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Data spectacular opening goal in the Dali. And the shot was an absolute | :00:16. | :00:35. | |
beauty. It's in. What a finish. And that is it, I would imagine. | :00:36. | :00:40. | |
Good evening and welcome to Sportscene on this wintry weekend. | :00:41. | :00:42. | |
The good news is that all six matches in | :00:43. | :00:45. | |
Coming up tonight, a weekend of football | :00:46. | :00:48. | |
to warm even the coldest of hearts. | :00:49. | :01:15. | |
Michael Stewart and Stuart McCall bring their expertise to bear | :01:16. | :01:17. | |
We start with Celtic's trip to Inverness. | :01:18. | :01:23. | |
It had already been a bad week for Ronny Deila - now he was visiting | :01:24. | :01:26. | |
There was a massive boost for Caley Thistle in the shape of Gary Warren | :01:27. | :01:41. | |
Andros Draper. Starting for the first time since the August and | :01:42. | :01:45. | |
October. Josh Meekings at right back. Ronnie Deila can again call on | :01:46. | :01:55. | |
midfielders Stefan Johansen and Nir Biton. They were both banned for the | :01:56. | :01:59. | |
Ajax came in the Europa League in mid week. Callum McGregor keeps his | :02:00. | :02:02. | |
place in the starting line-up after impressing. It is not just the | :02:03. | :02:09. | |
European game on Thursday that Celtic are trying to bounce back | :02:10. | :02:12. | |
from. They drew with Kilmarnock last weekend. That goalless draw. Ronnie | :02:13. | :02:20. | |
Deila wants a reaction to that as well, you would imagine. Here comes | :02:21. | :02:24. | |
Callum McGregor. He scores himself, and why not? That is wonderful from | :02:25. | :02:33. | |
McGregor. He only ever seems to score in the first ten minutes of | :02:34. | :02:36. | |
matches, and he scores two in two, having scored against the Dutch side | :02:37. | :02:41. | |
the other night. Wonderful goal again from Callum McGregor. Warren. | :02:42. | :02:53. | |
Craig Gordon saved that. Not that he knew much about it. Back in by | :02:54. | :03:02. | |
Vincent. Josh Meekings. A good shuffle and not a bad effort. The | :03:03. | :03:08. | |
diving header from Gary Warren was saved by Craig Gordon. Josh Meekings | :03:09. | :03:14. | |
was not far away with that curling effort. Anthony Stokes had plenty to | :03:15. | :03:21. | |
say on social media this morning. Restoration boiling over. Rarely | :03:22. | :03:25. | |
gets a look in these days. Ronnie Deila accusing him of being | :03:26. | :03:28. | |
disrespectful to his team-mates before the game. Lovely touch | :03:29. | :03:41. | |
initially from Storey and it is 1-1. This was all about the first touch | :03:42. | :03:47. | |
for Miles Storey. It took Dedryck Boyata out of the equation, and | :03:48. | :03:53. | |
Simunovic could not get at him, and Miles Storey made no mistake from | :03:54. | :03:57. | |
the rebound. Caley Thistle are level. Celtic did not win here last | :03:58. | :04:03. | |
season. Inverness causing them problems again. Josh Meekings. Given | :04:04. | :04:18. | |
away by Greg Tanzi to Armstrong. It falls to Nir Biton. He has such a | :04:19. | :04:27. | |
good hit from that kind of distance. It just swerved to the wrong side of | :04:28. | :04:33. | |
the post. It twisted well. It was unorthodox. The job of the officials | :04:34. | :04:39. | |
is hard enough. You don't want to be missing goals. That hole in the net | :04:40. | :04:44. | |
will need to be tied up before the second half gets underway. The | :04:45. | :04:51. | |
corner from McGregor. There was appeals inside the box. Simunovic | :04:52. | :04:55. | |
was involved in this. Tangled with Danny Devine. He certainly had his | :04:56. | :05:08. | |
Jersey pulled. Ryan Christie watching, out on loan, back at Caley | :05:09. | :05:12. | |
Thistle from Celtic. Being treated at Celtic. An interested spectator, | :05:13. | :05:19. | |
today. Even Stevens on the scoresheet. 2-1, Leigh Griffiths! | :05:20. | :05:30. | |
And the lead is restored. This is great play initially by Scott | :05:31. | :05:35. | |
Allan, teeing up Kieran Tierney. The substitute finding the left-back who | :05:36. | :05:39. | |
has impressed so often since breaking into this Celtic side. | :05:40. | :05:44. | |
Scott Allen had a cameo against Ajax in midweek. Getting a bit longer | :05:45. | :05:48. | |
today in the second half. Leigh Griffiths is just one shy of the 20 | :05:49. | :05:54. | |
goal mark and we are not out of November. He was his own worst | :05:55. | :05:58. | |
critic after the Ajax game in midweek. It will feel a lot that, as | :05:59. | :06:04. | |
will Ronnie Deila, as Celtic go back in front. At last, a debut for car | :06:05. | :06:13. | |
and call, replacing Tom Roberts. -- Carlton Cole. Replacing Tom Rogic. | :06:14. | :06:26. | |
Vincent, active Ian Vigurs. Shout for handball against Stefan | :06:27. | :06:31. | |
Johansen. It was the effort from Ian Vigurs. And there it was. Vigurs | :06:32. | :06:43. | |
losing out in the middle to Nir Biton. McGregor. He's been patient. | :06:44. | :06:59. | |
Cole! Probably should have scored. That would have been some impact for | :07:00. | :07:04. | |
the former England international, testing Owain Fon Williams with | :07:05. | :07:09. | |
this. Again, Callum McGregor creating the chance. The corner kick | :07:10. | :07:21. | |
from Tansey cleared off the line by Johannson. The Scottish Cup | :07:22. | :07:27. | |
holders' best chance of the second half. We have had all four seasons | :07:28. | :07:38. | |
in the Highland capital today. Sunshine across the Moray Firth all | :07:39. | :07:42. | |
of a sudden. Griffiths. He has it on the left. A big chance here. And it | :07:43. | :07:54. | |
has gone in! Well, that will be game over. They are claiming handball | :07:55. | :08:00. | |
against Carlton Cole. This is not going to win any goal of the season | :08:01. | :08:06. | |
awards. That is for sure. But it has secured three precious points for | :08:07. | :08:09. | |
Celtic. It has got to go down as an own goal, surely. Carlton Cole took | :08:10. | :08:19. | |
an eternity to get it under control, didn't really in the end, it comes | :08:20. | :08:24. | |
off Danny Devine, but did it come off the hand of Carlton Cole? It | :08:25. | :08:28. | |
appears as though it did. But it is 3-1, Celtic, and the points secured. | :08:29. | :08:33. | |
Griffiths. McGregor. This was an important game for | :08:34. | :08:49. | |
Celtic. Carlton Cole, looking for a fourth. On the back of the | :08:50. | :08:55. | |
Kilmarnock game and the Ajax game, this has been a worthy three points | :08:56. | :08:59. | |
for the champions. It is always very difficult when you have played two | :09:00. | :09:02. | |
and a half days ago, the travelling as well. And they played good as | :09:03. | :09:09. | |
well. Inverness always have a lot of energy and try to play. Very pleased | :09:10. | :09:13. | |
with three points and with the performance. You could see | :09:14. | :09:19. | |
everything behind it. We wanted to control more with the ball than we | :09:20. | :09:25. | |
did today. We did OK for 60 minutes. We were as good as Celtic. It is all | :09:26. | :09:31. | |
right a good footballing side and we still have to win games and keep | :09:32. | :09:36. | |
clean sheets. That is what we need to work on. The football side is not | :09:37. | :09:41. | |
bad. But we need to be a little bit more ruthless in the way that we | :09:42. | :09:49. | |
defend. Valuable win for Celtic. Extending the lead at the top to | :09:50. | :09:54. | |
seven points. Callum McGregor first into the limelight and he is seizing | :09:55. | :10:00. | |
his chance. He certainly is. He came into the game on Thursday against | :10:01. | :10:04. | |
Ajax through mist necessity because of the lack of numbers. And he took | :10:05. | :10:07. | |
his chance. Almost made himself on drop a ball. In the game here today, | :10:08. | :10:13. | |
doing fantastically well, early on, with a great strike. Again, similar | :10:14. | :10:19. | |
to the goal that he got against Ajax. Not real power on it, but his | :10:20. | :10:24. | |
accuracy is what put it in the back of the net. He is a good distance | :10:25. | :10:29. | |
out. You think that the goalkeeper should maybe get to it because it is | :10:30. | :10:33. | |
not a rocket of a shot, he gets it right in the corner, as you see. It | :10:34. | :10:40. | |
was important that Celtic made that bright start after the | :10:41. | :10:42. | |
disappointment against Ajax. But again you see the fragility in the | :10:43. | :10:46. | |
Celtic defence in this match as well. It is something they seem not | :10:47. | :10:51. | |
to be able to fix at the moment. Again, conceding two goals in | :10:52. | :10:59. | |
Europe. Routine is a big thing in management. The goal, it is a little | :11:00. | :11:06. | |
bit soft in the middle. And right through the heart of the defence. | :11:07. | :11:13. | |
Trying to play a little bit of football and they get caught. But it | :11:14. | :11:16. | |
is like a knife through butter, if you watch it. It is too easy. It | :11:17. | :11:24. | |
does not look good. When you see the first angle, Celtic want to play | :11:25. | :11:30. | |
football but the two centre halves are very wide. But the bit of | :11:31. | :11:33. | |
defensive instinct and knowledge to see that he's getting back into | :11:34. | :11:38. | |
position quicker and seeing off the danger, good defenders like Virgil | :11:39. | :11:46. | |
van Dijk and Jason Denayer would get it snuffed out before it gets into | :11:47. | :11:52. | |
the box. We saw on Thursday night that it was about fine margins that | :11:53. | :11:56. | |
went against Celtic. Today, they got the rub of the green at times. You | :11:57. | :12:03. | |
can see here, it is given as offside. It is very tight. Watch | :12:04. | :12:07. | |
Simunovic. Why step out? Just match the run. He's dicing with a big | :12:08. | :12:13. | |
chance here. And it goes up the other end, great goal from Celtic to | :12:14. | :12:19. | |
go 2-1 up, but taking a chance at the back and they could have been | :12:20. | :12:23. | |
2-1 down. Good finish from Leigh Griffiths. After the other night, I | :12:24. | :12:32. | |
felt for him. Was this a handball? I think to myself, why is your hands | :12:33. | :12:34. | |
and putting his arm out's he's giving the referee decision to make. | :12:35. | :12:41. | |
And look at this, another handball, not intentional. Look at the Stefan | :12:42. | :12:48. | |
Johansen one, he has thrown his arm out and it could have been a | :12:49. | :12:51. | |
penalty. This is not intentional but it ends up in the back of the net. | :12:52. | :12:56. | |
It does not sit easily with me when there's been a handball that leads | :12:57. | :13:06. | |
to a goal. He gets a bad touch. Interesting on Twitter from Anthony | :13:07. | :13:09. | |
Stokes. It went down very badly with his employers, buzzing to be up to | :13:10. | :13:15. | |
Inverness to sit in the stands and lovely weather for it as well. He | :13:16. | :13:19. | |
apologised later. The think that he has played his last game for | :13:20. | :13:23. | |
Celtic? When was the last time he played? That the perils of social | :13:24. | :13:33. | |
media. Stay off it. The question still remains, do you think this | :13:34. | :13:38. | |
management team at Celtic will be given another crack at European | :13:39. | :13:43. | |
competition? That is a big call for the board to make. I think it is a | :13:44. | :13:48. | |
real stick or twist. I think they have two twist because I do not see | :13:49. | :13:50. | |
any progress being made in Europe. To Rugby Park next where Kilmarnock | :13:51. | :13:52. | |
welcomed Partick Thistle. Now, if the League had started | :13:53. | :13:55. | |
in October Thistle would lie fourth Fair to say their stock is | :13:56. | :13:58. | |
on the rise. Straight up to Firhill, there has | :13:59. | :14:11. | |
been another goal. Partick on their way to the first winner of the | :14:12. | :14:16. | |
season. Steven Lawless, what a strike! Ryan Stevenson's Cross has | :14:17. | :14:26. | |
gone all the way in. Thistle have one again. Come on mate just one | :14:27. | :14:33. | |
change from the side that drew nil nil at Celtic Park. Greg Kilty | :14:34. | :14:36. | |
coming in for the injured Rory McKenzie. Partick Thistle make two | :14:37. | :14:42. | |
changes from the win over Inverness with Robbie Muirhead and Stewart | :14:43. | :14:45. | |
Hannigan coming into the starting XI. Steven Lawless. Gets the ball | :14:46. | :15:01. | |
through. The flag stays down and Partick Thistle take the lead | :15:02. | :15:07. | |
through Doohan. It was a great ball from Lawless. It was certainly | :15:08. | :15:14. | |
tight. Doohan kept his cool. He finds the net for the fourth time | :15:15. | :15:18. | |
this season, his third goal against Kilmarnock. Gary Fraser with a free | :15:19. | :15:30. | |
kick to the back post. It is Doohan, it is 2-0, and two goals for Chris | :15:31. | :15:36. | |
Doohan. He has scored twice against Kilmarnock back in August and scored | :15:37. | :15:39. | |
twice against, not again. Such a tight angle. You have to ask, where | :15:40. | :15:51. | |
was the Kilmarnock defence's, Mike need to find a way back into the | :15:52. | :15:56. | |
match. And they are back into the match. Who else but the Northern | :15:57. | :16:02. | |
Ireland international? His eighth goal of the season. It was Balatoni | :16:03. | :16:12. | |
with the ball into the box and a sweet finish from Josh Magennis. | :16:13. | :16:16. | |
Robbie Muirhead with the ball into the box. Kilmarnock have not dealt | :16:17. | :16:25. | |
with this, and Gary Fraser has, and Partick Thistle have squawked -- | :16:26. | :16:28. | |
have restored their two goal advantage in this match. In these | :16:29. | :16:34. | |
wild weather conditions. Kilmarnock all at sea. Gary Fraser kept his | :16:35. | :16:40. | |
cool. Good composure from Fraser. Partick Thistle make it 3-1. The | :16:41. | :16:49. | |
ball played on. What a chance that was for the hat-trick from Micron. | :16:50. | :17:00. | |
It is not dealt with again. And this time, McDonnell makes the save. | :17:01. | :17:08. | |
Desperate for the hat-trick and getting plenty of chances thanks to | :17:09. | :17:11. | |
this lack of defending from Kilmarnock. The ball comes out wide. | :17:12. | :17:20. | |
Robbie Muirhead, former, like player. What a strike from Robbie | :17:21. | :17:28. | |
Muirhead! That has to be three points from Partick Thistle. Robbie | :17:29. | :17:33. | |
Muirhead does it in style from 30 yards. What a finish that is. The | :17:34. | :17:40. | |
beat goalkeeper of that quality from that range, it has to be a good | :17:41. | :17:46. | |
strike and it is a fantastic strike. Smith with the ball into the box. | :17:47. | :17:50. | |
Swirling into the box. And their header from Connelly has found the | :17:51. | :17:57. | |
back of the net. And the captain scores. Looks like it will be a | :17:58. | :18:03. | |
consolation goal. It looks over the top of Sculli. He got his bearings | :18:04. | :18:12. | |
wrong. The condition is not helping. It is not going to be enough for | :18:13. | :18:16. | |
Kilmarnock in this match, surely. Good skill from booth. And again. | :18:17. | :18:22. | |
Partick Thistle carving open Kilmarnock. A chance form your head. | :18:23. | :18:29. | |
And it is 5-2. -- a chance for Robbie Muirhead. Partick Thistle, | :18:30. | :18:34. | |
who struggled to score in the early part of the season, have got five | :18:35. | :18:46. | |
goals in Ayrshire. Why does it always rain on me, thinks Gary | :18:47. | :18:52. | |
Locke? And the header back of the post. Almost 64 Partick Thistle. An | :18:53. | :19:00. | |
abysmal day for the Kilmarnock defence. You're not going to win | :19:01. | :19:06. | |
games losing the goals that we lost today. Apart from Robbie Muirhead's | :19:07. | :19:11. | |
strike from 35 yards out, but all of the other goals were preventable if | :19:12. | :19:16. | |
we do other jobs and unfortunately for us today, too many players did | :19:17. | :19:21. | |
not do that. We call from the set play as well. Kilmarnock were | :19:22. | :19:26. | |
rattled because after the goal they struggled for ten minutes. Then it | :19:27. | :19:32. | |
was a great performance in the second half. It was a scintillating | :19:33. | :19:37. | |
display from Partick Thistle, leapfrogging Kilmarnock in the | :19:38. | :19:43. | |
table. They went from struggling to score to suddenly this deluge of | :19:44. | :19:48. | |
calls. You can see it in terms of the form table. They would actually | :19:49. | :19:53. | |
be for. It shows the turnaround that Alan Archibald has engineered. You | :19:54. | :19:58. | |
can face it back to when they beat Dundee United to leapfrog them. They | :19:59. | :20:01. | |
put Dundee United bottom. Since then Dundee United to leapfrog them. They | :20:02. | :20:05. | |
they have gone on a good run. Scoring goals. I like Doolin. He | :20:06. | :20:16. | |
should have had a hat-trick. Looking at the attacking personnel, you have | :20:17. | :20:20. | |
got Steven Lawless as well, Robbie Muirhead. Partick Thistle should be | :20:21. | :20:24. | |
scoring goals. Yesterday was special for them. Partick Thistle have | :20:25. | :20:31. | |
always been an attacking side. But goals change games. They make such a | :20:32. | :20:37. | |
huge difference. That was obviously what they were struggling to do at | :20:38. | :20:42. | |
the start of the season. And when you get goals, it breeds confidence. | :20:43. | :20:45. | |
When you have someone capable of doing something like that, that was | :20:46. | :20:50. | |
a fantastic strike. When you have got somebody that can do that, out | :20:51. | :20:55. | |
of nothing, it puts real confidence into the side. They have gone from | :20:56. | :21:02. | |
strength to strength. Interesting to see where Partick Thistle can take | :21:03. | :21:08. | |
this. But how can a site that goes to Celtic Park and grind out a 0-0 | :21:09. | :21:12. | |
draw then concede five goals at home to a site that is below them in the | :21:13. | :21:16. | |
league's as a manager, you do not see that coming. But the fantastic | :21:17. | :21:23. | |
result. As you say, 0-0 at Celtic Park. Then to lose five yesterday, | :21:24. | :21:27. | |
and it could have been more. They have a big game at home to Dundee | :21:28. | :21:31. | |
United next week. A lot of work to be done on the training ground this | :21:32. | :21:32. | |
week. To Pittodrie now. Aberdeen with just | :21:33. | :21:37. | |
the one win from their last 8 matches. | :21:38. | :21:40. | |
They faced a Ross County side with just one away win in the league all | :21:41. | :21:42. | |
season. Commentary from Rob MacLean. Aberdeen centre-back as Taylor is | :21:43. | :21:53. | |
drop by Derek McInnes. Graeme Shinnie goes into midfield. Just one | :21:54. | :21:57. | |
change to the Ross County team which beat Motherwell. Jonathan Franks | :21:58. | :22:01. | |
replaced by Stuart Madoc. The Dingwall team looking for a second | :22:02. | :22:06. | |
win of the season against Aberdeen. Andrew Davis with the challenge | :22:07. | :22:12. | |
against Adam Rooney. The home side looking for a free kick. | :22:13. | :22:19. | |
Davis with the header away. Mr by Willo Flood. Hesitation by Reynolds. | :22:20. | :22:28. | |
And on goes Liam Boyce with options on either side. Through four Craig | :22:29. | :22:33. | |
Curran, and he has squeezed in! The opening goal. After 40 minutes at | :22:34. | :22:45. | |
Pittodrie. -- 14 minutes. It was sloppy their way Aberdeen gave away | :22:46. | :22:47. | |
possession and there's the punishment. Leaving neither | :22:48. | :22:57. | |
goalkeeper or Che Logan on the goal-line able to stop him scoring. | :22:58. | :23:11. | |
Free kick given. Taken by Logan. Johnny Hayes leaving Liam Boyce in | :23:12. | :23:14. | |
his tracks. Foster, blocking the shot. And it was Andrew Conser dying | :23:15. | :23:27. | |
in the end who saw a shot saved by Ross County keeper, Gary Woods. In | :23:28. | :23:38. | |
from Niall McGinn. Rooney. Stooping to try to head that in. Just failing | :23:39. | :23:46. | |
to make contact with the free kick from Niall McGinn. Aberdeen were | :23:47. | :23:53. | |
booed off at the end of the first half, looking to better after the | :23:54. | :23:57. | |
interval. Good play from Niall McGinn. His shot appeared to strike | :23:58. | :24:02. | |
the arm of Marcus Fraser. Aberdeen screaming for a penalty. The ball | :24:03. | :24:11. | |
retained by Rooney. Now it is Maclean and McGinlay spins away from | :24:12. | :24:17. | |
the full-back, Fraser. It is in front of Rooney and it is 1-1. A | :24:18. | :24:23. | |
much better showing from the Dons. Since the interval. They had to get | :24:24. | :24:29. | |
better. And they have just level things up. Six minutes after the | :24:30. | :24:34. | |
restart. Niall McGinn with the setup. And the really good finish. | :24:35. | :24:54. | |
Graeme Shinnie. Now considering. -- Considine. And across from Johnny | :24:55. | :25:02. | |
Hayes has gone in! And it is 2-1. It has been completely turned around. | :25:03. | :25:11. | |
Fortune favouring Johnny Hayes. There is no greater area than when | :25:12. | :25:14. | |
the ball clips the post on it's way into the back of the net from one | :25:15. | :25:26. | |
down, to 2-1 ahead, Aberdeen. Graeme Shinnie loses out. Now Jonathan | :25:27. | :25:30. | |
Franks to try to set something up. Liam Boyce. What a save from Danny | :25:31. | :25:37. | |
Ward. The flying header from Liam Boyce produces a reflex stop. Put | :25:38. | :25:47. | |
away by Considine. Lovely play from Rooney. Niall McGinn, stamps are the | :25:48. | :25:57. | |
goal which surely Seals the points were Aberdeen. -- stabs home. It is | :25:58. | :26:08. | |
3-1. Ten minutes from time, and the comeback is surely complete after a | :26:09. | :26:15. | |
much improved second-half showing. No way back, it seems, for Jim | :26:16. | :26:20. | |
McIntyre's Ross County. But they have not given up. It is off the | :26:21. | :26:27. | |
line from Craig story. The youngster in the right place at the right | :26:28. | :26:36. | |
time. The first half was more nervous than it should have been | :26:37. | :26:39. | |
because of the goal, we lost people goal. We had 45 minutes to do | :26:40. | :26:45. | |
something about it and the players did it. They deserve credit the | :26:46. | :26:50. | |
matter what anybody says to them. The goalkeeper has had a great save | :26:51. | :26:54. | |
from Liam Boyce with his header at the crucial point which would have | :26:55. | :26:58. | |
made 2-2, and then Aberdeen got their tails up after that. It was | :26:59. | :27:03. | |
poor play defensively, the goals that we give away were | :27:04. | :27:06. | |
disappointing. You know that you have to defend well when you come | :27:07. | :27:09. | |
here, which we certainly did in the first half. The classic game of two | :27:10. | :27:15. | |
halves. Did that second-half performance reenergise Aberdeen? | :27:16. | :27:21. | |
They are now where I would expect them to finish. They have too strong | :27:22. | :27:27. | |
a squad, good individuals and good team players in there as well and a | :27:28. | :27:31. | |
lot of quality, always score goals. The first half, disappointing, then | :27:32. | :27:36. | |
Derek got the reaction and they will probably now keep on with the | :27:37. | :27:43. | |
quality they have in the squad. In the first half it felt like Ross | :27:44. | :27:47. | |
County bullied Aberdeen. Niall McGinn such an important player for | :27:48. | :27:54. | |
them. Initially, he found it a bit tricky, finding the route to goal. | :27:55. | :27:59. | |
Ross County have done that to lots of teams this season. They have | :28:00. | :28:03. | |
outmanoeuvred and bullied a lot of teams. But the change in the second | :28:04. | :28:09. | |
half was quite clear to see. And no more so than through Niall McGinn, | :28:10. | :28:14. | |
who is a big player for Aberdeen. Great finish from Rooney as well. | :28:15. | :28:19. | |
When you get" I Johnny Hayes and Adam Rooney, when they are on form, | :28:20. | :28:23. | |
top form, then undoubtedly, that makes Aberdeen click. A bit of good | :28:24. | :28:32. | |
fortune, but no surprise it is the three of them that end up scoring. | :28:33. | :28:36. | |
This is a great run from Niall McGinn. A brainless winger by just | :28:37. | :28:41. | |
continue the run down the outside but he notices a space on the inside | :28:42. | :28:45. | |
and makes the inside run and ends up with the ball in the back of the | :28:46. | :28:50. | |
net. Still with the chance of challenging Celtic to an extent? I | :28:51. | :28:55. | |
wouldn't have thought so, but they will have a good competition with St | :28:56. | :28:59. | |
Johnstone and with hearts going for second place. It is a bit up and | :29:00. | :29:07. | |
down for Ross County. Back in Dingwall to begin. It is a tough one | :29:08. | :29:16. | |
against St Johnstone. St Johnstone are team that is historically very | :29:17. | :29:21. | |
resolute, much like Ross County are at the moment. There's not a great | :29:22. | :29:25. | |
deal to pick between them. But, up in Dingwall, they have started to | :29:26. | :29:28. | |
make that a difficult race for teams to go. 1-1! | :29:29. | :29:32. | |
We're celebrating 40 years of Sportscene this season | :29:33. | :29:34. | |
and we've delved into the archives for some nostalgia. | :29:35. | :29:36. | |
34 years ago this weekend, Dundee United took on Rangers | :29:37. | :29:38. | |
The Tannadice side looking to win it for the third season in a row. | :29:39. | :29:50. | |
Lots of hands up asking for the ball. That was a very poor free | :29:51. | :30:04. | |
kick. And Milne has it at his feet. Jardine going across in. Great goal, | :30:05. | :30:14. | |
1-0, Dundee United. He tries to chip in, and he does, he scores! Cooper. | :30:15. | :30:25. | |
Cooper with it. Hegarty. He tries the chip and it is there from | :30:26. | :30:27. | |
Redford. Two minutes ago. -- to go. There was Friday night football | :30:28. | :30:33. | |
at McDiarmid Park. High-flying St Johnstone welcomed | :30:34. | :30:35. | |
draw specialists Dundee. The home side's form of late has | :30:36. | :30:38. | |
been impressive and the fans, it's It has been going brilliantly again. | :30:39. | :30:53. | |
And we are scoring goals, which has never happened before. Unbelievable! | :30:54. | :31:01. | |
It is nice to get a system that the players enjoy playing and playing | :31:02. | :31:04. | |
for the manager. The ten men have come from behind. They have got | :31:05. | :31:10. | |
great spirit this team. Michael Halloran has been amazing this | :31:11. | :31:13. | |
season. Halloran scores for the person picked -- third consecutive | :31:14. | :31:26. | |
game. It is only half away, it is Craig and it is 3-1. You have a lot | :31:27. | :31:32. | |
of experienced boys in the team and good management team behind us. They | :31:33. | :31:36. | |
never get too carried away when it is going well and we didn't get down | :31:37. | :31:43. | |
at the start of the season when we were not doing as well as we would | :31:44. | :31:52. | |
have liked. They have grounded out victory when reduced to ten men | :31:53. | :32:00. | |
three times this season. Speaking to Kevin Thompson, he has had a few red | :32:01. | :32:05. | |
cars in his career. It is like anything. If you are injured and | :32:06. | :32:11. | |
suspended, you kick every ball and you want to be involved. The main | :32:12. | :32:16. | |
thing is that the team wins again. -- wins the game. | :32:17. | :32:24. | |
McGavin trying to get it through to Stewart. It is in towards King | :32:25. | :32:31. | |
Hemmings. He does well to turn on and try to get the shot away. Good | :32:32. | :32:36. | |
early opening from the visitors. The shot saved by Alan Mannus. Lovely | :32:37. | :32:46. | |
turn by Stewart, releasing King Hemmings. And Dundee have the early | :32:47. | :32:52. | |
breakthrough. Only played three minutes. And King Hemmings has put | :32:53. | :33:00. | |
Dundee in front. Neat flick and interchange between Stewart and | :33:01. | :33:06. | |
Hemmings. And he picks his spot in the bottom corner for his sixth of | :33:07. | :33:19. | |
the season. In towards Wotherspoon. That is the equaliser. They were | :33:20. | :33:27. | |
only behind for ten minutes. Great pace from Michael O'Halloran end the | :33:28. | :33:33. | |
wide right area. Sets it up nicely for Wotherspoon. And make no | :33:34. | :33:38. | |
mistake. Goal number three of the season for Wotherspoon. Maclean, | :33:39. | :33:49. | |
keeps it moving. David Wotherspoon. Good play from Wotherspoon. He tried | :33:50. | :33:57. | |
to curl it to the far corner. Already with one goal this evening. | :33:58. | :34:04. | |
Coming close to two there. Colder again. St Johnstone backing. It is | :34:05. | :34:14. | |
Stewart. Not enough power to beat Alan Mannus. You're always | :34:15. | :34:30. | |
disappointed when you don't win, but we picked up a point and we kept the | :34:31. | :34:33. | |
unbeaten run going, so the players are pleased with that. We have built | :34:34. | :34:39. | |
on back safely on Monday and then it is back to work. It was a fantastic | :34:40. | :34:45. | |
start, a great goal between Stewart and Hemmings, a great finish and I | :34:46. | :34:48. | |
felt that we looked comfortable for the first period of the game. I | :34:49. | :34:54. | |
thought we could have dealt better with St Johnstone's first attack. It | :34:55. | :34:57. | |
was a good cup I can the great finish. It was a fair result. Dundee | :34:58. | :35:03. | |
had a great start getting a good goal, but our response was excellent | :35:04. | :35:07. | |
and I felt that we finished the half stronger. In the second half, | :35:08. | :35:11. | |
probably never created as much chances as we would have liked. I | :35:12. | :35:18. | |
think that point for both teams was probably fair in the end. The fourth | :35:19. | :35:24. | |
1-1 draw for Dundee in a row. That is incredible in itself. Stewart has | :35:25. | :35:30. | |
been involved in a lot of goals for Dundee. He has impressed you over | :35:31. | :35:34. | |
the last couple of years. He was short listed for Player of the Year | :35:35. | :35:38. | |
last season. He was terrific last season. This is a really good goal, | :35:39. | :35:43. | |
with good movement. He has done well from the lower levels, getting Rory | :35:44. | :35:47. | |
Loy and King Hemmings. He has been playing in wide areas. | :35:48. | :36:02. | |
His movement is very good. Put it in. And a good goal. But that front | :36:03. | :36:12. | |
three is a problem for most sites. The lads that they have brought in | :36:13. | :36:17. | |
have done well for Dundee. He goes round the goalkeeper and schools. | :36:18. | :36:22. | |
Rory Loy and Hemmings have done that very well, for Dundee. Greg Stewart | :36:23. | :36:25. | |
has done better than anybody would have expected at Dundee last season | :36:26. | :36:33. | |
at has continued it this season. An impressive run of five straight wins | :36:34. | :36:36. | |
for St Johnstone brought then. But still one point. How much of a | :36:37. | :36:43. | |
threat as a Christmas party? It is more for the staff than the players, | :36:44. | :36:50. | |
I have got to tell you. St Johnstone score so many goals, fantastic to | :36:51. | :36:56. | |
watch. If this changed days for them. You can hear the fans talking | :36:57. | :37:04. | |
about them, that it is great to see the team scoring so many goals. | :37:05. | :37:09. | |
Don't think Tommy Wright would be able to explain what has changed in | :37:10. | :37:14. | |
the site. It is not as if there's been a huge turnaround in personnel. | :37:15. | :37:18. | |
But it is no surprise to find them up at the higher end of the league. | :37:19. | :37:23. | |
At the end of the season, Sam Johnstone have a chance of Europe | :37:24. | :37:28. | |
yet again. Interesting to see where they can go this season. | :37:29. | :37:32. | |
Signs of improvement for Dundee United last weekend but this | :37:33. | :37:41. | |
weekend, Hamilton Academicals the visitors at Tannadice. Commentary | :37:42. | :37:41. | |
from John Barnes. Miixu Paateleinen sticks by the same | :37:42. | :37:45. | |
starting line-up as last week. Billy Miixu Paateleinen sticks by the same | :37:46. | :37:53. | |
Mackay leads the attack, the only player to have scored under the new | :37:54. | :37:56. | |
manager. Hamilton make one change with the fit again Alex Crawford | :37:57. | :38:00. | |
returning to the midfield after one month out. Greg Doherty drops to the | :38:01. | :38:06. | |
bench. No wins in the last six games for Hamilton. Good covering from | :38:07. | :38:19. | |
Ziggy Gordon. Making sure that Mackay was not getting close. The | :38:20. | :38:32. | |
linkup play with Billy McKay I and Souttar and Dundee United are in | :38:33. | :38:36. | |
front. Meet football by the Tannadice side with the touch from | :38:37. | :38:41. | |
Souttar, to Mackay. It was great all-round team played. Good block by | :38:42. | :38:49. | |
Michael McGovern from Blair Spittal. Coming to the rescue for Hamilton | :38:50. | :38:57. | |
Accies. Mackay with the flick. And McGovern denying Spittal. Mackay. | :38:58. | :39:12. | |
Trying it himself. And it was the Accies goalkeeper with a fingertip | :39:13. | :39:15. | |
save once more. To keep out Billy Mackay. Tagliapietra. And the slack | :39:16. | :39:27. | |
pass from McKinnon. United have wasted the opportunity. Billy Mackay | :39:28. | :39:36. | |
had the chance to set up Spittal but he chose McGavin rather than playing | :39:37. | :39:45. | |
it square left. Spittal. Rankin. And another fine stop my Michael | :39:46. | :39:49. | |
McGovern. The danger is still not over. Billy Mackay should have | :39:50. | :39:56. | |
buried that one. Rankin with the emission -- initial effort. It was | :39:57. | :39:59. | |
Paul McGowan who got in the way of emission -- initial effort. It was | :40:00. | :40:07. | |
Billy Mackay and put him off. Spittal, Billy Mackay should finish | :40:08. | :40:15. | |
it this time. Another fine save by Michael McGovern. It just will not | :40:16. | :40:32. | |
go for Mackay. Sliding challenge by Durnan. Ali Crawford with the | :40:33. | :40:39. | |
corner. And that is Gavin Dunning with the header, and he has put it | :40:40. | :40:44. | |
in his own net, would you believe it? It looked like an easy clearance | :40:45. | :40:52. | |
but he somehow directed it into the bottom corner, then he collided with | :40:53. | :41:00. | |
Sendles-White. The referee was concerned. He just went past him. | :41:01. | :41:09. | |
Gavin Dunning tried to sort of hit out at him. Crawford. Accies have | :41:10. | :41:17. | |
got their tails up. Blocked away. Crawford. The clearance from Sean | :41:18. | :41:26. | |
Dillon, and Ziggy Gordon, and Accies are front! Two goals in nine minutes | :41:27. | :41:32. | |
and they have turned this game around. Ziggy Gordon with his first | :41:33. | :41:39. | |
goal of the season. Quick reactions from the full-back. Rankin, finding | :41:40. | :41:49. | |
Dixon. Dunning. That is a lovely pass. Mackay again, and he is | :41:50. | :41:57. | |
thwarted by his Northern Ireland team-mate Michael McGovern, great | :41:58. | :42:03. | |
goalkeeping. Astonished how we lost that game. Scored a wonderful goal. | :42:04. | :42:07. | |
The game was under control. No problem. Then after going 1-0 up we | :42:08. | :42:17. | |
create clear cut opportunities, one on one with the goalkeeper and we do | :42:18. | :42:22. | |
not put them away. If you pay the consequences. You are asking for | :42:23. | :42:27. | |
trouble is. It was that good conditions, but the lads' character | :42:28. | :42:32. | |
came out, they never know when they are beaten, and they continued to | :42:33. | :42:37. | |
work. It was probably not our best performance but in conditions like | :42:38. | :42:40. | |
that up here, difficult game, it was never going to be easy and it was | :42:41. | :42:47. | |
great to get the result. Great win for Hamilton Accies but for the | :42:48. | :42:50. | |
second week in a row, Dundee United relinquishing a winning position and | :42:51. | :42:54. | |
losing. That is eight defeats from their last nine games. How do they | :42:55. | :43:00. | |
get out of this downward spiral? Encouragement from the opportunities | :43:01. | :43:04. | |
that they have created. In another game, Mackay would have got a | :43:05. | :43:10. | |
hat-trick. The worrying thing is, for all the chances created, they | :43:11. | :43:14. | |
have lost the ball and once they lose a goal, with Gavin Dunning | :43:15. | :43:21. | |
heading in like that, as a manager, you cannot foresee that happening. | :43:22. | :43:26. | |
They were in control of the game but then they became a little bit | :43:27. | :43:28. | |
brittle, and confidence is a massive factor. The worrying factor for | :43:29. | :43:35. | |
Dundee United is that since August 39th in the league, no other player | :43:36. | :43:42. | |
has scored except for Billy Mikhail. -- Billy Mackay. They have brought | :43:43. | :43:56. | |
in Pongolle in the head that he can add some goals. And it is not as if | :43:57. | :44:01. | |
Billy Mackay has banged in a hatful in that time, either. They had been | :44:02. | :44:06. | |
through one on one with the goalkeeper on a number of occasions | :44:07. | :44:09. | |
and if you don't put those away, you are asking for trouble and Dundee | :44:10. | :44:12. | |
United paid the ultimate price. Great win for Hamilton, but they | :44:13. | :44:17. | |
have brought in Gavin Dunning and he has played two games. And he scores | :44:18. | :44:24. | |
a non-goal yesterday. If you watch here, Gavin is not picked up. He is | :44:25. | :44:32. | |
in the six yard box to go and attack the ball. He does go and attack it. | :44:33. | :44:37. | |
If you try to do that again, it would be impossible for him to do | :44:38. | :44:41. | |
it. In control of the game. And when you're down there, those things go | :44:42. | :44:46. | |
against you. Credit to Accies, they continue to defy the odds. Yes, they | :44:47. | :44:53. | |
have turned it round at the back end of last season and continued this | :44:54. | :45:01. | |
done to them. -- continued this season, so well done to them. | :45:02. | :45:04. | |
Firhill has been far from a happy hunting ground | :45:05. | :45:06. | |
They haven't beaten Motherwell on the road | :45:07. | :45:08. | |
Hearts were also wearing their special third strip, | :45:09. | :45:12. | |
which bore the names of the 8,000 fans who helped | :45:13. | :45:14. | |
Back after a ban for hearts is the top scorer, Juanma, with Prince | :45:15. | :45:36. | |
Buaben demoted to the bench. Scott McDonald. Looking to spark | :45:37. | :45:44. | |
something. Aleksander is in trouble. And Motherwell go ahead | :45:45. | :45:52. | |
inside 90 seconds. Hearts looking for the free kick which was not | :45:53. | :45:55. | |
coming their way. That was judged to be a fair challenge from Moult. So | :45:56. | :46:04. | |
of new CDs given. It is an eight goal of the season for Moult. And it | :46:05. | :46:08. | |
is an aerial challenge that the hearts goalkeeper should have one, | :46:09. | :46:12. | |
but nothing wrong with the challenge, 1-0, Motherwell. Kennedy | :46:13. | :46:24. | |
is in trouble against Osman Sow. He threads the ball through for Juanma. | :46:25. | :46:32. | |
And it is 1-1. Delightful finish. That is number nine of the season | :46:33. | :46:40. | |
for hearts' Spanish striker. It is poor, defensively from Motherwell | :46:41. | :46:47. | |
but a really good finish. Nine minutes played, two goals already. | :46:48. | :46:57. | |
1-1. Swanson. The ball, spinning back in the direction of Kennedy. | :46:58. | :47:02. | |
Dangerous backpass. Osman Sow, with a real chance. He could have turned | :47:03. | :47:09. | |
this game completely around. Has to be disappointed he didn't do more | :47:10. | :47:14. | |
with this. Credit to Connor Ripley for the save. Danny Swanson's free | :47:15. | :47:28. | |
kick. That was a glaring miss. I don't think he needs to be told he | :47:29. | :47:31. | |
should have been scoring here, Rossi. Well picked out, great free | :47:32. | :47:41. | |
kick. Missed opportunity. Again from Swanson, again a chance, and | :47:42. | :47:45. | |
Patterson this time, with an angled header. It produces a good stop from | :47:46. | :48:00. | |
Ripley. Johnson with a touch. Martin Johnson get it back. Having a look | :48:01. | :48:07. | |
at what's on. McDonald, and the great save from Neil Alexander. That | :48:08. | :48:16. | |
is a crucial factor and a scrap for possession close to the goal line. | :48:17. | :48:22. | |
Great wing play from Johnson. The faintest of touches to McDonald. | :48:23. | :48:31. | |
Good save. Swanson. Juanma. I think Ripley got a touch to divert that. | :48:32. | :48:41. | |
The long ball from Hamill. Dangerous from Rossi. And he flies into a | :48:42. | :48:48. | |
challenge against McDonald. And Marvin Johnson is racing away, and | :48:49. | :48:56. | |
is a second goal for Motherwell, with a great hit of composure within | :48:57. | :49:01. | |
the penalty box. You cannot say that about the defending from Hearts. | :49:02. | :49:05. | |
They messed up badly. There's the punishment. Johnson on the mark. On | :49:06. | :49:17. | |
65 minutes, 2-1. Prince Buaben, off the bench. Osman Sow. Hammers home | :49:18. | :49:26. | |
the equaliser for hearts. A spectacular strike. It has gone | :49:27. | :49:30. | |
right over the top of Connor Ripley. The Motherwell goalkeeper | :49:31. | :49:41. | |
bemused and beaten. There goes Prince Buaben again. A powerful | :49:42. | :49:44. | |
addition to the midfield, picking his way through, Juanma looks with a | :49:45. | :49:53. | |
shot, this lot, saved by Ripley, and Sam Nicholson blazes that over the | :49:54. | :49:57. | |
top. And he cannot get a look. A hat-trick of chances for Hearts to | :49:58. | :50:03. | |
turn one point into three, looks like it is going to end, 2-2. I | :50:04. | :50:10. | |
thought the performance was terrific. We had enough chances to | :50:11. | :50:17. | |
win the game. I was pleased with it. But both sets of players, in the | :50:18. | :50:22. | |
conditions, coped with it well. Disappointed to drop two points. We | :50:23. | :50:27. | |
came here to win, but we will accept a point, we worked hard. All in all, | :50:28. | :50:37. | |
on a day like today, with the conditions we will take a point. It | :50:38. | :50:43. | |
is fair to say we will all glad to see that goal from Louis Moult | :50:44. | :50:48. | |
stand. Even you, a former hearts captain, Michael Stewart. You see | :50:49. | :50:53. | |
goalkeepers get far too much protection. I think it is a fair | :50:54. | :50:59. | |
challenge. Well played, Steven McLean, allowing the chance to go | :51:00. | :51:05. | |
unpunished. He just jumped up. It hits his head as he has got a tap in | :51:06. | :51:09. | |
into the back of the net. Neil Alexander has got to do better. It | :51:10. | :51:14. | |
amazes me the number of times you see goalkeepers jumping with their | :51:15. | :51:17. | |
hands in the air, and they can be beaten with a guy who was just using | :51:18. | :51:20. | |
his head. It was good to see that one standing. Good point for | :51:21. | :51:25. | |
Motherwell, but they need to improve, Stuart. The good thing | :51:26. | :51:30. | |
yesterday, they had Stevie Hamill back. They were good defensively. | :51:31. | :51:36. | |
And the fantastic goal from Johnson. He needs to be at his best, | :51:37. | :51:41. | |
Ainsworth, they have got some good forward players. But Hearts had some | :51:42. | :51:45. | |
good opportunities as well. It was a good point. I think Motherwell and | :51:46. | :51:52. | |
the teams down the can still look to climb the table with a couple of | :51:53. | :51:57. | |
victories. Hearts talking about how they can still get Celtic to the | :51:58. | :52:02. | |
title. I am not sure what Robbie Neilson thought about that. He was | :52:03. | :52:07. | |
not so please. It was a missed opportunity. Let's look at the goal | :52:08. | :52:10. | |
from Osman Sow. It was a real belter. Was it better than Robbie | :52:11. | :52:15. | |
Muirhead's goal earlier from Partick Thistle? Both of them are fantastic | :52:16. | :52:21. | |
strike. It is a position that Osman Sow picks up a lot. That Number Ten | :52:22. | :52:28. | |
position. The end product, it is something that he lacks at times, | :52:29. | :52:31. | |
but certainly not here. Better than Robbie Muirhead? I think both of | :52:32. | :52:38. | |
them are fantastic. I give it to Osman Sow, because it got his team a | :52:39. | :52:43. | |
point, whereas Robbie Muirhead's was irrelevant, at the end of the day. I | :52:44. | :52:47. | |
will give it to Robbie Muirhead, because it cost Motherwell two | :52:48. | :52:49. | |
point! Two great strikes. And after all that the | :52:50. | :52:54. | |
Ladbrokes Premiership table looks Celtic remain on top, | :52:55. | :52:56. | |
seven points clear of Aberdeen. Hearts in third place, | :52:57. | :53:00. | |
just a point behind. The faint embers | :53:01. | :53:02. | |
of a title race perhaps. And then a bunch | :53:03. | :53:06. | |
of teams congested in mid-table. At the bottom Dundee United, | :53:07. | :53:11. | |
now seven points adrift. Congratulations to Scotland's women | :53:12. | :53:14. | |
after their 10-0 victory over Macedonia today, and also to Andy | :53:15. | :53:19. | |
Murray and the rest of Team GB after | :53:20. | :53:22. | |
making history in the Davis Cup. We're back next weekend with another | :53:23. | :53:25. | |
slice of Scottish football history. Until then, from all of us here, | :53:26. | :53:30. | |
goodnight. | :53:31. | :53:32. |