, so should the fans. Hallowe'en horror | :23:53. | :23:56. | |
show for Alan Archibald's side. Let's hope we have more luck | :23:57. | :24:02. | |
tonight. Going trick or treating. You know any good jokes? | :24:03. | :24:10. | |
I suppose it is the curse Kingsley striking for Partick Thistle on | :24:11. | :24:17. | |
Hallowe'en. Hearts up to second place in the table. You have seen | :24:18. | :24:21. | |
all the sides, do they have enough to finish in second? Absolutely. | :24:22. | :24:26. | |
When they get in front, hard to peg back. Teams had opportunities | :24:27. | :24:31. | |
against them, but good defensively, organised, solid. Good players, Sow | :24:32. | :24:45. | |
and Juanma can hurt you. You were both potent strikers in your day, | :24:46. | :24:52. | |
how impressed were you with this partnership? You are only as good | :24:53. | :24:59. | |
Ayerza strikers. These two both have goals, they are dangerous. Sow is an | :25:00. | :25:04. | |
awkward character, but he twists and turns, in the box. They are direct. | :25:05. | :25:10. | |
Physical strength. They again to be a handful. Here we see it again, is | :25:11. | :25:17. | |
it a red card? Possibly. He takes a penalty well. In terms of squad | :25:18. | :25:22. | |
strength, more than a match for Aberdeen? I think so. You get to see | :25:23. | :25:28. | |
a few ball, they had the bad patch after a good start. They went about | :25:29. | :25:33. | |
their business quietly, now in second place, a bit more focus. | :25:34. | :25:39. | |
Interesting to see how they react. Angry words from Alan Archibald, | :25:40. | :25:44. | |
talking about them downing tools. It has been a good run for Partick | :25:45. | :25:47. | |
Thistle of late? Good win at St Johnstone, my son was at the game, | :25:48. | :25:51. | |
he said they were good in the first half. They said it yesterday. They | :25:52. | :25:57. | |
have to take chances when they come their way, otherwise they will | :25:58. | :26:00. | |
suffer. They suffered yesterday in the second half. | :26:01. | :26:02. | |
We've been back through the archives for a Halloween memory | :26:03. | :26:05. | |
Would the visit of Partick Thistle be a trick or a treat for Rangers? | :26:06. | :26:22. | |
Stocks that time, but marginal free kick. McDonald. Here it is. Clark. | :26:23. | :26:39. | |
1-04 Thistle after 29 minutes. -- 1-0 four Thistle. There is a | :26:40. | :26:43. | |
deflection, it is there. 2-0. And we'll see if it's | :26:44. | :26:54. | |
a different story for Rangers in But now time to see how Motherwell | :26:55. | :26:56. | |
fared away to Kilmarnock, Hamilton We start with a ghoulish moment for | :26:57. | :27:15. | |
Inverness. David Raven with the Challenger and Greg Stewart. Penalty | :27:16. | :27:20. | |
kick. Not only that. Red card the Caledonian Thistle ). -- rightback. | :27:21. | :27:29. | |
He had got a tow to the ball. Had he taken the player first? Spot kick, | :27:30. | :27:38. | |
Lloyd converting. That was not it for penalty controversy. Ball into | :27:39. | :27:45. | |
the box. Down he went. Nothing given. Down went Christie, this time | :27:46. | :27:52. | |
the referee blowing. Paul Hartley, the Dundee manager claimed the | :27:53. | :27:58. | |
referee had been conned into the decision. Greg Tansey made it 1-1. | :27:59. | :28:09. | |
As fate would have it, Mark McGhee's last match five years ago | :28:10. | :28:21. | |
was against Kilmarnock. This late strike enough to take all three | :28:22. | :28:25. | |
points. Giving Nicky his first win back at the club. -- giving Mark | :28:26. | :28:36. | |
McGhee. After weathering some early Hamilton | :28:37. | :28:40. | |
dominance, St Johnstone took the lead, Brian Easton with the cross, | :28:41. | :28:45. | |
Graham Cummins with a header. That came just before half-time. Just | :28:46. | :28:50. | |
after half-time, he would get a chance to double the tally. Failing | :28:51. | :28:56. | |
to clear the lines. St Johnstone coming out all guns blazing. Great | :28:57. | :29:00. | |
skill from Michael O'Halloran. McGovern with the save. There was | :29:01. | :29:08. | |
Graham Cummins alive to make it 2-0. It was now all St Johnstone, when | :29:09. | :29:12. | |
McGovern spilled a high ball under pressure. There was David | :29:13. | :29:18. | |
Wotherspoon, who calmly converted to make it three. Michael O'Halloran | :29:19. | :29:24. | |
has been aiding rave reviews of late, easy to see why as this | :29:25. | :29:29. | |
powerful shot but St Johnstone into a four goal lead. Just enough time | :29:30. | :29:35. | |
to claim the consolation. Jesus Garcia Tena. And afterwards he had | :29:36. | :29:48. | |
the chance to make it two from the spot. Not enough, as St Johnstone | :29:49. | :29:56. | |
made it two the truck. How much of a difference is Mark McGhee making? | :29:57. | :30:01. | |
Certainly making an impression on the team, week to week, getting | :30:02. | :30:05. | |
better. Great to see. Certainly bringing a discipline to the squad. | :30:06. | :30:10. | |
A shake, when we have not got the ball. We are beginning to be a lot | :30:11. | :30:15. | |
harder to beat. Sometimes we will look upon as being too open. Nice to | :30:16. | :30:21. | |
get that. Get the confidence growing and build on it. | :30:22. | :30:26. | |
Weekly dose of refereeing controversy. What did you make of | :30:27. | :30:31. | |
the decisions? When you see it behind the goal, UC | :30:32. | :30:44. | |
Loy leaning in, but probably a penalty -- you can see. What about | :30:45. | :30:50. | |
this, was it a penalty? The first incident is more than the second | :30:51. | :30:52. | |
one. It is a bit clumsy. He doesn't take any of the ball. I | :30:53. | :30:55. | |
don't think Holt even moves his leg. I don't understand why he is | :30:56. | :31:06. | |
annoyed. You have to give St Johnstone credit. I was at that | :31:07. | :31:10. | |
match yesterday. It was fantastic, 4-0 up. Tommy Right has such a | :31:11. | :31:16. | |
strong looking squad. Goals in abundance. Coming from everywhere. | :31:17. | :31:21. | |
Cummins popping up. John Sutton can't get a sniff, he is on the | :31:22. | :31:24. | |
bench and has scored loads of goals for Motherwell in the last couple of | :31:25. | :31:28. | |
years and can't get a game, it shows you the strength and depth. O'Hara | :31:29. | :31:31. | |
and has been fantastic and proven again. Tommy was raving about | :31:32. | :31:36. | |
Michael O'Halloran in the week and if it wasn't fully Griffiths, could | :31:37. | :31:39. | |
he have a case for being the best player in the league at the moment? | :31:40. | :31:45. | |
He is certainly a danger. I don't like him when he plays against us. | :31:46. | :31:49. | |
He is direct and quick. St Johnstone could be having a quiet game and not | :31:50. | :31:52. | |
looking like hurting you and suddenly this guy gets the ball, | :31:53. | :31:56. | |
Michael O'Halloran will go at you with pace. He is positive he | :31:57. | :32:03. | |
penetrates you. Good strikes on goal. As we saw with Hamilton. A bit | :32:04. | :32:07. | |
like Griffiths. To Tannadice next | :32:08. | :32:09. | |
and a first home match in charge Last weekend he tore into | :32:10. | :32:11. | |
his players after their hammering Would he get the response he wanted | :32:12. | :32:15. | |
against Billy Dodd's Ross County? Sean Dillon picks out Mckay | :32:16. | :32:19. | |
Rob Maclean has the answer. Fraser. Headed away stretched to | :32:20. | :35:44. | |
Foster. Woods. Great hit. Just a fraction away from that top corner. | :35:45. | :35:49. | |
There is Boyce. Disappointed with the header. Unmarked in the middle. | :35:50. | :36:07. | |
Ross County's top goal-scorer should have done better. | :36:08. | :36:17. | |
He has hauled down by Aidan Connelly. He may have dropped the | :36:18. | :36:24. | |
card but it was yellow for the Dundee United substitute. | :36:25. | :36:30. | |
Whistles from the Dundee United fans. The final whistle can't come | :36:31. | :36:34. | |
quick enough. Michael Bardeen. Threatening and he is hacked down by | :36:35. | :36:45. | |
Connelly. He is not long on, the 20-year-old Aidan Connelly. Two | :36:46. | :36:50. | |
yellow cards add up to red card. They are down to ten men in stoppage | :36:51. | :36:52. | |
time. This must be the last chance of the | :36:53. | :36:56. | |
match. Tipped over by Szromnik. Dundee | :36:57. | :37:07. | |
United can celebrate a win, it hasn't happened too often this | :37:08. | :37:08. | |
season. We knew Ross County would give us a | :37:09. | :37:16. | |
good test and they did. We more than matched that. The boys were | :37:17. | :37:21. | |
aggressive. They were ready for the second ball and longer balls that | :37:22. | :37:24. | |
Ross County play so well. Their strikers movement was nullified | :37:25. | :37:29. | |
quite well. Even then, they showed the dangerous team they can be. We | :37:30. | :37:35. | |
are disappointed. We felt a point was the least we deserved. We have | :37:36. | :37:41. | |
got to grin and bear it. Get ready for Celtic on Sunday. We all heard | :37:42. | :37:47. | |
strong words from Mixu Paatelainen accusing his players being a soft | :37:48. | :37:51. | |
touch. They got the victory over yourselves yesterday. He obviously | :37:52. | :37:55. | |
got a reaction from his players. He certainly did. You could see they | :37:56. | :37:59. | |
were lacking a bit of confidence, Dundee United but they gave their | :38:00. | :38:02. | |
manager everything. Whatever he said, they got a response, they were | :38:03. | :38:07. | |
determined. They showed aggression. They were probably the better team | :38:08. | :38:11. | |
in the first half but in the second half, we had them backend back a | :38:12. | :38:17. | |
bit. It was a nothing penalty. -- pinned them back. Priceless three | :38:18. | :38:22. | |
points. Let's get the penalty, was it a penalty? The referee wasn't | :38:23. | :38:28. | |
convincing. He had a good game yesterday. Matt Woods... He just | :38:29. | :38:34. | |
stops. It is the momentum that takes Fraser into him. Good play from | :38:35. | :38:39. | |
Fraser. He just moves the ball. Woods just stops. Taking it. We were | :38:40. | :38:45. | |
hoping it was outside but it was just in. Moves united to within two | :38:46. | :38:49. | |
of Partick Thistle. Massive victory and his first victory for Mixu | :38:50. | :38:54. | |
Paatelainen, a massive victory. A big lift for him and the club. Only | :38:55. | :38:58. | |
two points away from Partick Thistle. For all the doom and gloom | :38:59. | :39:03. | |
around the club, they are within touching distance once again to | :39:04. | :39:07. | |
people above them. They will try and build on that. How is the feeling at | :39:08. | :39:13. | |
Ross County? Going well, fifth place, 18 points, Celtic, next | :39:14. | :39:17. | |
weekend on Sunday. Hard one of games. We have left a few points | :39:18. | :39:22. | |
behind. Some teams will say that. Missed opportunities like yesterday. | :39:23. | :39:27. | |
If you have said to me, would I love 21 points and semifinal cup | :39:28. | :39:31. | |
competition? We have 18, sitting fifth, we are always being greedy. | :39:32. | :39:36. | |
Let's get greedy. If there will be no race for the top spot in the | :39:37. | :39:40. | |
league, what about the race for the second-place? Aberdeen, Hart, say -- | :39:41. | :39:47. | |
St Johnstone, yourselves? We would need a good run. Like last season. | :39:48. | :39:52. | |
Aberdeen, hearts, Dundee United, Celtic, Inverness. No disrespect to | :39:53. | :39:57. | |
them, but teams will be looking at us, capable of taking points off us | :39:58. | :40:01. | |
but we are looking at getting a good all in playing those teams. | :40:02. | :40:05. | |
Motherwell in the mix? Time will tell. A long way to go. There is, | :40:06. | :40:13. | |
and consistency from any club in the league, it is that even between | :40:14. | :40:14. | |
certain clubs. Any game can go any given way on its | :40:15. | :40:24. | |
day. If you can just build the Menton and get consistency, you will | :40:25. | :40:25. | |
be right up there. So that's how the table looks | :40:26. | :40:27. | |
on the first day of November. Celtic six ahead of Hearts who move | :40:28. | :40:30. | |
ahead of Aberdeen into second. St Johnstone make a big jump | :40:31. | :40:33. | |
into fouth place, that big win for Dundee United brings them right | :40:34. | :40:35. | |
back into contention at the bottom. To the Championship now and | :40:36. | :40:43. | |
there's only one place to start. Rangers took | :40:44. | :40:45. | |
their perfect record to Easter Road, Hibs knew it could be win or bust in | :40:46. | :40:47. | |
the race for automatic promotion. Rob Maclean is | :40:48. | :40:50. | |
your match commentator. COMMENTATOR: One change for Hibs in | :40:51. | :41:05. | |
their biggest game of the season so far. Liam Fontaine left out. Manager | :41:06. | :41:10. | |
Alan Stubbs includes the midfielder instead. Danny Wilson returning. | :41:11. | :41:18. | |
Nicky Clarke starts and the two shopping out including Kenny | :41:19. | :41:19. | |
Miller. A popular phrase this season. | :41:20. | :41:23. | |
Clark's stepped over. Halt halt. Screams for a penalty. Holt Again. | :41:24. | :41:43. | |
Free kick given but no penalty for this. | :41:44. | :41:50. | |
The ball is hustled out of play by the Rangers captain, Lee Wallace. | :41:51. | :41:58. | |
Jason Cummings gets himself away from Danny Wilson. That is right out | :41:59. | :42:04. | |
of the top drawer from Hibs. Top goal-scorer strikes again. An | :42:05. | :42:09. | |
unstoppable. Got a half yard away from Wilson and | :42:10. | :42:18. | |
then got the shot past Foderingham. One -02 Hibs, it is a dream start | :42:19. | :42:23. | |
with the home team ahead inside 11 minutes -- 1-0, to. Wallace powering | :42:24. | :42:37. | |
forward. Clark. Great touch from the Hibs goalkeeper. It was a big chance | :42:38. | :42:43. | |
to get his goals into double figures. The nearest attaches from | :42:44. | :42:56. | |
the goalkeeper but so important. Why and Tavernier so many goals between | :42:57. | :43:03. | |
them, those two. Wallace. Deflected. All square. Two minutes into the | :43:04. | :43:06. | |
second half. A big touch off the former Rangers | :43:07. | :43:18. | |
player, Darren McGregor. The keeper had no chance. It was heading wide | :43:19. | :43:22. | |
from Wallace. It needed the deflection. | :43:23. | :43:27. | |
One against two. Tavernier Came out on top. Neat little flick. Wallace! | :43:28. | :43:40. | |
Deflected and onto the crossbar. What an escape for Hibs, great | :43:41. | :43:47. | |
goalkeeping again. What an important touch this is from McGregor. | :43:48. | :43:53. | |
Flicking the goal bound effort from Wallace. Away from Kiernan. | :43:54. | :44:07. | |
Cummings. Can he score again. Wallace, to get that away. I am not | :44:08. | :44:13. | |
sure Foderingham knew too much about this. As Cummings slipped away from | :44:14. | :44:19. | |
Kiernan. Big opportunity. It smacked the goalkeeper in the face. | :44:20. | :44:27. | |
Halliday. Curling effort off the base of the post. So close to 2-1, | :44:28. | :44:32. | |
Rangers. Really good effort. Andy Halliday. That has gone wide. | :44:33. | :44:48. | |
This was considerably closer from the on loan Tottenham player. | :44:49. | :44:50. | |
Deflected. Back off the post. The free kick is on target. It had | :44:51. | :45:11. | |
to be touched over the top by Foderingham, a save you expected him | :45:12. | :45:26. | |
to make. McGinn, that can be a massive goal for Hibernian. Escaping | :45:27. | :45:35. | |
the clutches of Tavernier, he makes it 2-1. Tavernier, Waghorn. | :45:36. | :45:48. | |
Rangers' top goal-scorer disappointed he missed the target by | :45:49. | :45:56. | |
a long way. In goes Frazier, Rangers do not like the challenge. There is | :45:57. | :46:03. | |
a pushing match going on, Martin Waghorn, Dominic Ball getting | :46:04. | :46:12. | |
involved. After that challenge went down badly. John Beaton with a big | :46:13. | :46:24. | |
job is and is. I wanted estimate a statement we were in there, chasing | :46:25. | :46:28. | |
Rangers as much as we can. The biggest thing, they have had an | :46:29. | :46:33. | |
unbelievable start, you have to recognise that. For that | :46:34. | :46:37. | |
unbelievable start, we only five points behind, telling us how good | :46:38. | :46:42. | |
we have been. Never one to get beaten, we learn from that, it hurts | :46:43. | :46:47. | |
to lose. If you have a bad performance, you deserve it. We | :46:48. | :46:52. | |
deserved it. Hopefully next week we can play better. Great game, keeping | :46:53. | :47:00. | |
the Championship very much alive. Hibernian five points behind | :47:01. | :47:02. | |
Rangers. Good showing from both sides. Were Hibernian deserved | :47:03. | :47:10. | |
winners? I had to say, excellent game. Both teams went at it. Hibs | :47:11. | :47:20. | |
got their goal, Rangers got one back. Once Hibs got the second, they | :47:21. | :47:27. | |
saw the game out. Lots of chances, action, magnificent. Great strike | :47:28. | :47:32. | |
from Jason Cummings, is he the new Leigh Griffiths? The Hibs fans will | :47:33. | :47:37. | |
be hoping so. A real thorn in Rangers side. He has scored five or | :47:38. | :47:43. | |
six goals against them. Could not have caught that any sweeter. Alan | :47:44. | :47:48. | |
Stubbs' post match interview, he says he is improving all the time, | :47:49. | :47:51. | |
the all-round game getting better and better. Interest from clubs down | :47:52. | :47:57. | |
now. Interesting to see if they can keep him. A bit like Leigh | :47:58. | :48:03. | |
Griffiths' progress. Rangers chopping points for the first time. | :48:04. | :48:07. | |
The manager changing tactics lately. How did that work. They lost a | :48:08. | :48:12. | |
bitter height at set pieces. The three centre halves. They said they | :48:13. | :48:20. | |
were going to play Ball as a centre fielder. Tavernier was in there. | :48:21. | :48:32. | |
They take one of the centre halves off Emma they lose a bit of hype. | :48:33. | :48:39. | |
3-2, then they start getting 2-2, foot races. Excellent chance to make | :48:40. | :48:45. | |
it 2-1. There is the height difference again, Tavernier marking | :48:46. | :48:51. | |
him. Wilson was off, suddenly one short. It proved costly. Positive | :48:52. | :48:56. | |
substitute. He tried to win the game. In terms of the goalkeeper, a | :48:57. | :49:03. | |
mistake? He gets caught underneath it. The pace of the board does him. | :49:04. | :49:09. | |
Lovely ball in, from McGinn, he deserved Man of the Match. If Adam | :49:10. | :49:17. | |
Rooney scores of chances, different game, this penalty shout early on. | :49:18. | :49:21. | |
What was your view? Should it have been a penalty? In my eyes, definite | :49:22. | :49:27. | |
penalty. Only have to look at Stevenson's reaction. The hands go | :49:28. | :49:34. | |
up, saying sorry. Yes, for me. Should this one have been a red | :49:35. | :49:40. | |
card? Interesting tackle. Two feet. Right off the ground. No booking. | :49:41. | :49:46. | |
Not really in control. What has saved him, he got the ball, not the | :49:47. | :49:51. | |
man. If he gets anything of the man, borderline red card. He was going to | :49:52. | :49:57. | |
win this Championship? A bit like the SPL. You have Rangers, what they | :49:58. | :50:03. | |
have at their disposal, the budget. Size of the squad. Hibs, big club, | :50:04. | :50:09. | |
good players. I like their consistency. You would have to say | :50:10. | :50:14. | |
Rangers will probably go and win the title. Would you be surprised if | :50:15. | :50:17. | |
Hibs came up in the play-off? Falkirk, were in action yesterday | :50:18. | :50:20. | |
knowing a win over St Mirren could Connie McLaughlin has the story | :50:21. | :50:23. | |
of the game. Falkirk have had the best start to | :50:24. | :50:39. | |
the season since 2004. They wanted that to continue against America's a | :50:40. | :50:45. | |
close range effort against Lingfield. The on form striker John | :50:46. | :50:59. | |
Baird added a second. Into the second half, the Saints almost | :51:00. | :51:03. | |
replied. Long-range effort from Stevie Mallon not quite on target. | :51:04. | :51:12. | |
Things were getting better, Jack Baird sent off for this. Look like | :51:13. | :51:20. | |
handball, denying a clear goal-scoring opportunity. Denver | :51:21. | :51:28. | |
highlight of the match if you were Falkirk fan. Securing all three | :51:29. | :51:35. | |
points Falkirk. St Mirren's horror show you the day ended even worse. | :51:36. | :51:41. | |
Another red card, this time Craig Reid, the referee with no choice but | :51:42. | :51:48. | |
to send him off. Not a great day for St Mirren, ending the match with | :51:49. | :51:56. | |
nine men. The Championship table looking very interesting. After that | :51:57. | :52:02. | |
fantastic victory, Falkirk up to 23 points. St Mirren, joint second | :52:03. | :52:06. | |
bottom alongside Livingston and Dumbarton. Scott McDonald, do | :52:07. | :52:16. | |
Falkirk have a chance of finishing second? Will they have to be content | :52:17. | :52:21. | |
with a place in the play-offs? They will have to continue the form they | :52:22. | :52:24. | |
will have to continue the form there shivering they got beat by Hibs last | :52:25. | :52:28. | |
week, a bit of a dent to those aspirations. They will be on the | :52:29. | :52:34. | |
coat-tails of Hibs, for the duration of the season. Interestingly looking | :52:35. | :52:39. | |
at St Mirren, 11 point gap for the play-offs. Slowly getting bigger and | :52:40. | :52:44. | |
bigger. Not getting all to well in Paisley. Massive game next weekend | :52:45. | :52:50. | |
St Mirren at home to Hibs. They will want to follow up with a victory | :52:51. | :52:54. | |
after that win against Rangers. How worrying for St Mirren, they would | :52:55. | :52:59. | |
expect to be higher up the table? I spoke to the manager, he said they | :53:00. | :53:03. | |
have a two year plan to get back to the SPL. They are a bit off the | :53:04. | :53:09. | |
pace. They need a couple of wins to get confidence. They have made some | :53:10. | :53:14. | |
good signings, good players, but winning a couple, you get the | :53:15. | :53:19. | |
confidence back. Going to be a very competitive division, that is for | :53:20. | :53:23. | |
sure. My thanks to Billy Dodds and Scott McDonald. | :53:24. | :53:25. | |
The countdown to Christmas has begun. | :53:26. | :53:28. | |
From all of us, until next weekend - goodnight. | :53:29. | :53:37. | |
What the actual... Who do you think you are?! | :53:38. | :54:12. |