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Hello, good evening and welcome to Sportscene. It's unbelievable! It's | :00:08. | :00:18. | |
a spectacular opening goal in the Derby. That is an absolute beauty. | :00:19. | :00:33. | |
Is this a bit of history? It is. What a finish. That is it, I would | :00:34. | :00:38. | |
imagine. Welcome to Sportscene. We are at a | :00:39. | :01:14. | |
raucous Tynecastle for the clash between Hearts and Celtic. Later in | :01:15. | :01:20. | |
the show we will bring you the rest of the weekend action in the company | :01:21. | :01:29. | |
of Michael Stewart. We kick off, and it's not far away now. Over to the | :01:30. | :01:35. | |
commentator. His place goes to the former Queen of the South striker | :01:36. | :01:41. | |
Gareth Reilly. It's a 4-4-2 for the hosts. Leigh Griffiths has not made | :01:42. | :01:49. | |
it thanks to his calf injury. Armstrong is recalled at the expense | :01:50. | :01:56. | |
of Forrest. On paper traditionally one of the big fixtures in the | :01:57. | :02:00. | |
Scottish football calendar and today is no different. Celtic looking to | :02:01. | :02:05. | |
react to their defeat to Motherwell last week. Hearts struggled a little | :02:06. | :02:11. | |
bit in recent times as well, losing at Aberdeen, and draws surrounding | :02:12. | :02:16. | |
that. Looking to put pressure on Celtic. If they get in the | :02:17. | :02:21. | |
champions' faces it certainly gets the Tynecastle crowd on top of them. | :02:22. | :02:30. | |
Here is Callum McGregor. He has found a new lease of life, McGregor, | :02:31. | :02:35. | |
as he tries to pull it back. It's early corner for Celtic. Tom Rogic | :02:36. | :02:47. | |
was the difference between the sides earlier in the campaign. Celtic had | :02:48. | :02:51. | |
no zest about them against Motherwell and it was a deserved | :02:52. | :03:04. | |
victory for Mike McMeeken's side. -- McGhee. Nadir Ciftci under pressure. | :03:05. | :03:17. | |
He took a sore one, there. McGregor. That is well over the bar by Nadir | :03:18. | :03:22. | |
Ciftci. It has been all Celtic in the early stages. Neil Alexander, 38 | :03:23. | :03:36. | |
in March. He was taking that out of the sky well. Here comes Celtic. | :03:37. | :03:45. | |
Through two Nadir Ciftci. He plays a very different kind of game to Leigh | :03:46. | :03:49. | |
Griffiths, Nadir Ciftci. That was more like the kind of Griffiths run. | :03:50. | :03:57. | |
Keirin Tierney, having a wonderful season. Here is Rogic. Alexander is | :03:58. | :04:14. | |
equal to it. Like Callum McGregor, one of the forgotten man who has | :04:15. | :04:17. | |
rarely grabbed his opportunity. Robbie Neilson and Stevie Crawford | :04:18. | :04:23. | |
looking to get the better of Celtic for the first time as the management | :04:24. | :04:27. | |
team. He claims that they are getting closer. I suppose in their | :04:28. | :04:33. | |
results they are. A couple of heavy cup defeats. Played across and poked | :04:34. | :04:42. | |
towards the goal. Craig Gordon pulls off an exceptional piece of | :04:43. | :04:50. | |
goalkeeping. That keeps it at 0-0. This is a great save from the former | :04:51. | :05:02. | |
Hearts number one. It's a sell-out here. As it tends to be fully | :05:03. | :05:08. | |
matches. Efe Ambrose has completely misjudged it. This is O'Reilly. It's | :05:09. | :05:20. | |
good in one -- it is Gordon once again. Two important saves in a | :05:21. | :05:26. | |
couple of minutes from Gordon. Hearts have really crept into this. | :05:27. | :05:38. | |
He tries to squeeze it through to Forrest. Away by Paterson. The chase | :05:39. | :05:50. | |
is on for Reilly. He has done well. Nicholson is waiting in the middle. | :05:51. | :05:59. | |
Sam Nicholson! Well, if Hearts are to get the better of Celtic in this | :06:00. | :06:03. | |
game they need Nicholson to be firing. He has been involved as much | :06:04. | :06:07. | |
in the first half as he would have liked. Ambrose, who came on for | :06:08. | :06:13. | |
Dedryck Boyata. Ronny Deila had to look to the bench twice in the first | :06:14. | :06:17. | |
half. That's a good challenge on McGregor. | :06:18. | :06:26. | |
That has come right through, almost, two Nadir Ciftci. McGregor has | :06:27. | :06:37. | |
popped it through. 1-0. They have been up against it in the last ten | :06:38. | :06:42. | |
minutes but Celtic demonstrate why they are the champions. Well, it was | :06:43. | :06:48. | |
a mistake by August the move. McGregor plays it through to Bitton | :06:49. | :06:52. | |
and it was the coolest finishes by the Israeli. Lovely finish. Into the | :06:53. | :07:01. | |
far corner. Celtic at their backs to the wall but now they have the | :07:02. | :07:09. | |
initiative in the capital. Delightful Ronny Deila. He has had | :07:10. | :07:14. | |
the weight of the world on his shoulders again. -- delight for | :07:15. | :07:22. | |
Ronny Deila. Hearts will feel aggrieved having weathered the storm | :07:23. | :07:27. | |
in the early part of the first half. Because of the substitutions that | :07:28. | :07:31. | |
have had to be made in the opening 45 we have just moved into the first | :07:32. | :07:33. | |
of three minutes of stoppage time. It is a stunning end to the first | :07:34. | :08:04. | |
half at Tynecastle. Within a few minutes of going behind, Hearts have | :08:05. | :08:12. | |
levelled it. Just before the break. It's a great ball in. It's | :08:13. | :08:18. | |
exquisite. And Nicholson beats Lustig to it. It's 1-1, in the blink | :08:19. | :08:28. | |
of an eye, it seems. Tynecastle is rocking now, without question. It | :08:29. | :08:31. | |
was a good finish by Nicholson. Well, Celtic will still have the | :08:32. | :08:46. | |
atmosphere of Tynecastle ringing in their ears as they get the second | :08:47. | :08:50. | |
half under way. Ronny Deila will be devastated by the fact that they got | :08:51. | :08:56. | |
their noses in front and it was obliterated within a couple of | :08:57. | :09:03. | |
minutes. Nadir Ciftci pinches it. Neil Alexander is fortunate that his | :09:04. | :09:09. | |
save was not gobbled up by Rogic. That's better by Nadir Ciftci. It's | :09:10. | :09:15. | |
more like him. Alexander did just enough. It's just eight wins for | :09:16. | :09:28. | |
Hearts in league games at Tynecastle against Celtic in two decades so | :09:29. | :09:32. | |
yes, it's difficult fixture for Celtic but they generally find a way | :09:33. | :09:38. | |
win. You have to go back to 2011 when Hearts last beat them in the | :09:39. | :09:46. | |
league. That's Johansson. Neil Alexander, delighted to see that | :09:47. | :09:47. | |
fly-past. Forrest. He gets away from Paterson. | :09:48. | :10:12. | |
And from Sow. He decides to go himself. We know what James Forrest | :10:13. | :10:16. | |
is capable of when he's on his game. Here is Sow. Hearts are desperately | :10:17. | :10:34. | |
tried to recreate the spell that they had in the second half of the | :10:35. | :10:41. | |
first half. They have toiled to do that so far. Prince wins his team a | :10:42. | :10:53. | |
free kick. Hearts play Aberdeen in the League Cup in a few weeks, they | :10:54. | :10:56. | |
are delighted not to play Celtic as it has been in the last three and | :10:57. | :11:00. | |
competitions that they have been knocked out of. -- cup competitions. | :11:01. | :11:14. | |
Nicholson is over this. Sow et al are waiting. Was there a push on | :11:15. | :11:25. | |
Augustine? The referee had a great view, as you can see, and he turns a | :11:26. | :11:30. | |
blind eye. This is McGregor. Nadir Ciftci. WHISTLE | :11:31. | :11:38. | |
Free kick. Now, this coming seconds after Augustine felt he should have | :11:39. | :11:42. | |
had a penalty at the other end. It's the same two players involved. It's | :11:43. | :11:44. | |
a cheap free kick to give away. Celtic with just two wins in their | :11:45. | :11:56. | |
last six games in all competitions, it is most unlike them. Now then, | :11:57. | :12:03. | |
what can make can sure up here? It is Callum McGregor. And now Lustig. | :12:04. | :12:10. | |
He's going to get a second bite at this. | :12:11. | :12:22. | |
Rogic! Its beauty. He has restored the champions' lead. You won't see | :12:23. | :12:37. | |
too many better finishes than this. At showing this into the top corner. | :12:38. | :12:44. | |
In off the underside of the bar as well, for good measure. It's a | :12:45. | :12:53. | |
wonderful goal. And it is Hearts 1-2 Celtic. The champions back in the | :12:54. | :13:02. | |
box seat, thanks to Tom Rogic scored the winner last time they met him a | :13:03. | :13:12. | |
couple. -- met here, in the cup. This is positive by Billy King. He | :13:13. | :13:22. | |
saw the headlines. Hearts looking to draw level for the second time, but | :13:23. | :13:28. | |
they are running out of time. This is good play by Billy King. May have | :13:29. | :13:39. | |
come off the bench a little earlier. Sow goes down, there is no free | :13:40. | :13:43. | |
kick. Celtic are closing in on a very important victory. | :13:44. | :13:46. | |
Steven MacLean bringing that back for a free kick. Heading towards the | :13:47. | :14:06. | |
90 minute mark here. Can Hearts fashion one last chance even? Rossi | :14:07. | :14:14. | |
takes the free kick. Sow King, followed by Forrest. Hearts will | :14:15. | :14:20. | |
have a free kick in a promising area. Sow is with him. It is Sow. | :14:21. | :14:42. | |
Oh! It's a glorious goal by Sow! Hearts have surely rescued a point | :14:43. | :14:49. | |
in stoppage time. Craig Gordon could only turn around to his right and | :14:50. | :14:55. | |
watch this sailing past. It is what's known as a howitzer. Osman | :14:56. | :15:03. | |
Sow comes out with a classic to rescue the jam tarts. It might have | :15:04. | :15:07. | |
taken a nick of Gary Mackay-Steven, but you can't take anything away | :15:08. | :15:13. | |
from that shot from Osman Sow. Which swear words away from Craig Gordon. | :15:14. | :15:20. | |
He was despairing. -- it swerves away. So too was his manager. It | :15:21. | :15:25. | |
looks like another game without a win for Celtic. | :15:26. | :15:33. | |
You might just sense that Hearts can win this. | :15:34. | :15:44. | |
It looks like a draw. But it is a better draw for Hearts, given they | :15:45. | :15:48. | |
have come from behind twice. Another free kick and Nadir Ciftci | :15:49. | :16:01. | |
has to be careful, he was booked earlier on. Is there to be one last | :16:02. | :16:09. | |
dramatic chapter written in this match? Here is Prince Buaben. No | :16:10. | :16:23. | |
free kick. It is full-time. Ronny Deila and Robbie Neilson exchange | :16:24. | :16:25. | |
handshakes and what an afternoon it has been. The fans want to fight and | :16:26. | :16:31. | |
they want to tackle and that is the way they want to play. You have to | :16:32. | :16:35. | |
respect Celtic for being a good team, but you have to put them under | :16:36. | :16:39. | |
pressure. Does it feel like a weapon, given the way the game | :16:40. | :16:44. | |
ended? It feels like a defeat, because of the way we played in the | :16:45. | :16:48. | |
first half. We should be wearing those games. It is a mark of how far | :16:49. | :16:54. | |
we have progressed. Playing against Celtic at home, it is 2-2, and that | :16:55. | :16:59. | |
is a slight disappointment. Is that how the players feel? I asked them | :17:00. | :17:04. | |
if they were happy with the point and they said no. We will just have | :17:05. | :17:08. | |
to keep working and getting stronger and stronger. A 2-all draw after a | :17:09. | :17:15. | |
fantastic match year. A last gasp goal from Osman Sow. I'm glad to say | :17:16. | :17:21. | |
that I am joined by Ronny Deila. Merry Christmas but I guess that | :17:22. | :17:25. | |
last-gasp goal from Osman Sow has taken some of the fest -- festive | :17:26. | :17:37. | |
cheer out of it. Yes, it was very disappointing but luckily we did | :17:38. | :17:41. | |
something in front of it. It was a fantastic hit. Sometimes you just | :17:42. | :17:44. | |
have to give credit to your opponents. I think we were good | :17:45. | :17:51. | |
today. They had good read, high-energy, and they played | :17:52. | :18:01. | |
forward. They defended well. So some positive things, but again, in the | :18:02. | :18:05. | |
end, it is disappointing that we only got a draw. Obviously a bad | :18:06. | :18:09. | |
result in the defeats to Motherwell at Celtic Park. Did you get the | :18:10. | :18:12. | |
response today from the players that you wanted? I did, and I think that | :18:13. | :18:18. | |
is because I was frustrated after last week, where I think that we | :18:19. | :18:21. | |
were playing as individuals, not as a team. And that is killing me | :18:22. | :18:26. | |
inside. But today, the players, and I said to them after the game, we | :18:27. | :18:29. | |
were fighting together and we showed spirit. Sometimes you have to give | :18:30. | :18:38. | |
credit to your opponents, and they managed to score in the end. But we | :18:39. | :18:42. | |
are hard to defeat when we have that energy level. A fantastic atmosphere | :18:43. | :18:46. | |
at the stadium. How did the players react to that? I think they did very | :18:47. | :18:52. | |
well. I think they played calmly, and was no contempt. -- with no | :18:53. | :19:00. | |
contempt. They have a lot of Celtic fans behind them as well. He must be | :19:01. | :19:03. | |
pleased, missing Scott Brown and Leigh Griffiths and Chris Hollins, | :19:04. | :19:08. | |
big players for Celtic. The rest of the players seemed to stand up to | :19:09. | :19:12. | |
the plate today. They did and it was a big test because it was a young, | :19:13. | :19:17. | |
inexperienced team on the pitch. And I think that they responded very | :19:18. | :19:21. | |
well. At this has to be everyday. That is top players, and top teams. | :19:22. | :19:28. | |
You have the foundation and hard work, and communication inside the | :19:29. | :19:33. | |
team, and then organisation. So there is a lot of positives to take | :19:34. | :19:36. | |
out of the game but again, disappointing that we did not win. | :19:37. | :19:41. | |
You face a lot of pressure, how difficult is it to deal with? | :19:42. | :19:45. | |
Especially at this time of year when the fixtures are coming thick and | :19:46. | :19:50. | |
fast? Very tough. I want to win, and also the players. My task is to give | :19:51. | :19:55. | |
freedom to the players so that they feel free on the pitch. And I can | :19:56. | :19:59. | |
take the blame and responsibility, no problem, as long as I see that | :20:00. | :20:05. | |
effort on the pitch. And when that is the bottom, I know that we can | :20:06. | :20:09. | |
take points. And finally, a few injuries today. Stuart Armstrong and | :20:10. | :20:14. | |
Dedryck Boyata. What is the latest? I don't know. I think Dedryck Boyata | :20:15. | :20:20. | |
pulled a hamstring and I think Stewart had problems with his back. | :20:21. | :20:25. | |
-- Stuart Armstrong. Hopefully it is not a long thing, but it will take | :20:26. | :20:28. | |
some time with both of them. Happy New Year when it comes. And we're | :20:29. | :20:34. | |
joined by Michael Stewart, the former Hearts captain. 2-all, was | :20:35. | :20:38. | |
that the right results? I don't think you can argue with the draw. | :20:39. | :20:44. | |
Both teams put a lot into a draw. If one team was going to take it, I | :20:45. | :20:47. | |
think Celtic would have been the winners. Especially that second-half | :20:48. | :20:49. | |
performance, they were very dominant. But overall, I think a | :20:50. | :20:58. | |
draw was just about right. When he surprised that Celtic took the lead | :20:59. | :21:02. | |
early on? I think Celtic started the game very well. Hearts were on the | :21:03. | :21:05. | |
back foot, which surprised me because I felt like they had to get | :21:06. | :21:09. | |
on the front foot and attack Celtic if they were going to get anything | :21:10. | :21:13. | |
out of the game. And Hearts came into the game. When Celtic took the | :21:14. | :21:17. | |
lead, it was against the run play. But the Hearts defence, it was | :21:18. | :21:24. | |
crazy. Kamikaze defending that Celtic exploited quickly. In | :21:25. | :21:31. | |
contrast, you will have to say that the equaliser that Sam Nicholson was | :21:32. | :21:35. | |
credited with, it was fantastic. It was. I think it was a great reaction | :21:36. | :21:42. | |
from Hearts. They could easily have had their heads drop after being on | :21:43. | :21:46. | |
top and losing that goal. They came right back into it. A great ball | :21:47. | :21:52. | |
from Prince Buaben, and Sam Nicholson, coming back into it, not | :21:53. | :22:06. | |
standing and admiring, like you want with a white player, he caused all | :22:07. | :22:10. | |
sorts of problems. And he certainly managed to get the ball very well | :22:11. | :22:13. | |
into the top corner, and he left Craig Gordon with no chance of | :22:14. | :22:15. | |
saving it. Plenty of polity about Tom Rogic's goal. It looked like it | :22:16. | :22:18. | |
was going to be the winning goal. It would've been. And it was a finish | :22:19. | :22:22. | |
of quality. But again, picking the ball up, the way he was playing | :22:23. | :22:30. | |
today, taking the touch on the half turn, sliding down, he did not just | :22:31. | :22:35. | |
stand and admire his pass, it was brought into the edge of the box and | :22:36. | :22:40. | |
what a fantastic finish. And like Nicholson, no chance for Craig | :22:41. | :22:42. | |
Gordon. Alexander had no chance. A fantastic finish. Do you think Osman | :22:43. | :22:47. | |
Sow enjoyed that moment, when this place erupted? There were quite a | :22:48. | :22:57. | |
few occasions where the crowd got behind the team. They have put in | :22:58. | :23:00. | |
the effort, put in the tackles, and they got on the front foot, as I | :23:01. | :23:03. | |
spoke about. And that is what I expect them to do. When you get the | :23:04. | :23:07. | |
advantage, it is great to take it. And I think the Hearts fans, they | :23:08. | :23:11. | |
knew how much the players had put into it, to come up with a goal of | :23:12. | :23:16. | |
real quality at the end, and get the result. It was a great finish to the | :23:17. | :23:21. | |
match. More from Michael later and the rest of the Premiership | :23:22. | :23:26. | |
highlights. Sport scene this year is seller rating its 40th birthday. We | :23:27. | :23:34. | |
have been delving into the archive. Staying here, with Celtic in town, | :23:35. | :23:40. | |
let me take you back to November of 1976. Battling on. Gibson going. | :23:41. | :23:54. | |
Eight minutes, and Hearts take the lead 1-0. Thinking about a shot. And | :23:55. | :24:12. | |
it is the goal. Two in two. Celtic pulled one back! Jim Brown is on the | :24:13. | :24:19. | |
right, unmarked. And a big gap. Gibson coming to the near post, he | :24:20. | :24:24. | |
must be at the far post. So is Prentice. Gibson, a hat-trick! After | :24:25. | :24:34. | |
33 and a half minutes. 3-1. Now lacks. A great chance. -- now | :24:35. | :24:40. | |
Lennox. Nonstop play from both sides. Even | :24:41. | :24:46. | |
the free kicks are taken quickly. He is prepared to go on his own. It | :24:47. | :24:56. | |
must be Dalglish! 3-3. Dalglish tries to knock it back. A | :24:57. | :25:17. | |
chance for him. Wilson makes the save! It won't go through. He | :25:18. | :25:28. | |
scores, for the first time in the match. Celtic take the lead 4-3. | :25:29. | :25:35. | |
Back to the year and now, and with Celtic playing today, Aberdeen had | :25:36. | :25:39. | |
the chance to go top of the table yesterday with victory at Pittodrie. | :25:40. | :25:42. | |
They faced an Inverness side that ended their 100% record in the | :25:43. | :25:47. | |
league back in September. Coventry Big Mac commentary comes from Rob | :25:48. | :25:52. | |
Maclean. Aberdeen make just one change to the team that scored four | :25:53. | :25:57. | |
times without reply at Kilmarnock. Graeme Shinnie is back in the field. | :25:58. | :26:04. | |
Inverness Caley Thistle recall Stephen Raven and Carl Tremarco to | :26:05. | :26:10. | |
the exclusion of Lewis Horner. Ross Draper has returned. | :26:11. | :26:19. | |
Miles Storey is onside with a big early chance. Danny Ward makes the | :26:20. | :26:27. | |
save. Beating the offside trap story. | :26:28. | :26:46. | |
Again, Storey is into the danger zone and fails to take his chance. | :26:47. | :26:54. | |
He has had quite an impact and is moving on loan from Swindon. Shea | :26:55. | :27:06. | |
Logan's cross. That was dangerous. Very close. Worryingly close. | :27:07. | :27:16. | |
Caley Thistle, glad to have Draper back in earnest. He gets the ball | :27:17. | :27:27. | |
back. Wrestling with Quinn. He sets up Liam Polworth. And there is the | :27:28. | :27:31. | |
opening goal for Inverness Caley Thistle. Four minutes from | :27:32. | :27:36. | |
half-time. Out muscling Quinn and setting up Woolworth. He scored last | :27:37. | :27:54. | |
week and this week. -- Polworth. Tanzi hits the deck. Rather | :27:55. | :28:03. | |
theatrically. The referee is not impressed. No penalty, never a | :28:04. | :28:14. | |
chance. Gary Warren with a free kick for Caley Thistle. It came off the | :28:15. | :28:19. | |
head of Quinn. Draper goes down. Penalty given. And the chance for | :28:20. | :28:24. | |
Inverness Caley Thistle to go two in front. Aberdeen are not happy with | :28:25. | :28:34. | |
this decision. It is Tansy from the penalty spot and it is to know. | :28:35. | :28:42. | |
Scrapping to get out of the bottom six in the Premiership. Caley | :28:43. | :28:48. | |
Thistle, two up at Pittodrie. That is a nasty collision for Fon | :28:49. | :28:53. | |
Williams. Cracking his head off the upright. Immediate concern about the | :28:54. | :28:56. | |
goalkeeper. He is being patched up. Warren loses it tonight on again. He | :28:57. | :29:15. | |
gets one back for Aberdeen. -- loses it to Nile McGeehan. Try to play the | :29:16. | :29:23. | |
ball inside of us on the penalty box. McGinn dishes out the | :29:24. | :29:33. | |
punishment. It is now 2-1. Jonny Hayes. Finding Ryan Jack. McGinn | :29:34. | :29:42. | |
with a neat touch and a great effort. Aberdeen look to get | :29:43. | :29:49. | |
something out of this game. No-one more threatening for than McGinn. | :29:50. | :30:02. | |
Maclean is thinking about the shot and it's an absolute cracker. So | :30:03. | :30:08. | |
close to 2-2. That was a sweet strike by Maclean. No great pressure | :30:09. | :30:18. | |
on the ball. Hazel is allowed to play it in. That was a good blog. | :30:19. | :30:25. | |
What is the decision? Penalty to Aberdeen inside stoppage time right | :30:26. | :30:30. | |
at the end of the match. Handball given against Divine. And a yellow | :30:31. | :30:37. | |
card, just to make him feel even worse. It's Rooney to the rescue | :30:38. | :30:44. | |
again for Aberdeen. Eight goals in nine games for Aberdeen's leading | :30:45. | :30:49. | |
marksman, 14th of the season. And a point salvaged. Taylor's header | :30:50. | :31:02. | |
down, Rooney, and cleared by Divine. Another penalty appeal and again | :31:03. | :31:07. | |
against Divine. Not giving this time. That's full-time at Pittodrie. | :31:08. | :31:14. | |
A point apiece for Aberdeen and Inverness Thistle. What both teams | :31:15. | :31:19. | |
agree upon is that they weren't happy with some of the big decisions | :31:20. | :31:25. | |
in the game and the referee is under fire. Add 2-0 it looks as if it's | :31:26. | :31:34. | |
going to go against us. -- at 2-0. They never gave up and they deserve | :31:35. | :31:39. | |
so much credit. Another five minutes and we would win the game. We should | :31:40. | :31:43. | |
have had a penalty with the last kick of the ball because it's a | :31:44. | :31:48. | |
handball. We at least deserved a draw. The second half performance, | :31:49. | :31:52. | |
especially the last half-hour, we have them on the ropes and we were | :31:53. | :31:56. | |
relentless. I'm delighted that the boys got something from the game and | :31:57. | :32:01. | |
it looked as though it was lost. I have great belief in my team. | :32:02. | :32:06. | |
Aberdeen know they have been in a game when they play us. The teams | :32:07. | :32:11. | |
respect each other and there are always goals. As I said before the | :32:12. | :32:14. | |
game, I would not mind coming here every week. I enjoy the intensity | :32:15. | :32:19. | |
and the atmosphere. The only disappointment is that we should | :32:20. | :32:23. | |
have seen it out, we should have kept a clean sheet and held on. That | :32:24. | :32:28. | |
has been the story of the season but I have to say, unbeaten now in three | :32:29. | :32:33. | |
games against an Aberdeen team that is resurgent. All credit to my boys. | :32:34. | :32:39. | |
2-2 in the end between Aberdeen and Inverness but the second week in a | :32:40. | :32:44. | |
row Willie Carlin, the referee, right at the centre of things. What | :32:45. | :32:49. | |
did you think of the decision? Horrendous. Second week in around | :32:50. | :32:56. | |
that they find themselves talking about Willie and his bizarre | :32:57. | :33:01. | |
decisions. He has given four penalties and everyone has been a | :33:02. | :33:04. | |
poor decision. If you are under any doubt as a referee you can't give | :33:05. | :33:09. | |
it. On too many occasions he has been far too quick to make decisions | :33:10. | :33:13. | |
when he's not sure. Is there a case to say that it was a tad clumsy by | :33:14. | :33:21. | |
Quinn? Is that a defence? Not really. We play football and not | :33:22. | :33:25. | |
basketball so you will always have coming together of bodies. What you | :33:26. | :33:31. | |
see in the replay is that Draper gets himself in front of Quinn and | :33:32. | :33:36. | |
almost kicked his legs into him. You cannot apportion any blame. He is | :33:37. | :33:43. | |
trying to get back in position, I is on the ball. The referee is not far | :33:44. | :33:48. | |
away. He should be seeing that. -- his eyes are on the ball. You have | :33:49. | :33:54. | |
to understand and have a bit of game knowledge and realise when guys | :33:55. | :33:56. | |
genuinely are doing something and when they are trying to con them, | :33:57. | :34:01. | |
and far too often he falls on the wrong side and makes crazy | :34:02. | :34:05. | |
decisions. He was certainly aggrieved when you is penalised for | :34:06. | :34:10. | |
handball, what was your view? The only credit I can give him is that | :34:11. | :34:18. | |
he was in the right position. Divine comes charging out and yes his arms | :34:19. | :34:24. | |
are up, but it hits him in the midriff, and that is why Divine is | :34:25. | :34:29. | |
so I rate that the decision was given against him. It is so late in | :34:30. | :34:34. | |
the game and they lose two points. Right at the end he felt Carl | :34:35. | :34:38. | |
Tremarco handled the ball? It's difficult to tell from the position | :34:39. | :34:43. | |
of the cameras and also you have to not put on too much pressure. He | :34:44. | :34:47. | |
can't really see. The only thing that gives it away is Tremarco's | :34:48. | :34:55. | |
body language. He looks guilty. Complete contrast, going crazy, | :34:56. | :35:02. | |
Divine. Tremarco definitely looks guilty. He cannot see so it's | :35:03. | :35:06. | |
difficult to say. Dundee racked up the goals last weekend with a 4-0 | :35:07. | :35:11. | |
victory against Hamilton Academicals. They are against Ross | :35:12. | :35:18. | |
County. Commentary from John Barnes. COMMENTATOR: The Ross County manager | :35:19. | :35:23. | |
Jim McIntyre makes one change as Murdoch comes in in midfield. | :35:24. | :35:27. | |
Jackson Irvine has to be content with a place on the bench. Dundee | :35:28. | :35:32. | |
again without the experienced midfielder Thompson through injury. | :35:33. | :35:37. | |
Replaced by the former Caley Thistle man Ross. | :35:38. | :35:45. | |
Harkins finds Greg Stewart. Looking dangerous. Setting up the goal. Find | :35:46. | :35:59. | |
running with only five minutes played this week. You have to keep a | :36:00. | :36:05. | |
close eye on him. A lovely pass by Stewart, setting up the opportunity | :36:06. | :36:17. | |
for Hemmings to claim his 10th of the season. Stewart tries to curl it | :36:18. | :36:23. | |
and that is terrific goalkeeping by Fox. Good effort by Stewart. | :36:24. | :36:26. | |
Excellent save. Davis wins the header. Here is Liam | :36:27. | :36:41. | |
Boyce. He gets there ahead of the goalkeeper. And County are level. | :36:42. | :36:48. | |
That is how to return quickly into the attack. And Boyce levels it up. | :36:49. | :37:00. | |
That was a good ball through by Boyce. Sets up the opportunity. | :37:01. | :37:13. | |
That's good goalkeeping by Bain. The home side are determined to get | :37:14. | :37:16. | |
their noses in front. He flicks it on. Boyce could sit back and this is | :37:17. | :37:24. | |
a chance! It bounces off the goalkeeper. -- cuts it back. Cutting | :37:25. | :37:30. | |
that run across and then Martin Woods with the strike. -- cutting | :37:31. | :37:37. | |
bad one across. This time last season Ross County were bottom of | :37:38. | :37:43. | |
the table. Here is Greg Stewart. Surging format, setting up Hemmings | :37:44. | :37:47. | |
again. And Hemmings livers. -- surging forward. That's a double. | :37:48. | :37:56. | |
Five goals in two matches. Stewart again with the assist. Hemmings with | :37:57. | :37:59. | |
his 11th of the campaign. Michael Gardyne. That's an excellent | :38:00. | :38:23. | |
finish with the left foot. It looked for a second as though he had lost | :38:24. | :38:27. | |
the opportunity as the ball seems to go across him too far, but he | :38:28. | :38:33. | |
adjusts well to fire that one in. And put Ross County back on level | :38:34. | :38:34. | |
terms. Franks with the corner. There is | :38:35. | :38:45. | |
Jackson Irvine. The ball is deemed to have crossed the line. They | :38:46. | :38:49. | |
thought it was played away but the goal has been given and the | :38:50. | :38:54. | |
substitute claims his second of the season. And Ross County are now | :38:55. | :39:00. | |
three in front. That was a good finish by the Australian. Woods with | :39:01. | :39:08. | |
the corner. Dundee are just trying to get it away anywhere. That was | :39:09. | :39:15. | |
turned away well by Scott Bain. It was a difficult one to deal with. | :39:16. | :39:28. | |
Franks plays it down the line. Ross County have twice come from behind. | :39:29. | :39:36. | |
That's a good ball in. That is a brilliant strike by Liam Boyce. For | :39:37. | :39:44. | |
his second goal of the afternoon. Terrific acrobatics are there. | :39:45. | :39:46. | |
Latching on to the cross from Foster. | :39:47. | :39:59. | |
Record is invited to go forward again. Tries to deal with it and | :40:00. | :40:07. | |
Boyce comes in at the back post for the hat-trick. Five minutes left to | :40:08. | :40:12. | |
play. The Northern Ireland pouncing here. They fail to clear it and he | :40:13. | :40:18. | |
gets his second hat-trick of the season having scored three against | :40:19. | :40:22. | |
Falkirk in the League Cup in September. That is number 17 this | :40:23. | :40:28. | |
season. County are still looking for a sixth. It bounces back to Davis, | :40:29. | :40:38. | |
that is so close. Andrew Davies. It's a terrific performance by | :40:39. | :40:43. | |
county to secure the win. The one thing I know we have in the dressing | :40:44. | :40:47. | |
room is character. And they keep showing it week in week out, the | :40:48. | :40:51. | |
adversity of going behind and we know the character they have and | :40:52. | :40:55. | |
they will keep doing the right things and that is why we won the | :40:56. | :41:00. | |
match today. Keep in the right areas and doing the right things and we | :41:01. | :41:05. | |
scored quality goals. We started brightly and were threatening going | :41:06. | :41:10. | |
forward. It's a difficult venue. Taking the lead for a second time | :41:11. | :41:13. | |
and we could not hold it for long enough. As long as I'm scoring goals | :41:14. | :41:22. | |
I don't care how they come. Any particular targets for the season in | :41:23. | :41:27. | |
terms of goals? We always think intends. I got temperately quickly | :41:28. | :41:33. | |
and now I'm going to get to 20. Liam Boyce, a remarkable goal-scoring | :41:34. | :41:39. | |
record, 25 appearances and 17 goals and he's making a huge difference | :41:40. | :41:44. | |
for Ross County. Of course, any side with a guy who can score so many | :41:45. | :41:49. | |
goals will make a huge difference. We have seen the game today at | :41:50. | :41:54. | |
Tynecastle, goals change games and Liam Boyce is certainly changing the | :41:55. | :41:59. | |
games for Ross County now. Were you surprised by the 5-2 scoreline, | :42:00. | :42:04. | |
Dundee had beaten Hamilton last week. It sums up the craziness of | :42:05. | :42:08. | |
the league and the unpredictability of so many teams competing. Paul | :42:09. | :42:16. | |
Hartley talked about the game yesterday, and the disappointment. | :42:17. | :42:19. | |
The number of times I have seen Dundee looking dangerous going | :42:20. | :42:23. | |
forward this season, lots of threat at one end with Hemmings and | :42:24. | :42:27. | |
Stewart, but defensively they give away crazy goals at times. So in | :42:28. | :42:34. | |
terms of whether it is a surprising result, it is so unpredictable in | :42:35. | :42:38. | |
this league that nothing can really surprise you or give you a shock. | :42:39. | :42:42. | |
Lots of goals and hopefully good entertainment for the fans, guys | :42:43. | :42:47. | |
that you spoke about like Liam Boyce, he can score goals and it is | :42:48. | :42:52. | |
no surprise he got a hat-trick. Dundee have the visit of Celtic | :42:53. | :42:56. | |
next. Rumours have suggested that Gary Locke was sacked by Kilmarnock | :42:57. | :43:02. | |
but he continued in his post and he drives to keep them away from | :43:03. | :43:06. | |
relegation. Kilmarnock looking for their first ever victory at new | :43:07. | :43:12. | |
Douglas Park against Hamilton at ease. | :43:13. | :43:14. | |
COMMENTATOR: Garcia and Longridge return after the defeat at Dundee | :43:15. | :43:26. | |
last time. Commander also shipped four goals. Five changes. -- | :43:27. | :43:37. | |
Kilmarnock also shipped. Looking to get on the front foot from the off. | :43:38. | :43:42. | |
That is Crawford, slipping if through to Longridge. Good covering | :43:43. | :43:48. | |
tackle by Findlay. Looked as though it would open up for a second full | :43:49. | :43:54. | |
Longridge. Good defending. -- for Longridge. Lifted towards the back | :43:55. | :44:01. | |
post and indeed the referee has given a foul against the big | :44:02. | :44:05. | |
defender, feeling that the arms were up there. Academicals come forward | :44:06. | :44:14. | |
again. He seems to have support and that's a clever pass towards | :44:15. | :44:19. | |
Longridge. And eventually the shot is blocked. That was a very good | :44:20. | :44:24. | |
ball. Looked as though Longridge might pull the trigger. It is | :44:25. | :44:33. | |
blocked again. First-time ball towards McGinn. Forced out wide but | :44:34. | :44:42. | |
comes inside, what can he do? Just turned around the post. Good play by | :44:43. | :44:49. | |
the Northern Irish striker. Getting away from two strikers and could | :44:50. | :44:53. | |
have taken it earlier. The angle narrowed on him and he can only | :44:54. | :45:00. | |
force the corner. Smith slides it across the field. Michael McGovern | :45:01. | :45:08. | |
can only parry that away. It was a tricky one to deal with on this wet | :45:09. | :45:11. | |
surface. Certainly worth a go from there. | :45:12. | :45:20. | |
It is headed away, that's a nice ball into Crawford. He wants to come | :45:21. | :45:28. | |
back on his left foot. That's a brilliant clearance on the line. He | :45:29. | :45:35. | |
must have thought he had scored. That's a brilliant clearance. | :45:36. | :45:44. | |
He looks form again as. A good save for Michael McGovern. -- looks for | :45:45. | :45:53. | |
Magennis. A lovely cushioned effort from Magennis. Crawford delivering. | :45:54. | :46:07. | |
Tagliapietra defending again. A dangerous ball from Crawford. Not | :46:08. | :46:13. | |
really clear what happened there, but the big defender had a bit of | :46:14. | :46:21. | |
trouble. Played into the feet of McGuinness. But he lost control of | :46:22. | :46:26. | |
that. Managed to win it back, the big striker. -- the feet of | :46:27. | :46:36. | |
Magennis. A strong challenge. Rights to Imrie. In re comes inside and | :46:37. | :46:40. | |
that is a weak effort in the end. An easy save for McDonald. He did well | :46:41. | :46:46. | |
to cut into the left foot but not enough power from Imrie. Magennis, | :46:47. | :46:54. | |
towards the back post. There other died! -- there is Obadeyi. Come on | :46:55. | :47:11. | |
1-0 up. A wonderful clip to the back post from Magennis. Obadeyi did not | :47:12. | :47:17. | |
mean to put it there, but it works well. The ball goes over McGovern | :47:18. | :47:27. | |
and Killie are up. A wretched time for Kilmarnock, over two months | :47:28. | :47:33. | |
without a victory. Towards Obadeyi at the back post again. Back to | :47:34. | :47:43. | |
guilty. A brilliant save by Michael McGovern. -- back to Kiltie. Sheer | :47:44. | :47:54. | |
determination from Kiltie to keep a hold of the ball, and then a nice | :47:55. | :48:05. | |
interchange with Frizzell. Can Hamilton grab something? In the end, | :48:06. | :48:10. | |
it is a pretty tame header from Brophy. The header was straight at | :48:11. | :48:18. | |
Macdonald. It is just one of those days. In terms of workrate and | :48:19. | :48:24. | |
performance, I thought we did enough. But we did not win the game. | :48:25. | :48:28. | |
And there comes a point where that comes an issue. If we are performing | :48:29. | :48:32. | |
well but not winning, you have to perform well and win. I am aware | :48:33. | :48:35. | |
that we have been inconsistent and we have said to the players, let's | :48:36. | :48:39. | |
find a level of consistency. We seem to be going from one extreme to | :48:40. | :48:43. | |
another. It is frustrating because if we knew why that was, we would | :48:44. | :48:49. | |
fix it. It is a great result for us. We have to build on it. The last few | :48:50. | :48:54. | |
weeks have been very disappointing with results. And the manner of the | :48:55. | :48:59. | |
defeats as well has been disappointing. The comments here | :49:00. | :49:04. | |
today, the boys were tarred, and that is the point the gaffer was | :49:05. | :49:08. | |
making. -- to come out here today, the boys worked hard. Eventually we | :49:09. | :49:14. | |
have got what we wanted today. It was a great team performance. That | :49:15. | :49:18. | |
was a huge victory for Gary Locke, wasn't it? It was. It has been a | :49:19. | :49:26. | |
terrible string of results but to get the victory and the clean sheet | :49:27. | :49:29. | |
will have been pleasing. He has been under pressure, talking about Dundee | :49:30. | :49:33. | |
giving away sloppy goals, Kilmarnock are just the same. They have given | :49:34. | :49:38. | |
away a lot of pure goals, poor defending. He will be really happy | :49:39. | :49:41. | |
to get the goal, and could get the clean sheet. -- and get the clean | :49:42. | :49:50. | |
sheet. Kilmarnock are now ten points clear at the bottom, it is a | :49:51. | :49:54. | |
condition that will give them hope. Yes. Not only does it give them the | :49:55. | :49:58. | |
confidence that they are pulling away from Dundee United, but they | :49:59. | :50:02. | |
are only a point behind the teams in front of them. As I said, if you get | :50:03. | :50:07. | |
a result like that, it is huge. But you have to follow it up with the | :50:08. | :50:12. | |
results or it becomes worthless. This time of year, with so many | :50:13. | :50:16. | |
games back-to-back, it is a great time to come into a run of form. | :50:17. | :50:20. | |
Accies getting dragged into it with just one win from the last ten? A | :50:21. | :50:25. | |
month ago, Partick Thistle were down there, and Accies were in the top | :50:26. | :50:33. | |
six. It has been a roller-coaster. If they do not get results quickly, | :50:34. | :50:37. | |
they could find themselves getting dragged into the play-off spot. And | :50:38. | :50:42. | |
it is getting very tight in the Ladbrokes SPFL Premiership. Let's | :50:43. | :50:47. | |
look at the table. Celtic, one point clear of Aberdeen with a game in | :50:48. | :50:51. | |
hand. Hearts, nine points further behind. At the bottom, Dundee | :50:52. | :50:58. | |
United, the match postponed yesterday. They are now ten points | :50:59. | :51:04. | |
adrift at the bottom of the table. A huge match tomorrow in the SPFL | :51:05. | :51:09. | |
Ladbrokes challenge, as Rangers take on Hibs. Both sides level on points | :51:10. | :51:14. | |
at the top of the division. A match that the whole country is looking | :51:15. | :51:19. | |
forward to. Which side goes in as favourites or is it too close to | :51:20. | :51:24. | |
call? It is too close to call. Like today, everybody has been looking | :51:25. | :51:27. | |
forward to it. And this one definitely lived up to the billing. | :51:28. | :51:30. | |
Hopefully tomorrow will be the same. There is a lot riding on it. Both | :51:31. | :51:37. | |
teams, as you said, locked at the top of the division. Hibs on an | :51:38. | :51:39. | |
unbelievable run of form and Rangers going through the first shaky form | :51:40. | :51:46. | |
of the season. At home, you would maybe give it to them but because of | :51:47. | :51:50. | |
Hibs' form, you might go back towards them. Too close to call. Any | :51:51. | :51:55. | |
result could come out of the back of it. But if Rangers win, it gives | :51:56. | :51:58. | |
them a lift and kick-starts the season. If Hibernian will offer | :51:59. | :52:02. | |
results, it compounds the great run they are on and shows Rangers that | :52:03. | :52:07. | |
Hibs are a serious challenger. How much do the previous league matches | :52:08. | :52:11. | |
this season tell us about the moral? Rangers were narrowly victorious at | :52:12. | :52:15. | |
Ibrox and then Hibs beat Rangers at Easter Road. It shows you what we're | :52:16. | :52:21. | |
talking about. -- tell us about tomorrow. The draw could easily | :52:22. | :52:27. | |
happen. Hibs strike me as a different beast. They have grit and | :52:28. | :52:30. | |
determination and they are not a team you would clash as -- class as | :52:31. | :52:39. | |
a Hibs of your guns -- years gone by. They will go to Ibrox fully | :52:40. | :52:42. | |
confident that they can get a result. So bottle is a key factor. | :52:43. | :52:47. | |
Which players will be key? I think across the park there will be a lot | :52:48. | :52:52. | |
of good match ups but the John McGinn for Hibs, getting that red | :52:53. | :52:59. | |
card, and playing in the game, that will be vital for them. Rangers, the | :53:00. | :53:03. | |
backline is exposed against Falkirk, and they have to come up with the | :53:04. | :53:07. | |
goods. Andy Halliday in front of them will have an important part to | :53:08. | :53:11. | |
play. So when massive match at Ibrox tomorrow and you can listen live on | :53:12. | :53:16. | |
BBC Radio Scotland. Coverage begins at 2pm. And you can watch highlights | :53:17. | :53:22. | |
from midnight at the BBC sports Scotland website. Thanks to Michael | :53:23. | :53:27. | |
Stewart. That is it for us this evening and that is it for sports | :53:28. | :53:31. | |
scene for 2015. We are back next weekend when we will bring in the | :53:32. | :53:34. | |
New Year with you, hopefully with plenty of goals and talking points, | :53:35. | :53:38. | |
but for now, I hope Santa was good for you -- good to you. | :53:39. | :53:44. |