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Good evening, welcome and a Happy New Year to all of you. | :00:07. | :00:14. | |
It is unbelievable! A spectacular opening goal in the | :00:15. | :00:20. | |
Derby! The shot is at beauty! He has done | :00:21. | :00:27. | |
it! Is this a bit of history? | :00:28. | :00:33. | |
It is! And he has done it! | :00:34. | :00:39. | |
What a finish! That is it, I would imagine. | :00:40. | :00:43. | |
Good evening, welcome and a Happy New Year to all of you. | :00:44. | :00:46. | |
The first Premiership matches of 2016 coming up, | :00:47. | :00:48. | |
plus the Championship promotion race as well. | :00:49. | :00:50. | |
And with us to usher in the first of the 2016 highlights, | :00:51. | :01:21. | |
we've gone for a Big Pat, Little Pat combination. | :01:22. | :01:23. | |
Celtic had a midweek break after their match with Dundee | :01:24. | :01:32. | |
Commentary comes from John Barnes. Partick Thistle, who'd drawn 0-0 | :01:33. | :01:51. | |
Celtic bringing back Ambrose. Stuart are strong is sidelined so Chris | :01:52. | :02:00. | |
Commons starts Leigh Griffiths on the bench after three weeks out. | :02:01. | :02:06. | |
Partick make one change to the side which drew with Aberdeen. Shaun | :02:07. | :02:09. | |
Welsh in midfield replacing Edwards. Celtic looking for a change at home | :02:10. | :02:16. | |
in form, four games without a win at Celtic Park. Stefan Johansen. | :02:17. | :02:25. | |
McGregor, trying his luck will stop that just went wide. -- and that | :02:26. | :02:37. | |
just went wide. Loses the shot. The challenge. Shaun Welsh. | :02:38. | :02:53. | |
Ciftci grounded. Shaun Welsh innocent. Wallace. Doolan in the | :02:54. | :03:08. | |
middle. And the striker just got the nearest connection on that. Kris | :03:09. | :03:11. | |
Doolan has had four nearest connection on that. Kris | :03:12. | :03:20. | |
last five matches. Celtic pressing again. It is driven in by Roderick. | :03:21. | :03:34. | |
Celtic players appealing for a penalty. The plot was by Liam | :03:35. | :03:40. | |
Lindsey as it was fired on penalty. The plot was by Liam | :03:41. | :03:42. | |
Did it come off a hand? Ciftci. The will not count. Good finish. | :03:43. | :04:11. | |
Brannigan. That is hauled back and that will be a yellow card for the | :04:12. | :04:13. | |
Celtic midfielder. Gordon. Miller seems to be taken | :04:14. | :04:33. | |
out. And it is a second yellow card for the Celtic player, Biton, and he | :04:34. | :04:38. | |
sees red. He jumped into Miller. After he had headed the ball away. | :04:39. | :04:48. | |
Forest. Almost taken of his toe by Kris Commons. Good shot by James | :04:49. | :04:56. | |
Forrest. Saved well by Tomas Cerni. Celtic desperate for the | :04:57. | :05:08. | |
breakthrough. Doolan is sliding in and Craig Gordon had to turn that | :05:09. | :05:16. | |
around the post. He got the better of Ambrose. Stefan Johansen. Fist of | :05:17. | :05:27. | |
the less. It is Leigh Griffiths. Another good save by Tomas Cerni. To | :05:28. | :05:38. | |
deny the Celtic substitute. Celtic desperate for this victory. Only two | :05:39. | :05:44. | |
wins in their last seven matches and this is Griffiths. Back to McGregor. | :05:45. | :05:51. | |
You expect Callum McGregor to finish that of. After the initial save by | :05:52. | :05:57. | |
Tomas Cerni. He has put it wide. Partick Thistle five away games | :05:58. | :06:05. | |
unbeaten and can they make it six? Seaborne with the effort. Celtic get | :06:06. | :06:16. | |
it away. Still, it will not go for Partick Thistle. That was a good | :06:17. | :06:20. | |
effort from Danny Seabourn cleared off the line by Tomas Cerni. Kris | :06:21. | :06:32. | |
Commons. Leigh Griffiths of. Kris Commons again, Griffiths. That is an | :06:33. | :06:38. | |
excellent finish and that wins it for Celtic in the last minute. | :06:39. | :06:45. | |
Lovely, delicate touch for his 20th goal of the season from the | :06:46. | :06:51. | |
Griffiths. Very relieved but very happy as well. Such an important | :06:52. | :06:57. | |
result. I think it shows very good team spirit that we stayed in the | :06:58. | :07:01. | |
game with ten men and we created chances as well in that period. Very | :07:02. | :07:05. | |
happy and pleased we turned this around. But -- eh Watt into the game | :07:06. | :07:14. | |
and we defended well. Last-minute goals. To be fair to Celtic, they | :07:15. | :07:18. | |
are champions for a reason, they have that pace and quality and they | :07:19. | :07:25. | |
had a great block. Celtic scraping a 1-0 victory in the | :07:26. | :07:29. | |
last minute thanks to that man, Lee Richards. Ronnie Deila before the | :07:30. | :07:35. | |
match said he wanted to see a lot of forward passing and pressing from | :07:36. | :07:38. | |
his knee -- his midfield is committed to get it? Not for three | :07:39. | :07:44. | |
quarters of the game. I was very disappointed. Credits to Partick | :07:45. | :07:50. | |
Thistle for pricing. I think like this, you have to get forward and | :07:51. | :07:56. | |
get movement up front. A lot of times it went back to Craig Gordon. | :07:57. | :08:02. | |
He kicks it up the pitch. And you have got to give credit to Partick | :08:03. | :08:08. | |
Thistle, no pressing from Celtic in the middle at times, this is too | :08:09. | :08:13. | |
easy. They should have been shut down a lot easier. Players running | :08:14. | :08:17. | |
away, midfielders. It was a chance for Booth who could have hit the | :08:18. | :08:21. | |
target. That was too easy in that period. It took a change. Forest to | :08:22. | :08:29. | |
come on and left the pace and the tempo, Leigh Griffiths in the second | :08:30. | :08:31. | |
half and got chances and he scored his goal will stop they needed that | :08:32. | :08:36. | |
because they were struggling. You were there yesterday, is Ronnie | :08:37. | :08:41. | |
Deila is their struggling to get his message across? I am not sure. This | :08:42. | :08:47. | |
time of the year is difficult because conditions do not always | :08:48. | :08:51. | |
allow you to do the training and you have a lot of games and he needed to | :08:52. | :08:55. | |
talk to them and the players have to take in that information and to do | :08:56. | :09:01. | |
it on the pitch. Something is missing without Scott Brown, he gets | :09:02. | :09:06. | |
them going. But other players have two step up and take on the | :09:07. | :09:09. | |
leadership and that is missing from the team. And when they press well, | :09:10. | :09:16. | |
they become a good team. That was missing yesterday. | :09:17. | :09:21. | |
Almost a good result for Partick Thistle who have been on a decent | :09:22. | :09:27. | |
run, where do you see them ending up? It is still a decent run, that | :09:28. | :09:30. | |
was a good performance and they should be pleased. It is a | :09:31. | :09:36. | |
goal-scorer, that is it. Celtic had a goal-scorer at the last minute, | :09:37. | :09:40. | |
Leigh Griffiths came on. Straight into the net. When Doolan is | :09:41. | :09:44. | |
scoring, they look like a good team full of it on the table, they should | :09:45. | :09:47. | |
be happy. Aberdeen's match at St Johnstone | :09:48. | :09:53. | |
was due to take place this lunchtime, but it was postponed due | :09:54. | :09:56. | |
to a waterlogged pitch. Third placed Hearts had the chance | :09:57. | :09:58. | |
to make up ground away at struggling Kilmarnock, who hadn't | :09:59. | :10:01. | |
won at Rugby Park since Commentary comes | :10:02. | :10:03. | |
from Alasdair Lamont. Kilmarnock looking to improve after | :10:04. | :10:14. | |
one win in nine matches. Hearts despite a win over at Dundee United | :10:15. | :10:29. | |
make four changes. A humdrum start to the year and this match at Rugby | :10:30. | :10:35. | |
Park. Kilmarnock try to do something about that. Tope Obadeyi finds room. | :10:36. | :10:43. | |
Josh Magennis has space and Neil Alexander blocks with his legs. The | :10:44. | :10:46. | |
first real opening in the match. Alexander blocks with his legs. The | :10:47. | :10:57. | |
the shot. A free kick is given and quickly taken Juanma. That is a good | :10:58. | :11:12. | |
challenge. Just by a combination Ashcroft and macabre the stop Juanma | :11:13. | :11:18. | |
in his tracks pads to pull the trigger. Greg Levine. Looking on. As | :11:19. | :11:27. | |
the side tries to make the break through. Kilmarnock coming forward. | :11:28. | :11:35. | |
Juanma back to defending. Stephen Smith with a hefty challenge. Josh | :11:36. | :11:41. | |
Magennis. It is over the line by Conrad Balatoni of all people. The | :11:42. | :11:47. | |
defender for just his second goal of the season. He has the home side in | :11:48. | :11:54. | |
front before half-time. The rug Park crowd has suddenly something to | :11:55. | :12:00. | |
cheer -- Rugby Park. Controversy on the challenge from Smith, it was | :12:01. | :12:05. | |
years. Hearts unhappy. Josh Magennis did not waste time and a good finish | :12:06. | :12:09. | |
by Conrad Balatoni, knocking it over. It was knocked over by Stevie | :12:10. | :12:24. | |
Smith. Kilmarnock ahead. Clipped forward by the captain Augustyn. | :12:25. | :12:31. | |
Smith. Kilmarnock ahead. Clipped Nicholson. He has done well. He is | :12:32. | :12:35. | |
forced to turn back. Holding onto possession and he gets the cross in. | :12:36. | :12:39. | |
Good shot, well saved by Jamie MacDonald. Hearts level on the | :12:40. | :12:49. | |
stroke of half-time. It was good President is by Nicholson and this | :12:50. | :12:56. | |
from Billy King -- and sisters. He had no luck. Reilly ready to pounce | :12:57. | :13:03. | |
and two goals in two games from the Hearts forward. And they level going | :13:04. | :13:06. | |
into the break. Juwon Oshaniwa. Hearts forward. And they level going | :13:07. | :13:21. | |
Picked up I Nicholson. It falls for Prince Buaben, a good save I | :13:22. | :13:26. | |
McDonald. A good shot which deflects past McDonald. Hearts ahead! Great | :13:27. | :13:32. | |
McDonald. A good shot which deflects skill and strike either full-back, | :13:33. | :13:38. | |
helps by the deflection. Once again, Jamie MacDonald gets no luck. A good | :13:39. | :13:43. | |
block by the keeper and he can get do nothing as Paterson's volley goes | :13:44. | :13:53. | |
past him, coming off Kevin McHattie, and Hearts coming from behind to | :13:54. | :13:57. | |
lead at Rugby Park! More misery perhaps for Kilmarnock in the | :13:58. | :13:59. | |
relegation play-off. perhaps for Kilmarnock in the | :14:00. | :14:05. | |
of Dundee United but they will not be happy with the way is going and | :14:06. | :14:12. | |
they almost fall further behind. The header from Ross. Hearts pressing. | :14:13. | :14:18. | |
Nicholson's cross. Riley with the header over the bar. Kilmarnock | :14:19. | :14:28. | |
living dangerously. Igor Rossi rising and McDonald beaten. The | :14:29. | :14:35. | |
crossbar saving Omani. Stevie Smith to deliver. Headed over by Conrad | :14:36. | :14:42. | |
Balatoni, looking for his second goal of the game. Kilmarnock will | :14:43. | :14:49. | |
take a goal from anywhere at the moment. Robbie Neilson, only one win | :14:50. | :14:58. | |
in 64 Hearts but on course for another. Stevie Smith. This is Josh | :14:59. | :15:05. | |
Magennis. Kilmarnock snatch an equaliser with ten minutes left | :15:06. | :15:11. | |
stuck Mac --. Love for the delivery from Smith with his back to goal, | :15:12. | :15:19. | |
directs the goal somehow. It was a good Kilmarnock informants. The | :15:20. | :15:23. | |
first half, we were a better side in the game and we played really well | :15:24. | :15:28. | |
and showed character to combat. It is a good way to start the year, | :15:29. | :15:33. | |
against a good side but we have to show that commitment and passion | :15:34. | :15:34. | |
every week. We can more than match the teams at | :15:35. | :15:42. | |
the top but we have to do that against the teams roundabout stop | :15:43. | :15:46. | |
Mac disappointed to get three points. | :15:47. | :15:52. | |
We played really well with quality -- but the quality not good enough | :15:53. | :15:57. | |
at times. We went back in with a hole defensive display through a | :15:58. | :16:02. | |
corner. 2-0 and a point shed but Robbie | :16:03. | :16:05. | |
Neilson not happy, he thought it was a vow in the lead-up to the first | :16:06. | :16:08. | |
command goal. -- a foul. You have to keep your concentration | :16:09. | :16:44. | |
also. Expect the unexpected. Will Kilmarnock fans like to see a bit of | :16:45. | :16:49. | |
them from the team because they have seen the terrible performances, | :16:50. | :16:52. | |
let's be frank. I watched them in Celtic Park, the filling with their | :16:53. | :16:55. | |
lives, and then they played Partick Thistle and got absolutely hammered. | :16:56. | :17:01. | |
They lost five goals. Why is that? When you have your team setup to be | :17:02. | :17:05. | |
defensive and they are all working that way, fine, perfect, and you are | :17:06. | :17:08. | |
away from home, that will be the tactics. When you come home, the | :17:09. | :17:12. | |
fans expect you to open up, and then maybe the defenders aren't good | :17:13. | :17:16. | |
enough. So yesterday they got a bit of defending right and a bit of | :17:17. | :17:19. | |
attacking right and it is getting that combination of the two | :17:20. | :17:22. | |
together, it is not easy and you try to work both those things. I would | :17:23. | :17:27. | |
say that but not ignore what hearts have done on this one as well. You | :17:28. | :17:31. | |
can see from the two managers at the end who is happy and who is not | :17:32. | :17:35. | |
happy. Hearts are delighted with that point, a great point for them. | :17:36. | :17:42. | |
Kilmarnock are delighted, Hearts are devastated. I understand that | :17:43. | :17:46. | |
completely. In the end Hearts will go on, they will get better, they | :17:47. | :17:50. | |
are a team improving and getting struggle the time, and I suspect | :17:51. | :17:55. | |
they will continue further on from the end of the season. It was a big | :17:56. | :18:00. | |
step up when they came into this league. The question would be with | :18:01. | :18:03. | |
the players perform, would they play the same way, they have changed and | :18:04. | :18:06. | |
adapted and they are now ahead of themselves. You expect them to stay | :18:07. | :18:12. | |
in that place? Identify the shooting. Against Celtic last week | :18:13. | :18:13. | |
they did well. The tale of Dundee United's 2015 | :18:14. | :18:14. | |
peaked on the first of January Since then it has pretty much been | :18:15. | :18:17. | |
a non-stop tale of woe So to cheer up long suffering United | :18:18. | :18:21. | |
fans ahead of this weekend's derby clash, we've been back | :18:22. | :18:29. | |
through the archives to a time when life was just that little bit | :18:30. | :18:31. | |
kinder for those of COMMENTATOR: Plenty left, cut it | :18:32. | :18:48. | |
back, Mills has a chance and he puts it away! He checks nicely. Beaten by | :18:49. | :19:00. | |
Ferguson's header! He is on come he has support from Gough. Milne. And a | :19:01. | :19:09. | |
great goal by Paul Starrett expect it is in! Starrett again! | :19:10. | :19:18. | |
Dundee manager brings back Paul McGowan to take the place of Gary | :19:19. | :19:23. | |
Irving, while Cammy Kerr makes his first to the club with Greg Stuart | :19:24. | :19:29. | |
suspended. New signing AJ Kalashian mixes Dundee United debut. -- | :19:30. | :19:36. | |
Kawashima. Gavin Gunning. Harkins! Kawashima to Dundee | :19:37. | :19:50. | |
United's rescue and that of Gavin Gunning. It is those sorts of errors | :19:51. | :19:55. | |
that have been costly for United in recent weeks. The coach has been | :19:56. | :20:01. | |
complaining about that. Fraser with a corner. Spotted Rankin. Solid | :20:02. | :20:08. | |
challenge from James Magut eight and the players and the referee are | :20:09. | :20:13. | |
calling for assistance for the Dundee United captain. Solid in | :20:14. | :20:18. | |
there, and he has picked up what looks like a serious injuries, has | :20:19. | :20:33. | |
James Mcrae. -- McPeak. Blair Spittal, Dundee United have the | :20:34. | :20:36. | |
breakthrough. On the quarter of an hour mark. Blair Spittal with his | :20:37. | :20:43. | |
fourth goal of the season, a terrific effort to beat Scott Bain. | :20:44. | :20:51. | |
Fraser with a corner. It is off the line by Bain. Dundee United players | :20:52. | :20:57. | |
are claiming that it crossed the goal line. It actually came off the | :20:58. | :21:03. | |
back of Paul McGinn, and it was Bain who made the stop and have actually | :21:04. | :21:10. | |
helped with the clearance -- eventually helped. Bain gets it out, | :21:11. | :21:17. | |
only as far as Rankin! A good stop by the Dundee United goalkeeper. | :21:18. | :21:23. | |
Fraser. The pressure is still on Dundee. He has gone to ground, he is | :21:24. | :21:33. | |
calling for a penalty. Bain initially. Rankin with a shot and | :21:34. | :21:34. | |
then McGowan initially. Rankin with a shot and | :21:35. | :21:39. | |
appeal. Did Conrad clipped him? initially. Rankin with a shot and | :21:40. | :21:46. | |
Nicky low with a free kick. The goalkeeper has come for it and | :21:47. | :21:54. | |
spilled it. Kane having six clothes again for Dundee. His 12th goal of | :21:55. | :21:56. | |
the Japanese goalkeeper flapped at the season -- Kane | :21:57. | :22:02. | |
the Japanese goalkeeper flapped at that one. He gave the home side the | :22:03. | :22:06. | |
chance of an equaliser. that one. He gave the home side the | :22:07. | :22:15. | |
slips. Demel, powerful play in the midfield area, tripped by Ross. | :22:16. | :22:19. | |
slips. Demel, powerful play in the Demel did not like the Challenger | :22:20. | :22:24. | |
and he is a little bit angry. Scott Fraser was trying to protect him, | :22:25. | :22:25. | |
and Fraser was trying to protect him, | :22:26. | :22:29. | |
team-mates. It is all getting a little bit silly. Demel and Roscoe | :22:30. | :22:35. | |
booked for their troubles. Something has happened off the ball to Nicky | :22:36. | :22:39. | |
Lowe. I think it has has happened off the ball to Nicky | :22:40. | :22:45. | |
Demel. This might give us a better indication, clashing | :22:46. | :22:52. | |
Demel. This might give us a better with Nicky Lowe. The free kick has | :22:53. | :22:54. | |
been given with Nicky Lowe. The free kick has | :22:55. | :23:01. | |
of Gary Harkins. It looked as though it was a fair challenge from Ryan | :23:02. | :23:03. | |
McGowan. Harkins's free kick. Nick Ross. And | :23:04. | :23:23. | |
Dundee are in front and Nick Ross is a way to celebrate his first goal | :23:24. | :23:28. | |
for the club. It took a deflection en route to beat Dane. It came off | :23:29. | :23:34. | |
Sean Dillon. Paul Hartley certainly enjoyed that. -- to beat Scott Bain. | :23:35. | :23:46. | |
Hemmings. In Michael -- mighty battle. Here is Paul McGowan, chance | :23:47. | :23:53. | |
another three, great save by the Japanese goalkeeper, Kawashima | :23:54. | :23:59. | |
denying McGowan, putting Dundee further in front. Ross with the | :24:00. | :24:12. | |
delivery. Testing Demel for pace. Demel involved again and he will | :24:13. | :24:17. | |
receive a second yellow card from referee Kevin Clancy. Pack alone and | :24:18. | :24:26. | |
not happy about that decision. He is close to the decision. | :24:27. | :24:32. | |
It looked as if Paul McGinn had a hold of him. It was not a pretty | :24:33. | :24:42. | |
game, it was hard fought, the pitch was difficult, it was heavy but the | :24:43. | :24:45. | |
players showed tremendous desire and character and spirit today. Second | :24:46. | :24:48. | |
half I thought we were comfortable, in terms of defending so I'm really | :24:49. | :24:52. | |
pleased with that. It has been a few weeks now, six matches recently we | :24:53. | :24:57. | |
have taken the lead and then lost it, so that can happen. Silly, silly | :24:58. | :25:03. | |
goals, as well. Stupid. Is it quality, is it confidence? We simply | :25:04. | :25:09. | |
must cut them out. Sporting got a new toy for Christmas, but first, | :25:10. | :25:15. | |
Pat Bonner, how big a win was that the Dundee? Paul Hartley will be | :25:16. | :25:22. | |
absolutely delighted for a number of reasons, one who lost as captain | :25:23. | :25:25. | |
early in that game, a bad injury, he lost the last game 5-2 away to Ross | :25:26. | :25:33. | |
County, and he was a goal down in that game. To come back and win it | :25:34. | :25:39. | |
and beat your local rivals, always a great reason to celebrate. Pat | :25:40. | :25:43. | |
Nevin, a real baptism of fire the Dundee United's new goalkeeper. | :25:44. | :25:49. | |
Dundee derbies are usually really feisty at first, tough games, | :25:50. | :25:51. | |
particularly if you are a new goalkeeper and heavy opposition you | :25:52. | :25:54. | |
under massive pressure and that is exactly what happened to Mr | :25:55. | :25:58. | |
Kawashima in this game. Welcome to Scotland. He was put on the masses | :25:59. | :26:02. | |
of pressure. Every time there was a free kick for a corner kick, | :26:03. | :26:05. | |
everyone got in front. Look at that mass of players. As long as the | :26:06. | :26:09. | |
Dundee players don't touch the goalkeeper they are doing nothing | :26:10. | :26:15. | |
wrong. All the referee can do is say calm down. Eventually that pressure | :26:16. | :26:20. | |
might tell. Eventually that pressure did tell. I felt quite sorry for him | :26:21. | :26:27. | |
in a way. He had a few good punches but on this occasion the ball was | :26:28. | :26:32. | |
put in high, not low. When the ball in high, that is about 22 feet in | :26:33. | :26:36. | |
the air, you surely it is a lower one than that but on this occasion | :26:37. | :26:40. | |
it was high. It gives an opportunity for the players to attack it, and | :26:41. | :26:43. | |
look at the way they are attacking it. Absolutely incredible. That is | :26:44. | :26:48. | |
about six players in that short little space, and it is really hard | :26:49. | :26:51. | |
for the goalkeeper to make anything of it. Does not get any height and | :26:52. | :26:59. | |
distance on it and the ball comes down and they score the goal. | :27:00. | :27:03. | |
However, the second most important thing, get a good ball in there but | :27:04. | :27:06. | |
then you have to go and make sure you win the second ball. Three | :27:07. | :27:15. | |
Dundee players, they want that, look at the goalkeeper's face in the | :27:16. | :27:18. | |
corner, absolutely fearful written on his face. I felt quite sorry for | :27:19. | :27:22. | |
him because he dealt with at most of the time quite well, but in the new | :27:23. | :27:26. | |
secular order wanted to do with him. What confused me was near the end. | :27:27. | :27:37. | |
There are about six of them out there. Why? Have a look at the | :27:38. | :27:40. | |
goalkeeper, suddenly that has all been working, it is actually no | :27:41. | :27:43. | |
pressure on the goalkeeper at all. Why are they doing this? The reason | :27:44. | :27:48. | |
I think, and it is only a guess, I think there is a possibility then | :27:49. | :27:51. | |
they have won the game and they put so much pressure on the referee, not | :27:52. | :27:54. | |
just the goalkeeper, they will get free kicks against them. They will | :27:55. | :27:58. | |
use this again and it has worked a treat against Dundee United, I think | :27:59. | :28:01. | |
it will work against other teams, but what do you do to stop it? | :28:02. | :28:05. | |
Personally, I don't know but I have a man who might know. It was a tough | :28:06. | :28:11. | |
introduction to the goalkeeper. Didn't know the players, language | :28:12. | :28:15. | |
problems, I guess he will be working in the next couple of weeks will | :28:16. | :28:18. | |
stop if you go back to the free kick, you need to start further out. | :28:19. | :28:21. | |
All of the defenders need to be further out, I have seen teams | :28:22. | :28:25. | |
defend really high up, even outside the art. It gives space and time to | :28:26. | :28:28. | |
the goalkeeper, then you expect him to come and deal with most things. | :28:29. | :28:32. | |
If you start too far back, he is under pressure. I am sure they will | :28:33. | :28:37. | |
be working on that next time but one thing they don't have two is the | :28:38. | :28:40. | |
young lad Blair Spittal. He was fantastic in the end, very unlucky | :28:41. | :28:45. | |
not to be in the winning side. I can't ignore this piece of absolute | :28:46. | :28:49. | |
and utter genius. This was brilliant, free kick over the top, | :28:50. | :28:54. | |
but I will stop it just there. I'm looking at the goalkeeper, thinking | :28:55. | :28:57. | |
he is going to get there, he has taken a step early, got across, done | :28:58. | :29:01. | |
everything right. But when you put the ball right in the corner, and | :29:02. | :29:04. | |
really do you get any closer to the top corner than this? It is an | :29:05. | :29:09. | |
absolutely fantastic hit and he has to be very proud of that and I would | :29:10. | :29:12. | |
not blame the goalkeeper at all. They were quite unlucky, Dundee | :29:13. | :29:16. | |
United, Dundee played well but Dundee United had been unlucky a lot | :29:17. | :29:19. | |
this year and it doesn't get you any points unfortunately. Thank you, Pat | :29:20. | :29:26. | |
Bonner, Dundee United 11 point adrift at the bottom of the table, | :29:27. | :29:31. | |
do you see any way that? And the worst defensive record in the least | :29:32. | :29:34. | |
goals stop that is why they are down there. They need to kick on. They | :29:35. | :29:38. | |
will be desperate for something to happen and maybe try to get in one | :29:39. | :29:42. | |
or two players in this particular transfer window, but they need | :29:43. | :29:46. | |
something to really get going. A victory would be a great thing, | :29:47. | :29:51. | |
because a victory anyway and the manager will be delighted. It will | :29:52. | :29:52. | |
be tough for them. It was the 50th Highland derby | :29:53. | :29:56. | |
between Inverness Caledonian Thistle Caley Thistle with the upper hand, | :29:57. | :29:58. | |
they were looking for The big news for Ross County before | :29:59. | :30:14. | |
the match was an injury to star striker Liam Boyson stopped a broken | :30:15. | :30:17. | |
hand means he will be out for the next four weeks. To begin with, it | :30:18. | :30:21. | |
would take a cross from Ross County's all-time top goal-scorer to | :30:22. | :30:27. | |
set up Rocco Quinn. He could not find the required finish. County | :30:28. | :30:38. | |
boss Jim McIntyre would have plenty to ponder soon after. A corner for | :30:39. | :30:41. | |
Caley Thistle, only partially dealt with by the Ross County defence. | :30:42. | :30:47. | |
James Benson's shot deflected into the net by Miles Storey to score his | :30:48. | :30:53. | |
18th goal of the season. Caley Thistle boss John Hughes determined | :30:54. | :30:56. | |
to extend his loan deal from Swindon Town until the end of the season. | :30:57. | :31:01. | |
Can the lost another forward, Craig Curran, as they looked for a | :31:02. | :31:04. | |
response was top Andrew Davies with a header saved by Fawn Williams. | :31:05. | :31:10. | |
Right before half-time, Inverness moved into a 2-0 lead. Greg Tansey's | :31:11. | :31:16. | |
free kick defending everyone, the midfielder with his fourth goal in | :31:17. | :31:17. | |
three games. It almost got even better for Caley | :31:18. | :31:28. | |
Thistle in the second half. A superb effort tipped onto the crossbar by | :31:29. | :31:30. | |
Scott Fox. At the other end, Co almost picked | :31:31. | :31:33. | |
Caley but the danger was At the other end, Co almost picked | :31:34. | :31:50. | |
replacing the goal threat will be the challenge for Ross County, Liam | :31:51. | :31:58. | |
Boyce has found the net 17 times. Buying Graham with just three goals | :31:59. | :32:04. | |
so far this season. As for Caley, this would be their fifth game | :32:05. | :32:07. | |
without defeat. They had chances to make the win and more handsome. Iain | :32:08. | :32:19. | |
Vigurs firing over the bar. The centre backs almost conjured a | :32:20. | :32:24. | |
third. Caley now just two points behind Ross County. Three games in a | :32:25. | :32:32. | |
week, it was hard for both teams. We did more travelling than Ross | :32:33. | :32:39. | |
County, Aberdeen and Hamilton. So for the boys to give me that | :32:40. | :32:43. | |
performance, outstanding so really pleased. It does not matter how well | :32:44. | :32:48. | |
you play in the first half, it if you go to- zero down, it you have a | :32:49. | :32:55. | |
mountain to climb and Inverness saw the game out -- 2-0. We tried to | :32:56. | :33:00. | |
make substitutions to threaten. We never done enough. | :33:01. | :33:06. | |
Five matches undefeated for Caley Thistle. Is this the Caley Thistle | :33:07. | :33:12. | |
of last season? I thought the over performed last season and they are | :33:13. | :33:18. | |
good enough, they are never going to be relegation, they are not that | :33:19. | :33:23. | |
team. It is a battle between them and Ross County and who ends up on | :33:24. | :33:29. | |
top. I do not see either of them getting second or third this season | :33:30. | :33:32. | |
but good teams. I felt sorry for Ross County. If you lose a | :33:33. | :33:41. | |
goal-scorer like Liam Boyce. Inverness, Greg Tansey scoring free | :33:42. | :33:44. | |
kicks for fun at the moment and Miles Storey is the story at the | :33:45. | :33:50. | |
moment. Caley Thistle face a battle to hold on, on loan from Swindon. | :33:51. | :33:55. | |
moment. Caley Thistle face a battle has eight goals this season. It is a | :33:56. | :33:59. | |
good bit of business and keeping him is major business. Anti-cancer goal | :34:00. | :34:06. | |
goals from all over the place -- and he can score. We have been | :34:07. | :34:10. | |
impressed. Antigua is also looking to add to Storey because he has said | :34:11. | :34:16. | |
he needs another striker and if something happens to Storey, he is | :34:17. | :34:21. | |
in trouble. Look at that shot, and a good saved by the weight. Fantastic | :34:22. | :34:27. | |
ability and John needs that. He has momentum going, John Hughes. He had | :34:28. | :34:33. | |
a sticky start, he lost some in the summer and he has to get more but he | :34:34. | :34:38. | |
has got them going and it is good to see Ross County and Inverness in the | :34:39. | :34:42. | |
top six. Almost winning points from each other. It is going to be tight. | :34:43. | :34:47. | |
With three wins in a row, Motherwell have been enjoying life | :34:48. | :34:49. | |
Yesterday they faced Hamilton Accies whose form - | :34:50. | :34:55. | |
Four defeats in a row and just one win from their last 11 matches. | :34:56. | :35:00. | |
Motherwell begin 2016 with the team which ended 2015 with a win. A third | :35:01. | :35:06. | |
straight win. In from Josh Law and headed clear | :35:07. | :35:32. | |
why Lucas. Back for Keith Lasley. Motherwell looking to prolong the | :35:33. | :35:40. | |
run of form at the moment. Law cut again and Scott MacDonald with the | :35:41. | :35:43. | |
opening goal with only nine minutes gone. It is a dream start in the | :35:44. | :35:51. | |
Derby for the home team and it is that man, MacDonald, with the | :35:52. | :35:54. | |
faintest of touchers from close range. After a great delivery from | :35:55. | :36:04. | |
Law, it was that finishing touch. Marvin Johnson gets the better of | :36:05. | :36:09. | |
Crawford and Gillespie and that is a great folly and good goalkeeping | :36:10. | :36:17. | |
from Michael McGovern. Very brave from the Hamilton keeper. Louis | :36:18. | :36:29. | |
Moult was bearing down on him. Ali Crawford with the free kick. Good | :36:30. | :36:33. | |
effort and a good save from Connor Ripley. And awkward bounce in front | :36:34. | :36:42. | |
of the Motherwell keeper. Crawford over the set piece. But is Lucas. It | :36:43. | :36:48. | |
is an equaliser after 25 minutes and Fir Park. Lucas scores, 1-1. | :36:49. | :36:59. | |
Hamilton back in this. Gillespie with the throw, Crawford. Darian | :37:00. | :37:12. | |
MacKinnon, what a goal! A couple in a couple of minutes and he might | :37:13. | :37:16. | |
celebrate, it is his first of the season. A great finish from Darian | :37:17. | :37:22. | |
MacKinnon, over Connor Ripley and Hamilton have turned this game | :37:23. | :37:29. | |
around. Cleared by Hamill. Stretching for the header, Gordon. | :37:30. | :37:38. | |
MacDonald, back in fall MacDonald. On the second attempt, he scrambles | :37:39. | :37:44. | |
it in. It is the second goal of the game for Scotland on. And within a | :37:45. | :37:51. | |
matter of seconds, the home team back on level terms -- MacDonald. | :37:52. | :37:56. | |
Their fourth goal already in this Lanarkshire derby. Law's free kick. | :37:57. | :38:05. | |
Their fourth goal already in this What a chance for Louis Moult who is | :38:06. | :38:09. | |
looking at the net and he knows it should be nestling in it. | :38:10. | :38:16. | |
Grimshaw. The online Manchester United youngster. Louis Moult | :38:17. | :38:27. | |
scores. He was not going to mess that time. Motherwell's leading | :38:28. | :38:34. | |
Marchman strikes again with a near post header and that makes it 3-2! | :38:35. | :38:42. | |
A trip. Keith Lasley. That is going to be a yellow card for the | :38:43. | :38:54. | |
Motherwell captain. That is missed by Gillespie. And room to run into | :38:55. | :39:00. | |
four Marvin Johnson. He takes on the shot and it was good. Beaten away by | :39:01. | :39:12. | |
Michael McGovern. That is a neat turn by Darian MacKinnon. Gillespie, | :39:13. | :39:21. | |
took a deflection. A shot is saved. Crawford with the follow-up and that | :39:22. | :39:26. | |
was handball, it is a penalty and it is a red card. Keith Lasley is sent | :39:27. | :39:36. | |
off for a second yellow. And it is Ali Crawford inside stoppage time to | :39:37. | :39:44. | |
salvage a point for Hamilton Accies. What an end to this Lanarkshire | :39:45. | :39:46. | |
derby, three goals each. It is fast and slippy and has the | :39:47. | :39:59. | |
ingredients for a local derby. And think we are very disappointed not | :40:00. | :40:03. | |
to win, I think we deserved to win. You have to see it out and we will | :40:04. | :40:09. | |
take the points, they get rewarded with the penalties. | :40:10. | :40:14. | |
And for Ali Crawford, it takes bottle to step up in a derby match | :40:15. | :40:18. | |
getting beaten 3-2 is a really pleased for him. | :40:19. | :40:23. | |
You have been impressed by Mark McGhee. The first couple of games | :40:24. | :40:27. | |
coming up to know his players and he made the decisions and left out | :40:28. | :40:32. | |
experienced players and set out what he would do and he has them playing | :40:33. | :40:37. | |
and is getting results. He is a very experienced manager, he has been | :40:38. | :40:44. | |
around and he is walking with Gordon Strachan -- working. Is analysing | :40:45. | :40:47. | |
the game and he is getting players to respond. The Motherwell captain | :40:48. | :40:53. | |
Keith Lasley is an angry man at the end. It was a stonewall penalties. | :40:54. | :40:59. | |
Furious, more than angry. And will give him a bit, it is not | :41:00. | :41:06. | |
deliberate. But it is a handball. It is in an unnatural position. Every | :41:07. | :41:12. | |
day of the weeks back I think the yellow card is harsh. I do not | :41:13. | :41:16. | |
day of the weeks back I think the it is deliberate. And think his hand | :41:17. | :41:18. | |
day of the weeks back I think the is in an unnatural place. Hard to | :41:19. | :41:22. | |
swallow for Motherwell but interesting to hear Mark McGhee. I | :41:23. | :41:29. | |
think he knows he has a team. You have MacDonald scoring goals, | :41:30. | :41:32. | |
Pearson from the back. That looks like a team. Accies on a downward | :41:33. | :41:38. | |
spiral. But fighting spirit as Martin Canning said. He will be | :41:39. | :41:43. | |
delighted to get a result yesterday, scoring a penalty. It is a funny | :41:44. | :41:50. | |
thing from Hamilton, we know how to play lovely football, Ali Crawford | :41:51. | :41:52. | |
is the star player at times but they lose goals also. You have to put | :41:53. | :41:59. | |
that right and get the combination, the defending along with the | :42:00. | :42:06. | |
attacking and you have a chance. A look at the table now. | :42:07. | :42:09. | |
So Celtic move three points clear of Aberdeen with a game in hand. | :42:10. | :42:12. | |
Inverness move into the top six after their derby win - | :42:13. | :42:15. | |
just seven points separate them from 11th placed Kilmarnock though. | :42:16. | :42:17. | |
Dundee United 11 points adrift at the bottom. | :42:18. | :42:20. | |
To the Championship now and leaders Rangers travelled to Dumbarton | :42:21. | :42:22. | |
looking to follow-up on Monday's big win over Hibs at Ibrox. | :42:23. | :42:33. | |
It is a great finish, 1-1. A double from the midfielder. | :42:34. | :42:45. | |
Great touch from Nicky Clarke. Martyn Waghorn. Four for Rangers. | :42:46. | :42:54. | |
Before the match, in one minute silence to commemorate the 40th | :42:55. | :42:55. | |
anniversary of the Ibrox disaster. Commentary from Rob Maclean. Since | :42:56. | :43:17. | |
going down 4-0 at Ibrox, Dumbarton have lost one of five games. Rangers | :43:18. | :43:26. | |
ended 2015 with a big win against Hibs at Ibrox and Mark Warburton | :43:27. | :43:31. | |
says same again to the players who opened a 3-point lead at the top of | :43:32. | :43:40. | |
the Championship. James Tavernier. Andy Halliday, Kenny Miller. Anti | :43:41. | :43:50. | |
bundles in the opening goal. It has been a rate first half for Rangers. | :43:51. | :43:54. | |
Bay have dominated and it has taken them to close on half-time to make | :43:55. | :44:01. | |
the breakthrough. It was about Miller's persistence, getting the | :44:02. | :44:06. | |
better of keeper Mark Brown. 1-0, Rangers. Rob McCallum. 19 years old. | :44:07. | :44:12. | |
Mocked Doherty. Rangers. Rob McCallum. 19 years old. | :44:13. | :44:19. | |
chance early in the second-half to get Dumbarton back on level terms. | :44:20. | :44:30. | |
Waghorn against Doherty. James Tavernier. So close. Kenny Miller on | :44:31. | :44:36. | |
the second attempt. But it was the full-back James Tavernier rattling | :44:37. | :44:41. | |
the crossbar and Rangers a fraction away from a second goal. No great | :44:42. | :44:50. | |
pressure, Tavernier's Ross, Kenny Miller's header. That is a double. | :44:51. | :44:55. | |
2-0 Rangers. And now surely no Miller's header. That is a double. | :44:56. | :45:01. | |
back for Dumbarton. The header is not challenged. Kenny Miller missed | :45:02. | :45:06. | |
a couple of chances against Hibs at he was not missing that. Barrie | :45:07. | :45:18. | |
McKay. Tavernier. Miller wants it, he gets it. Happy New Year for Kenny | :45:19. | :45:27. | |
Miller! A hat-trick two day into 2016! And that makes it 3-0 Rangers. | :45:28. | :45:43. | |
Nicky Law's pass. The ever willing Tavernier. Martyn Waghorn. It is | :45:44. | :45:53. | |
number four. And for Waghorn, it is number 22 of the season. Rangers | :45:54. | :46:03. | |
running riot. Tavernier. He leaves it for Andy Halliday, deflected. It | :46:04. | :46:07. | |
is in. The day gets worse for Dumbarton. Goalkeeper Mark Brown had | :46:08. | :46:14. | |
little chance here. As it flicked off the head of Lindsey. It always | :46:15. | :46:21. | |
looked as if it was dropping in the corner, 5-0. | :46:22. | :46:29. | |
Tavernier wins it. Helped out by Waghorn. Rangers on the move | :46:30. | :46:44. | |
againstNEXT Tavernier! And it is six of the best for Rangers, the 11th of | :46:45. | :46:51. | |
the season, Tavernier. Is back to kill a conclusion. -- a good | :46:52. | :46:55. | |
conclusion. The pressure was good and to come to | :46:56. | :47:03. | |
a place as tough as this and get that result is pleasing. | :47:04. | :47:07. | |
You look at the quality in the team, a top side. They play with | :47:08. | :47:14. | |
intensity. They made it difficult but the players gave it everything | :47:15. | :47:17. | |
and I cannot disheartened. Just move on to the next games. | :47:18. | :47:23. | |
A big scoreline and a big success that has put a spring in the step of | :47:24. | :47:34. | |
Mark Warburton. I was very impressed against Hibs. In parts of every | :47:35. | :47:42. | |
game, you have to ask questions and the reaction is great. That looks | :47:43. | :47:49. | |
like a strong team with great police. | :47:50. | :51:09. | |
In the second half, the regular to Rangers? | :51:10. | :51:17. | |
You have to give credit to Peter Houston when he sustained them. They | :51:18. | :52:33. | |
had it good run and in the Cup. He has young players like Blair Spittal | :52:34. | :52:40. | |
and grant at the back. Anti-lost Rory Loy. I think they are in the | :52:41. | :52:46. | |
mix and it will be interesting between the three of them and the | :52:47. | :52:51. | |
Games they have to play. You are at least a year -- Easter Road | :52:52. | :52:55. | |
yesterday as they got that when, where do you see that coming? I | :52:56. | :53:01. | |
think it is a fantastic midfield. They need to make sure they keep | :53:02. | :53:07. | |
them. Might not be easy because a lot of people have been interested. | :53:08. | :53:11. | |
They are good enough to stick with Rangers but you make sure you do not | :53:12. | :53:18. | |
ignore Falkirk. They are the team, not Hibs, not Rangers, with no | :53:19. | :53:19. | |
pressure. Pat and Pat, thank you. Congratulations to Gary Anderson for | :53:20. | :53:31. | |
becoming champion for the second time in a year. | :53:32. | :53:32. | |
That's it for the first installment of 2016, | :53:33. | :53:34. | |
and there's a break from league action next weekend | :53:35. | :53:36. | |
Which means we'll have Sportscene highlights for you on Saturday night | :53:37. | :53:44. | |
Until then, from all of us on the team, bye for now. | :53:45. | :53:46. |