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that is an absolutely stunning goal. Brilliant! Stevenson! Unbelievable!

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That is terrific from Billy Mackay. And welcome to Sportscene, an

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incredible weekend in Scottish football with two thrilling league

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cup semifinals and three Premier League matches. He had to make sense

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of it, Michael Stewart and the Aberdeen manager Derek McInnis, who

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has only just stopped smiling for the first time in 24 hours -- Derek

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McInnes. Hartson Inverness Caledonian Thistle -- Hearts and

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carry Thistle face each other in the semifinal. Last season, Hart made it

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through to the final. Could it happen again? Gary Locke has stuck

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with the team that beat St Mirren. It is not often he has had a

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selection dilemma this season. Ross Draper start for carry Thistle

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for the first time since New Year. Also starting is the returning Greg

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Tansey. Billy McKay has scored 18 this campaign, but like Warren and

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Draper and raven, they are a booking away from missing the file. --

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final. That is a yellow card for Gary

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Warren. And if Inverness make the final, he will not play.

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What a save that is. It was point-blank. It was great movement

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from Billy McKay, what a fine stop that is.

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Vincent lays it back to him. And a big shout for a penalty. Nothing

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doing once more. Hanging the ball up. It is theatrical, you have to

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say, looking at that again. Tansey couldn't resist it, and

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little wonder, when you can do that! A wonderful strike. Hearts go

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to the referee because they want a free kick for handball. But carry

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Thistle don't care about bad. Greg Tansey with a thunderbolt that could

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take them through to their first major cup final. What a goal! You

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just don't strike them better. It reminds me of the Ryan Stevenson

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goal against Hibs. Same sort of shot, power, pace and precision all

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in one. It comes to Callum Paterson. Great

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save by Cammy Bell. Raven in the right place. The Inverness players

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clash, and it comes to him, one on one, and Brill stands up so well.

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A free kick right on the edge of the box. The card is out as well. It is

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a second yellow for Warren. Cali Thistle are down to ten men. A shot

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in the arm for Hearts, who have a wonderful free kick opportunity as

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well. It comes to Hammell, it is deflected

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and in! -- Jamie Hamill. The free kick works and Jamie Hamill levels

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this league cup semifinal. 1-1, Gaymon.

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It is beginning to unravel for the Highlanders.

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Jamie Hamill takes the free kick again and he has scored again! What

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a turnaround at Easter Road! Inverness's dream is slipping away

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from them and Hearts heading back to the cup final.

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Unbelievable save by Jamie MacDonald, this time to deny

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Meekings. It is a bullet header. A frustrated Meekings could find

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himself... Off! I thought he was going to that top pocket again. It

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was cynical from Meekings. Gary Locke was delighted to lead his

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beloved Hearts out at hand in last season... Ross is there! It has gone

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in! It is incredible! On their knees, Inverness Caledonian

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Thistle, two men down have equalised in second-half stoppage time! Quite

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incredible scenes at Easter Road. The Highlanders are back in this.

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That was the chance. Brilliant from Jamie Hamill. All he has got to do

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is keep it down and he can't. How is your nerves? Graeme Shinnie

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first. It is saved and advantageous Hearts. Paul McCallum has the chance

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to press home the initiative. Nick Ross, the man who took us here.

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Scores. Great penalty. Brill saves. It is advantageous Cali

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Thistle. Tansey thumped the ball into the

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net. Wonderful spot kick again, and it is massive pressure on Scott

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Robinson of Hearts. We continue.

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They are going to the final! Ross Draper has sensationally sent nine

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man Caley Thistle into the Scottish League Cup final with one of the

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coolest penalties you will ever, ever see. Delighted, absolutely

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delighted. I felt we were up against it and the boys showed spirit and

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character. I said before the game, if there's anyone who deserves it,

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it is this football club, so I am absolutely delighted for everyone

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concerned, from the chairman right down to the man. Very cruel but we

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have only got ourselves to blame. We get a corner, a minute on the clock

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to go and instead of just keeping it in the corner, we are trying to hit

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it off the land. They go up the park and score. It is a sore one to take,

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because we should have seen it out. A slightly boring first half, it has

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to be said, but after that, compulsive viewing.

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You were there today, you have Hearts connections, but did you

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enjoy it? You are right, the first half was a nonevent, and after that,

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it certainly came to life. Lots of incidents, lots of refereeing

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mistakes, it certainly came to life. Lots of

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incidents, lots of refereeing but it was a game that Hearts could have

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and should have seen out and won. Derek, a few moments, as Michael

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alludes to, refereeing decisions that come under the microscope.

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Inverness end up with that come under the microscope.

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Inverness end up nine men on the pitch. What was your view of the

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decisions? This was the yellow card. You have seen that being deemed a

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yellow card, the defender hasn't done a lot wrong and in this

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instance, I don't think he has done anything. And obviously, Hearts goal

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in school, so it is a double whammy. I don't think Warren has done any

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thing wrong -- go on and score. Josh Meekings, he has stopped a promising

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attack, which the referee would normally deem as a yellow card

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offence. To see it as a red card offence, you would have to say it is

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higher in the tackle. It is a blatant trip, he knew what he was

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doing but no more than a yellow card for me, so I think in both

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instances, Inverness have been harshly treated. Yes, questionable

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decisions. Inverness down to nine men, they get a last-gasp equaliser

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incredibly, 2-2, but Hearts, with a two-man advantage, they should be

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seeing it at? It is not a prerequisite that if you have more

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mentally you will win game, but when it went into extra time... You can

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see the clips, you can help without having a back four in place against

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one striker. This is from set plays. The game has changed, Inverness are

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down to nine men, yet Hearts are still playing as if it is 11. Is it

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tactical naivete? To a certain extent. Billy McKay is on the left

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back, the fullbacks are not doing anything, get them further up the

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pitch and get behind the Inverness back for that they had in place.

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They didn't do that, they had the two full-backs deep and as I say, it

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is not a prerequisite that you are going to win if you do that but you

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give yourself a better chance. Derek, Hearts couldn't hold on?

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Obviously, the onus is on them in extra time to make that advantage

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count. There are two different scenarios, Inverness, in their extra

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time, all about being resolute, tight and compact and expecting a

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bit more from the goalkeeper. Hearts are looking to stretch the game, ask

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more questions and Hearts will be kicking themselves. It is not a

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situation you come up against a lot, playing nine men, it is a real

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opportunity missed. Brilliant for Inverness, their first major final.

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By the time it began, we had only just caught our breath after the

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first semifinal. Fans of both teams arrived, St Johnstone on the Trail

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of their first piece of see the -- silverware. Derek McInnes looking to

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deliver Aberdeen's first piece of silverware for ten years. Derek

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McInnes is forced to make two changes to the side that started

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against Motherwell. Debut at right back the Logan,

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signed this week from Brentford, and a starting place in for Peter

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Pawlett. The St Johnstone, Steve Banks continues in goal in place of

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the suspended Alan McManus. In those Rooney! And Steve Banks

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gets an important glove to it. -- in goes Rooney. A dangerous ball into

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the near post from Robson, Rooney did well to get a shot away.

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Not the best kick, Adam Rooney could be in here. The defender leaves it

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and Aberdeen are in front! And it is Johnny Hays! And Tynecastle is

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rocking to the sound of Aberdeenshire is. The ball was left

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by Anderson and McKay and there was Johnny Hays -- Johnny Hayes to

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stroke it home. Here is Lee Croft. Is it the

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equaliser? Brilliant save. What a chance that was. And what a save by

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the Aberdeen keeper. He got a stroke of luck, and the goalkeeper earned

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his luck by touching it onto the post. Peter Pawlett. And he has gone

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all the way! And Aberdeen have doubled their lead. It was a swift

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counterattack, Peter Pawlett went past the defender, and it was a

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brilliant finish under the body of Steve Banks. Well, Aberdeen have

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been under the cosh, but they are two goals up. Fired into the box by

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Croft. So unlucky! Must be for St Johnstone! But they could not turn

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it in. It was Gary McDonald, and eventually, Fraser Wright whose

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effort came off the crossbar. Just helped behind by Reynolds.

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McKay in space, closed down quickly. This could be a counterattacking

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opportunity. Is it three? It is. And surely now, Aberdeen are into the

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final of the League Cup. Fantastic counterattacking football. St

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Johnstone, caught on the back foot. And from nothing, Aberdeen have gone

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three up, and it is Adam Rooney, with two goals in two games for

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Aberdeen. And they can start thinking about the League Cup Final

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now. Clinical finishing. There is the face of a man who knows his side

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are beaten. Aberdeen have a chance to add a fourth now. Considine

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rattles the woodwork! McGinn, a lovely ball in, and so

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unfortunate to see that come back off the crossbar, with Steve Banks

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rooted to the spot. Here come Aberdeen again, with Jonny

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Hayes. On the left foot! That is wonderful from Jonny Hayes! And it

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is turning into around for Aberdeen. -- into a rout. Bear fans jubilant,

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the players know they have booked their place in a League Cup Final.

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-- their fans are jubilant. Jonny Hayes has his second, a fourth for

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Aberdeen. It is despair for St Johnstone and delight for those in

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red. It is hard to describe, the first cup final for us for a few

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years. A first big cup final for myself personally. I felt like we

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owed the fans, we did not have a great season last year. They have

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been brilliant to us all season. We were pressing to get back into the

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game at 2-0. I have got to commend the players for that. I thought we

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created a few problems for Aberdeen. But they were clinical when it came

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to the crunch, and we weren't. Derek, Diane Pretty sure you enjoy

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those highlights. It must be massive, did you imagine that in

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your first season at Aberdeen, you would reach a cup final? You always

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hope for that. We always felt we could be successful. We put a squad

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together in the summer which we felt could improve the situation. The cup

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gives us that opportunity to be successful. We have got some tough

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matches in this cup run, and a St Johnstone were equally tough.

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Semifinals are normally tighter than that. But we were clinical. We took

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our opportunities well. We had to dig deep at times and see off a lot

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of their threat, defensively. But we have got pace in the team, and with

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the players we have got, I always feel we will score goals. And what a

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great time to be clinical, in a semifinal. Yes, it was a

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scintillating performance, and as you mentioned, fast,

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counterattacking play through the likes of Peter Pawlett and Jonny

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Hayes. Peter Pawlett, he has become a massive player for you, hasn't

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he? Yes, he really has. Ellie he has played a lot of his career in wider

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areas, but we play him at the top of a midfield two. He has to create

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goals and score himself. We always feel when he can get into these

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areas, it can do this. Once he gets the other side of the midfield, he

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is very positive. I would rather he tried that and just play it safe.

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Again, he has already had a look, before the ball was played into him.

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Again, he could play it out wide here, but his first touch is

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forward, and he forces the save from the goalkeeper. And this is where he

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has been excellent this season, showing responsibility in the

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midfield role to do his defensive work. That was a beautiful pass in

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for Adam to score his goal. He had a big influence on the game yesterday.

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He is a big influence on the team this season. It was slightly marred

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by an incident involving the Celtic manager Neil Lennon, who was at

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Tynecastle, watching the game. He had abuse directed at him by some

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fans, and he had his say on the incident today. It is very difficult

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to apportion any kind of blame to anyone. You cannot legislate for a

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couple of mindless people who have on behalf of our too much to drink,

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who want to single you out for that kind of abuse. Was it of a sectarian

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nature? No, it was not, I have to say, thankfully. That does not make

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it any easier. There is no blame apportioned to Aberdeen as a club. I

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do not want to spoil what was a great day for them. But you cannot

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legislate for that. A really depressing incident. It must have

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been irritating for you, Derek, following such a fantastic result.

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Yes, it is disappointing. Obviously, we took a huge support to Tynecastle

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yesterday, and like Neil Lennon said, the vast majority were

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fantastic, went with the intention of getting behind their team and to

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try and enjoy themselves. But obviously, one or two of them, if it

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is that, have made it difficult for Neil Lennon to do his job. There it

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quite right to be angry and disappointed, having had to leave

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the game early. Was there to watch us because they are playing as next

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week. And because of them he has had to leave. Hopefully they can be

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identified, because they are no use to anybody. It does not take the

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shine off us. We have got a good relationship with Celtic. On

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balance, it was a good day for our club. That wraps up the League Cup

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action, so we can now shift the focus to the Premiership. Later in

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the show we will have the action from Firhill, as Partick Thistle

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took on Dundee United, led by the former boss of Partick Thistle,

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Jackie McNamara. But we start the Premiership action

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at Celtic Park, with the champions aiming to extend their unbeaten

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record this season to 24 games. Also, goalkeeper Fraser Forster

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hoping for a club record 11th clean sheet in a row. St Mirren 's -- St

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Mirren hoping to stop all of that. Stefan Johansen makes his first

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start. Anthony Starks returns from suspension. Joe Ledley has left the

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club. St Mirren are in their third kit, the yellow kit.

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Scott Brown is available in the middle. He plays it on Commons.

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Tries the shot! And scores! It is a familiar sight this season, Kris

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Commons, finding the back of the net. St Mirren will wonder if Marian

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Kello should have done better. He got a hand to it but could not keep

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it out, and after just six minutes, Celtic are ahead.

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Again, battling for it, van Dijk is strong. He moves away from Jim

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Goodwin as well. Might play from the centre half, releases Anthony

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Stokes... Mulgrew linking with Brown. Nicely

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done, into the feet of Anthony Stokes... Good play again from

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Anthony Stokes. He last scored against St Mirren back on the 5th of

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January. Again it is picked up by the Celtic

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midfield. Here is a chance for Forrest. Celtic just trying to find

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their way through. Celtic have conceded just two goals in 12 league

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matches, coming forward again. Anthony Stokes! Close to extending

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the lead there. Just off target. Lovely play, working the one-two

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with Charlie Mulgrew. Goodwin has to come and help out. Lays the ball

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off, onto Naismith. That is looking for Steven Thompson. McInnes, denied

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by Fraser Forster, who has not had too much to do. Wide again for

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Celtic. -- Magennis. That came off Marc McAusland! Marian Kello had to

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gather it off his own defender. Mulgrew again, Celtic finding a lot

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of room on this left-hand side. McGregor was strong up against

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Izaguirre, and the referee saw nothing wrong with it. Chance for

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Magennis. Save, Fraser Forster, very strong indeed. That was a real

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opportunity for St Mirren, but Magennis could not beat the

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goalkeeper. Stokes, sets up Forrest, but just

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wide! Half a dozen goals this season, he was set up well by

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Anthony Stokes, but he was squeezed by the defender. Celtic dealing with

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the corner once again. Kelly, under pressure, that is a

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mistake from Kelly! This should be number two for Celtic! Anthony

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Stokes has been forced wide! Well, he went the hard way rather than the

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simple way. There was a tap-in waiting for the Dutchman, after the

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error by Sean Kelly. But Stokes went for it himself, and it was the wrong

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decision in the end. I thought our football was very,

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very good, we had 19 attempts at goal and only four on target. That

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is the only criticism you could have. It was a very good all-round

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footballing performance. It was a disappointing start to the game for

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us, to lose one as early as we did, and as cheaply, in the first couple

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of minutes. But the players stuck to it. Coming here, Celtic are always

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going to get the lions share of possession. But we did a good

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account of ourselves. Celtic are obviously dominant on the domestic

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front at the moment. Aberdeen, the last team to score against them in

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domestic football, which was back in November, which tells its own story.

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The fact that you have made it to a cup final, can that give you a boost

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ahead of what will be a massive game next weekend? It can only help.

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Yesterday was a big day for us. Obviously, the Celtic game got drawn

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out, that was always going to be tough for us. But it is also an

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opportunity. We should relish it. Normally, if you are going to be

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successful in the cups, you have to beat good teams, and Celtic showed

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they are just that. They were totally dominant. Somehow it was

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only 1-0. But for all of their good play and dominance, they have only

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worked the goalkeeper for times. And the time they did actually score,

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Marian Kello will be disappointed. But it was a good performance from

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them. We will need to play well if we want to get through. Another

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clean sheet for Fraser Forster, who was in spectacular form last weekend

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against Hibs, can you see Celtic holding onto him past the summer? it

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starts to get a bit difficult with him having two years left on his

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contract. I can see it getting past the summer but when it gets to

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January next season, it can be difficult, with only 18 months left.

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More premiership action coming up shortly. Next weekend, a series of

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spectaculars await. A triple bill of Scottish Cup

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Sportscenes next week. The best bit of business kill Marnoch could have

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done on the final day of the transfer window was hang onto Kris

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Boyd and they managed it -- kill Kilmarnock. He has been their main

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source of goals and despite speculation, he did stay put and

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started the game yesterday. Ross County had never beaten Kilmarnock.

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They had lost twice to them already but Derek Adams brought in plenty of

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new faces in the January window, two of which started up front.

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Kill Marnoch started the livelier and Rory McKenzie in particular

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looked lively down the right. Only the legs of Michael Fraser kicking

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him at bay. -- Kilmarnock. And there was similar from another talented

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Kilmarnock youngster afterwards, just wide of the post after another

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good run. But after a slow start, Ross County grew into the match.

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First, Slew tried his luck. And then Kiss cleared up Arquin on the edge

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of the box and county were 1-0 in front. The goal were came on the

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half hour mark and county were in the ascendancy.

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After the deaths tester flicks, Ross County were looking good for their

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first-ever win over Kilmarnock. -- def test of flicks. If Filip -- Kiss

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would go into the book before half-time for this foul on Irving.

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In the pouring rain after the restart, Kilmarnock had a corner and

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Kris Boyd pulled a goal back. The ball certainly struck his arm, but

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no whistle and the goal stood. Despite an increasingly sticky

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pitch, Kilmarnock suddenly had their tails up. Rory McKenzie a game going

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even closer than he had in the first half. And County's chances to

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holding on for all three points became harder, Kiss given a second

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yellow, this time for persistent fouling. Could County kiss goodbye

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to all three points? In actual fact, they almost made it 3-1, but

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the cutback was stuck in the mud. One final ball was lunged into the

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area and who else but Kris Boyd got his head on the end of it. A

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dramatic stoppage time equaliser but County were unhappy, claiming Kris

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Boyd at manhandled his marker. -- had. Tremendous character, we came

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back and had a mountain to climb and even in the first half, we had the

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majority of the game but they broke away and scored. But the way we came

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back showed character. The two goals with a major talking points. The

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first goal is across into the box, and Kris Boyd has handled the ball.

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The second one, he has two hands on my defender going for the ball, it

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doesn't allow my defender to get off the ground because of that. That

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counts as foul. A few juicy talking points, we will

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get to the goals, but first, the Kiss sending-off. Was it harsh? We

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have seen a few harsh sendings off and this falls into that category.

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That is a yellow card, no doubt about it, very similar to what we

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were talking about with the Inverness game. But that is just

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baffling. I know he said it was persistent fouling, there is an

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argument that isn't even a foul. It is a physical, contact sport, there

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will be contacted at times. That was definitely not another yellow card

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and getting the red card was harsh. Not on the referee's side. Derek,

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where you on Derek Adams's side in terms of the goals, he thought it

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was handball from Kris Boyd on the first one. It does hit his arm,

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there is no doubt about that. Is it intentional? I don't think so, he

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has his back turned but he cushions it down with his arm. It couldn't

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have felt him any nicer. It is a foul, especially without ending up

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in the back of the net, so he has every right to be disappointed,

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Derek. Kris Boyd reacts like all good strikers and put it in the net.

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This one, there is a case for Derek Adams, whether it is a foul, but I

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would be more disappointed with my centre back. He has to go and see

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that off, be more dominant. Kris Boyd has a lot to do to score from

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that distance. I think he has every right to go for that, I think there

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are ROMs in his back possibly. Whether it is a push, I would have

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doubts, the centre back should do better. Briefly, Michael, great for

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Kilmarnock to keep a hold of Kris Boyd, with the goals are strictly

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legal or not. -- weather. He is a talisman and hopefully they will try

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and get him linking up front with a successful partnership. Dundee

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United met Partick Thistle, three points was or was going to be tricky

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for either side, Partick Thistle without a win at home in a legal

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season and Dundee United without a win in six games. -- at home all

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season. Partick Thistle make changes in the

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midfield. Gary Fraser is back in. Jackie McNamara makes five changes

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as he tries to find a winning formula. Chris can expect a good

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comes into central defence. Stuart Armstrong returns. -- Chris Good

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comes into central defence. He bumped into Jordan McMillan and

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Armstrong is incensed, he felt it was worthy of a penalty. The referee

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says no. Something to ponder for Jackie McNamara.

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He wasn't too far away from getting the opener for Thistle. Still

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looking for this home league win in the premiership. Offer post. It took

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a little deflection Ofgem Rankin -- off John Rankin, and it stayed it

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onto the upright. A good stop by Paul Gallagher. Good

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play by Robertson, he always likes to have a pop at goal.

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Robertson away from McMillan. He has set it up for El Alagui! And United

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have the lead. Farid El Alagui giving the credit for the assistant

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Andy Robertson, but it is the big striker's first goal for United,

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created by the full-back. A neat flick. El Alagui, good stop

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by Gallagher. Solid defending! Rankin! Potshots all over the place,

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but Gaelic is withstanding them. -- Gallacher. A couple of excellent

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stops. Taylor! That should have been the

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equaliser, and he knows it. Terrific, positive play and Lyle

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Taylor, you would expect him to add to his tally there.

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Gary Mackay-Steven has found Armstrong with the pass. The captain

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for the day just could not get the ball past Paul Gallacher, who is

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having a great afternoon for Thistle.

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The substitute Ghulam going close -- Doolan going close.

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Armstrong slips, cannot get the touch but Gary Fraser can! Thistle

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get the equaliser after 75 minutes. It is Gary Fraser's first goal for

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the club. A little deflection off Rankin, and that stated into the far

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corner of the net. -- steered it. Graham so close to winning it for

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United. Off the woodwork. I thought it was a good performance,

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especially the second half. I thought it was much more like us,

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pushing right until the end and probably deserved to nick it. I

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thought we were too deep at times, we stopped passing the ball and

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credit to Thistle, they came out as per disappointed not to get three

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points. I suppose a draw was always the likeliest outcome, should this

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have been a penalty against Jordan McMillan?

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It feels like we are referee bashing but I think that it's a penalty. He

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has put his momentum into the block, a motion forward to stop him and it

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is in the box. It is a penalty kick. Every week, we talk about Partick

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Thistle failing to win at home. How much of a psychological hurdle is it

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for them and can you see them overcoming it before it is too late?

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There is no doubt it has become a psychological issue for them because

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it has gone on for so long. We are into February now and they have

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still not got a home win and it is so ironic, when you look at the home

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record they had last year. They have had a number of occasions this

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season when they have been leading going into injury time and not

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managed to get the victory. So there is no doubt it is a psychological

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issue and it has grown arms and legs, the sooner they get it, the

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better. Alan Archibald will be hoping it happens pronto. Michael

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and Derek, thank you very much. All that leaves the Scottish Premiership

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table looked like this. Celtic are 21 points ahead of Aberdeen. In the

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bottom half of the table, not a huge amount of movement.

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Hearts at the bottom and 17 points off the place. And that is it for

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this evening. The Scottish game has endured some testing times but on

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weekends like this, a to feel good about. Aberdeen and Caley with a cup

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final to look forward to next month. We are Baxter next weekend Friday,

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Saturday and Sunday -- back next weekend. The focus turns to the

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Scottish Cup. From all of us at the Sportscene team, good night.

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