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that is an absolutely stunning goal. Brilliant! Stevenson! Unbelievable! | :00:45. | :01:05. | |
That is terrific from Billy Mackay. And welcome to Sportscene, an | :01:06. | :01:09. | |
incredible weekend in Scottish football with two thrilling league | :01:10. | :01:12. | |
cup semifinals and three Premier League matches. He had to make sense | :01:13. | :01:16. | |
of it, Michael Stewart and the Aberdeen manager Derek McInnis, who | :01:17. | :01:20. | |
has only just stopped smiling for the first time in 24 hours -- Derek | :01:21. | :01:28. | |
McInnes. Hartson Inverness Caledonian Thistle -- Hearts and | :01:29. | :01:37. | |
carry Thistle face each other in the semifinal. Last season, Hart made it | :01:38. | :01:41. | |
through to the final. Could it happen again? Gary Locke has stuck | :01:42. | :01:46. | |
with the team that beat St Mirren. It is not often he has had a | :01:47. | :01:56. | |
selection dilemma this season. Ross Draper start for carry Thistle | :01:57. | :01:59. | |
for the first time since New Year. Also starting is the returning Greg | :02:00. | :02:04. | |
Tansey. Billy McKay has scored 18 this campaign, but like Warren and | :02:05. | :02:11. | |
Draper and raven, they are a booking away from missing the file. -- | :02:12. | :02:14. | |
final. That is a yellow card for Gary | :02:15. | :02:24. | |
Warren. And if Inverness make the final, he will not play. | :02:25. | :02:31. | |
What a save that is. It was point-blank. It was great movement | :02:32. | :02:38. | |
from Billy McKay, what a fine stop that is. | :02:39. | :02:48. | |
Vincent lays it back to him. And a big shout for a penalty. Nothing | :02:49. | :03:00. | |
doing once more. Hanging the ball up. It is theatrical, you have to | :03:01. | :03:03. | |
say, looking at that again. Tansey couldn't resist it, and | :03:04. | :03:18. | |
little wonder, when you can do that! A wonderful strike. Hearts go | :03:19. | :03:24. | |
to the referee because they want a free kick for handball. But carry | :03:25. | :03:30. | |
Thistle don't care about bad. Greg Tansey with a thunderbolt that could | :03:31. | :03:35. | |
take them through to their first major cup final. What a goal! You | :03:36. | :03:44. | |
just don't strike them better. It reminds me of the Ryan Stevenson | :03:45. | :03:48. | |
goal against Hibs. Same sort of shot, power, pace and precision all | :03:49. | :03:49. | |
in one. It comes to Callum Paterson. Great | :03:50. | :04:09. | |
save by Cammy Bell. Raven in the right place. The Inverness players | :04:10. | :04:17. | |
clash, and it comes to him, one on one, and Brill stands up so well. | :04:18. | :04:28. | |
A free kick right on the edge of the box. The card is out as well. It is | :04:29. | :04:37. | |
a second yellow for Warren. Cali Thistle are down to ten men. A shot | :04:38. | :04:43. | |
in the arm for Hearts, who have a wonderful free kick opportunity as | :04:44. | :04:44. | |
well. It comes to Hammell, it is deflected | :04:45. | :05:00. | |
and in! -- Jamie Hamill. The free kick works and Jamie Hamill levels | :05:01. | :05:03. | |
this league cup semifinal. 1-1, Gaymon. | :05:04. | :05:08. | |
It is beginning to unravel for the Highlanders. | :05:09. | :05:25. | |
Jamie Hamill takes the free kick again and he has scored again! What | :05:26. | :05:34. | |
a turnaround at Easter Road! Inverness's dream is slipping away | :05:35. | :05:40. | |
from them and Hearts heading back to the cup final. | :05:41. | :05:47. | |
Unbelievable save by Jamie MacDonald, this time to deny | :05:48. | :05:50. | |
Meekings. It is a bullet header. A frustrated Meekings could find | :05:51. | :06:14. | |
himself... Off! I thought he was going to that top pocket again. It | :06:15. | :06:16. | |
was cynical from Meekings. Gary Locke was delighted to lead his | :06:17. | :06:27. | |
beloved Hearts out at hand in last season... Ross is there! It has gone | :06:28. | :06:38. | |
in! It is incredible! On their knees, Inverness Caledonian | :06:39. | :06:42. | |
Thistle, two men down have equalised in second-half stoppage time! Quite | :06:43. | :06:49. | |
incredible scenes at Easter Road. The Highlanders are back in this. | :06:50. | :07:02. | |
That was the chance. Brilliant from Jamie Hamill. All he has got to do | :07:03. | :07:06. | |
is keep it down and he can't. How is your nerves? Graeme Shinnie | :07:07. | :07:16. | |
first. It is saved and advantageous Hearts. Paul McCallum has the chance | :07:17. | :07:19. | |
to press home the initiative. Nick Ross, the man who took us here. | :07:20. | :07:49. | |
Scores. Great penalty. Brill saves. It is advantageous Cali | :07:50. | :07:54. | |
Thistle. Tansey thumped the ball into the | :07:55. | :08:07. | |
net. Wonderful spot kick again, and it is massive pressure on Scott | :08:08. | :08:08. | |
Robinson of Hearts. We continue. | :08:09. | :08:23. | |
They are going to the final! Ross Draper has sensationally sent nine | :08:24. | :08:26. | |
man Caley Thistle into the Scottish League Cup final with one of the | :08:27. | :08:34. | |
coolest penalties you will ever, ever see. Delighted, absolutely | :08:35. | :08:38. | |
delighted. I felt we were up against it and the boys showed spirit and | :08:39. | :08:42. | |
character. I said before the game, if there's anyone who deserves it, | :08:43. | :08:46. | |
it is this football club, so I am absolutely delighted for everyone | :08:47. | :08:49. | |
concerned, from the chairman right down to the man. Very cruel but we | :08:50. | :08:56. | |
have only got ourselves to blame. We get a corner, a minute on the clock | :08:57. | :09:00. | |
to go and instead of just keeping it in the corner, we are trying to hit | :09:01. | :09:07. | |
it off the land. They go up the park and score. It is a sore one to take, | :09:08. | :09:12. | |
because we should have seen it out. A slightly boring first half, it has | :09:13. | :09:16. | |
to be said, but after that, compulsive viewing. | :09:17. | :09:19. | |
You were there today, you have Hearts connections, but did you | :09:20. | :09:25. | |
enjoy it? You are right, the first half was a nonevent, and after that, | :09:26. | :09:30. | |
it certainly came to life. Lots of incidents, lots of refereeing | :09:31. | :09:31. | |
mistakes, it certainly came to life. Lots of | :09:32. | :09:33. | |
incidents, lots of refereeing but it was a game that Hearts could have | :09:34. | :09:40. | |
and should have seen out and won. Derek, a few moments, as Michael | :09:41. | :09:46. | |
alludes to, refereeing decisions that come under the microscope. | :09:47. | :09:48. | |
Inverness end up with that come under the microscope. | :09:49. | :09:50. | |
Inverness end up nine men on the pitch. What was your view of the | :09:51. | :09:56. | |
decisions? This was the yellow card. You have seen that being deemed a | :09:57. | :10:00. | |
yellow card, the defender hasn't done a lot wrong and in this | :10:01. | :10:03. | |
instance, I don't think he has done anything. And obviously, Hearts goal | :10:04. | :10:08. | |
in school, so it is a double whammy. I don't think Warren has done any | :10:09. | :10:16. | |
thing wrong -- go on and score. Josh Meekings, he has stopped a promising | :10:17. | :10:20. | |
attack, which the referee would normally deem as a yellow card | :10:21. | :10:23. | |
offence. To see it as a red card offence, you would have to say it is | :10:24. | :10:27. | |
higher in the tackle. It is a blatant trip, he knew what he was | :10:28. | :10:30. | |
doing but no more than a yellow card for me, so I think in both | :10:31. | :10:35. | |
instances, Inverness have been harshly treated. Yes, questionable | :10:36. | :10:41. | |
decisions. Inverness down to nine men, they get a last-gasp equaliser | :10:42. | :10:48. | |
incredibly, 2-2, but Hearts, with a two-man advantage, they should be | :10:49. | :10:52. | |
seeing it at? It is not a prerequisite that if you have more | :10:53. | :10:56. | |
mentally you will win game, but when it went into extra time... You can | :10:57. | :11:01. | |
see the clips, you can help without having a back four in place against | :11:02. | :11:07. | |
one striker. This is from set plays. The game has changed, Inverness are | :11:08. | :11:10. | |
down to nine men, yet Hearts are still playing as if it is 11. Is it | :11:11. | :11:17. | |
tactical naivete? To a certain extent. Billy McKay is on the left | :11:18. | :11:25. | |
back, the fullbacks are not doing anything, get them further up the | :11:26. | :11:28. | |
pitch and get behind the Inverness back for that they had in place. | :11:29. | :11:31. | |
They didn't do that, they had the two full-backs deep and as I say, it | :11:32. | :11:37. | |
is not a prerequisite that you are going to win if you do that but you | :11:38. | :11:41. | |
give yourself a better chance. Derek, Hearts couldn't hold on? | :11:42. | :11:46. | |
Obviously, the onus is on them in extra time to make that advantage | :11:47. | :11:50. | |
count. There are two different scenarios, Inverness, in their extra | :11:51. | :11:55. | |
time, all about being resolute, tight and compact and expecting a | :11:56. | :12:00. | |
bit more from the goalkeeper. Hearts are looking to stretch the game, ask | :12:01. | :12:05. | |
more questions and Hearts will be kicking themselves. It is not a | :12:06. | :12:08. | |
situation you come up against a lot, playing nine men, it is a real | :12:09. | :12:13. | |
opportunity missed. Brilliant for Inverness, their first major final. | :12:14. | :12:17. | |
By the time it began, we had only just caught our breath after the | :12:18. | :12:23. | |
first semifinal. Fans of both teams arrived, St Johnstone on the Trail | :12:24. | :12:29. | |
of their first piece of see the -- silverware. Derek McInnes looking to | :12:30. | :12:35. | |
deliver Aberdeen's first piece of silverware for ten years. Derek | :12:36. | :12:38. | |
McInnes is forced to make two changes to the side that started | :12:39. | :12:42. | |
against Motherwell. Debut at right back the Logan, | :12:43. | :12:47. | |
signed this week from Brentford, and a starting place in for Peter | :12:48. | :12:52. | |
Pawlett. The St Johnstone, Steve Banks continues in goal in place of | :12:53. | :12:54. | |
the suspended Alan McManus. In those Rooney! And Steve Banks | :12:55. | :13:26. | |
gets an important glove to it. -- in goes Rooney. A dangerous ball into | :13:27. | :13:33. | |
the near post from Robson, Rooney did well to get a shot away. | :13:34. | :13:42. | |
Not the best kick, Adam Rooney could be in here. The defender leaves it | :13:43. | :13:51. | |
and Aberdeen are in front! And it is Johnny Hays! And Tynecastle is | :13:52. | :14:02. | |
rocking to the sound of Aberdeenshire is. The ball was left | :14:03. | :14:07. | |
by Anderson and McKay and there was Johnny Hays -- Johnny Hayes to | :14:08. | :14:11. | |
stroke it home. Here is Lee Croft. Is it the | :14:12. | :14:23. | |
equaliser? Brilliant save. What a chance that was. And what a save by | :14:24. | :14:28. | |
the Aberdeen keeper. He got a stroke of luck, and the goalkeeper earned | :14:29. | :14:34. | |
his luck by touching it onto the post. Peter Pawlett. And he has gone | :14:35. | :14:50. | |
all the way! And Aberdeen have doubled their lead. It was a swift | :14:51. | :14:59. | |
counterattack, Peter Pawlett went past the defender, and it was a | :15:00. | :15:04. | |
brilliant finish under the body of Steve Banks. Well, Aberdeen have | :15:05. | :15:09. | |
been under the cosh, but they are two goals up. Fired into the box by | :15:10. | :15:21. | |
Croft. So unlucky! Must be for St Johnstone! But they could not turn | :15:22. | :15:27. | |
it in. It was Gary McDonald, and eventually, Fraser Wright whose | :15:28. | :15:35. | |
effort came off the crossbar. Just helped behind by Reynolds. | :15:36. | :15:46. | |
McKay in space, closed down quickly. This could be a counterattacking | :15:47. | :15:55. | |
opportunity. Is it three? It is. And surely now, Aberdeen are into the | :15:56. | :16:00. | |
final of the League Cup. Fantastic counterattacking football. St | :16:01. | :16:17. | |
Johnstone, caught on the back foot. And from nothing, Aberdeen have gone | :16:18. | :16:21. | |
three up, and it is Adam Rooney, with two goals in two games for | :16:22. | :16:27. | |
Aberdeen. And they can start thinking about the League Cup Final | :16:28. | :16:37. | |
now. Clinical finishing. There is the face of a man who knows his side | :16:38. | :16:45. | |
are beaten. Aberdeen have a chance to add a fourth now. Considine | :16:46. | :16:48. | |
rattles the woodwork! McGinn, a lovely ball in, and so | :16:49. | :17:00. | |
unfortunate to see that come back off the crossbar, with Steve Banks | :17:01. | :17:03. | |
rooted to the spot. Here come Aberdeen again, with Jonny | :17:04. | :17:22. | |
Hayes. On the left foot! That is wonderful from Jonny Hayes! And it | :17:23. | :17:28. | |
is turning into around for Aberdeen. -- into a rout. Bear fans jubilant, | :17:29. | :17:38. | |
the players know they have booked their place in a League Cup Final. | :17:39. | :17:46. | |
-- their fans are jubilant. Jonny Hayes has his second, a fourth for | :17:47. | :17:53. | |
Aberdeen. It is despair for St Johnstone and delight for those in | :17:54. | :17:58. | |
red. It is hard to describe, the first cup final for us for a few | :17:59. | :18:04. | |
years. A first big cup final for myself personally. I felt like we | :18:05. | :18:08. | |
owed the fans, we did not have a great season last year. They have | :18:09. | :18:12. | |
been brilliant to us all season. We were pressing to get back into the | :18:13. | :18:16. | |
game at 2-0. I have got to commend the players for that. I thought we | :18:17. | :18:21. | |
created a few problems for Aberdeen. But they were clinical when it came | :18:22. | :18:28. | |
to the crunch, and we weren't. Derek, Diane Pretty sure you enjoy | :18:29. | :18:31. | |
those highlights. It must be massive, did you imagine that in | :18:32. | :18:38. | |
your first season at Aberdeen, you would reach a cup final? You always | :18:39. | :18:44. | |
hope for that. We always felt we could be successful. We put a squad | :18:45. | :18:48. | |
together in the summer which we felt could improve the situation. The cup | :18:49. | :18:55. | |
gives us that opportunity to be successful. We have got some tough | :18:56. | :19:03. | |
matches in this cup run, and a St Johnstone were equally tough. | :19:04. | :19:08. | |
Semifinals are normally tighter than that. But we were clinical. We took | :19:09. | :19:15. | |
our opportunities well. We had to dig deep at times and see off a lot | :19:16. | :19:20. | |
of their threat, defensively. But we have got pace in the team, and with | :19:21. | :19:25. | |
the players we have got, I always feel we will score goals. And what a | :19:26. | :19:30. | |
great time to be clinical, in a semifinal. Yes, it was a | :19:31. | :19:33. | |
scintillating performance, and as you mentioned, fast, | :19:34. | :19:37. | |
counterattacking play through the likes of Peter Pawlett and Jonny | :19:38. | :19:41. | |
Hayes. Peter Pawlett, he has become a massive player for you, hasn't | :19:42. | :19:45. | |
he? Yes, he really has. Ellie he has played a lot of his career in wider | :19:46. | :19:53. | |
areas, but we play him at the top of a midfield two. He has to create | :19:54. | :19:58. | |
goals and score himself. We always feel when he can get into these | :19:59. | :20:05. | |
areas, it can do this. Once he gets the other side of the midfield, he | :20:06. | :20:10. | |
is very positive. I would rather he tried that and just play it safe. | :20:11. | :20:15. | |
Again, he has already had a look, before the ball was played into him. | :20:16. | :20:20. | |
Again, he could play it out wide here, but his first touch is | :20:21. | :20:26. | |
forward, and he forces the save from the goalkeeper. And this is where he | :20:27. | :20:30. | |
has been excellent this season, showing responsibility in the | :20:31. | :20:33. | |
midfield role to do his defensive work. That was a beautiful pass in | :20:34. | :20:41. | |
for Adam to score his goal. He had a big influence on the game yesterday. | :20:42. | :20:45. | |
He is a big influence on the team this season. It was slightly marred | :20:46. | :20:53. | |
by an incident involving the Celtic manager Neil Lennon, who was at | :20:54. | :20:58. | |
Tynecastle, watching the game. He had abuse directed at him by some | :20:59. | :21:03. | |
fans, and he had his say on the incident today. It is very difficult | :21:04. | :21:06. | |
to apportion any kind of blame to anyone. You cannot legislate for a | :21:07. | :21:10. | |
couple of mindless people who have on behalf of our too much to drink, | :21:11. | :21:15. | |
who want to single you out for that kind of abuse. Was it of a sectarian | :21:16. | :21:20. | |
nature? No, it was not, I have to say, thankfully. That does not make | :21:21. | :21:25. | |
it any easier. There is no blame apportioned to Aberdeen as a club. I | :21:26. | :21:29. | |
do not want to spoil what was a great day for them. But you cannot | :21:30. | :21:35. | |
legislate for that. A really depressing incident. It must have | :21:36. | :21:40. | |
been irritating for you, Derek, following such a fantastic result. | :21:41. | :21:52. | |
Yes, it is disappointing. Obviously, we took a huge support to Tynecastle | :21:53. | :21:55. | |
yesterday, and like Neil Lennon said, the vast majority were | :21:56. | :22:00. | |
fantastic, went with the intention of getting behind their team and to | :22:01. | :22:04. | |
try and enjoy themselves. But obviously, one or two of them, if it | :22:05. | :22:08. | |
is that, have made it difficult for Neil Lennon to do his job. There it | :22:09. | :22:13. | |
quite right to be angry and disappointed, having had to leave | :22:14. | :22:17. | |
the game early. Was there to watch us because they are playing as next | :22:18. | :22:21. | |
week. And because of them he has had to leave. Hopefully they can be | :22:22. | :22:25. | |
identified, because they are no use to anybody. It does not take the | :22:26. | :22:32. | |
shine off us. We have got a good relationship with Celtic. On | :22:33. | :22:36. | |
balance, it was a good day for our club. That wraps up the League Cup | :22:37. | :22:42. | |
action, so we can now shift the focus to the Premiership. Later in | :22:43. | :22:46. | |
the show we will have the action from Firhill, as Partick Thistle | :22:47. | :22:50. | |
took on Dundee United, led by the former boss of Partick Thistle, | :22:51. | :22:51. | |
Jackie McNamara. But we start the Premiership action | :22:52. | :23:03. | |
at Celtic Park, with the champions aiming to extend their unbeaten | :23:04. | :23:07. | |
record this season to 24 games. Also, goalkeeper Fraser Forster | :23:08. | :23:11. | |
hoping for a club record 11th clean sheet in a row. St Mirren 's -- St | :23:12. | :23:22. | |
Mirren hoping to stop all of that. Stefan Johansen makes his first | :23:23. | :23:27. | |
start. Anthony Starks returns from suspension. Joe Ledley has left the | :23:28. | :23:30. | |
club. St Mirren are in their third kit, the yellow kit. | :23:31. | :23:44. | |
Scott Brown is available in the middle. He plays it on Commons. | :23:45. | :23:54. | |
Tries the shot! And scores! It is a familiar sight this season, Kris | :23:55. | :23:57. | |
Commons, finding the back of the net. St Mirren will wonder if Marian | :23:58. | :24:03. | |
Kello should have done better. He got a hand to it but could not keep | :24:04. | :24:08. | |
it out, and after just six minutes, Celtic are ahead. | :24:09. | :24:14. | |
Again, battling for it, van Dijk is strong. He moves away from Jim | :24:15. | :24:21. | |
Goodwin as well. Might play from the centre half, releases Anthony | :24:22. | :24:23. | |
Stokes... Mulgrew linking with Brown. Nicely | :24:24. | :24:45. | |
done, into the feet of Anthony Stokes... Good play again from | :24:46. | :24:51. | |
Anthony Stokes. He last scored against St Mirren back on the 5th of | :24:52. | :24:53. | |
January. Again it is picked up by the Celtic | :24:54. | :25:15. | |
midfield. Here is a chance for Forrest. Celtic just trying to find | :25:16. | :25:29. | |
their way through. Celtic have conceded just two goals in 12 league | :25:30. | :25:34. | |
matches, coming forward again. Anthony Stokes! Close to extending | :25:35. | :25:42. | |
the lead there. Just off target. Lovely play, working the one-two | :25:43. | :25:55. | |
with Charlie Mulgrew. Goodwin has to come and help out. Lays the ball | :25:56. | :26:05. | |
off, onto Naismith. That is looking for Steven Thompson. McInnes, denied | :26:06. | :26:11. | |
by Fraser Forster, who has not had too much to do. Wide again for | :26:12. | :26:25. | |
Celtic. -- Magennis. That came off Marc McAusland! Marian Kello had to | :26:26. | :26:36. | |
gather it off his own defender. Mulgrew again, Celtic finding a lot | :26:37. | :26:41. | |
of room on this left-hand side. McGregor was strong up against | :26:42. | :26:46. | |
Izaguirre, and the referee saw nothing wrong with it. Chance for | :26:47. | :26:55. | |
Magennis. Save, Fraser Forster, very strong indeed. That was a real | :26:56. | :27:01. | |
opportunity for St Mirren, but Magennis could not beat the | :27:02. | :27:02. | |
goalkeeper. Stokes, sets up Forrest, but just | :27:03. | :27:21. | |
wide! Half a dozen goals this season, he was set up well by | :27:22. | :27:26. | |
Anthony Stokes, but he was squeezed by the defender. Celtic dealing with | :27:27. | :27:32. | |
the corner once again. Kelly, under pressure, that is a | :27:33. | :27:41. | |
mistake from Kelly! This should be number two for Celtic! Anthony | :27:42. | :27:50. | |
Stokes has been forced wide! Well, he went the hard way rather than the | :27:51. | :27:54. | |
simple way. There was a tap-in waiting for the Dutchman, after the | :27:55. | :28:00. | |
error by Sean Kelly. But Stokes went for it himself, and it was the wrong | :28:01. | :28:08. | |
decision in the end. I thought our football was very, | :28:09. | :28:14. | |
very good, we had 19 attempts at goal and only four on target. That | :28:15. | :28:18. | |
is the only criticism you could have. It was a very good all-round | :28:19. | :28:24. | |
footballing performance. It was a disappointing start to the game for | :28:25. | :28:28. | |
us, to lose one as early as we did, and as cheaply, in the first couple | :28:29. | :28:33. | |
of minutes. But the players stuck to it. Coming here, Celtic are always | :28:34. | :28:37. | |
going to get the lions share of possession. But we did a good | :28:38. | :28:45. | |
account of ourselves. Celtic are obviously dominant on the domestic | :28:46. | :28:51. | |
front at the moment. Aberdeen, the last team to score against them in | :28:52. | :28:54. | |
domestic football, which was back in November, which tells its own story. | :28:55. | :28:59. | |
The fact that you have made it to a cup final, can that give you a boost | :29:00. | :29:04. | |
ahead of what will be a massive game next weekend? It can only help. | :29:05. | :29:07. | |
Yesterday was a big day for us. Obviously, the Celtic game got drawn | :29:08. | :29:13. | |
out, that was always going to be tough for us. But it is also an | :29:14. | :29:17. | |
opportunity. We should relish it. Normally, if you are going to be | :29:18. | :29:21. | |
successful in the cups, you have to beat good teams, and Celtic showed | :29:22. | :29:25. | |
they are just that. They were totally dominant. Somehow it was | :29:26. | :29:31. | |
only 1-0. But for all of their good play and dominance, they have only | :29:32. | :29:38. | |
worked the goalkeeper for times. And the time they did actually score, | :29:39. | :29:43. | |
Marian Kello will be disappointed. But it was a good performance from | :29:44. | :29:47. | |
them. We will need to play well if we want to get through. Another | :29:48. | :29:51. | |
clean sheet for Fraser Forster, who was in spectacular form last weekend | :29:52. | :29:55. | |
against Hibs, can you see Celtic holding onto him past the summer? it | :29:56. | :30:02. | |
starts to get a bit difficult with him having two years left on his | :30:03. | :30:07. | |
contract. I can see it getting past the summer but when it gets to | :30:08. | :30:11. | |
January next season, it can be difficult, with only 18 months left. | :30:12. | :30:16. | |
More premiership action coming up shortly. Next weekend, a series of | :30:17. | :30:21. | |
spectaculars await. A triple bill of Scottish Cup | :30:22. | :30:56. | |
Sportscenes next week. The best bit of business kill Marnoch could have | :30:57. | :30:59. | |
done on the final day of the transfer window was hang onto Kris | :31:00. | :31:09. | |
Boyd and they managed it -- kill Kilmarnock. He has been their main | :31:10. | :31:12. | |
source of goals and despite speculation, he did stay put and | :31:13. | :31:18. | |
started the game yesterday. Ross County had never beaten Kilmarnock. | :31:19. | :31:22. | |
They had lost twice to them already but Derek Adams brought in plenty of | :31:23. | :31:27. | |
new faces in the January window, two of which started up front. | :31:28. | :31:36. | |
Kill Marnoch started the livelier and Rory McKenzie in particular | :31:37. | :31:43. | |
looked lively down the right. Only the legs of Michael Fraser kicking | :31:44. | :31:53. | |
him at bay. -- Kilmarnock. And there was similar from another talented | :31:54. | :32:01. | |
Kilmarnock youngster afterwards, just wide of the post after another | :32:02. | :32:10. | |
good run. But after a slow start, Ross County grew into the match. | :32:11. | :32:21. | |
First, Slew tried his luck. And then Kiss cleared up Arquin on the edge | :32:22. | :32:28. | |
of the box and county were 1-0 in front. The goal were came on the | :32:29. | :32:36. | |
half hour mark and county were in the ascendancy. | :32:37. | :32:43. | |
After the deaths tester flicks, Ross County were looking good for their | :32:44. | :32:51. | |
first-ever win over Kilmarnock. -- def test of flicks. If Filip -- Kiss | :32:52. | :33:03. | |
would go into the book before half-time for this foul on Irving. | :33:04. | :33:06. | |
In the pouring rain after the restart, Kilmarnock had a corner and | :33:07. | :33:11. | |
Kris Boyd pulled a goal back. The ball certainly struck his arm, but | :33:12. | :33:13. | |
no whistle and the goal stood. Despite an increasingly sticky | :33:14. | :33:24. | |
pitch, Kilmarnock suddenly had their tails up. Rory McKenzie a game going | :33:25. | :33:27. | |
even closer than he had in the first half. And County's chances to | :33:28. | :33:34. | |
holding on for all three points became harder, Kiss given a second | :33:35. | :33:41. | |
yellow, this time for persistent fouling. Could County kiss goodbye | :33:42. | :33:45. | |
to all three points? In actual fact, they almost made it 3-1, but | :33:46. | :33:57. | |
the cutback was stuck in the mud. One final ball was lunged into the | :33:58. | :34:01. | |
area and who else but Kris Boyd got his head on the end of it. A | :34:02. | :34:06. | |
dramatic stoppage time equaliser but County were unhappy, claiming Kris | :34:07. | :34:12. | |
Boyd at manhandled his marker. -- had. Tremendous character, we came | :34:13. | :34:16. | |
back and had a mountain to climb and even in the first half, we had the | :34:17. | :34:20. | |
majority of the game but they broke away and scored. But the way we came | :34:21. | :34:25. | |
back showed character. The two goals with a major talking points. The | :34:26. | :34:31. | |
first goal is across into the box, and Kris Boyd has handled the ball. | :34:32. | :34:36. | |
The second one, he has two hands on my defender going for the ball, it | :34:37. | :34:39. | |
doesn't allow my defender to get off the ground because of that. That | :34:40. | :34:43. | |
counts as foul. A few juicy talking points, we will | :34:44. | :34:49. | |
get to the goals, but first, the Kiss sending-off. Was it harsh? We | :34:50. | :34:55. | |
have seen a few harsh sendings off and this falls into that category. | :34:56. | :34:58. | |
That is a yellow card, no doubt about it, very similar to what we | :34:59. | :35:05. | |
were talking about with the Inverness game. But that is just | :35:06. | :35:11. | |
baffling. I know he said it was persistent fouling, there is an | :35:12. | :35:16. | |
argument that isn't even a foul. It is a physical, contact sport, there | :35:17. | :35:21. | |
will be contacted at times. That was definitely not another yellow card | :35:22. | :35:25. | |
and getting the red card was harsh. Not on the referee's side. Derek, | :35:26. | :35:33. | |
where you on Derek Adams's side in terms of the goals, he thought it | :35:34. | :35:37. | |
was handball from Kris Boyd on the first one. It does hit his arm, | :35:38. | :35:45. | |
there is no doubt about that. Is it intentional? I don't think so, he | :35:46. | :35:49. | |
has his back turned but he cushions it down with his arm. It couldn't | :35:50. | :35:55. | |
have felt him any nicer. It is a foul, especially without ending up | :35:56. | :35:58. | |
in the back of the net, so he has every right to be disappointed, | :35:59. | :36:02. | |
Derek. Kris Boyd reacts like all good strikers and put it in the net. | :36:03. | :36:08. | |
This one, there is a case for Derek Adams, whether it is a foul, but I | :36:09. | :36:12. | |
would be more disappointed with my centre back. He has to go and see | :36:13. | :36:17. | |
that off, be more dominant. Kris Boyd has a lot to do to score from | :36:18. | :36:22. | |
that distance. I think he has every right to go for that, I think there | :36:23. | :36:26. | |
are ROMs in his back possibly. Whether it is a push, I would have | :36:27. | :36:30. | |
doubts, the centre back should do better. Briefly, Michael, great for | :36:31. | :36:35. | |
Kilmarnock to keep a hold of Kris Boyd, with the goals are strictly | :36:36. | :36:41. | |
legal or not. -- weather. He is a talisman and hopefully they will try | :36:42. | :36:46. | |
and get him linking up front with a successful partnership. Dundee | :36:47. | :36:52. | |
United met Partick Thistle, three points was or was going to be tricky | :36:53. | :36:55. | |
for either side, Partick Thistle without a win at home in a legal | :36:56. | :36:59. | |
season and Dundee United without a win in six games. -- at home all | :37:00. | :37:05. | |
season. Partick Thistle make changes in the | :37:06. | :37:13. | |
midfield. Gary Fraser is back in. Jackie McNamara makes five changes | :37:14. | :37:16. | |
as he tries to find a winning formula. Chris can expect a good | :37:17. | :37:23. | |
comes into central defence. Stuart Armstrong returns. -- Chris Good | :37:24. | :37:29. | |
comes into central defence. He bumped into Jordan McMillan and | :37:30. | :38:01. | |
Armstrong is incensed, he felt it was worthy of a penalty. The referee | :38:02. | :38:09. | |
says no. Something to ponder for Jackie McNamara. | :38:10. | :38:17. | |
He wasn't too far away from getting the opener for Thistle. Still | :38:18. | :38:23. | |
looking for this home league win in the premiership. Offer post. It took | :38:24. | :38:43. | |
a little deflection Ofgem Rankin -- off John Rankin, and it stayed it | :38:44. | :38:44. | |
onto the upright. A good stop by Paul Gallagher. Good | :38:45. | :39:02. | |
play by Robertson, he always likes to have a pop at goal. | :39:03. | :39:11. | |
Robertson away from McMillan. He has set it up for El Alagui! And United | :39:12. | :39:21. | |
have the lead. Farid El Alagui giving the credit for the assistant | :39:22. | :39:28. | |
Andy Robertson, but it is the big striker's first goal for United, | :39:29. | :39:30. | |
created by the full-back. A neat flick. El Alagui, good stop | :39:31. | :39:55. | |
by Gallagher. Solid defending! Rankin! Potshots all over the place, | :39:56. | :40:10. | |
but Gaelic is withstanding them. -- Gallacher. A couple of excellent | :40:11. | :40:11. | |
stops. Taylor! That should have been the | :40:12. | :40:23. | |
equaliser, and he knows it. Terrific, positive play and Lyle | :40:24. | :40:29. | |
Taylor, you would expect him to add to his tally there. | :40:30. | :40:35. | |
Gary Mackay-Steven has found Armstrong with the pass. The captain | :40:36. | :41:05. | |
for the day just could not get the ball past Paul Gallacher, who is | :41:06. | :41:10. | |
having a great afternoon for Thistle. | :41:11. | :41:23. | |
The substitute Ghulam going close -- Doolan going close. | :41:24. | :41:43. | |
Armstrong slips, cannot get the touch but Gary Fraser can! Thistle | :41:44. | :41:50. | |
get the equaliser after 75 minutes. It is Gary Fraser's first goal for | :41:51. | :41:57. | |
the club. A little deflection off Rankin, and that stated into the far | :41:58. | :41:59. | |
corner of the net. -- steered it. Graham so close to winning it for | :42:00. | :42:22. | |
United. Off the woodwork. I thought it was a good performance, | :42:23. | :42:26. | |
especially the second half. I thought it was much more like us, | :42:27. | :42:30. | |
pushing right until the end and probably deserved to nick it. I | :42:31. | :42:35. | |
thought we were too deep at times, we stopped passing the ball and | :42:36. | :42:37. | |
credit to Thistle, they came out as per disappointed not to get three | :42:38. | :42:43. | |
points. I suppose a draw was always the likeliest outcome, should this | :42:44. | :42:54. | |
have been a penalty against Jordan McMillan? | :42:55. | :42:59. | |
It feels like we are referee bashing but I think that it's a penalty. He | :43:00. | :43:05. | |
has put his momentum into the block, a motion forward to stop him and it | :43:06. | :43:11. | |
is in the box. It is a penalty kick. Every week, we talk about Partick | :43:12. | :43:15. | |
Thistle failing to win at home. How much of a psychological hurdle is it | :43:16. | :43:18. | |
for them and can you see them overcoming it before it is too late? | :43:19. | :43:24. | |
There is no doubt it has become a psychological issue for them because | :43:25. | :43:28. | |
it has gone on for so long. We are into February now and they have | :43:29. | :43:31. | |
still not got a home win and it is so ironic, when you look at the home | :43:32. | :43:36. | |
record they had last year. They have had a number of occasions this | :43:37. | :43:42. | |
season when they have been leading going into injury time and not | :43:43. | :43:44. | |
managed to get the victory. So there is no doubt it is a psychological | :43:45. | :43:47. | |
issue and it has grown arms and legs, the sooner they get it, the | :43:48. | :43:53. | |
better. Alan Archibald will be hoping it happens pronto. Michael | :43:54. | :43:56. | |
and Derek, thank you very much. All that leaves the Scottish Premiership | :43:57. | :44:03. | |
table looked like this. Celtic are 21 points ahead of Aberdeen. In the | :44:04. | :44:08. | |
bottom half of the table, not a huge amount of movement. | :44:09. | :44:18. | |
Hearts at the bottom and 17 points off the place. And that is it for | :44:19. | :44:25. | |
this evening. The Scottish game has endured some testing times but on | :44:26. | :44:30. | |
weekends like this, a to feel good about. Aberdeen and Caley with a cup | :44:31. | :44:34. | |
final to look forward to next month. We are Baxter next weekend Friday, | :44:35. | :44:40. | |
Saturday and Sunday -- back next weekend. The focus turns to the | :44:41. | :44:46. | |
Scottish Cup. From all of us at the Sportscene team, good night. | :44:47. | :44:48. |