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It's a spectacular opening goal in the derby. | :00:11. | :00:18. | |
The League Cup final, the Premiership title race, | :00:19. | :00:46. | |
Both League Cup winners twice in their illustrious careers, | :00:47. | :00:52. | |
Would this be the biggest moment in Ross County's history? | :00:53. | :01:01. | |
Or would Sunshine On Leith ring out come the final whistle? | :01:02. | :01:32. | |
Hibs welcome bag Marvin Bartley and top scorer Jason Cummings from | :01:33. | :01:39. | |
suspension having missed last weekend's Scottish Cup quarterfinal. | :01:40. | :01:42. | |
Lewis Stevenson was man of the match is a 19-year-old when Hibs last won | :01:43. | :01:52. | |
silverware in 2007. For County, Paul Quinn featured in the League Cup | :01:53. | :01:56. | |
final 11 years ago for Motherwell as a substitute. Michael Gardyne played | :01:57. | :02:01. | |
when County lost the Scottish Cup final in 2010. | :02:02. | :02:09. | |
Jason Cummings is unlikely. He forces the same from Gary Woods. It | :02:10. | :02:18. | |
was a great effort. He pulled the trigger and almost catches the | :02:19. | :02:21. | |
keeper. It is a good save from Gary Woods. | :02:22. | :02:28. | |
Henderson should do much of the Baltimore in wins. What can Alex | :02:29. | :02:37. | |
Schalk conjure up? He only has Gardyne. I can tell you | :02:38. | :02:46. | |
Schalk conjure up? He only has touchline. Irvine does well. They | :02:47. | :02:49. | |
can slip it through to Michael Gardyne who is onside. He puts Ross | :02:50. | :02:57. | |
County in front in the final. It is a wonderful finish from Michael | :02:58. | :03:01. | |
Gardyne. From our Hibs point of view, defensively, they will not be | :03:02. | :03:06. | |
happy. Hibs give the ball away in the middle of the park. Jackson | :03:07. | :03:09. | |
Irvine times the price to perfection. It is a good tackle, but | :03:10. | :03:16. | |
it falls perfectly for Michael Gardyne to roll in. The easiest goal | :03:17. | :03:21. | |
he will ever score and he has done it in a cup final. | :03:22. | :03:32. | |
Jason Cummings has got the ball. That was from John McGinn. I think | :03:33. | :03:39. | |
that was going wide, but Gary Woods did not know that. It is a decent | :03:40. | :03:46. | |
save. Jason Cummings was trying to get more elevation. His first touch | :03:47. | :03:50. | |
is good but the goalkeeper takes no chances. The fifth corner kick for | :03:51. | :03:54. | |
Hibernian. Liam Fontaine. In the chances. The fifth corner kick for | :03:55. | :04:05. | |
nick of time, Liam Fontaine blasts Hibernian level. That is a | :04:06. | :04:10. | |
magnificent strike. David Gray gets the flag. He is going away from goal | :04:11. | :04:15. | |
and he gets good power. It goes past Gary Woods. | :04:16. | :04:21. | |
County are standing firm. They are under the cosh a little bit. | :04:22. | :04:31. | |
Henderson, Anthony Stokes has work to do. It is a good turn. He is very | :04:32. | :04:38. | |
close to giving Hibs the lead. He does well to hold off the defenders, | :04:39. | :04:44. | |
just looking for the turn. He goes for the near post, just wide. Brian | :04:45. | :04:52. | |
Graham is under pressure from Marvin Bartley. What has partly done to | :04:53. | :04:58. | |
Brian Graham? Brian Graham is going to cut across him. It is a good | :04:59. | :05:05. | |
sport from the referee. -- Marvin Bartley. This is Schalk, he asks the | :05:06. | :05:12. | |
question of Mark Oxley. He comes up with the answer. Foster, it has been | :05:13. | :05:19. | |
forced then. It is not going to count. It is a hanging bowl. The | :05:20. | :05:26. | |
goalkeeper is standing. The player gets a run. Goalkeepers are well | :05:27. | :05:29. | |
protected. Yes. Michael Gardyne, has he got the | :05:30. | :05:57. | |
final ball? Schalk is there. That must win the League Cup for Ross | :05:58. | :06:03. | |
County. The final minute of the final. A Highland | :06:04. | :06:12. | |
County. The final minute of the Ross County football club. Michael | :06:13. | :06:15. | |
Gardyne does the work down the far side. The ball comes in centrally | :06:16. | :06:20. | |
and when it falls, he cannot miss, Alex Schalk in the right place at | :06:21. | :06:25. | |
the right time. Liam Fontaine tries to clear and he sets it on a | :06:26. | :06:29. | |
the right time. Liam Fontaine tries for Schalk. He cannot believe his | :06:30. | :06:30. | |
luck. They may have won the cup. Liam Fontaine's effort. That would | :06:31. | :06:50. | |
have been quite something. This would have been some finish. | :06:51. | :06:54. | |
have been quite something. This skill, but straight at the | :06:55. | :06:58. | |
goalkeeper. He is so unfortunate, and still we play on. Oxley has | :06:59. | :07:02. | |
goalkeeper. He is so unfortunate, up for it. It would not drop. It is | :07:03. | :07:07. | |
all over. It is another Highland coronation. Ross County have won | :07:08. | :07:14. | |
their first major silverware. If we did not know it already, the | :07:15. | :07:20. | |
Highlands is officially a Scottish football hotbed. For a club that | :07:21. | :07:26. | |
until the summer of 1994 spent in existence in the Highland league, | :07:27. | :07:33. | |
this is the most special moment. You said before this game it would be a | :07:34. | :07:37. | |
theory tale. You are living the dream. Some up your feelings. I am | :07:38. | :07:43. | |
thrilled. It was a tough game. I thought Hibs were the better team in | :07:44. | :07:48. | |
the first half. We were more of a goal threat in the second half. | :07:49. | :07:52. | |
Crucially, we scored at the right times, we scored against the run of | :07:53. | :07:57. | |
play. Our goalkeeper and defenders made good blocks. Equally, we were a | :07:58. | :08:01. | |
real threat. I am delighted that we've got the trophy and we will | :08:02. | :08:03. | |
take it back to Dingwall. have spent all but seven of their 22 | :08:04. | :08:20. | |
seasons with a net the top tiers. -- within. It is Ross County's League | :08:21. | :08:23. | |
Cup. This will trump the lot. The dream | :08:24. | :08:29. | |
has become a reality. It is massive, the club, the supporters, you work | :08:30. | :08:33. | |
so hard for your career. You sometimes think, when are you going | :08:34. | :08:37. | |
to start seeing the benefits? Days like this are massive for me and the | :08:38. | :08:42. | |
players. We are grateful we could put on a show. This has been such a | :08:43. | :08:47. | |
roller-coaster of emotions, cup runs, cup disappointments. This is | :08:48. | :08:49. | |
the best victory of my career. Phil runs, cup disappointments. This is | :08:50. | :08:53. | |
credit to Hibs, the rigid runs, cup disappointments. This is | :08:54. | :08:56. | |
were the better team in the first half. | :08:57. | :08:59. | |
were the better team in the first good account | :09:00. | :09:00. | |
were the better team in the first think we deserved it. I think it is | :09:01. | :09:12. | |
fair to say the greatest day in the history of Ross County. | :09:13. | :09:16. | |
fair to say the greatest day in the Thompson, what will it mean to the | :09:17. | :09:21. | |
club, today's match, and how they are feeling now? You know how they | :09:22. | :09:25. | |
are feeling. It was an amazing day for Ross County. What they have | :09:26. | :09:29. | |
achieved in the last ten years has been staggering, everyone from the | :09:30. | :09:32. | |
chairman to the players and the staff at the club. It is incredible. | :09:33. | :09:38. | |
It emphasises the importance of the Highland clubs in Scottish football. | :09:39. | :09:43. | |
Both cups are in the Highlands. It has been a dramatic change in the | :09:44. | :09:48. | |
last 20 years in Scottish football. Also a dramatic change in terms of | :09:49. | :09:54. | |
formation for Ross County, 3-5-2? It was unusual. When I was Rangers | :09:55. | :09:56. | |
manager last year, we went to Hibs was unusual. When I was Rangers | :09:57. | :10:00. | |
and we played the same way. It lets you get two upfront. Because they | :10:01. | :10:06. | |
are playing with a diamond, not out and out wingers, you can play the | :10:07. | :10:10. | |
likes of Gardyne. Some clubs have done it recently and got success | :10:11. | :10:15. | |
with it. It worked today. Great scenes at the end for Ross County. A | :10:16. | :10:20. | |
massive day for them and a massive performance from Jackson Irvine in | :10:21. | :10:25. | |
midfield. He was everywhere? This is the opening goal, it was a sloppy | :10:26. | :10:31. | |
pass by Thomson. There was nice weight on the ball. All day, he was | :10:32. | :10:38. | |
in a battle against McGinn. They came out on top. He is very fit, he | :10:39. | :10:44. | |
is a box to box midfielder. He was a good acquisition. It was his | :10:45. | :10:50. | |
strength. Lots of clubs, Motherwell, Kilmarnock, they wanted him. But | :10:51. | :10:57. | |
they got him. He was outstanding. Credit to the chairman of | :10:58. | :11:04. | |
they got him. He was outstanding. get that sort of player. You need | :11:05. | :11:07. | |
the manager they see it. This is composure. This is the goal. He | :11:08. | :11:12. | |
takes it down on his chest, and it is a nice pass. Man management is | :11:13. | :11:17. | |
key, but obviously recruitment. You need to have the backing like the | :11:18. | :11:26. | |
chairman has done. That was a soft moment? It was bad for Fontaine? | :11:27. | :11:32. | |
Yes, he will be disappointed. If he leaves it, Ross County will score at | :11:33. | :11:35. | |
the back post. He should have probably tried to clear with his | :11:36. | :11:38. | |
right foot. Hibs put so much into probably tried to clear with his | :11:39. | :11:43. | |
today. They will be disappointed. These were the thoughts of the | :11:44. | :11:48. | |
Hibernian manager, Alan Stubbs. We have made some mistakes that have | :11:49. | :11:52. | |
contributed to our downfall. No blame will be pointed. It is not a | :11:53. | :11:54. | |
contributed to our downfall. No nice way to lose. On another day, it | :11:55. | :11:59. | |
could have been different, but unfortunately not today. We need to | :12:00. | :12:05. | |
take strength from this, we cannot let it affect us. We have a lot to | :12:06. | :12:12. | |
play for this season. Today, yes, they will be disappointed now, but | :12:13. | :12:15. | |
they have to make sure they do not have this feeling again. And | :12:16. | :12:19. | |
outwardly, there will be questions about the bottle of Hibs. | :12:20. | :12:24. | |
Disappointment today, it is a massive season for them. They play | :12:25. | :12:28. | |
Inverness in the Scottish Cup replay on Wednesday. They could be sick of | :12:29. | :12:34. | |
Highland clubs? It is hard for them but they have to refocus. Alan | :12:35. | :12:38. | |
Stubbs pointed out that they have such big games coming up. They have | :12:39. | :12:44. | |
a quarterfinal on Wednesday. More importantly, they have nine cup | :12:45. | :12:48. | |
finals in the league after that. In the last five games, they have lost | :12:49. | :12:52. | |
four and drawn one. They have not played Badu -- badly. They should | :12:53. | :13:01. | |
have got extra time today. They will have to regroup. It was individual | :13:02. | :13:07. | |
mistakes. How difficult will it be for them to regroup, it will be | :13:08. | :13:11. | |
tough? It will be difficult, but they have a good squad. They have | :13:12. | :13:15. | |
people that will be desperate to get in on Wednesday night, they will | :13:16. | :13:20. | |
want to get into the semifinal and back to Hampden Park. Ross County's | :13:21. | :13:23. | |
day for sure. To the title race | :13:24. | :13:27. | |
in the Premiership. Celtic began the weekend one | :13:28. | :13:29. | |
point clear of Aberdeen. Ronny Deila's side at Firhill | :13:30. | :13:31. | |
for a Saturday lunchtime kick-off Alan Archibald makes two changes for | :13:32. | :13:41. | |
the side that lost 2-1 to Aberdeen during the week. Gary Miller and | :13:42. | :13:53. | |
Kris Doolan comment. Mathias Pogba drops to the bench. For Celtic, or | :13:54. | :14:00. | |
only one in force change, Stefan Johansen is injured, and Nir Bitton | :14:01. | :14:02. | |
replaces him. That is a decent cross. There is | :14:03. | :14:13. | |
Leigh Griffiths. Tomas Cerny eventually gathering that one. That | :14:14. | :14:18. | |
was a good save by Tomas Cerny. He was moving to his right and he had | :14:19. | :14:23. | |
to change direction. Alan Archibald can be relatively pleased with the | :14:24. | :14:25. | |
way his side have started the match. Sean Welsh, cleared by Callum | :14:26. | :14:36. | |
McGregor. That sets up nicely for Liam Lindsay. Craig Gordon has to | :14:37. | :14:42. | |
pull off a pretty fine save to deny the centre back. It was a lovely | :14:43. | :14:48. | |
strike by Lindsay. It was a good tight for Gordon all the same. | :14:49. | :14:56. | |
Sviatchenko brings Lustig into play. Through for Leigh Griffiths. A nice | :14:57. | :15:01. | |
touch for Kris Commons. He just slipped as he went to shoot. That | :15:02. | :15:05. | |
caused the ball to rise a few inches higher than he would have liked. | :15:06. | :15:13. | |
Partick Thistle very much in this match. Chris Doolan trying to put | :15:14. | :15:20. | |
them in front. Not past Craig Gordon. He did exceptionally well to | :15:21. | :15:27. | |
create the opportunity but couldn't poke it past the Celtic keeper. Gary | :15:28. | :15:36. | |
Mackay picking up. Managers to dig out the cross. Griffiths. One touch. | :15:37. | :15:45. | |
No surprise, Griffiths has put Celtic in front on the stroke of | :15:46. | :15:51. | |
half-time! He did extremely well to get the cross away. Lee Griffiths | :15:52. | :15:56. | |
half-time! He did extremely well to puts it past the goalkeeper for a | :15:57. | :16:00. | |
35th goal of the season. That is some strike rate. Celtic ahead. | :16:01. | :16:15. | |
Wallace. Callum booth. They could do with early equaliser in the second | :16:16. | :16:21. | |
half. Lawless. They made a good first things in the first half find | :16:22. | :16:27. | |
half. Lawless. They made a good themselves behind. Stephen picking | :16:28. | :16:32. | |
up now. Booth is well out of position. McGregor is allowed a | :16:33. | :16:38. | |
runner. That is a fine goal from Callum MacGregor. Celtic strike | :16:39. | :16:45. | |
early in the second half. They might put this game bed already. McGregor | :16:46. | :16:53. | |
taking full advantage of the gap created by Booth's 's absence. | :16:54. | :17:05. | |
Richards. Fred sit through four Griffiths. He gets the ball | :17:06. | :17:13. | |
backwards. Still a chance. He tags it well wide but Cerny keeping | :17:14. | :17:22. | |
Partick Thistle just about in this game. | :17:23. | :17:23. | |
Partick Thistle just about in this and Richards could not catch | :17:24. | :17:33. | |
continue. WHISTLE | :17:34. | :17:37. | |
He's pointing to the penalty spot. He has penalised for what appears to | :17:38. | :17:47. | |
be tugging. The arm comes out. There was a bit of contact there. He | :17:48. | :17:54. | |
believes it was a penalty kick and no | :17:55. | :17:55. | |
believes it was a penalty kick and get back into this match. Sean | :17:56. | :18:02. | |
Welsh. He taxied past Gordon with some aplomb. Out of nothing, Partick | :18:03. | :18:06. | |
Thistle have a lifeline in this match. They looked dead and buried. | :18:07. | :18:14. | |
A poor goal from their point of view, throw in. The second goal, it | :18:15. | :18:20. | |
came at a bad time for us. We became stretched. It was a battle in the | :18:21. | :18:27. | |
first half and we took our chances. You have to be prepared for it and | :18:28. | :18:32. | |
the boys are hungry, I can see that. I'm very happy for the team. | :18:33. | :18:39. | |
the boys are hungry, I can see that. three points for Celtic. Griffiths, | :18:40. | :18:42. | |
35 goals for the season. His almost doing as well as you did in your | :18:43. | :18:46. | |
best season, Stephen. He's not quite that good but he's been absolutely | :18:47. | :18:51. | |
sensational. He's actually transformed himself in the last 12 | :18:52. | :18:54. | |
months as a player and now looks far more focused on his performance | :18:55. | :18:58. | |
levels and is bringing their every single week. To say he's an | :18:59. | :19:03. | |
important player would be a massive understatement. This is an early | :19:04. | :19:07. | |
chance to get in the match, cross from McGregor, who had a good match | :19:08. | :19:12. | |
as well. An intelligent header. He waits in the box and a fine save | :19:13. | :19:16. | |
from the goalkeeper. It is properly the only chance Celtic created in | :19:17. | :19:21. | |
the first half. The second, it probably should have gone over the | :19:22. | :19:25. | |
goalkeeper. I want to highlight the amount of space and time the Celtic | :19:26. | :19:31. | |
players are given here. Look at McGregor. There's nobody within five | :19:32. | :19:35. | |
yards of each of the players. This is one minute before half-time and | :19:36. | :19:37. | |
Partick Thistle done well is one minute before half-time and | :19:38. | :19:44. | |
0-0. But, unfortunately for them, slack marking from the throw in. | :19:45. | :19:46. | |
They do well to cross from here. slack marking from the throw in. | :19:47. | :19:51. | |
thought Griffiths was going to try and kick it but they misjudged the | :19:52. | :19:58. | |
flight of the ball badly. When the ball lands, watch Griffiths, he | :19:59. | :20:01. | |
never takes his eye off the ball once and when it's on his left foot, | :20:02. | :20:06. | |
you would fancy him to score all day long. His game has improved. His | :20:07. | :20:12. | |
link up play, left foot, right foot, heading, we think is going to play | :20:13. | :20:16. | |
for Scotland now. The whole nation is crying out for him to get a | :20:17. | :20:21. | |
chance with the Scotland team. Can you guarantee he will start against | :20:22. | :20:25. | |
Denmark? There's only one man who can guarantee that and that's | :20:26. | :20:28. | |
obviously Gordon. It would be a surprise if he did not start, the | :20:29. | :20:33. | |
way he is playing. If I was a Celtic supporter, I would be concerned and | :20:34. | :20:38. | |
hoping he doesn't pick up any suspensions or injuries because he's | :20:39. | :20:42. | |
key player, he is their main man playing in central role. I don't see | :20:43. | :20:45. | |
anyone else filling that and he has playing in central role. I don't see | :20:46. | :20:50. | |
improved on his heading, right side. He is all-round and he's plenty of | :20:51. | :20:56. | |
confidence. McGregor has had his problems off the field with a | :20:57. | :21:01. | |
drink-driving conviction. Yes, that's two goals in two games and he | :21:02. | :21:06. | |
was impressive yesterday. I thought he played well. Partick Thistle will | :21:07. | :21:09. | |
be disappointed from a defensive perspective. He gives it away and | :21:10. | :21:17. | |
Celtic into the attack at speed. When he runs with the ball here, if | :21:18. | :21:21. | |
I just pause it now, you can see Celtic now have a passing | :21:22. | :21:31. | |
opportunity to Griffiths and Kris Commons. He gets drawn to the ball | :21:32. | :21:36. | |
which makes Gary Mackay's pass easier. Look at the amount of space | :21:37. | :21:40. | |
McGregor has here. An unbelievable amount of space to go through the | :21:41. | :21:46. | |
keeper and what happens is Welsh and Gregor go one-on-one and from this | :21:47. | :21:49. | |
point in time, he's only got one thing on his mind. He goes on to his | :21:50. | :21:59. | |
right foot. He dives in. One thing as a defender, always tried to stay | :22:00. | :22:03. | |
on your feet in the box. He doesn't. It's a great finish from McGregor | :22:04. | :22:07. | |
who had a good game. What is his best position? He's another one who | :22:08. | :22:12. | |
complain number ten. Anywhere in the middle three, left, right, or in the | :22:13. | :22:18. | |
centre. He came back from Notts County and had a good run there. | :22:19. | :22:22. | |
We've had in the Scotland squad. He's adding goals to his game. He's | :22:23. | :22:29. | |
giving Armstrong out of the side. If you can get on the ball, he can play | :22:30. | :22:32. | |
with confidence and go with both Wales. -- ways. It was a nervous | :22:33. | :22:42. | |
finish in the end for Celtic. Was it a penalty for you? I thought was | :22:43. | :22:47. | |
very soft. Celtic should not been in this position in the first place. In | :22:48. | :22:51. | |
the second half, they could've been 4-0 up. It was an awkward penalty. | :22:52. | :22:57. | |
The referee is given the opportunity to blow his whistle. Laws takes on. | :22:58. | :23:04. | |
He grabs slightly with his right arm and then his left. It doesn't alter | :23:05. | :23:10. | |
Wallace's body position. I definitely thought it was soft. It | :23:11. | :23:16. | |
wasn't a penalty for me. I think the referee sees the left on goes out by | :23:17. | :23:21. | |
don't think it was a penalty. In the end, it didn't matter but I thought | :23:22. | :23:22. | |
it was definitely soft. So Celtic throwing down | :23:23. | :23:25. | |
the gauntlet to Aberdeen. Could Derek McInnes' side rise | :23:26. | :23:27. | |
to the challenge once again in their 3 o'clock kick-off | :23:28. | :23:30. | |
against Kilmarnock? Aberdeen are boosted by the FAQ | :23:31. | :23:49. | |
McLean and McGinn aback. Smith is back. He comes in for Kevin McCarty. | :23:50. | :23:59. | |
Lee Clark looks for his first win. The last time Aberdeen won a match | :24:00. | :24:03. | |
by more than a single goal it was against Kilmarnock, it was 4-0 at | :24:04. | :24:10. | |
Rugby Park. This is Kenny Maclean. So very nearly celebrate the | :24:11. | :24:15. | |
Scotland cap with the opening goal here. McDonald was well beaten by | :24:16. | :24:19. | |
the strike from Maclean. Killie desperate to edge away from Dundee | :24:20. | :24:33. | |
United at the bottom of the table. McGinn is enough. McDonald thinks it | :24:34. | :24:42. | |
was a save. Should McInnes of school, though? Johnny Hayes, his | :24:43. | :24:51. | |
ball across. A great ball in from Johnny Hayes. Barry Robson swings at | :24:52. | :24:58. | |
him. Chris Taylor! He gives Aberdeen the initiative at | :24:59. | :25:17. | |
Pittodrie. Robson set up the winner at Partick Thistle in midweek. | :25:18. | :25:24. | |
Kilmarnock have begun the second half positively. McKenzie. It is | :25:25. | :25:33. | |
McInnes. It is 1-1! A sensational start to the second half for | :25:34. | :25:41. | |
Kilmarnock! Logan and Brown at sixes and sevens. It is McInnes to damages | :25:42. | :25:50. | |
Aberdeen's title charge. Robson's delivery. Aberdeen desperate for a | :25:51. | :25:56. | |
winner. It is McGinn excavation work they hit the woodwork for the second | :25:57. | :26:03. | |
time. One point is not enough for Aberdeen. They need all three from | :26:04. | :26:14. | |
now on. -- it is McGinn! . McInnes puts it just passed. Nervous stuff | :26:15. | :26:17. | |
from Aberdeen. Maclean. He goes down. Hayes. The referee is | :26:18. | :26:38. | |
not interested. Lee Hodgson on loan from MK Dons. | :26:39. | :26:44. | |
In the Aberdeen attack today. Great ball in by Hayes! Logan turns at | :26:45. | :27:00. | |
home! At huge moment for Aberdeen. Logan and Aberdeen, he marks with | :27:01. | :27:11. | |
ago. -- a goal. Consider dying. Here comes McGinn. Logan does | :27:12. | :27:17. | |
ago. -- a goal. Consider dying. Here normally does at the back. That's | :27:18. | :27:24. | |
his main job. Lee Clark, still waiting for that victory. Can they | :27:25. | :27:33. | |
salvage a point? Finlay. Can he do his club a favour? The Celtic | :27:34. | :27:34. | |
defender rose highest. They do struggle to put teams away, | :27:35. | :27:43. | |
Aberdeen. A chance to do so here. It They do struggle to put teams away, | :27:44. | :27:49. | |
is into the side net. They had to win, it given Celtic 's result in | :27:50. | :27:55. | |
the lunchtime kick-off at Partick Thistle. Aberdeen doing enough to | :27:56. | :27:56. | |
win this one. Kilmarnock looked like a good site | :27:57. | :28:03. | |
today. I thought we deserved to win the game. We played better than | :28:04. | :28:09. | |
them. If we take the chances, it might be more relaxing for | :28:10. | :28:15. | |
everybody. In the first I had more faith the players than they had in | :28:16. | :28:19. | |
themselves. They played with aggression in the second half. They | :28:20. | :28:23. | |
caused us problems and we're disappointed we didn't get something | :28:24. | :28:27. | |
from the game. Another crucial three points for Aberdeen who looked like | :28:28. | :28:30. | |
they were going to dig it out every day the moment. Do you feel they | :28:31. | :28:34. | |
need to play and basically win every game to win the title? Pretty much. | :28:35. | :28:39. | |
Every week they are asking questions and every single week they are | :28:40. | :28:42. | |
delivering at the moment. Three very hard-fought teams and they keep | :28:43. | :28:47. | |
delivering. They are going to have to keep on delivering. And start | :28:48. | :28:51. | |
showing self belief. There are showing great determination and | :28:52. | :28:55. | |
yesterday was another example of it. One player is doing that, delivering | :28:56. | :29:04. | |
weekend and week out. One of them is Shinnie. He's been impressive. | :29:05. | :29:08. | |
McInnes made his thoughts known midweek. Yes, he's played numerous | :29:09. | :29:14. | |
McInnes made his thoughts known positions in the park, and I think | :29:15. | :29:16. | |
he settled into that position again now, his strongest, he's been in the | :29:17. | :29:21. | |
squad but you can only pick so many and Gordon has been trying to do | :29:22. | :29:28. | |
that. He can tackle, get back he's got good pace and had a great | :29:29. | :29:31. | |
delivery of the ball and a lovely left foot. He can think himself | :29:32. | :29:38. | |
unlucky he is not involved in it. With both full-backs combining? | :29:39. | :29:43. | |
mentioned Logan getting in the back there. And here, it's good defending | :29:44. | :29:50. | |
in the end. They certainly get the full-backs on and create lots of | :29:51. | :29:54. | |
chances, Aberdeen. They are finding ways to win the game. There may not | :29:55. | :29:58. | |
do their best of the 90 minute that find their way to win three points | :29:59. | :30:01. | |
and that's down to the management team. Former Scotland international | :30:02. | :30:06. | |
Barry Robson recently came back into the fold at Aberdeen on the pitch. | :30:07. | :30:11. | |
How pivotal figure could he be in this final furlong of the season? | :30:12. | :30:17. | |
late stage in the season. He's missed most of the season, but | :30:18. | :30:23. | |
good player. He is composed and you can't give him space and time on the | :30:24. | :30:25. | |
ball because can't give him space and time on the | :30:26. | :30:27. | |
passing. He creates opportunities. can't give him space and time on the | :30:28. | :30:29. | |
in his locker. A little nutmeg can't give him space and time on the | :30:30. | :30:37. | |
He is a talented player. He could be a big, big player. Quality passing | :30:38. | :30:42. | |
into a good area for Aberdeen. He could be a big player for Aberdeen | :30:43. | :30:47. | |
into a good area for Aberdeen. He in his closing stages because you'll | :30:48. | :30:49. | |
bring quality and he's a big lead in the changing room and off the pitch | :30:50. | :30:50. | |
and This was a meeting of two out of | :30:51. | :31:14. | |
form teams, neither with a victory in the past four matches in the | :31:15. | :31:19. | |
league. Hamilton had showed for a penalty early on. Darian MacKinnon | :31:20. | :31:26. | |
felt his shot struck the arm of Lewis Horner, but the referee | :31:27. | :31:28. | |
disagreed. The last meeting between Lewis Horner, but the referee | :31:29. | :31:32. | |
the sides was a seven goal thriller at the end of | :31:33. | :31:37. | |
the sides was a seven goal thriller never likely to be a repeat here. | :31:38. | :31:41. | |
Liam Polworth firing over after Inverness Caley Thistle first sight | :31:42. | :31:45. | |
of goal. Hamilton were victorious yearly early in the season and they | :31:46. | :31:48. | |
took the lead on the mark. Grant Gillespie slipping in Carlton Morris | :31:49. | :31:56. | |
who fired past Fon Williams to put Hamilton in front. Three of Carlton | :31:57. | :32:07. | |
Morris' goals this season have come against Inverness. The visitors had | :32:08. | :32:13. | |
a chance to double their lead, but Williams prevailed in the one-on-one | :32:14. | :32:22. | |
against Docherty. There was little to hearten John Hughes, but his side | :32:23. | :32:28. | |
almost fashioned an equaliser. The high ball into the box caused chaos, | :32:29. | :32:32. | |
and Nathaniel Wedderburn was unable to supply the finishing touch. | :32:33. | :32:39. | |
Darren Lyons man in the right place to sit Hamilton. Still, Inverness | :32:40. | :32:49. | |
priced, Andy Redwood was not willing to award a penalty for this. We're | :32:50. | :32:55. | |
not getting the rub of the green at the moment. Some decisions are going | :32:56. | :33:04. | |
against us. We're getting decisions. It is just going against us, in the | :33:05. | :33:08. | |
back of her net from a breakaway. You need to stand up to that and use | :33:09. | :33:13. | |
it as fuel to give you the determination to get back to winning | :33:14. | :33:19. | |
ways. For us to be on top for the first 70 minutes, we played well. I | :33:20. | :33:24. | |
thought we were deservedly ahead. We have maybe got some breaks that we | :33:25. | :33:28. | |
have not been getting lately. Inverness put us under pressure, but | :33:29. | :33:36. | |
I thought we were defensively solid. So many chances in this match at | :33:37. | :33:40. | |
I thought we were defensively solid. dens Park. The gifted feet of Greg | :33:41. | :33:43. | |
Stewart almost created an opening for Kane Hemmings. A touch from | :33:44. | :33:51. | |
goalkeeper newly -- Neil Alexander was vital as Hearts lip to keep a | :33:52. | :33:55. | |
fourth clean sheet in a row. Down at the other end, Jordan McGhee rose | :33:56. | :34:01. | |
highest. It looked like Hearts had taken the lead, but the offside flag | :34:02. | :34:15. | |
was up. The score stayed at 0-0. A great move from Dundee then carved | :34:16. | :34:20. | |
open Hearts. Paul McGowan with the shot, brilliantly saved by | :34:21. | :34:24. | |
Alexander. Dundee were far from finished. Kane Hemmings played | :34:25. | :34:33. | |
through Greg Stewart, and his cutback found Cameron Kerr. But his | :34:34. | :34:43. | |
shot failed to find the target. Dundee would pay for their | :34:44. | :34:48. | |
wastefulness. Djoum with the through ball, and Jimmy Walker with the | :34:49. | :34:51. | |
skill to beat the goalkeeper and find the net. Jimmy Walker with his | :34:52. | :34:55. | |
fourth goal in five games. find the net. Jimmy Walker with his | :34:56. | :35:04. | |
real rising star of the Scottish game. A slick Hearts move then saw | :35:05. | :35:15. | |
real rising star of the Scottish Juan Mata write his luck. Dundee | :35:16. | :35:17. | |
keeper Scott Bain with the sort of save that has seen him called into | :35:18. | :35:31. | |
the Scotland squad. -- Juanma tried his luck. | :35:32. | :35:34. | |
Then the big moment for Dundee to try and take something from them -- | :35:35. | :35:43. | |
from this game. Rory Loy, but the keeper came to the rescue. European | :35:44. | :35:49. | |
football for Hearts looks a certainty as they are well clear in | :35:50. | :35:53. | |
third place. They had some opportunities, and so did we. It was | :35:54. | :35:58. | |
a good game, lots of action. We are bitterly disappointed. Today was | :35:59. | :36:03. | |
important. If we want to stay close, we have got to come to Dens Park and | :36:04. | :36:08. | |
win. Aberdeen and Celtic have won by one goal and that is what you need | :36:09. | :36:11. | |
to do to stay at the top of the league. Another good win for Hearts, | :36:12. | :36:17. | |
but a massive win for Hamilton in Inverness. You felt that Inverness | :36:18. | :36:23. | |
should have had a penalty? Yes, I think it is definitely a penalty. | :36:24. | :36:27. | |
Without a doubt it is a handball. The player has his back to the play. | :36:28. | :36:33. | |
If his hand is not there, Inverness have a header on target. He goes | :36:34. | :36:37. | |
down holding his face because he knows it has hit his hand. You could | :36:38. | :36:41. | |
say he does knows it has hit his hand. You could | :36:42. | :36:44. | |
because he has his back to it, but his hand is in an an unnatural | :36:45. | :36:49. | |
position. It should have been a penalty. What do you think Wes and | :36:50. | :36:53. | |
acting kit is a penalty. Those are the breaks that John is talking | :36:54. | :36:59. | |
about. The referee has got to have clear eye line. In terms of Hearts, | :37:00. | :37:04. | |
in third place, they will be playing European football next season, nine | :37:05. | :37:08. | |
points behind Aberdeen. They have a game in hand and Aberdeen, they play | :37:09. | :37:13. | |
them twice before the end of the season. Have they got the chance of | :37:14. | :37:18. | |
catching them? Yes, I really young back four played yesterday. The | :37:19. | :37:23. | |
goalkeeper, Alexander played well. Dundee had good chances, but they | :37:24. | :37:27. | |
are on a roll. They will have believe they can do it. They will | :37:28. | :37:32. | |
certainly get European football. Is Jimmy Walker on the Scotland Raider? | :37:33. | :37:39. | |
Yes, him, Nicholson, Paterson. I have always liked Jimmy Walker. He | :37:40. | :37:43. | |
has come back into the setup after injury. He is playing well and | :37:44. | :37:50. | |
always on the radar. Dundee have the derby match next weekend, a massive | :37:51. | :37:54. | |
game for both clubs. We will hear about Dundee United shortly. What do | :37:55. | :37:59. | |
you make of Dundee's form. They were going well but they had that | :38:00. | :38:04. | |
difficult game against Rangers. They wanted to show a reaction after that | :38:05. | :38:09. | |
game at Ibrox. It was a humiliation. They played well yesterday. They | :38:10. | :38:14. | |
will think they should have scored a goal. But they did not. They are | :38:15. | :38:18. | |
hitting bad form with only four games to go until the split. They | :38:19. | :38:23. | |
have drawn too many games. Last season they got into the top six in | :38:24. | :38:25. | |
the last game. They can still do it. Friday night was all | :38:26. | :38:33. | |
about the relegation battle and Dundee United's continued | :38:34. | :38:35. | |
attempt at the great escape. Louis Laing is sidelined with a | :38:36. | :38:48. | |
groin injury, so Josh Law comes into the team at right back, in the only | :38:49. | :38:53. | |
change for Motherwell. Problems in the goalkeeping department | :38:54. | :38:57. | |
change for Motherwell. Problems in that Szromnik lines up between the | :38:58. | :38:58. | |
sticks for Dundee United. that Szromnik lines up between the | :38:59. | :39:03. | |
Morris and Coll Donaldson coming to the defence. It will come to Scott | :39:04. | :39:16. | |
McDonald. Is that over the line? It is a miraculous save. Scott McDonald | :39:17. | :39:21. | |
surely had to score, but give some credit to Szromnik. That is to | :39:22. | :39:28. | |
reflect save. -- that is a great save. That is a clever ball inside | :39:29. | :39:40. | |
to John Rankin. Anier, it is in the net, but the flag is up on the | :39:41. | :39:48. | |
to John Rankin. Anier, it is in the side. Click to the back post | :39:49. | :39:55. | |
Dixon. But Anier was just offside. Connor Ripley | :39:56. | :40:06. | |
Anier. A stunning strike from Henri Anier. He was the hero with two | :40:07. | :40:11. | |
goals against Ross County in the cup and he has done it again. Our | :40:12. | :40:15. | |
fantastic opener and a and he has done it again. Our | :40:16. | :40:20. | |
one from Dundee United. Brilliant from Anier. Dundee United lead, 1-0. | :40:21. | :40:28. | |
The switch of play from Ryan Dow towards Paul Dixon. That is a good | :40:29. | :40:31. | |
strike. Connor Ripley had to be towards Paul Dixon. That is a good | :40:32. | :40:38. | |
alive to that. It was a fizzing strike, bouncing off the wet | :40:39. | :40:42. | |
surface. The goal keeper did well to get behind it. | :40:43. | :40:46. | |
That is a nice first-time ball from John Rankin. | :40:47. | :40:52. | |
That is a nice first-time ball from Ripley is in to make the save. | :40:53. | :40:55. | |
That is a nice first-time ball from was a | :40:56. | :40:59. | |
Motherwell defence was caught out. Connor | :41:00. | :40:59. | |
Motherwell defence was caught out. was cleared. That is a strong | :41:00. | :41:08. | |
challenge was cleared. That is a strong | :41:09. | :41:13. | |
gives a free kick. He certainly won the ball, Ryan Dow, but it was a | :41:14. | :41:16. | |
strong challenge, too the ball, Ryan Dow, but it was a | :41:17. | :41:18. | |
Crawford Allan's lighting. the ball, Ryan Dow, but it was a | :41:19. | :41:23. | |
towards goal. It is the equaliser for Motherwell. Marvin Johnson is | :41:24. | :41:32. | |
the man who is celebrating. That is a sore | :41:33. | :41:33. | |
the man who is celebrating. That is stoppage time. It was a clever | :41:34. | :41:40. | |
header from Marvin Johnson. Szromnik may feel he could have done better. | :41:41. | :41:50. | |
That is a loose pass. Louis Moult spreads the play. Marvin Johnson | :41:51. | :41:51. | |
That is a loose pass. Louis Moult on the loose, running at the United | :41:52. | :41:58. | |
defence. He has a go, against the crossbar. A terrific effort from | :41:59. | :42:02. | |
Marvin Johnson. crossbar. A terrific effort from | :42:03. | :42:09. | |
but so close to number two. Motherwell have been a different | :42:10. | :42:13. | |
proposition since they got the first-half equaliser through Marvin | :42:14. | :42:21. | |
Johnson. They have had the better in the second half. That is a nice | :42:22. | :42:27. | |
pass. Motherwell take the lead through Louis Moult. Marvin Johnson, | :42:28. | :42:35. | |
once again instrumental. There was Moult to tap home 17th goal of the | :42:36. | :42:39. | |
season and take Motherwell into the top six. It was a classic game of | :42:40. | :42:43. | |
two different haves. We were top six. It was a classic game of | :42:44. | :42:48. | |
fortunate to be level at half-time. We did not work hard enough. It took | :42:49. | :42:55. | |
half-time to sort that out. Fortunately we got the goal. We were | :42:56. | :42:59. | |
level and did a platform to win the game. In the second half, we worked, | :43:00. | :43:05. | |
and it was not as joined up or fluent as I would have liked, but we | :43:06. | :43:09. | |
put lots of work into getting the results. We deserved the victory. In | :43:10. | :43:14. | |
the first half we should have scored more goals. We had good | :43:15. | :43:18. | |
opportunities. We were not sharp enough with our passing or | :43:19. | :43:23. | |
finishing. It cost us in the end. Really important for Motherwell. A | :43:24. | :43:30. | |
friend official, Scott McDonald, but should they expect the call from the | :43:31. | :43:36. | |
compliance officer for this? I think it is a red card. You will know that | :43:37. | :43:41. | |
himself. You can have your arms high to get leverage to jump, you can | :43:42. | :43:47. | |
hold people off, and I do not think it is particularly violent, but his | :43:48. | :43:52. | |
elbow is up, and 100% it catches Thomson on the nose. It is not the | :43:53. | :43:58. | |
worst one I have seen, but by the letter of the law it is a red card. | :43:59. | :44:03. | |
That was a pivotal point. Dundee United were 1-0 up. If Motherwell | :44:04. | :44:10. | |
lose a man, you think that United have a chance of seeing it out. I | :44:11. | :44:13. | |
was at the game and I did not think there was much in it, but it | :44:14. | :44:17. | |
obviously catches him on the nose. There could be action against him. | :44:18. | :44:22. | |
Keith Lasley looks like he will be out for a while. Stephen Pearson is | :44:23. | :44:27. | |
out for six weeks, I believe. They could use experience. To compound | :44:28. | :44:33. | |
the United narrative of misfortune, a free kick given against Ryan Dow. | :44:34. | :44:38. | |
Questionable? Yes, I was at the game and my first thought was it was a | :44:39. | :44:43. | |
good strong tackle. He wins the ball and carries on. I do not see | :44:44. | :44:47. | |
anything in it. Once the free kick has been given, when you have three | :44:48. | :44:52. | |
centre-halves, six foot plus, there is no way that Marvin Johnson should | :44:53. | :44:56. | |
be winning the header. It is a lovely goal. The goalkeeper takes | :44:57. | :45:01. | |
two steps forward and he cannot recover. Was it a free kick for you? | :45:02. | :45:07. | |
No, it is a brilliant challenge. You have got to look at Ryan Dow, he is | :45:08. | :45:12. | |
not the sort of player that will go over the ball. He moves his foot so | :45:13. | :45:16. | |
a foul and it was a pivotal moment. a foul and it was a pivotal moment. | :45:17. | :45:23. | |
-- it was a pivotal moment. Dundee United had dominated. Dundee can do | :45:24. | :45:28. | |
without Paul Paton getting suspended. This should have been a | :45:29. | :45:35. | |
red card. He is frustrated because they are losing. He has a Laxalt. It | :45:36. | :45:42. | |
is a clear kick. The referee is in a good position. -- he lashes out. He | :45:43. | :45:50. | |
expected a red card. He put his hands up. It was frustration but it | :45:51. | :45:51. | |
is a red card. And all that leaves | :45:52. | :45:54. | |
the Ladbrokes Premiership table Celtic remain one point clear | :45:55. | :45:56. | |
of Aberdeen, although the reigning champions do have a game | :45:57. | :45:59. | |
in hand and far superior goal Hamilton level on points with | :46:00. | :46:02. | |
Inverness. Kilmarnock remain eight points | :46:03. | :46:08. | |
ahead of Dundee United. To the Championship, | :46:09. | :46:15. | |
and Rangers had the chance to extend their lead at the top | :46:16. | :46:17. | |
on Friday night as they entertained Before the game, Ibrox remembered | :46:18. | :46:20. | |
Rangers hall-of-fame goalkeeper Billy Ritchie, who | :46:21. | :46:23. | |
passed away this week. Rangers make one change. Michael | :46:24. | :46:51. | |
O'Hara returns while Rob Key misses out through suspension. One change | :46:52. | :46:56. | |
for the Morton side which lost to Celtic last week. Bobby Barr returns | :46:57. | :47:09. | |
to the starting line-up. Miller. Mackay. Wallis on the overlap, as | :47:10. | :47:22. | |
usual. Lovely move by Rangers. He was so close to finishing it off. | :47:23. | :47:30. | |
Wallace and Miller combining. Need to play. Breaks for Miller. A chance | :47:31. | :47:41. | |
now. Deflected over the top of the crossbar. Managing to get the merest | :47:42. | :47:47. | |
of touches from Miller. Wallace. Kenny Miller a game. Morten | :47:48. | :48:06. | |
break it up. Bobby Barr is off and running. He has done well. Good | :48:07. | :48:11. | |
effort. Morton are in front. It is Denny Johnson on the scoresheet once | :48:12. | :48:19. | |
more for the 12th time this season! The striker from Birmingham City | :48:20. | :48:27. | |
getting on the end of that one. The visitors are in front at Ibrox. | :48:28. | :48:33. | |
getting on the end of that one. The Something to concern Mark Warburton. | :48:34. | :48:40. | |
There is Kenny Miller! Rangers are on level terms. Two minutes before | :48:41. | :48:48. | |
the interval. Kenny Miller's 14th goal of the season. Excellent play | :48:49. | :49:00. | |
between the two defenders to steal at the front of a goal. Rangers have | :49:01. | :49:04. | |
only suffered one defeat in the last 20 matches. Here is Mackay. He | :49:05. | :49:14. | |
grabbed the ball. Rangers are now in front. A bit of good fortune with | :49:15. | :49:24. | |
the initial touch. But there was no disputing the finish. Miller. | :49:25. | :49:31. | |
Johnstone. Trying to curl it. Wallace got behind it. He is there a | :49:32. | :49:43. | |
game, the Rangers goalkeeper. Johnston trying to pull his side | :49:44. | :49:50. | |
level with that effort. Folding up to the task. | :49:51. | :49:55. | |
level with that effort. Folding up from promotion to the | :49:56. | :50:09. | |
Lee Wallace! from the Rangers captain. He swung | :50:10. | :50:19. | |
his boots back at it. Outstanding from the Rangers captain. He swung | :50:20. | :50:24. | |
effort. He killed it into the top corner for his eighth goal of the | :50:25. | :50:25. | |
campaign. Rangers coming forward | :50:26. | :50:42. | |
Miller inside him. Shields is there, as well. Shields. Breaks of the back | :50:43. | :50:51. | |
of the goalkeeper. Miller! The flag is up for offside against Kenny | :50:52. | :50:55. | |
Miller. He thought for a second he had his hat-trick. But when the shot | :50:56. | :51:00. | |
came in from Dean Shiels, Miller in the central area, just offside. | :51:01. | :51:08. | |
Rangers victorious once again and that means they are 14 points clear | :51:09. | :51:14. | |
at the top of Ladbrokes Championship. 14 points of Falkirk. | :51:15. | :51:22. | |
Hibernian have two games in hand. What does Lee Wallace have to do to | :51:23. | :51:27. | |
get to the Scotland squad? I have so much respect them not only as a | :51:28. | :51:31. | |
player but as a person. He is outstanding. Even last season, it | :51:32. | :51:36. | |
was fantastic in the dressing room. He has fantastic linkup with Mackay | :51:37. | :51:41. | |
down the left-hand side. He gets forward but his delivery is good. | :51:42. | :51:44. | |
down the left-hand side. He gets Good quality. And again, he can | :51:45. | :51:52. | |
count himself fortunate not to be involved. | :51:53. | :51:57. | |
count himself fortunate not to be great desire, as well. This is a | :51:58. | :51:58. | |
fantastic finish. We've not seen him doing that much. | :51:59. | :52:05. | |
We've seen in that position a lot during games this is | :52:06. | :52:15. | |
position. You can see they are exposed. It's a rebound and there's | :52:16. | :52:21. | |
nobody in the left-back position. That's the one thing you would say. | :52:22. | :52:26. | |
He is given a free role to get forward. Maybe the players should | :52:27. | :52:29. | |
cover him better. It's something they have been aware of late. | :52:30. | :52:33. | |
They've had a lot of clean sheets. I think it was a one-off. Elsewhere, | :52:34. | :52:38. | |
Falkirk drew 1-1 away at Dumbarton. A result that leaves them very much | :52:39. | :52:45. | |
I think pretty clear to see he off for blocking the shot. | :52:46. | :52:57. | |
I think pretty clear to see he stepped up to score a penalty | :52:58. | :53:00. | |
I think pretty clear to see he 56th minute. But it wasn't over. In | :53:01. | :53:02. | |
injury time, Danny Rogers. Penalty 56th minute. But it wasn't over. In | :53:03. | :53:14. | |
kick. And it would mean 56th minute. But it wasn't over. In | :53:15. | :53:19. | |
steps up to give Dumbarton a share of the points. It finished 1-1. In | :53:20. | :53:24. | |
the mix for the Championship of the story of the day has been Ross | :53:25. | :53:25. | |
County. Congratulations to them. From all of us on the Sportscene | :53:26. | :53:29. | |
team, until next weekend, # Fairy tale, my favourite fairy | :53:30. | :53:47. | |
tale # Our love is a fairy tale and it never has been told # Before. | :53:48. | :53:52. | |
Four. Four. | :53:53. | :53:54. |