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Is we will focus on the quest for two trophies in the next 45 minutes. | :00:45. | :00:47. | |
Action from four SPL matches and the two League Cup semi-finals | :00:47. | :00:53. | |
coming up. Plus, chat from St Johnstone manager Steve Lomas. Some | :00:53. | :00:57. | |
Sunday-night transfer news - Celtic have added a striker to their squad. | :00:57. | :01:02. | |
Rangers could be miners won with Everton now making a move to sign | :01:02. | :01:08. | |
one of theirs. We know that West Ham have declared an interest in | :01:08. | :01:12. | |
him already. Rangers could do with some money. Is this outcome | :01:12. | :01:18. | |
inevitable? It looks like it is on the cards and it would be a body | :01:18. | :01:23. | |
blow to any manager to lose their top goalscorer. He played against | :01:23. | :01:27. | |
us and was quiet for most of the game and then gets two goals. That | :01:27. | :01:37. | |
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is key areas for Rangers. Hopefully it will be resolved sooner rather | :01:40. | :01:45. | |
than later so they can reinvest some of that money. Rangers won't | :01:45. | :01:49. | |
be getting on him at least for now and he will be joining up with the | :01:49. | :01:55. | |
Celtic squad. He is currently with the Turkish club. He will join | :01:55. | :02:01. | |
Celtic on loan to the end of the season. | :02:01. | :02:05. | |
He has got a great record in Poland. He is a Polish international. It | :02:05. | :02:12. | |
works in his favour for us because he will be hungry to play. He will | :02:12. | :02:17. | |
give the squad had fully a lift. He has had a bit of a tough time in | :02:17. | :02:21. | |
Turkey, but hopefully he will come here and show us what a good player | :02:21. | :02:24. | |
he can be. If you are Neil Lennon, that is | :02:24. | :02:27. | |
what you want to do - add to your squad when things are going well. | :02:27. | :02:34. | |
Exactly. He is totally right, he is getting a guy at the end of the | :02:34. | :02:37. | |
season he has got something to prove. He has not hit it off in | :02:37. | :02:41. | |
Turkey, but he has got the finals in his homeland in the summer, and | :02:41. | :02:47. | |
he wants to be in that squad. It is a perfect fit for player and club. | :02:48. | :02:51. | |
Celtic's League Cup semi-final allowed Rangers to close the gap at | :02:51. | :03:01. | |
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the top of the SPL. They wanted to It is Paul Magowan, it is to do one. | :03:09. | :03:19. | |
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That is a great finish! In their last match before the | :03:28. | :03:33. | |
transfer window closes, in came a great wild. Hibernian were minus | :03:33. | :03:38. | |
their main scoring threat, both suspended. Two new arrivals were | :03:38. | :03:48. | |
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It is going to be an early yellow down! He perhaps could have taken | :04:18. | :04:25. | |
it a little bit earlier. A first- time hit would have been better, | :04:25. | :04:35. | |
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for the opening goal! A second goal of the season for Steven Davis and | :04:54. | :05:01. | |
Rangers are ahead after 27 minutes. Hibernian had the chance at one end, | :05:01. | :05:06. | |
Rangers gave simple football, a great run and there was no chance | :05:06. | :05:16. | |
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He did not gamble. A great ball masters of their own misfortune. | :05:53. | :06:03. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 67 seconds | :06:03. | :07:10. | |
David Healy sense rages to ahead. - deflected. He scored with a | :07:10. | :07:20. | |
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deflection against Aberdeen last week. He will be happy enough so | :07:20. | :07:30. | |
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He pleads his case, but it is a shake of the head from the referee. | :07:39. | :07:49. | |
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A deliberate block. And on his debut. It is Hibernian's first SPL | :07:50. | :08:00. | |
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red card of the season. And he no chance. His cause for the second | :08:09. | :08:19. | |
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time as a Rangers player. -- he scores. A fabulous goal! He started | :08:24. | :08:28. | |
the scoring for Rangers, he will ended the scoring for Rangers. | :08:28. | :08:36. | |
Davies signing of in a scarlet -- style. That is a terrific finish | :08:36. | :08:44. | |
That gets it back to one point. A really big win for Rangers. | :08:44. | :08:49. | |
Fantastic. And finished off by a high-class player Steven Davis he | :08:49. | :08:58. | |
looks like he is finding his top form again. He probably missed | :08:58. | :09:02. | |
Stephen Smith playing alongside him, but he was class yesterday. It is | :09:02. | :09:05. | |
hard to believe those were the only the second and third goals of this | :09:06. | :09:12. | |
season, but that is to do with part of the pitch he generally occupiers. | :09:12. | :09:16. | |
He has maybe had to play a little bit deeper for his own liking, but | :09:16. | :09:19. | |
McGregor does brilliantly here. He collects the ball and feeds it | :09:19. | :09:25. | |
really quickly, does not give Hibernian a chance to regroup. It | :09:25. | :09:31. | |
is a great run from Stephen, and a nice finish. He is a top-notch | :09:31. | :09:39. | |
player up. To control it running backwards with one foot, take it | :09:39. | :09:44. | |
with the other, and then shoot low and hard across the goalkeeper is a | :09:44. | :09:48. | |
textbook finish after a great bit of control. Is too much cast of | :09:48. | :09:52. | |
Steven Davis at times? He is a big player, but he has suffered by his | :09:52. | :09:57. | |
own high standards over the last two seasons. Rangers missed Stephen | :09:57. | :10:00. | |
Smith, no doubt, and probably he has had to bear the brunt of that | :10:00. | :10:06. | |
in midfield, and probably had to do a little bit more fetching and | :10:06. | :10:09. | |
carrying defensively for Rangers for his own liking, and Rangers's | :10:09. | :10:15. | |
benefit. Rangers were hopeful about Aluko when they signed him up on a | :10:15. | :10:19. | |
short-term deal. Do you think they are surprised about the impact he | :10:19. | :10:24. | |
has made? They knew his ability, but he has given Rangers a lift | :10:24. | :10:28. | |
since he came in. He is a defender's nightmare. He can go | :10:29. | :10:34. | |
inside, he can go outside, he has got great feet and a trick. You see | :10:34. | :10:38. | |
these little clips here. Whenever you are a defender, you know which | :10:38. | :10:44. | |
way to put your feet. With this kid, he can top it outside, inside, | :10:44. | :10:48. | |
obviously just did not finish it properly there, but now, when you | :10:48. | :10:55. | |
talk about finish, this is top drawer. Rangers always like their | :10:55. | :10:58. | |
attacking players like Mark Walters, and I think they have found another | :10:58. | :11:04. | |
little gem. Is the Rangers squad still strong enough to compete with | :11:04. | :11:10. | |
Celtic? It depends who will replace him. He won't want them to go, but | :11:10. | :11:17. | |
financial restrictions might take it out of Ally McCoist's hands. Yet | :11:17. | :11:24. | |
if it did not do much but prop up the two goals. | :11:24. | :11:27. | |
That Finland has been bemoaning Hibernian's bad defending, and | :11:27. | :11:31. | |
there is evidence just about every week for the prosecution, isn't | :11:31. | :11:37. | |
there, that this is calamitous stuff? Yes, whenever we have | :11:37. | :11:41. | |
analysed Hibernian, and it is maybe a confidence thing as well, where | :11:41. | :11:44. | |
they always seem to have enough people back to deal with it, but | :11:44. | :11:49. | |
whether it is a lack of confidence or whatever, they just don't deal | :11:49. | :11:54. | |
with it. People don't take responsibility, you know. Certainly, | :11:54. | :11:59. | |
week prospered against them for some slack defending. Yes, and this | :11:59. | :12:06. | |
is against Dunfermline. A bread and butter ball into the box, isn't it? | :12:06. | :12:09. | |
You look at that club, they have more than enough defenders to deal | :12:09. | :12:14. | |
with it. That his players not taking responsibility to go and | :12:14. | :12:18. | |
deal with it and leave it to each other, and maybe that will only | :12:18. | :12:26. | |
change with personnel coming in. James will be a good signing. It | :12:26. | :12:29. | |
will taking a little while to hit the ground running, but the | :12:29. | :12:34. | |
suspension will hurt him and Hibernian. I think you had a bit | :12:34. | :12:38. | |
more to work with, taking over midstream? That was a question | :12:38. | :12:42. | |
asked of me, was it difficult coming in at that point? I was | :12:42. | :12:46. | |
delighted because our boys were doing something right to be in that | :12:46. | :12:50. | |
position. It is always harder, when a team is struggling and conceding | :12:50. | :12:57. | |
goals, to try and shore up and maybe it is that Pat has had to | :12:57. | :13:01. | |
wait until the window was open, and I would imagine he is hoping to do | :13:01. | :13:04. | |
more business. I would think you were right. Now, | :13:04. | :13:11. | |
in the battle to be best of the rest in the SPL, Motherwell against | :13:11. | :13:14. | |
St Johnstone. Motherwell reclaimed third place on | :13:14. | :13:22. | |
Tuesday against Dunfermline. terrific finish! | :13:22. | :13:25. | |
Saints were just three points behind after winning at Easter Road | :13:25. | :13:35. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 67 seconds | :13:35. | :14:16. | |
last weekend. I wonder if this little deflection | :14:16. | :14:26. | |
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off the head of Jennings deceived He struck with power. It was pretty | :14:37. | :14:47. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 67 seconds | :14:47. | :15:32. | |
Good strike. It's back off the bar. | :15:32. | :15:39. | |
Loads of action on the ball. Up and over the goalkeeper. Only foiled by | :15:39. | :15:49. | |
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the under side of the cross-bar. Hammell under pressure. | :15:55. | :16:04. | |
There's Croft - a brilliant save Randolph. A late challenge by | :16:04. | :16:14. | |
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Sandaza. A yellow card. A free - It's 1-1. | :16:42. | :16:52. | |
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Right on half-time, at Fir Park. A cracking left-foot strike. | :16:53. | :17:03. | |
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Randolph could do nothing about shooting position. Real ferocity on | :17:08. | :17:13. | |
the strike. Again, frustratingly for him pretty much down the throat | :17:13. | :17:23. | |
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2-1, Motherwell. He's on a short-term deal at the | :17:40. | :17:50. | |
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moment. I think Motherwell might A deflection off Morris. Up and | :18:12. | :18:22. | |
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How much was there in this? I think not a lot is the answer. | :18:37. | :18:46. | |
Enough, it seems, for the award of a penalty. | :18:46. | :18:56. | |
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It's 3-2. Goal number five of the match. | :18:57. | :19:03. | |
Motherwell are rightly excited about the young Estonian. He has | :19:03. | :19:07. | |
made an incredible impact in the last few games for them. Difficult | :19:07. | :19:11. | |
to handle, from your point of view? Well, we watched him against | :19:11. | :19:14. | |
Dunfermline. We are really surprised. I think the key thing | :19:14. | :19:20. | |
which stands out, he's hungry as a player. He wants work - wants to | :19:20. | :19:26. | |
run the channels. Obviously the boy can finish. Right foot and left | :19:26. | :19:31. | |
foot. Jody slipped a little. Take no credit away from the lad - he | :19:31. | :19:36. | |
has obviously reacted great himself. It is textbook - low and hard into | :19:36. | :19:43. | |
the far corner. I said to my boys, don't underestimate this kid. He | :19:43. | :19:52. | |
don't underestimate this kid. He wants to get forward. D Maybe we | :19:52. | :19:58. | |
can do with the agent's number. can do with the agent's number. | :19:58. | :20:00. | |
can do with the agent's number. can do with the agent's number. | :20:00. | :20:05. | |
Produce a few more of them. Jody | :20:05. | :20:11. | |
Jody Morris scored a belter of a goal - top drawer this, in terms of | :20:11. | :20:17. | |
winning it, then the pass, then the finish. It is a great skill | :20:17. | :20:21. | |
dragback. The reverse ball. Continues his run. This is what | :20:21. | :20:26. | |
Jody is all about. You don't play for Chelsea with others if you have | :20:26. | :20:31. | |
not got quality and this boy's got quality. He's a fantastic pro as | :20:31. | :20:37. | |
well. He's very fit. He'll play easily for another three or four | :20:37. | :20:40. | |
years. Will that be with St Johnstone? | :20:40. | :20:45. | |
Listen, he has a close relationship with Derek, but it would have to be | :20:45. | :20:51. | |
a decent offer for us to relinquish our club captain two days before | :20:51. | :20:57. | |
the window. We would love him to stay. He's a fantastic professional. | :20:57. | :21:01. | |
You can see he genuinely loves football. I like that when somebody | :21:01. | :21:06. | |
is so passionate about the game. He was top-class yesterday. It was a | :21:06. | :21:13. | |
good little battle with him and Jennings and others. It was a great | :21:13. | :21:18. | |
advertisement for the SPL yesterday. We were unfortunate we did not get | :21:18. | :21:21. | |
something from the game. Who knows what will happen in the next couple | :21:21. | :21:27. | |
of days. He seems to have added grit to his game like that as well. | :21:27. | :21:32. | |
It is something we have asked him. I say watch Barcelona off the ball, | :21:32. | :21:37. | |
how hard they work. If it is good enough for Mesi, it is good enough | :21:37. | :21:41. | |
for him. He has to work higher off the ball. When he does that, he | :21:41. | :21:46. | |
gets opportunities. He is a quality, quality player. A little unlukey | :21:46. | :21:50. | |
with the strike there. He continues to get into the areas. You know | :21:50. | :21:57. | |
what I mean - he's a good all-round player. He has good feet and is in | :21:57. | :22:01. | |
great form. You have built a platform with what you have done | :22:01. | :22:05. | |
for St Johnstone this season. Some terrific results along the way. You | :22:05. | :22:10. | |
are in a great place. Is qualifying for European football next season a | :22:10. | :22:13. | |
possibility? It is all there to play for. Motherwell have given | :22:13. | :22:19. | |
themselves a gap. There are games to play for. One thing that my boys | :22:19. | :22:22. | |
can't be criticise is their character. They go and come back. | :22:22. | :22:26. | |
Even at 3-1 they come back against Motherwell and probably should have | :22:26. | :22:32. | |
got something for the game. This is the Hibs game. We get one, they | :22:32. | :22:37. | |
come back. 2-1 back, they come back. Then we have the courage and desire. | :22:37. | :22:44. | |
They have the pitch and that man Fran scores a great goal. The | :22:44. | :22:47. | |
players probably don't get the credit for the quality they've got. | :22:47. | :22:53. | |
They not only work hard, but there are some good players. Saints' fans | :22:53. | :22:57. | |
will want to know players coming in. I know you have a youngster from | :22:57. | :23:02. | |
Tottenham coming up tomorrow. Does it depends who goes out as to who | :23:02. | :23:06. | |
comes in? We know the financial restrictions we have at St | :23:06. | :23:10. | |
Johnstone. Credit to them. They run a tight slip. If you see what is | :23:10. | :23:15. | |
going on in some -- ship. If you see what is going on in some clubs, | :23:15. | :23:24. | |
it's the right decision. It depends players in, players out. We've had | :23:24. | :23:30. | |
to release a few to free up some funds. Unfortunately we're not like | :23:30. | :23:35. | |
Celtic where he can go and pick whatever he wants. The last person | :23:35. | :23:41. | |
from St Johnstones made a fashion statement - with the jumper. It is | :23:41. | :23:46. | |
more to keep the heat off the head. It is not a fashion statement. I | :23:46. | :23:56. | |
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would not claim to be a fashion guru. I certainly don't have | :23:56. | :24:03. | |
Georgio on speed dial. Aberdeen had a strong incentive. A home win | :24:03. | :24:13. | |
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against Dunfermline would give them last week's fine weekend at Rugby | :24:21. | :24:27. | |
Park, with another at Pittodrie. It is Aberdeen pressing this. A | :24:27. | :24:37. | |
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reflection and Turner takes no Brown when he should have scored. | :24:52. | :25:01. | |
He knows it too, the Dunfermline striker. What an opportunity! | :25:02. | :25:11. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 67 seconds | :25:12. | :26:05. | |
Thompson battling away and winning in no-man's-land. | :26:05. | :26:10. | |
The tenth goal of the season for the Aberdeen striker. Aberdeen | :26:10. | :26:15. | |
looking to press home that advantage. Not a good clearance | :26:15. | :26:23. | |
break for Chris Clarke. A good save for Turner. Some acrobatics in | :26:23. | :26:33. | |
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there as well. Vernon. A forceful run. He had | :26:45. | :26:55. | |
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options inside. Easy for Ian Turner. Dunfermline looking for the | :26:55. | :27:05. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 67 seconds | :27:05. | :27:45. | |
probably the strongest position in the first half. | :27:45. | :27:53. | |
Since then it has been mistake after mistake at the back. | :27:53. | :27:57. | |
Yesterday Vernon goal was too. want to stay with your goalkeeper. | :27:57. | :28:01. | |
You are forced to make a change. Then you make another change. This, | :28:01. | :28:05. | |
for me, is down to a lack of confidence. The goalkeeper has time | :28:05. | :28:08. | |
- and sometimes when you have too much time to think about it, you | :28:08. | :28:11. | |
make the wrong decision. Quite clearly, he's never going to get | :28:11. | :28:15. | |
that ball. He's going to stay at home. | :28:15. | :28:23. | |
He will make the striker's mind up for him. This was the winner for | :28:23. | :28:30. | |
Lee Griffiths when Hibs took all the point. It was Smith in goal. He | :28:30. | :28:40. | |
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continuity, but we profited from some not great goalkeeping. You | :28:45. | :28:50. | |
look at again yesterday, and done Vernon had two great chances before | :28:50. | :29:00. | |
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Aberdeen scored. -- done Vernon. talked openly about improving your | :29:00. | :29:04. | |
squad at a good time. I guess Aberdeen are doing that as well, | :29:04. | :29:13. | |
having got into the top six. think what to see there, and Craig | :29:13. | :29:20. | |
Brown is a sly fox and he knows that experience helps, and there is | :29:20. | :29:23. | |
a lot of experience there. Certainly, Aberdeen will benefit | :29:23. | :29:27. | |
from that. Inverness and St Mirren are two other teams with their | :29:27. | :29:32. | |
sights set on the top half of the table. They were head-to-head this | :29:32. | :29:42. | |
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SPL matches, but they started brightly against Inverness Callie | :29:47. | :29:53. | |
Thistle. The home side failed to clear the danger. They kept at it | :29:53. | :29:58. | |
with Steven Thomson's header forcing them to show some agility. | :29:58. | :30:05. | |
A good ball in, and a good -- good save from Thomson's efforts. Lennon | :30:05. | :30:12. | |
no doubt encouraged by his side's early efforts, only for his long- | :30:12. | :30:17. | |
range effort to be deflected wide. This was probably Inverness's best | :30:17. | :30:23. | |
chance of the first half. Nick Ross's effort was blocked, with the | :30:23. | :30:29. | |
ball falling kindly but the strike fell wide. Into the second half, | :30:29. | :30:35. | |
and Jonny Hayes was sent on his way. Hayes, who has been lent it to a | :30:35. | :30:40. | |
move to Celtic, delivered a wonderful ball. Gregory was unable | :30:40. | :30:47. | |
to connect properly. St Mirren had their chances, too, with a free | :30:47. | :30:56. | |
kick. It looked to have Ryan are worried, but the strike was wide. | :30:56. | :31:00. | |
With encouragement being shouted from the sidelines, Nick Ross did | :31:00. | :31:06. | |
well to squeeze the ball through, but the woodwork kept out his shot. | :31:06. | :31:09. | |
That would have been some day before the Frenchman who signed for | :31:09. | :31:17. | |
the club on Thursday. -- debut. He was determined to prove his | :31:17. | :31:24. | |
worth to his new team-mates. A strong, powerful run, and Nick Ross | :31:24. | :31:27. | |
was set up. Ross looked annoyed with himself for not scoring, but | :31:27. | :31:35. | |
here we see it was a great save from Craig Samson. | :31:35. | :31:40. | |
Here is how the Premier League is looking. Just a point in it now at | :31:40. | :31:50. | |
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Final line-up was sorted out. Liam McLeod and Billy Dodds were at | :32:00. | :32:02. | |
Hampden today for Falkirk against Celtic. Highlights of that one | :32:02. | :32:05. | |
after we've watched the best of yesterday's first semi-final. Al | :32:05. | :32:15. | |
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Lamont watched Ayr against Can he find a route to girl -- | :32:29. | :32:39. | |
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goal? Blocked superbly. This might be the man to and pick the lock. He | :32:41. | :32:47. | |
goes for goal, it is kicked away. A great save. Still in the danger | :32:47. | :32:57. | |
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zone. What a save by Ciaran Cuffe but to deny James Day tin. A | :32:59. | :33:09. | |
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real class. This was heading for the top corner. Once more, the | :33:35. | :33:40. | |
goalkeeper is the difference between Kilmarnock... And again, a | :33:40. | :33:50. | |
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heroic goalkeeper! An instinctive shot, but that was sailing into the | :34:14. | :34:24. | |
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net. Oh, what a shock, what a sake! -- saved. He has kept out | :34:25. | :34:29. | |
absolutely everything that has been thrown at in this afternoon. That | :34:29. | :34:39. | |
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is his best effort yet. This could be a chance for Kilmarnock... Just | :34:43. | :34:52. | |
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unadulterated joy for Kilmarnock. It looked like it would never come. | :35:24. | :35:32. | |
But Cuthbert could not keep them out for ever. Who can fault him for | :35:32. | :35:42. | |
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all the work he has put in this hit in the semi-final against done | :35:53. | :36:03. | |
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Anthony Stokes is also in. He and Gary Hooper have scored 31 between | :36:11. | :36:21. | |
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of sight. The flag is off. -- up. once more. A good ball, a good pace | :36:56. | :37:03. | |
on it. Charlie Mulgrew, one of the scorers in the Scottish Cup final | :37:03. | :37:10. | |
against Motherwell last season, take the corner. The yellow card | :37:10. | :37:20. | |
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for Darren Dods. We will see it again, but he is all over him. In | :37:25. | :37:29. | |
the blink of an eye, Celtic have an opportunity to go ahead in the | :37:29. | :37:35. | |
semi-final. And Falkirk have had the stuffing knocked out of them in | :37:35. | :37:45. | |
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the blink of an eye! He just does not pet -- say that. But power, | :37:46. | :37:56. | |
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A great chance here for Falkirk to level, and they have! Would you | :38:01. | :38:08. | |
believe it? Falkirk have got themselves back on level terms. | :38:08. | :38:18. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 67 seconds | :38:18. | :39:24. | |
half-time interview. Steven it Fulton. Brilliant again. That is | :39:24. | :39:34. | |
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a good chance for Falkirk. It hit the woodwork once more. Handball... | :39:35. | :39:45. | |
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Not given by the referee. They should have been another penalty. | :39:48. | :39:56. | |
It is Stokes, and it is to to one. That is superb! Celtic are back in | :39:56. | :40:06. | |
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front. That is brilliant from Anthony Stokes. Miller will take | :40:10. | :40:20. | |
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the corner for the Bens. In it is fantastic. And there is the | :40:45. | :40:50. | |
clincher! Anthony Stokes claims that one. Hooper blustered that one | :40:50. | :41:00. | |
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across, Stokes get his second sailing. But I am delighted. 3-1, | :41:16. | :41:21. | |
people may say that Falkirk deserved better, but we missed so | :41:21. | :41:29. | |
many chances today. We hit the post twice, and Thomas missed a free | :41:29. | :41:33. | |
header. We could have won the game more comfortably. We passed the | :41:33. | :41:39. | |
ball brilliantly at times. Passing in Between the Lines, rotation of | :41:39. | :41:44. | |
players, I was delighted with all aspects of the play. What happened | :41:44. | :41:50. | |
at half-time, you ended up in the stand? I just spoke to the referee | :41:50. | :41:53. | |
about my concerns about the penalty kick. I have not seen the penalty | :41:53. | :42:01. | |
myself, but I wondered if it would have been given in the other box. | :42:01. | :42:05. | |
I don't think there was any question, was there? When Stephen | :42:05. | :42:09. | |
looks back at the pictures he will realise that his was an over- | :42:09. | :42:18. | |
reaction to a daft moment by Darren Dods. I think so. You want your | :42:18. | :42:24. | |
defenders getting touched tight, but he wrapped his to arms around | :42:24. | :42:29. | |
him. Ombersley he gave the referee an excuse to give a penalty. It was | :42:29. | :42:33. | |
a great finish by Brown. It wasn't the heat of the moment, he is | :42:33. | :42:37. | |
passionate, but maybe someone should have given him a little tart | :42:37. | :42:41. | |
and said, listen, you're defender did have his two arms wrapped | :42:41. | :42:46. | |
around the player. The Falkirk equaliser summed up the quality of | :42:46. | :42:50. | |
their performance. Great vision and composure on the field. He and | :42:50. | :42:57. | |
Botham was the man-of-the-match to supply it. Yes, a great little | :42:57. | :43:06. | |
reverse ball. Take no credit away from Falkirk. Steven Pressley can | :43:06. | :43:11. | |
be very proud of how his team played. A super run from his wide | :43:11. | :43:15. | |
player. What a finish when he gets the opportunity. One of those | :43:15. | :43:21. | |
matches were both managers are happy. Falkirk did themselves lot | :43:21. | :43:30. | |
of favours, but did not go through. Yes, they can be proud of their | :43:30. | :43:37. | |
performance and their players, and it sets them up to move upwards in | :43:37. | :43:46. | |
the Championship. Dean got the only goal of the game, but he had to | :43:46. | :43:50. | |
wait 109 minutes for it. What a goalkeeping performance this guy | :43:50. | :43:58. | |
had. The second one should have caught it, but he was absolutely | :43:58. | :44:03. | |
magnificent. He must have made about seven or eight great saves. | :44:03. | :44:08. | |
Maybe he could have done better, but he can take no blame at all. He | :44:08. | :44:16. | |
was absolutely fantastic. All credit to him, a great achievement | :44:16. | :44:26. | |
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for Kilmarnock. Next weekend, of course, it is the Scottish Cup last | :44:27. | :44:32. | |
16. 11 of the 12 SPL teams are still in it, plus five from the | :44:33. | :44:36. | |
First Division. Inverness against Celtic kicks off on Saturday | :44:36. | :44:46. | |
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lunchtime, followed by Aberdeen Comprehensive Cup coverage next | :44:58. | :45:03. | |
weekend on the BBC. Saturday night highlights at 22:20. Rangers | :45:03. | :45:09. |