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Good evening, and welcome to Sportscene. | :00:09. | :00:38. | |
Every weekend, there's more twists and turns | :00:39. | :00:42. | |
Tonight on Sportscene, it's no different. | :00:43. | :00:46. | |
The big twist on the show tonight is that Michael Stewart | :00:47. | :00:49. | |
Darren Jackson on standby as technical support. | :00:50. | :00:54. | |
We begin in Dingwall, where Dundee United were looking | :00:55. | :00:56. | |
to make good on Darren Jackson's guarantee that they would | :00:57. | :00:59. | |
Before the match, County honoured the side that won | :01:00. | :01:02. | |
Two changes to the Ross County team. Two changes to the Dundee United | :01:03. | :01:26. | |
team as well. 1-0 Dundee United! And the Captain | :01:27. | :01:58. | |
picks up where he picked up last weekend at a 30 yard shot. A header | :01:59. | :02:08. | |
from the set piece this time, equally invaluable. | :02:09. | :02:08. | |
Dundee United are ahead. It was a cushioned header from | :02:09. | :02:27. | |
Durnan. Back to the goalkeeper Kawashima. | :02:28. | :02:30. | |
Ross County are looking to get back on level terms. | :02:31. | :02:42. | |
Fraser groups around the outside. Durnan keeps it alive. 90 minutes | :02:43. | :02:56. | |
from -- 19 minutes from time, 2- 02 Dundee United, are they on their way | :02:57. | :03:00. | |
to three priceless points, it looks that way. | :03:01. | :03:03. | |
Graeme trying to block the chance. that way. | :03:04. | :03:07. | |
All he could do was put the ball in the net. United on two goals in | :03:08. | :03:11. | |
front. Graeme had the chance to get a goal | :03:12. | :03:23. | |
back for Ross County. It is heads in hands time. A really good stop by | :03:24. | :03:27. | |
Kawashima with his left boot. It came off Spittal, that of his own | :03:28. | :03:44. | |
crossbar. There is a furious appeal for a penalty. John Beaton says no. | :03:45. | :03:50. | |
Spittal was so lucky this did not spin into his own net. And then, the | :03:51. | :03:53. | |
alleged handball against Durnan. The up and under. And Fraser's shop | :03:54. | :04:19. | |
producing a really good save from Fox as Dundee United look to make | :04:20. | :04:21. | |
the point safe here. Dar scores Dundee United's third | :04:22. | :04:40. | |
goal. And, surely now, the United fans can think about celebrating a | :04:41. | :04:45. | |
massive when. And hoping that the great escape might just be possible. | :04:46. | :04:58. | |
That sums up Ross County's day. It has been Dundee United's day, | :04:59. | :05:06. | |
back-to-back wins, could they yet escape from relegation? | :05:07. | :05:14. | |
The players have been excellent, we have always shown a reaction to | :05:15. | :05:19. | |
being a goal behind. Today wasn't our day. We haven't | :05:20. | :05:25. | |
looked like a team like that for a number of weeks. Good for the | :05:26. | :05:29. | |
players. They have improved recently. | :05:30. | :05:34. | |
Throughout the season, it hasn't been good enough. We can only now | :05:35. | :05:38. | |
try our best and keep the performances at this level to win | :05:39. | :05:43. | |
matches. Huge victory for Dundee United | :05:44. | :05:46. | |
against Ross County. Last time you are on the show comment you famously | :05:47. | :05:50. | |
said you guaranteed Dundee United would stay up, is that guarantee | :05:51. | :05:53. | |
valid? There is only one guarantee in life. | :05:54. | :06:02. | |
I said, once they get Paton, Erskine, Morris, they won't fit on | :06:03. | :06:11. | |
the pitch. They are massive players. They have a good squad. I was | :06:12. | :06:14. | |
confident in the squad which is why I said that. | :06:15. | :06:22. | |
Now, eight points? Keep going. What do you think? They | :06:23. | :06:26. | |
still have a chance, two fantastic results. To go up there and win 3-0. | :06:27. | :06:35. | |
What they will be very pleased about is a clean sheet. They have not had | :06:36. | :06:41. | |
any luck. You saw it hitting the post and | :06:42. | :06:46. | |
bouncing into the goalkeeper's hands. | :06:47. | :06:49. | |
Fraser, a key player against Ross County, someone you know well from | :06:50. | :06:53. | |
your time at United. Wonderful talent. He had a bad leg | :06:54. | :06:57. | |
break when he was younger and it took a long time to get back. | :06:58. | :07:03. | |
I remember watching him at Airdrie, and all the fans were raving about | :07:04. | :07:09. | |
him. He just had to learn the dirty side of it earlier. Look at his | :07:10. | :07:14. | |
He makes a great one. Tremendously talented. Great passing of the ball. | :07:15. | :07:23. | |
He can see a pass, makes a pass, real quality. Scotty can do anything | :07:24. | :07:26. | |
in the game. For me, there is a huge difference | :07:27. | :07:31. | |
between coming into a side that is doing well, and into a side which is | :07:32. | :07:33. | |
difficult. He has been drafted into a team | :07:34. | :07:41. | |
which hasn't been doing well this season which makes it difficult. | :07:42. | :07:45. | |
He is a boy who can take the ball under pressure. That is what you | :07:46. | :07:50. | |
want in these circumstances. They play Aberdeen midweek. | :07:51. | :07:52. | |
Celtic went into Friday's match at Hamilton knowing that a win | :07:53. | :07:55. | |
would take them nine points clear of Aberdeen, | :07:56. | :07:57. | |
and put the pressure firmly back on the Dons. | :07:58. | :07:59. | |
Eight is a number Martin Canning wants to think about but eight of | :08:00. | :08:13. | |
those starters began at Parkhead five weeks ago. | :08:14. | :08:19. | |
Ronny Deila hands a first League start to isla. Bailey takes over. | :08:20. | :08:30. | |
Kris Commons is back in the Celtic side for the first time since the | :08:31. | :08:34. | |
win at Tannadice. Scott Brown has lost the ball here. | :08:35. | :08:43. | |
Crawford of what a chance! He scored the winner at Celtic Park | :08:44. | :08:47. | |
for Hamilton a year past October. He ought to have done better here. The | :08:48. | :08:52. | |
Accies have had their backs to the wall until now. | :08:53. | :09:01. | |
That is a penalty. What on earth was in Maree thinking about here? He was | :09:02. | :09:15. | |
going away from goal. In Maree felled him inside the box and has | :09:16. | :09:18. | |
giftwrapped a huge chance to go in front. | :09:19. | :09:22. | |
Make that 33 this season. One of the great modern day Celtic | :09:23. | :09:31. | |
strikers. The current number nine. He makes no mistake from the spot. | :09:32. | :09:39. | |
He goes down under the challenge of Boyata who is in trouble. | :09:40. | :09:48. | |
It is a red card. Craig Thomson the referee was in little doubt here. | :09:49. | :09:54. | |
Did Boyata touch the ball? He has gone for a professional foul. | :09:55. | :09:57. | |
The frown on his face. He keeps it out. But already the | :09:58. | :10:11. | |
pendulum is swinging. And it is swinging Hamilton's way. | :10:12. | :10:23. | |
McGovern did his job. It arrived at his feet fortuitously. | :10:24. | :10:42. | |
Mackay-Steven on the rebound. Hamilton holding on a little bit | :10:43. | :10:50. | |
here, Celtic are fashioning Mork chances with ten than they were with | :10:51. | :10:52. | |
11. 11. | :10:53. | :10:56. | |
-- more chances. Plenty of pushing and shoving in the box. | :10:57. | :11:01. | |
Lustig goes to ground and Craig Thomson gives Celtic another spot | :11:02. | :11:05. | |
kick. The challenge on Lustig. They were | :11:06. | :11:09. | |
warned before this. He is all over this weed. | :11:10. | :11:14. | |
Griffiths will have the chance to double the Celtic advantage. | :11:15. | :11:18. | |
A great save from Michael McGovern. He has just helped -- kept Hamilton | :11:19. | :11:28. | |
Academical in this game. Griffiths went the other way this | :11:29. | :11:31. | |
time. McGovern went the same way but a | :11:32. | :11:33. | |
different result. Brophy! It is one apiece. Finally, | :11:34. | :11:58. | |
the numerical advantage counts at New Douglas Park. It is a lovely | :11:59. | :12:02. | |
finish from Brophy which will mean even more to him than the last one | :12:03. | :12:08. | |
which was at Celtic Park in the 81 -- 8-1 defeat. | :12:09. | :12:15. | |
A big chance here as well and Doherty should have been on target. | :12:16. | :12:20. | |
A substitute finding himself in space, blocked by Lustig. | :12:21. | :12:24. | |
The pleasing thing is the first tenants we started on the front | :12:25. | :12:30. | |
foot. We managed to ride it out, we did | :12:31. | :12:35. | |
well defensively, the shape was good. The best chance was with | :12:36. | :12:41. | |
Crawford. Their work rate, it was anything I | :12:42. | :12:44. | |
could expect. We started well and didn't do much | :12:45. | :12:49. | |
in the first half but we got our goal. The second half, things were | :12:50. | :12:54. | |
more open. More difficult with ten men. Even though we had three alone | :12:55. | :12:59. | |
with the goalkeeper. You need to take your chances, when you have ten | :13:00. | :13:05. | |
men. They had maybe a couple. It was disappointing. The most | :13:06. | :13:14. | |
analysed sending-off in the entire season, Boyata. | :13:15. | :13:20. | |
A great point for Hamilton. For you, this was part of a wider story in | :13:21. | :13:25. | |
terms of the Celtic defence. Everyone knows the way Celtic play. | :13:26. | :13:29. | |
It is an open and expansive style. You can see the area they leave. | :13:30. | :13:38. | |
They get their full-backs pushing up. Two plane that that, you need to | :13:39. | :13:43. | |
have central defenders who know how to defend. Boyata is pointing. He | :13:44. | :13:49. | |
has got to see the run of Crawford and step across. | :13:50. | :13:56. | |
This one, again, the gap between the centre halves. Johansen can't empty | :13:57. | :14:01. | |
out that space with such a gap between the centre halves. | :14:02. | :14:06. | |
Boyata, you think he has done well. I have been critical of Boyata on | :14:07. | :14:10. | |
the show before. There's three things he does well. | :14:11. | :14:16. | |
He is offside, he does it very well. You say to players, played to the | :14:17. | :14:23. | |
whistle. He reacted. He got back and got a touch. I don't think that is | :14:24. | :14:30. | |
100% a sending-off. You disagree? You need to take into | :14:31. | :14:35. | |
account he has touched the ball. Also, the fact he has committed a | :14:36. | :14:39. | |
foul on the player. I don't think there is enough of a touch on the | :14:40. | :14:43. | |
ball to ignore the foul which has been committed. You need to say the | :14:44. | :14:48. | |
ball has not been taken off its line, the striker still has the | :14:49. | :14:52. | |
opportunity to get on the ball. The fact his momentum has brought the | :14:53. | :14:55. | |
player down, it is the right decision. | :14:56. | :15:00. | |
Michael is defending the referees, a first! | :15:01. | :15:04. | |
I don't think it is a sending-off. He touches the ball and his momentum | :15:05. | :15:09. | |
isn't near enough to foul him. He slid in and touched the ball. | :15:10. | :15:12. | |
The debate has raged on. McLean their press them, I have been | :15:13. | :15:32. | |
on the end of a 7-1, and 8-1, it is embarrassing. The Celtic defence is | :15:33. | :15:37. | |
too far in the box, they should be squeezed out and I am really | :15:38. | :15:41. | |
impressed with the goal, Brophy is a goal-scorer, see him peeling out | :15:42. | :15:46. | |
whether spaces and he has reacted. That is what the goal-scorer is. I | :15:47. | :15:50. | |
see some people saying it is luck, it is not, it is a great goal. When | :15:51. | :15:56. | |
Hamilton are at their best, every time you watch them, they are | :15:57. | :15:59. | |
playing with high energy and pressing the opposition, pushing | :16:00. | :16:02. | |
them back. Ultimately, the sending-off made a big difference | :16:03. | :16:05. | |
because it is easier to put the pressure onto the opposition but on | :16:06. | :16:14. | |
the flip side, Hamilton still have to perform and they did that. In | :16:15. | :16:16. | |
terms of Celtic, Darren, former Celtic player, at times this season, | :16:17. | :16:19. | |
there does seem to be a lacklustre side to it, not the high octane | :16:20. | :16:25. | |
stuff Celtic fans would like to see. Is that fair comment? It is and it | :16:26. | :16:29. | |
isn't. They'll top of the league, still in one cup, everyone talking | :16:30. | :16:33. | |
about Ronny Deila, will he be there or not? Europe is the big thing, but | :16:34. | :16:36. | |
about Ronny Deila, will he be there they'll top of the league. Is it the | :16:37. | :16:39. | |
football they want to play? Possibly not but they have club football | :16:40. | :16:45. | |
players, Kris Commons, Christie, Mackay Stephen, Armstrong, | :16:46. | :16:48. | |
Griffiths, very good footballers. And they remain out in front and it | :16:49. | :16:53. | |
gave Aberdeen a real boost ahead of their game with set back the lead St | :16:54. | :16:54. | |
with St -- Johnstone. Johnstone's. -- | :16:55. | :16:58. | |
13 goals in the previous two meetings between these sides. | :16:59. | :17:01. | |
Hoping for more goals at Pittodrie this weekend was John Barnes. | :17:02. | :17:03. | |
captain Ryan Jack returns after a two-month absence to replace injured | :17:04. | :17:09. | |
Shane Logan at the back and with Adam Rooney sidelined for six weeks, | :17:10. | :17:14. | |
Simon Church is a focal point in attack. Scott Brown makes his first | :17:15. | :17:18. | |
start of the season in midfield for St Johnstone's. | :17:19. | :17:25. | |
The break-up the ball falling for Simon Church. An early chance for | :17:26. | :17:34. | |
Aberdeen. Kenny McLean just didn't have enough to beat Alan Mannus. In | :17:35. | :17:38. | |
the first minute. Great opening. Varies Brown! -- there is. Trying | :17:39. | :18:00. | |
his luck against his namesake in the Aberdeen goal but couldn't find the | :18:01. | :18:01. | |
target. Lovely header from Cummings and | :18:02. | :18:12. | |
Maclean was trying to beat Scott Brown, just didn't have enough | :18:13. | :18:16. | |
elevation to beat the Aberdeen keeper. | :18:17. | :18:25. | |
Cummings with the header. He is looking to hit the target from | :18:26. | :18:34. | |
there, though. Cummings, so far this season, has got six goals to his | :18:35. | :18:35. | |
credit. Church. Excellent defensive header | :18:36. | :18:50. | |
from Simon Lappin to deny Graeme Shinnie at the back post. Church's | :18:51. | :18:58. | |
flick on was about to pick him out. Niall McGinn's corner, Taylor's | :18:59. | :19:03. | |
header and Church with the follow up puts Aberdeen in front. 35 minutes | :19:04. | :19:11. | |
played. Alan Mannus did well to pour it away initially but Church was | :19:12. | :19:15. | |
waiting to pounce to claim his second Aberdeen goal. | :19:16. | :19:25. | |
Knocked in by Reynolds and Church was trying to get a touch but the | :19:26. | :19:29. | |
goalkeeper stood firm. Aberdeen have lost only four of the | :19:30. | :19:39. | |
last 36 home matches, two of them to St Johnstone. Church, good save by | :19:40. | :19:50. | |
Alan Mannus. And Church is leading the Aberdeen attack well in the | :19:51. | :19:56. | |
absence of Adam Rooney. Aberdeen desperate for the victory that can | :19:57. | :20:00. | |
see them close the gap on Celtic at the top. | :20:01. | :20:03. | |
Miskick by Taylor. Setup for Craig. The referee is pointing to the spot. | :20:04. | :20:15. | |
It's a penalty to St Johnstone. The Aberdeen players believe that Liam | :20:16. | :20:19. | |
Craig dived. Was there contact in the challenge? The referee said | :20:20. | :20:27. | |
there was. It is Craig levelling it up for St Johnstone. It is Liam | :20:28. | :20:33. | |
Craig's second from the spot this season, his fourth goal all told. | :20:34. | :20:39. | |
And with less than two minutes left to play, it is one of these. But the | :20:40. | :20:45. | |
game to play at the way it did is extremely disappointing from our | :20:46. | :20:49. | |
point of view and as I say, it is not for me to beat up referees, he | :20:50. | :20:53. | |
has called it because he thinks it is a penalty, so I can't be certain, | :20:54. | :20:58. | |
having seen it again, but if it is a penalty, it is disappointing we | :20:59. | :21:03. | |
allowed that situation to arise. The first goal was important in any game | :21:04. | :21:06. | |
and unfortunately, we have been losing the first goal too often this | :21:07. | :21:10. | |
season but particularly here, where it is nil-nil, the crowd can get a | :21:11. | :21:16. | |
bit agitated the longer it goes and that gave Aberdeen a lift and you | :21:17. | :21:19. | |
saw in the second-half performance the number of opportunities and the | :21:20. | :21:22. | |
amount of pressure they put us under but we defended really well as a | :21:23. | :21:26. | |
team, the two centre halves did their job well today and headed a | :21:27. | :21:32. | |
lot of dangerous crosses away. The penalty clearly the big talking | :21:33. | :21:35. | |
point but Michael, you want to focus on something that happened before | :21:36. | :21:39. | |
that. Have a look at this incident, there is no doubt the penalty | :21:40. | :21:42. | |
incident is the talking point, but this happened just a minute or two | :21:43. | :21:47. | |
before what led to the penalty and I just want to bring it up because a | :21:48. | :21:51. | |
lot of things go on in a game of football that you have no control | :21:52. | :21:54. | |
over, but when you have a free kick and the ball is stationary, it gives | :21:55. | :21:58. | |
you a good opportunity to set things up and for Aberdeen, there is only | :21:59. | :22:03. | |
four minutes to go before the final whistle, it gives you the chance to | :22:04. | :22:06. | |
run down the clock and waste a bit of time. You see Ash Taylor here, he | :22:07. | :22:12. | |
is making a run to go up and get into the box for a free kick from | :22:13. | :22:19. | |
Kenny McLean, and there is a great run here behind. It gives Kenny | :22:20. | :22:22. | |
McLean an option, what is he going to do? Play it down the line wait | :22:23. | :22:29. | |
for Taylor to get into the box? For me, personally, you waste as much | :22:30. | :22:32. | |
time as possible and get the guy into the box but if you played them | :22:33. | :22:36. | |
the line, it has to be played long. I don't think it is even experience, | :22:37. | :22:42. | |
you look at Kenny, he has reacted to a great run from right. The only | :22:43. | :22:47. | |
criticism is he has not overheated. If it goes out for a goal kick, you | :22:48. | :22:52. | |
get everyone back and you are set up. He has not overheat it. And that | :22:53. | :22:59. | |
would give Ash Taylor the chance to get back. You have two against two | :23:00. | :23:05. | |
at the back, they leave the ball, and they get their shot, it doesn't | :23:06. | :23:09. | |
come to anything but it creates the atmosphere of nervousness in the | :23:10. | :23:13. | |
stadium. Aberdeen have seen out nine games, winning nine games by a | :23:14. | :23:17. | |
single goal this season, which takes a lot of mental strength and mental | :23:18. | :23:21. | |
single goal this season, which takes energy. It gets the crowd anxious | :23:22. | :23:24. | |
and it gets onto the pitch with not long to go. A few bits and pieces | :23:25. | :23:28. | |
before the penalty incident you wanted to focus on. These individual | :23:29. | :23:34. | |
things are not in themselves horrendous, but again, for me, it | :23:35. | :23:37. | |
just creates that atmosphere within the stadium. This is only a personal | :23:38. | :23:44. | |
view but I don't want my full-back coming into these areas in the | :23:45. | :23:48. | |
middle of the park to win headers and the reason is look at this huge | :23:49. | :23:53. | |
space that is vacated by full-back when they into that area. | :23:54. | :23:58. | |
Ultimately, it doesn't get exploited, but what I would want is | :23:59. | :24:04. | |
this guy, my centre half to go and dominate and win the ball and then | :24:05. | :24:09. | |
what happens is you have your full-back who deepens and narrows | :24:10. | :24:13. | |
and your other centre half deepens and narrows and takes out any gaps | :24:14. | :24:17. | |
in the backline. In an ideal world, you could be right but it is two | :24:18. | :24:23. | |
minutes to go. The left back has made a decision and if I am Derek, I | :24:24. | :24:28. | |
am happy with that, he has gone and won the ball, I have a back for | :24:29. | :24:33. | |
covering two. The ride back and see the left winger and my two defensive | :24:34. | :24:37. | |
midfield players can see the St Johnstone midfield. In itself, it is | :24:38. | :24:42. | |
not a big mistake, it might not even be a mistake but the point is it is | :24:43. | :24:48. | |
the first of what transpires to be for raw five that lead to the | :24:49. | :24:52. | |
penalty being given away, because he is in a half position, he doesn't | :24:53. | :24:57. | |
know whether to commit or drop off. Reynolds is on his heels, Taylor | :24:58. | :25:02. | |
slashes it, fourth mistake, Brian Jack is caught on a two against one | :25:03. | :25:05. | |
and he takes a step in field and it allows Craig enough space to get | :25:06. | :25:14. | |
outside. That is a mistake, if he doesn't take the step inside, he | :25:15. | :25:19. | |
should tell his midfielder, I'll take the runner, you take the ball. | :25:20. | :25:27. | |
Is it a penalty? He could have got a touch on it but it doesn't look as | :25:28. | :25:30. | |
though the ball goes any faster after he gets a touch on it, but he | :25:31. | :25:36. | |
has made contact. You have to give credit to Liam Craig, he helped the | :25:37. | :25:39. | |
ball on in the centre circle and he didn't stand about, he made the run | :25:40. | :25:44. | |
and he got rewards with the penalty. How big an opportunity missed for | :25:45. | :25:49. | |
Aberdeen? A huge opportunity missed and it is disappointing for them but | :25:50. | :25:58. | |
it is those small things, concentration late in the game and | :25:59. | :26:01. | |
if they are going to win in the title, they have to get every one of | :26:02. | :26:04. | |
those right. I can understand the referee giving that but it is hard | :26:05. | :26:05. | |
Time for a Rewind. to take. | :26:06. | :26:07. | |
And this week we pay tribute to a true legend. | :26:08. | :26:10. | |
Next Friday, Scotland's greatest ever player picks up his bus pass. | :26:11. | :26:12. | |
I know you like top of the Pops, Kenny, and you have a particular | :26:13. | :26:21. | |
like to see Funky Music. like to see Funky Music. | :26:22. | :26:32. | |
# Play that funky music, wideboy... In the midfield, Kenny Dalglish and | :26:33. | :26:36. | |
he lets fly. There he is again. What a goal. | :26:37. | :26:44. | |
Dalglish! It is Dalglish, in fact, it is a goal! Michael Stewart had | :26:45. | :27:06. | |
his birthday on Friday, we will bring you that montage some other | :27:07. | :27:07. | |
time! In a moment, we'll see how | :27:08. | :27:08. | |
Motherwell fared at home But first, we're off to Dens Park | :27:09. | :27:10. | |
where Dundee hosted Inverness. Sixth versus seventh, | :27:11. | :27:14. | |
and a place in the top six on offer. The 15th of January 2005, the last | :27:15. | :27:30. | |
time that they had managed their win over Inverness Caley Thistle on the | :27:31. | :27:33. | |
business and in the 13th minute of this meeting, Inverness were on the | :27:34. | :27:37. | |
front foot once more. Ross Draper with the sure-footedness to finish | :27:38. | :27:42. | |
and Dundee, as so often the case in this fixture, with it all to do. | :27:43. | :27:49. | |
Thankfully for the dark blues these days, they have the potency up front | :27:50. | :27:53. | |
to turn things around. Greg Stewart with the effort from range with his | :27:54. | :27:57. | |
trusty left foot. Just wide of the target. | :27:58. | :28:04. | |
On a run of six games without defeat, Dundee were never going to | :28:05. | :28:09. | |
give up on proceedings. Gary Harkins' tenacity set up a chance | :28:10. | :28:17. | |
the Greg Stewart, but he failed to hit the target. But Dundee would | :28:18. | :28:26. | |
keep trying. Some great interplay between Kane Hemmings and Nick Ross | :28:27. | :28:29. | |
gave Hemmings a great chance but Fon-Williams saved well. And soon | :28:30. | :28:37. | |
after, some more slick interplay between the Dundee forward land in | :28:38. | :28:41. | |
Rory Loy, to get a shot away, but again, Fon-Williams stood firm -- | :28:42. | :28:48. | |
allowed in Rory Loy. A misplaced header then looked certain to give | :28:49. | :28:53. | |
Greg Stewart the chance to finally score the Dundee equaliser, but | :28:54. | :28:57. | |
Fon-Williams did it again and even managed to the Greg Stewart a degree | :28:58. | :29:03. | |
of sympathy. A great day for the Welsh international goalkeeper | :29:04. | :29:05. | |
finally came to an end with four minutes left to play. Kane Hemmings | :29:06. | :29:11. | |
with the final touch, his 20th goal of the season in 30 appearances as | :29:12. | :29:16. | |
it finished 1-1. Dundee are now unbeaten in seven matches. I thought | :29:17. | :29:22. | |
the first ten minutes, we didn't start well but overall, second half, | :29:23. | :29:27. | |
we were terrific. We could have won that game 5-1 today, we had | :29:28. | :29:32. | |
fantastic chances. On another day, Eubank Greg Stewart and Kane | :29:33. | :29:38. | |
Hemmings scoring a few more goals -- you bank. But the team never gave | :29:39. | :29:42. | |
up, they kept going and I thought we were brilliant second-half, some of | :29:43. | :29:46. | |
the combinations were excellent. To be honest, I felt Dundee did enough | :29:47. | :29:49. | |
to win the game and to get away with the result and appoint, yes, you | :29:50. | :29:54. | |
will take that. To lose a goal so late on and maybe Nick all three, a | :29:55. | :29:56. | |
little bit frustrating. Moult looked to put them ahead early | :29:57. | :30:15. | |
on but his effort was ruled out. McDonald straying offside. But his | :30:16. | :30:24. | |
time would come. In the battle of experience there | :30:25. | :30:29. | |
was only going to be one winner between Lasley and Nesbitt. A harsh | :30:30. | :30:39. | |
lesson for Nesbitt on his third senior appearance. | :30:40. | :30:42. | |
Moult put the ball in the net for a second time but this time it | :30:43. | :30:46. | |
counted. 1-0 to Motherwell. Thistle were | :30:47. | :30:53. | |
offering little in response and only the crossbar save them from going | :30:54. | :30:59. | |
2-0 down. The let off was temporary as | :31:00. | :31:05. | |
McDonald set up Moult to fire home his second. | :31:06. | :31:07. | |
Proving too much to handle for Thistle. A sublime reverse pass. | :31:08. | :31:20. | |
The traffic was one way and the visitors allowed Johnson space into | :31:21. | :31:25. | |
the penalty area and they paid the price. | :31:26. | :31:28. | |
A fine individual goal from the former Kidderminster man. It | :31:29. | :31:32. | |
deserved third for Motherwell. McDonald almost grabbed the goal but | :31:33. | :31:40. | |
was thwarted by a decent stop from the goalkeeper. | :31:41. | :31:44. | |
Thistle had one last blast for respectability. | :31:45. | :31:49. | |
But it owed more to a lapse of concentration. | :31:50. | :31:55. | |
A first win at home in 2016 for Motherwell moving them up to ninth | :31:56. | :31:56. | |
in the table. In this division we are raw kid will | :31:57. | :32:05. | |
of winning and losing against each other. | :32:06. | :32:10. | |
Motherwell deserved the lead albeit through a penalty. It was | :32:11. | :32:16. | |
disappointing, the pitch. Had more urgency today. Dundee with | :32:17. | :32:28. | |
that draw against Caley Thistle. A huge week for them, they play | :32:29. | :32:38. | |
Celtic. Great interplay from the Dundee | :32:39. | :32:41. | |
forwards. They need to sharpen off on the finishing. | :32:42. | :32:48. | |
I have a lot of respect for Stewart. The front for a very good. They | :32:49. | :32:59. | |
cause problems. Paul was trying to fit Harkins into the team. | :33:00. | :33:04. | |
He has wonderful talent. He will see runs. | :33:05. | :33:13. | |
The interplay was a joy to watch. When you play guys in the forward | :33:14. | :33:17. | |
area like that, their interplay is so quick. It is impossible to | :33:18. | :33:22. | |
defend. Human nature is your right gets attracted to the ball. When the | :33:23. | :33:27. | |
movement is so quick and interplay so good, it is difficult to defend. | :33:28. | :33:30. | |
Dundee have that in abundance. Interesting match against Rangers | :33:31. | :33:42. | |
next weekend in the Scottish Cup. Food you make favourites? | :33:43. | :33:50. | |
It is very hard. Rangers at home are very strong. They have come up | :33:51. | :33:54. | |
against Premiership teams this year and have drawn. | :33:55. | :34:00. | |
A hard game. Hard to call. With that front for, you know there will cause | :34:01. | :34:03. | |
Rangers problems. That is where that game will be one | :34:04. | :34:08. | |
lost. Rangers will have a lot of position but with that front for, | :34:09. | :34:13. | |
that is their weakness. Fascinated to see who gets the upper hand. | :34:14. | :34:21. | |
Credit to Motherwell, McDonald central to proceedings, playing | :34:22. | :34:22. | |
alongside Moult and Johnson. The perfect front three. They have | :34:23. | :34:32. | |
the perfect front three. A striker who wants to play within the six | :34:33. | :34:39. | |
yard box. A player who wants to come to the ball and link the play. And | :34:40. | :34:46. | |
Martin Johnson who has pace. Scott McDonald is a very clever player. | :34:47. | :34:50. | |
One of those results which encapsulates the bottom half of the | :34:51. | :34:53. | |
Premiership, you're never sure who will come out on top. | :34:54. | :34:58. | |
Martin McGhee was talking about their turn to enjoy the results. I'm | :34:59. | :35:03. | |
sure he wants to make sure it is not as flippant as that. | :35:04. | :35:08. | |
Great play from Scott McDonald. Guys like that in the final third reason | :35:09. | :35:10. | |
you have always a chance to win. This week, Robbie Neilson signed | :35:11. | :35:15. | |
a new contract to keep him Yesterday, they hosted Kilmarnock | :35:16. | :35:17. | |
who's manager Lee Clark Before the game Tynecastle paid | :35:18. | :35:20. | |
tribute to Jim McFadzean, a former player for both clubs | :35:21. | :35:24. | |
and a League winner Five changes to the side that lost | :35:25. | :35:27. | |
at Tannadice. Lee Clarke is looking for his first | :35:28. | :35:47. | |
Premiership win he makes one change to the side against Dundee. | :35:48. | :35:59. | |
Confusion at the heart of the Heart of Midlothian defence. | :36:00. | :36:04. | |
Slater touts his shot wide. A chance in the first minute for Kilmarnock. | :36:05. | :36:13. | |
Didn't have his shooting boots on there. Lee Clarke. Nielsen having | :36:14. | :36:24. | |
signed a new Dawlat year deal. Pushed to the ground by Stuart | :36:25. | :36:30. | |
Findlay, that is a penalty kick. No question about the decision. | :36:31. | :36:36. | |
Arm on his back, he went to ground. Yellow card for Findlay. Saved by | :36:37. | :36:41. | |
McDonald of the post. Looped back in by Jimmy Walker. | :36:42. | :36:48. | |
Hearts are ahead. Relief for Jimmy Walker. Saw his initial effort saved | :36:49. | :36:56. | |
off the post. Then, looped back. Not the best of connections, the spin | :36:57. | :36:57. | |
took it over into the net. Driving into the Kilmarnock camp, | :36:58. | :37:13. | |
support outside from Nicholson, going it alone. Another saved by | :37:14. | :37:18. | |
McDonald. Hearts threatening to go 2-0 up. | :37:19. | :37:21. | |
Another good save. Once again, McDonald to his left. | :37:22. | :37:34. | |
Walker slipped with the follow-up. A good curve on that from Stoute. | :37:35. | :37:37. | |
Another great save from McDonald. Good stills from Nicholson. Another | :37:38. | :37:51. | |
saved from McDonald, stuck out his boot. | :37:52. | :37:58. | |
Good initial skills from Nicholson. Again good work by McDonald. | :37:59. | :38:07. | |
Nicholson with the header, just off the post. | :38:08. | :38:14. | |
How close was that? Great ball by Paddison, Nicholson, and over the | :38:15. | :38:18. | |
post. The shot going wide. Alexander knew | :38:19. | :38:35. | |
that was going wide. A good effort from Ogude Yves. | :38:36. | :38:42. | |
Another chance here for hearts. Findlay clears it off the line. | :38:43. | :38:54. | |
Lifted over the goalkeeper. No one there for hearts to tap the ball | :38:55. | :38:59. | |
home. Another corner kick. | :39:00. | :39:05. | |
Handball and a penalty. Magennis who started off as a goalkeeper, handled | :39:06. | :39:08. | |
that right on the edge of the six yard box. | :39:09. | :39:13. | |
Again, McDonald says it and again from the follow up, fantastic work. | :39:14. | :39:20. | |
On his feet to block the second effort from Nicholson. | :39:21. | :39:24. | |
Alexander punches it clear. Kiltie with the final effort which was | :39:25. | :39:36. | |
blocked. Faubert on as a substitute. All Stoute got in the way. | :39:37. | :39:41. | |
Getting three points against a tough team. A couple of chances to kill | :39:42. | :39:52. | |
the game off. I am pleased with three points. Lots | :39:53. | :39:56. | |
of good things to take from the game, we need results as well. | :39:57. | :40:01. | |
Disappointed with that. Lots of positives to take from it. Some good | :40:02. | :40:06. | |
individual performances today. A good win for hearts. You have to | :40:07. | :40:11. | |
feel sorry for McDonald in the Kilmarnock goal. | :40:12. | :40:15. | |
To go back to your old club and have a performance like that and end up | :40:16. | :40:19. | |
on the losing side is a tough one. A great penalty saved. But there to | :40:20. | :40:23. | |
get the rebound if Walker had struck it better. He shanked it allowed him | :40:24. | :40:30. | |
to get it up and over. He made a number of really good | :40:31. | :40:35. | |
saves. A bitter pill for him to swallow. | :40:36. | :40:41. | |
He is a great shot stopper. He doesn't have great presence | :40:42. | :40:45. | |
standing in his goal, but Nielsen has signed a new contract, | :40:46. | :40:57. | |
and talked about winning the title. Realistically not this year. | :40:58. | :41:03. | |
A tough task. This is great with what we have been seeing at | :41:04. | :41:07. | |
Aberdeen, creates the feeling it can be done. There is no reason for | :41:08. | :41:11. | |
hearts and Robbie to look at that and say, why can we not? | :41:12. | :41:19. | |
Lee Clarke has a task on his hands. It is very hard when you are losing | :41:20. | :41:25. | |
games. He had a great grounding down south, in Huddersfield. At | :41:26. | :41:32. | |
Birmingham and that feel -- Blackpool. | :41:33. | :41:35. | |
He will give it his best shot. Reports of racial abuse directed at | :41:36. | :41:40. | |
Magennis, police are appealing for witnesses. | :41:41. | :41:44. | |
Time for a look at the Ladbrokes Premiership table. | :41:45. | :41:47. | |
The gap at the top remains six points, with Celtic and Aberdeen | :41:48. | :41:49. | |
St Johnstone are back in fourth place, while Motherwell climb two | :41:50. | :41:53. | |
places thanks to that win over Partick Thistle. | :41:54. | :41:55. | |
Dundee United have now got the gap down | :41:56. | :41:58. | |
Could it yet be a hugely dramatic escape for the Tannadice side? | :41:59. | :42:03. | |
Almost time to look at the Championship. | :42:04. | :42:05. | |
But first, a look ahead to a massive few days | :42:06. | :42:07. | |
Sportscene's here on Saturday night at 10:20 on BBC One Scotland, | :42:08. | :42:32. | |
with highlights from Rangers' clash with Dundee. | :42:33. | :42:33. | |
final between Ross County and Dundee United. | :42:34. | :42:37. | |
On Sunday afternoon, join Rob Maclean and guests | :42:38. | :42:39. | |
on BBC One, for live coverage of Hibernian's clash with holders | :42:40. | :42:43. | |
And we'll be back, regular as clockwork, on Sunday night, | :42:44. | :42:46. | |
to recap the weekend's action in the Cup and Premiership. | :42:47. | :42:50. | |
To the race for the Championship now. | :42:51. | :42:52. | |
Rangers began the weekend with an eight-point lead at the top | :42:53. | :42:55. | |
Two changes for Rangers. Miller is into the starting XI, so is Law. | :42:56. | :43:17. | |
Two changes as well to the St Mirren team which beat Dumbarton. | :43:18. | :43:31. | |
Setting off on a trademark run, finding Miller. | :43:32. | :43:42. | |
Who goes very close to putting them in front. | :43:43. | :43:50. | |
Oh how the Rowe is tormenting St Mirren. Webster with the challenge, | :43:51. | :43:59. | |
and down he went, although he did jump to his feet very quickly. | :44:00. | :44:05. | |
The fans behind the goal are screaming for a penalty here. | :44:06. | :44:11. | |
They certainly locked arms, the pair of them, a tug at the shirt. Down he | :44:12. | :44:14. | |
went. No penalty. | :44:15. | :44:27. | |
Driving forward again. In four Miller. What a mess. Oh, dear. I'm | :44:28. | :44:36. | |
sure he is saying something a little stronger than that. Can't believe he | :44:37. | :44:39. | |
has scooped this over top. Webster made the challenge, the | :44:40. | :44:56. | |
referee John McKendrick couldn't have been much closer. And he says, | :44:57. | :45:00. | |
no penalty. It's Tavernier, and Lange field | :45:01. | :45:17. | |
makes a good save. Looking for the top corner, not quite finding it, | :45:18. | :45:24. | |
but it is still a good solid save. On the attack, Tavernier. Now | :45:25. | :45:28. | |
Miller. There is king and he has turned it wide. Well, the chances | :45:29. | :45:37. | |
keep on coming for Rangers. And St Mirren putting up stiff resistance, | :45:38. | :45:39. | |
still goalless at Ibrox. It is King and Lange field again | :45:40. | :45:58. | |
getting himself in the way -- Langfield. When King took it wide, | :45:59. | :46:01. | |
always difficult to beat the goalkeeper from that angle. In front | :46:02. | :46:07. | |
Tavernier, into a really good area, no one really attacked it for | :46:08. | :46:11. | |
Rangers. It took an awkward bounce and it needed saving in the end by | :46:12. | :46:13. | |
Langfield. Leaving St Mirren players in his | :46:14. | :46:26. | |
wake, another great run and King on the end of it and again, it is a | :46:27. | :46:31. | |
crucial touch by the St Mirren goalkeeper. Langfield divert this | :46:32. | :46:35. | |
around the post. Interception by O'Halloran. And | :46:36. | :46:52. | |
Harry Forrester! Scores his first Rangers goal in the 86th minute at | :46:53. | :47:00. | |
Ibrox. It is a crucial strike, just when St Mirren thought they were | :47:01. | :47:05. | |
holding on for a point. What was Gary Ervin thinking here? O'Halloran | :47:06. | :47:08. | |
holding on for a point. What was with interception, Harry Forrester | :47:09. | :47:09. | |
with the finish. Stevie Mallan with the free kick. It | :47:10. | :47:21. | |
was never going to beat Wes Fotheringham. And that is going to | :47:22. | :47:23. | |
be that, 1-0, Rangers. Before we discuss it, | :47:24. | :47:26. | |
how did their nearest challengers Hibs were away at Dumbarton hoping | :47:27. | :47:29. | |
for a return to form, After their surprise midweek defeat | :47:30. | :47:50. | |
to Morton, Hibs needed a win to get back into the title race and they | :47:51. | :47:53. | |
threatened to take an early lead through Liam Henderson. The on loan | :47:54. | :48:01. | |
Celtic midfielder crashing a shot off the crossbar. It was the hosts | :48:02. | :48:05. | |
who took the lead in the 20th minute with their first effort on target. | :48:06. | :48:10. | |
Kevin Cawley evaded the attentions of John McGuinness and Barkley | :48:11. | :48:15. | |
before drilling home a 20 yard shot. Finding room between the Hibs | :48:16. | :48:20. | |
midfielders before firing an unstoppable shot. Three minutes | :48:21. | :48:28. | |
before the break, the Sons doubled their advantage when Christian Nade | :48:29. | :48:33. | |
headed home. The goalkeeper came out to intercept the cross but the | :48:34. | :48:37. | |
format Hearts striker nipped in ahead of him to glance home his | :48:38. | :48:43. | |
first role for Dumbarton. Stevie Aitken is' side then further their | :48:44. | :48:52. | |
lead and again, a former Hearts player twisting the knife, but Hibs | :48:53. | :48:59. | |
got themselves back into contention just before the hour with a | :49:00. | :49:03. | |
spectacular goal from Henderson. Linking twice with Stephenson, the | :49:04. | :49:07. | |
midfielder cut in from the left before curling a superb shot into | :49:08. | :49:12. | |
the top corner. It was Henderson's 5th Fleet goal of the season and he | :49:13. | :49:17. | |
won't have scored many better than this effort. -- league goal. The | :49:18. | :49:29. | |
comeback looked well and truly on when they made it 3-2 with 50 | :49:30. | :49:34. | |
minutes remaining. Dumbarton failed to clear their lines before El | :49:35. | :49:39. | |
Alagui pounced on the ball. It proved too little too late for Hibs, | :49:40. | :49:44. | |
who have seen their automatic promotion hopes slipping away. We | :49:45. | :49:49. | |
are delighted, but credit to Hibs, at 3-0, a lot of teams would have | :49:50. | :49:55. | |
brought their tail in but they came at us and put us under severe | :49:56. | :49:59. | |
pressure but we managed to hold out. Our record before the last couple of | :50:00. | :50:03. | |
games has been very good and we are just making silly individual errors | :50:04. | :50:09. | |
and unfortunately right now, we are getting punished for them. And after | :50:10. | :50:14. | |
all that, the Ladbrokes championship table looks like this... Rangers are | :50:15. | :50:22. | |
11 points clear now and look at Falkirk, after their victory against | :50:23. | :50:26. | |
Queen of the South, just two points behind Hibs. Raith Rovers were | :50:27. | :50:31. | |
winners against Morton this weekend. It is amazing how quickly things can | :50:32. | :50:35. | |
change in the space of a week. Is that championship title race over? I | :50:36. | :50:41. | |
can't see Rangers losing four games with that goal difference, so I | :50:42. | :50:45. | |
would think it is over but I don't think Alan will push the panic | :50:46. | :50:50. | |
button. They have been exceptional, unbelievable, and I have been at a | :50:51. | :50:54. | |
couple of games, I was there during the week and as he said, they are | :50:55. | :51:00. | |
losing bad goals. Even against Morton, they scored before Morton | :51:01. | :51:06. | |
scored and I thought it was a goal, but losing bad set play is, I | :51:07. | :51:11. | |
thought Paul Hanlon could have matched the run of Christian Nade | :51:12. | :51:14. | |
there, even though the keeper came out but I don't think they should | :51:15. | :51:20. | |
panic, they should be over the moon, they are in a quarterfinal and | :51:21. | :51:25. | |
second in the league. Is it down to a mental thing? Very much so, it is | :51:26. | :51:29. | |
tough, there is a mental fragility when you have come through a long | :51:30. | :51:34. | |
period of not losing games and then they have had a month of really big | :51:35. | :51:39. | |
games, then come down and that combination has taken their foot off | :51:40. | :51:43. | |
the pedal and as Darren says, concentration, you lose sloppy | :51:44. | :51:46. | |
goals, you give yourself an uphill battle and they have not been able | :51:47. | :51:51. | |
to turn it around but echoing what Darren says, they will be more than | :51:52. | :51:56. | |
happy with the season so far. Quick word on Michael O'Halloran, making | :51:57. | :51:59. | |
his debut for Rangers and he is all about direct, quick play. Yes, | :52:00. | :52:05. | |
strong, pacey and I think they have brought him to play with Warokorn in | :52:06. | :52:11. | |
the middle, but he has his injury but he has real pace and strength. | :52:12. | :52:18. | |
Did you think about talking him to United? We spoke to a lot and talked | :52:19. | :52:25. | |
about a lot of players and he is one that we liked, but he is a good | :52:26. | :52:30. | |
player. He will get the ball and he will make things happen for you. He | :52:31. | :52:34. | |
is something different, he gives a real pace and I think when you add | :52:35. | :52:39. | |
that to the Rangers team, it gives them a different threat in the final | :52:40. | :52:42. | |
third and he is definitely going to be a plus for that Rangers team. So | :52:43. | :52:47. | |
as far as you are concerned, the title is in the bag for Rangers? I | :52:48. | :52:52. | |
think so, Darren made a great point, Rangers have to lose more than four | :52:53. | :52:54. | |
games and Hibs have do win everything and I think it is too | :52:55. | :52:58. | |
much, Alan Stubbs has said that. That is the beauty of the play-offs, | :52:59. | :53:02. | |
it gives teams a second bite of the cherry. And a massive weekend for | :53:03. | :53:06. | |
Rangers in terms of the Scottish Cup, they take on Dundee. Michael | :53:07. | :53:11. | |
and Doran at the rate Darren, thank you for tonight. | :53:12. | :53:13. | |
The late Davie Cooper would've been 60 years old this week. | :53:14. | :53:15. | |
A true Scottish football great, greatly missed, who lit | :53:16. | :53:17. | |
He has scored. Cooper equalises for Rangers. | :53:18. | :53:45. | |
Johnson is in, here is Cooper with a chance. It's a goal. Davie Cooper! | :53:46. | :53:59. | |
Davie Cooper, 1-0. | :54:00. | :54:02. |