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This could be something quite sensational! Right out of the top

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drawer! Outstanding! The shot is an absolute beauty! Yes!

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That is unbelievable! What a finish! Right here, right now, this is

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history! Another big weekend of fluctuating

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narratives and major talking point in the Premiership. Every moment

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covered tonight, from what has been a fascinating weekend. Poring over

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it frame by frame, Steven Thompson and Michael Stewart. Just the one

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place we can start, Celtic's unbeaten run, would it go on for

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ever, or would Sun Johnston do something about it?

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St Johnstone without Steven Anderson in defence. Three changes for the

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runaway leaders. The best chance of the match so far.

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Away by Foster. Patrick Roberts threatening already

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with the magic feet. A great finish. Celtic in front inside six minutes.

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So calm. Celtic picked at the St Johnstone defence. Perfect pace on

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the pass, Henderson was clinical. Patrick Roberts playing a massive

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part as well. A good save. Craig Gordon. Kieran

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Tierney doing be defending. Brilliant play from Danny Swanson,

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making the most of the room. A great run by Foster. Did not catch the

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shot. Good goalkeeping. But again, Gary

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Mackay-Steven should have done better. Played in by Scott Sinclair.

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It was always going to be difficult from that angle. Trying to shot at

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goal, David Wotherspoon. He might have tried to pick out a team-mate

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instead. It is 1-1. Craig Gordon got a little touch. It looked to flick

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off the head of Scott Brown as well. But in it goes from Keith Watson for

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the equaliser. They might be further behind, St Johnstone, but now they

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are on level terms. I think he enjoyed that.

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What a chance to turn this game completely around. Again, a

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delightful delivery from Danny Swanson.

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Another great ball game, and it has gone in this time. David Wotherspoon

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claims it, but it looked like it went in off Dedryck Boyata's head.

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He scored against St Johnstone 11 days ago, he has scored for them

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this time. It looked off the head. A great shot

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from Patrick Roberts, and a really good reaction save. It could have

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been 2-2. Henderson is having a big influence on the game. A foul

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against the challenge on Patrick Roberts. Clark made the save. Quick

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reactions as well as the ball run free off the goalkeeper. He did well

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to get that away. Down goes the St Johnstone

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midfielder, and he is screaming for a penalty. Craig Thompson says no.

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Did Scott Brown get anything on the ball? It did not look like it.

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Deflected off Keith Watson, penalty given by Craig Thompson. Surely not.

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Watson looking in the other direction. It struck his rates

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rather than his arm. It may be bounced up onto his elbow. But he

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was looking the other way. Moussa Dembele bounces off the bench and

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fires in the Celtic equaliser. His 21st goal of the season. Much

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Ferrari about the board of the cake. It did not bother him.

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He Moussa Dembele double. His 22nd goal of the season. Brilliantly

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finished, through the legs, and Clark was beaten. Tommy Wright looks

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like he has seen a ghost. Headed away bike Erik Sviatchenko. Stephen

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McClain came flying in. Defended I Erik Sviatchenko.

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Celtic suddenly on the counterattack.

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Scott Sinclair's 14th remission goal. It surely puts this game

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beyond St Johnstone. Peter used pans goby as a shield to curl that in at

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the near post. Moussa Dembele. Another Moussa

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Dembele hat-trick. What an impact from the substitute. This is his

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23rd goal of the season. Celtic at their best.

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Offensively we were very bright, our fitness comes through, in those last

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part of the game. We scored wonderful goals. Some controversy

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around the penalty. You are bitterly disappointed, if you are too- one

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up, you never know what can happen. But we get the rub of the green. We

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have had other moments when we have not had it. But I am happy to take

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it. We should have had two penalties. I will not be sitting on

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the fence. Danny's is a penalty. I have seen it back. When a player

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contact a player and makes no contact on the ball, it is a

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penalty, his left knee gets pushed in. Joe Shaughnessy is dragged to

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the ground, the referee blows his whistle, he warns the Celtic player,

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that should be a penalty. And their penalty should never be a penalty.

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Another good victory for Celtic, but only one place we can start, the

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penalty decision from Craig Thompson. Did it cost St Johnstone

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the chance to end Celtic's run? St Johnstone have every right to be

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furious, it is no penalty. It comes off Keith Watson's hip and off the

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bottom of his elbow. Even if it hits his arms, it is not a penalty. Craig

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Thompson cannot see it. He can see it hits his back. It is never a

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penalty. I think this is a penalty. Scott Brown catches him, he does not

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get the ball, and there is enough contact. I don't think it is. In

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real time, he does not get the ball, but there is not enough force. He

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knocks his knee. There is contact. I just do not think there is enough

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force for it to have been a penalty. In real-time, there was not enough.

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The big difference here, Dedryck Boyata never grabs him. At the start

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of the season there was a clamp-down on grabbing hold of shirts and

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getting penalties, and that one, Dedryck Boyata never gets a hold of

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him. But it does not detract from the fact that the penalty that

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Celtic got was a horrific decision, Craig Thompson should never have

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guessed. It is a game changer. You not slightly absorbing him of blame

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because of his position? That tells you he was guessing, you cannot

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guess. We do not know if Celtic would have won the game, they

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probably would have, but one thing you can say is that that changed the

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game. It coincided with Moussa Dembele coming onto the pitch. But

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he still has had the same impact? We will get to him shortly. You can

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understand Tommy Wright's anger, because they put so much into wood.

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They got themselves into a wonderful position. If they had hung on, you

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never know what happens. A great leap at the back post, it is a top

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header. Scott ran could not stop it. The second one is about the delivery

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from Danny Swanson, he put Dedryck Boyata under pressure, it leads him

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to put it into the back of the net. It is a great finish. He cannot stop

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scoring. St Johnstone caused problems from crossed balls. It is

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an own goal. Moussa Dembele got his hat-trick, did we see the goal of

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the season? Yes, in my opinion, it was a phenomenal goal. This is a

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high-quality finish, to keep the ball low. The spin on the ball as

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well. But this is the goal of the season. 24 passes, every single

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player in the Celtic team touches the ball, it is sensational. All

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over the park as well, wide right, left, back, Craig Gordon gets a

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touch. It pulls the St Johnstone team out. They did get Mikael

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Lustig. A backheel and a composed finish, goal of the season. How many

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of those did you manage? I never tried one! Pelleted the first one.

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Overall, you cannot say anything more, fantastic, Celtic, 27 points

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clear, they are doing unbelievably well. As for St Johnstone, does that

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give people hope that somebody can beat Celtic? In a similar vein to

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Motherwell's performance, the more teams that get into that position of

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having Celtic on the ropes, of course it gives them confidence, but

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Celtic do not need any assistance, they can win games. That penalty

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changed the dynamic of the game. Hearts played Motherwell fresh from

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hammering ranges at Tynecastle midweek.

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That is the way to get Tynecastle bouncing! It is Walker! It is 3-1,

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Hearts. Hearts are absolutely loving it.

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Scott McDonald begins his two match suspension after his appeal failed

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in midweek. He will miss the trip to Aberdeen in ten days. There is a

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first start for the on loan Reading defender. The Greek duo start for a

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Hearts team on a hike from their midweek hounding of Rangers. Esmael

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Goncalves starts up front again. A big decision to leave out the

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skipper for this game. It has just gone past. Craig Samson looked calm

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enough. This is an early sign of intent from Hearts and venue

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Portuguese striker. Hearts have already beaten Motherwell a couple

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of times this season. Lewis Moult heads off the bar, but he was

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offside, according to the assistant. A wonderful delivery. He is onside,

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Louis Moult. He could not finish anyway.

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14 goals for Walker after his double against Rangers. A fine effort by

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Jamie Walker. There are not too many in Scottish football in better form

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than Hearts' number seven. They can still put pressure on in the race

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for second, Hearts. It is off the line. It is Anastasios Avlonitis.

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Louis Moult goes down. Malaury Martin has been booked, even though

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it appears it was Lionel Ainsworth who brought him down. It is a

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horrendous decision by the referee. It is not far away. That would have

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been controversial. Straight to the pocket goes Andrew

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Dallas, and Motherwell are reduced to ten men at Fir Park for the

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second time in a week. For that challenge by Carl McHugh.

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In it goes. Faxed to a massive deflection. Off Keith Lasley. It may

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be a fluke, but it has broken the deadlock.

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Not far away from a real collector 's item. Keith Lasley.

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Lennard Sowah has looked really good going forward today. Esmael

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Goncalves things he should have made it two, desperate for his first

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Hearts goal. Pearson in his third spell at the

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club. First goal for Hearts for Esmael

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Goncalves. He took it well. Surely the points are going to Hearts now.

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His former submarine team-mate and League Cup when Craig Samson next be

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saved. The side that beat Hearts that day for St Mirren.

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Esmael Goncalves doubles up for Hearts. Another comprehensive

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victory. It cost us the game, no doubt. Then

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they get a bit of luck, the deflected goal. We would have come

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back with 11 men. I was only disappointed that we did not turn

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good work into goals. But other than that, no complaints, a magnificent

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effort, to try to get ourselves back in. I cannot have any complaints

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other than the referee. The way the game has gone, we had some good

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control in the first half, we needed to speed up possession and force

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things, so we made a couple of changes at half-time, and then we

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started to be more threatening. We did well.

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A great victory for Hearts, another big red car decision. We were only

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here yesterday, seven days ago, actually, Scott McDonald was sent

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off with a similar position. We pored over that one last week. I

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think this challenge is worse. It is very dangerous, it has force behind

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it. When he goes in, I do not think he gets that much of the ball. He

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gets a lot more of it than Scott McDonald does. But the big

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difference is the force that he carries into wood. He gets the ball

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before he carries through. He gets more of the ankle of Don Cowie. But

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it is irrelevant, because it is the force. You both big it is a red

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card? No doubt about it, it is worse than Scott McDonald. That epitomises

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the change in the philosophy of a tackle. Unless you are coming in

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almost at a writer and, you will get a red card, because anything else,

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your studs will be showing, you can get as much of the ball as you want,

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it will be a red card. The referee got a lot of stick, it seems, for

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that. Last weekend the consensus was Scott McDonald was the right

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decision. I have got to disagree with Mark McGhee. There was a

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strange decision where he booked one of the players for a tackle, sorry,

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Martin. But it was the position that he was in. That was a red card all

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day long. Mark McCabe thought of a well were dominating, but we were

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there, Hearts were the better side. A great performance from Hearts. You

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have been salivating over Alexander Ross the earliest stop he is a real

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find. The way they want to play, this guy playing in a deep lying

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midfield role, he is the business. The big difference, no sideways

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passes, he plays Fulwood. He takes four players out of the game. He has

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great composure, under pressure, no panic. A nice first touch and lays

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it off. He reads the game really well. He breaks up play and gets a

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counterattack and Jamie Walker is there. This is epitomises more of

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how he is an all-round midfielder. He drives forward. This is the

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second goal. Lots of players, composure again, a simple pass. A

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quick counterattack, he slipped it in for Esmael Goncalves. If you are

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going to play a game that is based on possession, we looked at the

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Raith Rovers game, too many sideways passes, but this guy looks forward,

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he can play energy chip passes. He is a top player. Another top player

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is Esmael Goncalves, you had some crazy times with him at St Mirren.

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Just one night out, maybe two! He was excellent yesterday. You cannot

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give somebody this much space, but look at his strength. He had five or

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six attempt on goal. His linkup play was good. He has lost eight

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kilograms since he was at St Mirren. It is good going! A great pass from

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Nicholson, he should have scored. He is a natural goal-scorer, Hearts

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have not had that. Yukonite give somebody that much space. A very

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difficult skill, and an excellent finish. I hope he can keep it going.

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He has added to what they are trying to do, he has made a big difference.

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The substitute came on at half-time, he was good as well. Exciting times

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at Hearts. Extra weekend looks like being a fantastic couple of dates in

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the Scottish Cup. We have got it all covered on Sportscene.

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Can Inverness go ballistic again? It will be a big ask.

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The Edinburgh derby, plus Rangers against Greenock Morton. Back to the

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Premiership, it had been a tough week for Mark Warburton, after his

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side were thumped 4-1 by Hearts. Could Rangers respond at Ibrox? Ross

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County were visitors. Joe Garner plays for the first time

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in 2017. Philippe Senderos makes his third appearance. Three players

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dropped out. Rob Kiernan is out of the squad altogether. Ross County

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play here for only the second time. Andrew Davies available again. A

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very credible 0-0 draw the last time Ross County came here. Wes

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Foderingham had to claw it away. James Tavernier a does a good job

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too clear. Mark Warburton will hope this does not set the tone.

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Deflected and touched over by Scott Fox. Fantastic reaction save from

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the Ross County number one. Ross County lead. The stadium is

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stunned. The week goes from bad to worse for Mark Warburton. Alex

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Schalk gets number seven for the season. Jim O'Brien held his nerve.

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The Dutchman did the rest. It is just the side netting. Just

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listen to the reaction from the home support. Another defensive mix-up

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for Rangers at the back. James Tavernier has looked the most

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likely threat for Rangers. A great ball across, and Joe Garner was

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inches away from marking his return with a goal.

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He took it early, and Wes Foderingham made the save. Alex

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Schalk could have had a hat-trick in the first half. Tearing down on

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goal. Kept out by Wes Foderingham. He did the right thing in going

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across goal. He had to generate the power on the cross. All it needed

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was a touch from Jon Toral. This is Barry Mackay, who has been

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uncharacteristically quiet. Good save from Fox. He managed to react

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to punch the ball away but tore out bearing down on a tap-in. Another

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excellent piece of goalkeeping from Scott Fox. Foderingham looking to

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get Rangers forward quickly. It is Garner... But straight at Scott Fox

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who makes another good save. Garner never looked quite convinced himself

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that he would find the back of the net.

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No space for the shot. Ross County scramble it clear. Wallace, Tara,

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Wallace continues as Ron! And what an important goal for the Rangers

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captain. 90 minutes from the end and at long last, they have found the

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equaliser. -- 19 minutes. Just his second goal from the acute angle.

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Jon Toral, robbed initially, but here is Teva Ernie. It took a touch

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of Andrew Davies and looped the top. -- Tavernier. The question is asked

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whether that was handball? Tavern near and to row and then Waghorn

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goes round the outside. He has done really well. It takes a deflection

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and can only find the side netting from Jon Toral as Rangers'

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frustrations continue. It's amazing the contrast we see in

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the space of a week, Rangers losing 4-1 to hearts in the middle of the

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week. And drawing yesterday against Ross County. The boots rang out at

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Ibrox. There has definitely been a momentum shift in the last week.

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Rangers had been on a good run up into the game at Tynecastle. Mark

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Warburton is under pressure. Hearts were treated really -- recruited

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really well in January. Rangers need... They need a goalkeeper. I

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think they still lack a deal of penetration and home against Ross

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County that is not the result they wanted. A hint of cipher the goal?

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Yes, but lots wrong with it -- a hint of offside for the goal? Yes,

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but a lots wrong from the Rangers perspective. Alec Shelbrooke

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should've had three goals in that opening half. The chance he miss

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into the side netting. That was a simple ball up the park from Ross

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County and you have two centre halves in Senderos and hail who are

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not quick. But Lee Wallace, facility so there is a play behind him, you

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cannot attack the ball. He has to sit in. Rangers needed so many

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chances. Scott Fox says? Rangers had 22 efforts on goal but they don't

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convert enough other opportunities. They have only scored more than two

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goals on a few occasions this season. They should be dominating

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teams. Wonderful double save. Great reaction. The one coming up is even

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better. The replay? Not the replay! But that is three times they have

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played Ross County this season. It was important for Ross County, a big

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way point. Getting into these areas for Rangers, they are already up

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against impact teams. So many teams go to Ibrox and cab and are

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difficult to break down. Rangers have to play with penetration

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otherwise they will find difficult to score. Rangers full swing in the

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race for second place. Would Aberdeen take advantage.

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Defeat at Celtic Park brought an end to a five-game run but Derek McInnes

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stuck to the starting XI as they go for victory against Partick Thistle.

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They have not won here for 14 years and there are changes from the

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defeat. This is Ash Taylor. The direct route

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towards Rooney. Hayes and now this is Kenny McLean. And it is beaten

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away by Tomas Cerny. Kenny McLean, who has not scored since the double

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against Inverness in mid-November. Graham Chile. Aberdeen having to be

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patient. Now Considine and straight at Cerny. Considine scored twice

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this season. Rooney went for the spectacular and got nothing on it.

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Adam Barton is always so calming possession. Lawless, a nice return

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to Barton. And now Christie Elliott, no purchase on the shot. But a good

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passage of play from the visitors. Elliott, who was sent off in midweek

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but an appeal on that red card allowed him to play. Aberdeen are

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just two points behind Rangers. It's Taylor! And it is just wide of the

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target. A free header from the big centre-back who is usually so

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clinical from that sort of range. Hayes, a chance to turn and perhaps

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drive and the defence but he is surrounded by four Partick Thistle

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players. Still get the cross in and Kenny McLean was on the end of it

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but he could only find the side netting. Partick Thistle one point

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outside of the top six. This is Logan's ball towards Taylor. Now

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Graham Shinnie and Cerny saves once again. Shinnie had one of Aberdeen's

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few chances at Celtic Park in midweek. Edwards into Lawless.

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Partick Thistle more than held their own in the opening half. Elliott

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now, Edwards has continued his run... And he undoubtedly should

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have put Partick Thistle one up here. But the header goes wide.

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Hayes, it is curling away from goal. Stockley got something on it. Derek

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McInnes has made some attacking changes and Ryan Christie is one of

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them. Hayes, now. Taking matters into his own hands. A stinging shot

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and Hayes is eager to get on with things. A decent hit. Cerny holds

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firm. McGinn will take the corner cake. Stockley attacks it and the

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gamble pays off for Derek McInnes as the substitute Jayden Stockley not

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them in front with 18 minutes left to play. His first goal since early

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November. Ade Azeez for Partick Thistle but it is one back and it is

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the Route one approach that gets Rooney in the clear. Saved by Cerny

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and it remains at just 1-0. A precious lead for Aberdeen. He was

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closed down just enough. Partick Thistle will still fancy their

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chances. It is forward and here is Ade Azeez! And Eclipse the outside

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of the post. -- and he clips. Partick Thistle have a better way

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record than at Firhill. Can they hold on?

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Stockley back to Ryan Christie and his first goal since joining on loan

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from Celtic will be enough to secure the points for Aberdeen as the two

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substitute, Stockley and Christie, combined for Aberdeen's second.

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Delighted with the result. The players deserve a lot of credit for

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finding that victory, digging deep after a hard-fought game on

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Wednesday night. The problems of all three substitutes coming on and

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winning the game and seeing it out. -- the importance. I full because

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Aberdeen problems but we got caught from a set play and the second goal

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from a throwing which was disappointing because over the

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piece, we defended well as a team, especially else set plays which

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Aberdeen are very strong at. You can see that the goal from a corner was

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disappointing. Ryan Christie with his first goal

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since going on loan. Derek McInnes always accused of being a cautious

:40:27.:40:31.

manager. To end up with, it was a Jimmy Calderwood Aberdeen side. You

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have to give them credit because was not working at the start and he

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changed to a back three. Three substitutes on the pitch and they

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were pivotal in getting the results. It comes from a straightforward set

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piece. You heard how disappointed Partick Thistle were to conceive

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from a set these. And you see the players involved, Stockley and

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Christie, it adds an interesting dynamic to this week in terms of

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seven games Derek McInnes had gone without changing the side, he had

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found a formation that was working. But in this game, full credit, he

:41:12.:41:15.

changed it because they were not breaking down Partick Thistle. It

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will be interesting to see what happens in the cup game. I think he

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will keep with the same, it has been working for them. It is interesting,

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will Stockley and Christie get a place in the side or would he go

:41:29.:41:32.

with the site he has stuck with? Derek McInnes has been criticised

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for changing things too much. He has a settled side that was beginning to

:41:38.:41:41.

win but he had to make substitutions to get that victory. It is the

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age-old narrative of Partick Thistle that we have talked about ad

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nauseam. When they get chances, they don't take them. Every week, we talk

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about the same thing. They are a good team and they play good

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football but every time I watch them, they make chances and do take

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them. Next up, two side struggling to find

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form. Inverness -- Dundee and Caledonian Thistle.

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Richie Foran promised changes. Dundee gave a debut to a former

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mother would -- Motherwell player, Henrik Ojamaa.

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This is a big day for Inverness Cali Thistle. Two to Marco... So close to

:42:42.:42:51.

the dream start. Goal machine Carl Tremarco, very close. Billy Mackay,

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comes off old and it is in the back of the net, but it will not count.

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Up goes the offside flag. Frustration for Inverness Cali

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Thistle. The long ball has the defender under pressure. Mark O'Hara

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turns his shot wide. Promising, that, for Dundee. They have reasons

:43:23.:43:28.

of their own for wanting points. Greg Tanzi, and draper. Mackay

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wrestling with Darren O'Dea. Big chance for Henry Annie and saved by

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Scott Bain. -- Henry Annie. Hold driving forward. The width supplied

:43:51.:44:01.

by Cammy Kerr. That is a great ball in hand Dundee are in front. -- that

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is a great ball in, and Dundee are in front. Not what Ritchie for

:44:10.:44:16.

unwanted. In comes the corner cake and it is 2-0. It is Darren O'Dea on

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the end of Tom Hateley's delivery. Got the better of the keeper. 2-0.

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Troubled waters for the home team as Vigurs, bouncing back of the post

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and it just tells the story for Inverness. . Can they find a way

:44:39.:44:50.

back? Vigurs delivery and it is a penalty and it is given against

:44:51.:44:56.

Etxabeguren for wrestling with draper right on the goal-line. And

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it is. Big chance for Billy Mackay to get back in the old rich scene.

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His first goal of the second spell at Cali Thistle. -- into the old

:45:08.:45:18.

routine. That is Hateley and Haber. And Ojamaa to the byline. They came

:45:19.:45:23.

off Warren, McGowan! What an opportunity. To potentially tie

:45:24.:45:32.

things up for Dundee. He has blazed this wide from a great position.

:45:33.:45:38.

Cammy Kerr, O'Hara makes the moon. Get the better of Tanzi. Can you set

:45:39.:45:44.

something up here? It came of Haber and came off Ojamaa, cleared off the

:45:45.:45:51.

line. Blocked by Raven and the shot is polled well wide. But there were

:45:52.:45:55.

certainly chances close in for Dundee here. Haber, Ojamaa and

:45:56.:46:01.

finely the ball broke in the direction of Hateley. Raven did so

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well. That is David Raven. Here is Billy Mackay with the cutback,

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draper's shot is saved. Scott Bain and another opportunity for Carl

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Tremarco. A double stop from the Dundee goalkeeper. It is all action

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in Inverness. And that is terrific goalkeeping. Given away by Raven.

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Ojamaa loses it and then window back against Marco and spread the ball

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through to McGowan. He is in on goal and misses the target again! Credit

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to Carl Tremarco for the challenge. But it is two gilt-edged

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opportunities for McGowan. The up and under from Vigurs, Etxabeguren

:46:56.:47:02.

is about to be penalised again. He was all over the player and for the

:47:03.:47:09.

second time, Nick Walshe points to the spot. What will Billy read guide

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do? He picks the same spot and Scott Bain guessed right this time. What a

:47:19.:47:25.

crucial save that could prove to be. David Raven. In goes Mackay, saved

:47:26.:47:36.

by Bain. And Greg Tanzi...! Rescues Inverness Cali Thistle 11 minutes

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from time. And how composed was this from Tanzi.

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The boys did great. Terrific. They kept going, the commitment, the

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desire. The fans got right behind us, you can't ask for much more.

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There were chances at both ends. At 2-0, we looked comfortable. We

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regrouped and tried to see the game out. We always thought Cali Thistle

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will try to come back but we gave a needless penalty away and gave them

:48:12.:48:16.

a lifeline after that. We had opportunities to kill the game off.

:48:17.:48:22.

A great game, a mixture of Dundee blowing it but a great comeback from

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Inverness. Phillips dead and buried at 2-0. They showed fight and

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character. -- they looked dead and buried. Paul Hartley pleased to have

:48:34.:48:44.

more attacking options? The front three cause problems. Haber should

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have done better. The front three cause them problems through the

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afternoon. A great finish from Haber using his drinks to five at home.

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Great linkup play between Ojamaa and Haber. He gets to the byline and

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cuts it back. Not a great finish! But Dundee, all season, we have

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spoken about the number of goals they have lost out of their side

:49:14.:49:17.

this year. But now the looked like they have more of a threat in the

:49:18.:49:22.

final third and Ojamaa is one of the people who will bring that back. He

:49:23.:49:27.

has a lot of pace. A top, top player. I think this one comes off

:49:28.:49:35.

as electronic tag! Does he still have that one? No! As opposed in

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terms of the penalty, I imagine if you're a Galahad means spotted in

:49:44.:49:50.

Inverness just by the way he moves. Not the greatest penalty you will

:49:51.:49:55.

ever see. The second one, the ball moves. He put in it in almost the

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exact same position. You talk about changing your penalty stop macro if

:50:03.:50:07.

it goes in the back of the net, it's a good one. But the ball went in the

:50:08.:50:12.

same place twice. This is what Billy Mackay gives you, penetration in

:50:13.:50:17.

behind. He is always looking to stretch the opposition. He can

:50:18.:50:20.

scored goals. He doesn't always get there but the pressure led to Tanzi

:50:21.:50:25.

being able to find the back of the net. Billy Mackay has all the

:50:26.:50:33.

hallmarks of being the signing that could save them? He will oversee not

:50:34.:50:40.

want to repeat the trauma of last season at Dundee United. Inverness

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he knows well and he will feel comfortable. He could be the

:50:44.:50:48.

difference. As we have said already in the show, that relegation fight

:50:49.:50:53.

will go back to the death. He could be a good signing.

:50:54.:50:58.

Fascinating. Finally, the plastic pitch of Hamilton Academical with a

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huge win midweek and their opponents also with a win.

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Not the same side that beat Inverness midweek. Danny Seaborne

:51:13.:51:20.

returns and there is a file first start for Blair Adams.

:51:21.:51:33.

Boyd, and swiftly willing runner. -- swift the willing runner. Several

:51:34.:51:45.

options, not the best one there. Devlin away. Decor will be beaten to

:51:46.:52:02.

the ball. -- deck:. Picked up by McKenzie and onto long staff who has

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a good shot and he uses it well. Kill Manukau started brightly and

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they get their reward. The defence sat off him and he was not close

:52:18.:52:19.

down and he took full advantage. Eamonn Brophy should have done

:52:20.:52:58.

better there. McKinnon coming right down the middle. Still going. Just

:52:59.:53:01.

try to clip it into the corner. Kilmarnock won here 1-0 and 4-0 last

:53:02.:53:23.

season. And 2-1 in August. They have a good record against Accies in

:53:24.:53:28.

recent times. Forward to Eamonn Brophy, a delightful turn and his

:53:29.:53:36.

shot doesn't have to be. Two minutes to half-time and a second of the

:53:37.:53:41.

season for Eamonn Brophy. Cleared out the two central defenders and

:53:42.:53:48.

zings the ball low into the net. These sides wishing to win

:53:49.:53:53.

back-to-back games for the first time in a long time. Kris Boyd...

:53:54.:54:01.

Not given as a free kick. In little chip and Boyd has to reach back for

:54:02.:54:06.

it. It looked like a free kick was going to be awarded. Boyd certainly

:54:07.:54:15.

seemed to push across Devlin was surprised as well and the cutback

:54:16.:54:19.

was just behind Kris Boyd. Warren Canning watching on. Redmond deep

:54:20.:54:29.

the corner and beyond... Blocks by McKenzie. Scored a fabulous goal

:54:30.:54:35.

midway, McKenzie. That one just didn't sneak in at the post. A

:54:36.:54:45.

corner and Devlin, it should have scored, Michael Devlin. Brilliant

:54:46.:54:48.

opportunity. Absolutely no one went with him. That was well wide.

:54:49.:55:00.

Commander on their heels again as McKinnon steps forward. A wry smile.

:55:01.:55:09.

Did well to get the opportunity. Kilmarnock sitting back of the

:55:10.:55:17.

driving player. Redmond pixie corner and salmon away. -- Redmond puts in

:55:18.:55:38.

the corner. And, salmon away. Free kick taken quickly. Straight at the

:55:39.:55:53.

goalkeeper. The number 13 was inside as well.

:55:54.:55:58.

I was pleased at half-time because it could have been worse given the

:55:59.:56:05.

way the game started. Second half, were the better team and the one big

:56:06.:56:10.

opportunity was Michael's header. The header past the post. We didn't

:56:11.:56:15.

make the most of it. Could we have nicked it, no, so probably the

:56:16.:56:20.

result was fair on the balance of play. Strange result, I have been in

:56:21.:56:26.

football a long time and I've never gone from being so impressive in the

:56:27.:56:30.

first half an hour to having to scrap for a result in the last 60.

:56:31.:56:35.

We didn't do particularly badly then but we have stopped doing the good

:56:36.:56:39.

things. We stopped playing the game simply and quickly.

:56:40.:56:44.

Back to business as usual. A draw between Hamilton and tell Mono. That

:56:45.:56:53.

is their 12th 1-1 draw of the season. What did you go for,

:56:54.:57:00.

Michael? 1-1. If they could just turn some of those draws into wins,

:57:01.:57:06.

they would be in the top six. Lee Clark summing up, because that

:57:07.:57:10.

season in one match, inconsistent. You just don't know what they are

:57:11.:57:16.

going to do. You could level that at the bottom seven teams in the

:57:17.:57:22.

league. That really typifies the teams down there. It shows that it

:57:23.:57:27.

is so tight. Martin Canning himself has spoken about how it will go down

:57:28.:57:33.

to the end of the season. And eating there was room would relegation will

:57:34.:57:37.

have to go into the top six. That bottom six will be a dogfight and

:57:38.:57:41.

any team in their could be in the relegation spot or the play-off

:57:42.:57:45.

spot. I can't believe we have got of February and it is still like this.

:57:46.:57:50.

It is still only six points and it will be an amazing end of the

:57:51.:57:55.

season. Exciting for us to watch in terms of which team get six place

:57:56.:58:01.

and is safe. That is the safe spot, anything else danger. Thank you very

:58:02.:58:07.

much indeed. After all of that, the Ladbroke Premiership table looks

:58:08.:58:11.

like this. I think Celtic might just win the league! The dolls have a

:58:12.:58:23.

game in hand on Rangers. -- the Dons. Time for us to vanish.

:58:24.:58:27.

We are back with the magic of the cup next weekend. Have a great week.

:58:28.:58:31.

Goodbye for now.

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