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In recent years for both St Mirren and Celtic, the League Cup has | :00:26. | :00:34. | |
brought real heartbreak. Since were agonisingly close to glory in 2010. | :00:34. | :00:40. | |
I have an unbelievable goal. I and Celtic have been losers in the last | :00:40. | :00:46. | |
two finals. Kilmarnock have stunned Celtic and might well have ended | :00:46. | :00:51. | |
their treble hopes. They are both back at hand and today, one step | :00:51. | :00:57. | |
away from the final and another shot at the All trophy. Kris | :00:57. | :01:04. | |
Commons scores again. Celtic are in the semi-final now. It has Kenny | :01:04. | :01:08. | |
McLean, a great save by Craig Samson. A wonderful night for St | :01:08. | :01:15. | |
Mirren. A Scottish Communities League Cup semi-final took a bit of | :01:15. | :01:19. | |
sorting out. Well this one at hand and be a little more | :01:19. | :01:22. | |
straightforward? The bookmakers tell you that it will be a Celtic | :01:22. | :01:27. | |
to play Hearts and the final. Underdogs St Mirren don't see it | :01:27. | :01:36. | |
that way. Were Celtic take another step towards the domestic treble? | :01:36. | :01:41. | |
Will St Mirren upset the odds? We will find out shortly. That is live | :01:41. | :01:46. | |
on the BBC. And at half-time we will have highlights of that first | :01:46. | :01:54. | |
semi-final and SPL highways as well. The Aberdeen hits game is still | :01:54. | :01:59. | |
under way, and we will have news from Dens Park of Dundee against | :01:59. | :02:09. | |
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Kilmarnock. Joining me a Pat Nevin and Owen Coyle. Look ing at the | :02:09. | :02:14. | |
statistics, it straight victories for Celtic again St Mirren, is it | :02:14. | :02:18. | |
inevitable a repeat of that? It is a tall order to overcome that. When | :02:18. | :02:22. | |
you get to the semi-final of the cup competition, it is a one off | :02:22. | :02:27. | |
and you have a real chance, but I cannot see that St Mirren will be | :02:27. | :02:31. | |
filled with confidence coming into the game knowing they have got such | :02:31. | :02:35. | |
a poor record against what is a very good Celtic side. It will be | :02:35. | :02:39. | |
difficult for them but the nature of cup competition, anything can | :02:39. | :02:45. | |
happen. Particularly coming to the business end, the semi-finals and | :02:45. | :02:49. | |
finals. It is an intriguing game but St Mirren are going to have to | :02:49. | :02:57. | |
be at their maximum. You look at the likes of what MK Dons did and | :02:57. | :03:02. | |
Luton Town did yesterday in England., Mark, of course, was the | :03:02. | :03:06. | |
other one. Celtic have to have a very bad day and St Mirren have to | :03:06. | :03:11. | |
have a very good one. There is no pressure and expectation on St | :03:11. | :03:17. | |
Mirren, and that might help them a little. Without further ado, let's | :03:17. | :03:20. | |
get the team news from Craig Paterson and Liam Macleod at | :03:20. | :03:26. | |
Hampden. That is going to take some doing to beat the drama of the | :03:26. | :03:29. | |
first semi-final yesterday, with Hearts beating Inverness on | :03:29. | :03:36. | |
penalties. And the St Mirren fans, the managers and players, could be | :03:36. | :03:39. | |
forgiven for rolling their eyes when the draw gave them Celtic in | :03:39. | :03:45. | |
the semi-final. It is all Chamakh games since Danny Lennon took over | :03:45. | :03:48. | |
at they have not managed a single goal, let alone a victory, against | :03:48. | :03:54. | |
Celtic. In the recent SPL game between the teams, Celtic weight | :03:54. | :04:02. | |
the floor with them, performance was. And they Avenue signing in the | :04:02. | :04:10. | |
shape of Goncalves from Portugal. think of St Mirren are going to do | :04:10. | :04:13. | |
anything this afternoon, it is the spine of the team that has got to | :04:13. | :04:20. | |
perform. Samson and goals, the centre half's, Paul McGowan off the | :04:20. | :04:24. | |
front, and Steven Thompson spearheading it. If these | :04:24. | :04:27. | |
experienced guys play well St Mirren have got a chance of making | :04:27. | :04:34. | |
the final. Celtic and missing goalkeeper Fraser Forster, still | :04:34. | :04:39. | |
out with that neck injury. He is a big miss for them. He has been | :04:39. | :04:43. | |
especially good in the Champions League, and Lucasz Zaluska coming | :04:43. | :04:49. | |
in for Rhyl. An able deputy, but Celtic a major goal threat. Big | :04:49. | :04:53. | |
defenders coming forward for set pieces, Charlie Mulgrew with the | :04:53. | :04:57. | |
free kick, Victor Wanyama, who has scored in both games again St | :04:57. | :05:02. | |
Mirren this season, and up front, Gary Hooper with five goals in | :05:02. | :05:06. | |
three games, that is a side that is designed to attack and go for goals. | :05:06. | :05:12. | |
A huge test for St Mirren against Celtic, who are lost the last two | :05:12. | :05:15. | |
League Cup finals and the St Mirren can grasp anything it will be that | :05:15. | :05:22. | |
Celtic have lost in their last two visits to Hampden Park. Even | :05:22. | :05:24. | |
without first-choice goalkeeper Fraser us Forster, that looks like | :05:24. | :05:30. | |
a very solid Celtic team. There is a team that is playing full of | :05:30. | :05:35. | |
confidence. It is a team, and I said at the Champions League have | :05:35. | :05:39. | |
left them for a few months, and they would open a gap of | :05:39. | :05:45. | |
domestically, and they have did that. They are full of confidence, | :05:45. | :05:48. | |
and then the Champions League, with players giving big performances, to | :05:48. | :05:56. | |
get into the team to play Juventus. And the set plea delivery from | :05:56. | :06:01. | |
Celtic, they looked as if they could score with a free set play, | :06:01. | :06:05. | |
because of the delivery and because they have got a naturally very tall | :06:05. | :06:11. | |
team. That set plays St Mirren a going to have to be so focused and | :06:11. | :06:14. | |
concentrated and people are going to have to take responsibility in | :06:14. | :06:22. | |
their own box. Goncalves has not played yet, Newton has only played | :06:22. | :06:27. | |
once. It is stunning to see that. Particularly at Hampden Park, as | :06:27. | :06:36. | |
well. They could be lifted, while they could freeze. Literally, as | :06:36. | :06:44. | |
well, because it is freezing cold dirt there! You expect more of Gary | :06:44. | :06:51. | |
Teale. He has not done so much this season. And David van Zanten, | :06:51. | :06:57. | |
players who have been there for a while and to know the game. If you | :06:57. | :07:02. | |
were to base your thinking on League placings, you would imagine | :07:02. | :07:08. | |
it was a no contest - 24 points between them, top and second-bottom | :07:08. | :07:12. | |
in the SPL, but the words from Neil Lennon in the build-up have been | :07:12. | :07:18. | |
pretty wary. Maybe he is thinking back to this particular match | :07:18. | :07:24. | |
against St Mirren, which signalled the end of Tony Mowbray minus four- | :07:24. | :07:28. | |
04 St Mirren, of course. This was the opportunity opening up for Neil | :07:28. | :07:35. | |
Lennon. It is strange how football works. I think that was the last | :07:35. | :07:40. | |
time St Mirren scored any goals again Celtic. The fact that the | :07:40. | :07:44. | |
young ones playing for St Mirren, that might be their best hope, | :07:44. | :07:50. | |
because they should be playing without any fear. The seasoned | :07:50. | :07:54. | |
professionals, when you have taken a hiding from the same team, it is | :07:54. | :07:59. | |
difficult to think, how can we get the better of them? But with the | :07:59. | :08:02. | |
young ones playing, that might help the senior players to have a real | :08:02. | :08:07. | |
go, and fighter when the semi-final and get to the final. We have | :08:07. | :08:15. | |
talked about minuses for St Mirren, but Steven Thompson is a big plus, | :08:15. | :08:20. | |
a player that you sign for Burnley. I know him very well. Probably the | :08:20. | :08:25. | |
best signing I ever made, and they got him for nothing from Cardiff | :08:25. | :08:30. | |
City who wanted half a million at the time, eventually, we got him | :08:30. | :08:34. | |
for nothing and what he brought to Burnley, he leads the line so well, | :08:34. | :08:41. | |
he brought goals, but he is a real team player, and I know that he is | :08:41. | :08:45. | |
loving as they St Mirren. To score 12 goals is a great return at this | :08:45. | :08:50. | |
stage. He will be anxious to do well, recognising this stage he is | :08:50. | :08:53. | |
that of his career and knowing that at Cup finals do not come around | :08:53. | :08:59. | |
very often. Leading the line for Celtic, he isn't bad, either, just | :08:59. | :09:07. | |
22 goals so far are for the much wanted Gary Hooper. How much is a | :09:07. | :09:12. | |
Celtic forward do you like those? He is always looking to get between | :09:12. | :09:16. | |
the centre backs and the goalkeeper. Look at him pointing what he wants | :09:16. | :09:22. | |
the ball. His touch was fantastic. Anyone who has seen a Olivier | :09:23. | :09:28. | |
Giroud for Arsenal, he shows the exact same qualities. He is not | :09:28. | :09:32. | |
necessarily the quickest player you have ever seen, but he is a classic | :09:32. | :09:36. | |
centre-forward, moving between the centre-backs and the goalkeeper, | :09:36. | :09:41. | |
pointing to where he once ate a lot of the time, a player who not only | :09:41. | :09:48. | |
once the ball, but those of us who did not used to be able to do that | :09:49. | :09:53. | |
within, how on earth do you do that? Guys like him can do it with | :09:53. | :10:00. | |
their eyes shut. He's as good as anybody I have seen recently, doing | :10:00. | :10:06. | |
that, and he just looks that little bit sharper. You expect him, if | :10:06. | :10:14. | |
there are chances, that he will score. It is Lennon verses Lennon, | :10:14. | :10:20. | |
with us hear from two managers' pre-match, with Chris McLoughlin. | :10:20. | :10:27. | |
Is all the pressure on Celtic this afternoon? It is certainly a big | :10:27. | :10:32. | |
deal, at Glasgow Celtic, you are meant to go out and win every game. | :10:33. | :10:37. | |
The players are well schooled in who they want to be played and | :10:37. | :10:41. | |
hopefully we can put that to the test against a very good side. | :10:42. | :10:47. | |
you say to the players, just go and enjoy it? They have certainly not | :10:47. | :10:51. | |
here just to enjoy the occasion. We want to make it an occasion. Some | :10:51. | :10:57. | |
players never get to play at the National Stadium in a national | :10:57. | :11:03. | |
semi-final. What we want the players to do is relax, have belief | :11:03. | :11:09. | |
and enjoy it. You do not have a great record against Celtic. What | :11:09. | :11:14. | |
makes you think that today might be different? History has a habit of | :11:14. | :11:20. | |
repeating itself. If you look back at 1859, we had a great semi-final | :11:20. | :11:27. | |
victory against an, we have beaten them 3-0 at Celtic Park in 1989, so | :11:27. | :11:35. | |
hopefully, it is our turn today. You know more than most that been | :11:35. | :11:40. | |
at the semi-final does not guarantee success. Well, it doesn't. | :11:40. | :11:49. | |
Not just here. Anything can happen on any given day. We're walking a | :11:49. | :11:52. | |
bit of a tightrope when it comes to these games and we have to give it | :11:52. | :11:57. | |
a go. Does it give you something of a no-win situation? We are expected | :11:57. | :12:04. | |
to win. If we do not we get highly criticised. We are expected to win. | :12:04. | :12:09. | |
The players are aware of that and that there is the mentality we have. | :12:09. | :12:14. | |
Because of the way that that things are in the leak, does the treble | :12:14. | :12:19. | |
have extra significance? There is no extra significance to the treble. | :12:19. | :12:23. | |
If you can achieve it, then it is a great thing, and that is what we | :12:23. | :12:29. | |
are aiming to do. I do not think he enjoyed the mention of the treble, | :12:29. | :12:34. | |
Neil Lennon, but there is pressure and expectation this season, with | :12:34. | :12:40. | |
the expectation that they will sweep the boards. In any other | :12:40. | :12:45. | |
season Celtic have a 50% chance of winning the trophies, in | :12:45. | :12:50. | |
competition with Rangers. As it is, now the expectation is 100%, | :12:50. | :12:54. | |
because Rangers are down the divisions. There is pressure, in | :12:54. | :13:04. | |
that sense. That is why he will probably get a little bit irked by | :13:04. | :13:07. | |
the pressure. He does not want it to be taken for granted that Celtic | :13:07. | :13:12. | |
have won to win all these jockeys. How much will the history of the | :13:12. | :13:16. | |
fixture way in the mind of Danny Lennon? He will be trying not to | :13:16. | :13:21. | |
think about it as much as possible. He has been looking on the computer | :13:21. | :13:29. | |
at history trying to find some sort of succour! Picture forget | :13:29. | :13:32. | |
everything that has gone then that, it certainly will not help not | :13:32. | :13:37. | |
winning in the recent past. I listened to our colleagues on | :13:37. | :13:42. | |
rigger Scotland talking about the trouble and they talk about it as | :13:42. | :13:47. | |
something they want to do. Most managers backed it away, but I was | :13:47. | :13:51. | |
taken by the fact that Neil Lennon is up for wanting to do this, and | :13:51. | :13:55. | |
it shows you the confidence he has caught and the pressure, good | :13:55. | :14:00. | |
pressure, that he wants to put on his players, that is something you | :14:00. | :14:05. | |
should have Pat Celtic football club. The big glamour game against | :14:05. | :14:09. | |
Juventus, not far over the horizon now, and that might take the focus | :14:09. | :14:14. | |
off again like today for Celtic. will be stressing to his players | :14:14. | :14:18. | |
that if anybody takes the eye of the ball they will not be in the | :14:18. | :14:22. | |
team. From a playing perspective, players have to give a big | :14:22. | :14:26. | |
performance, so that when the Juventus game comes about, I do not | :14:26. | :14:33. | |
miss out on the opportunity. And when that last 16 Thai comes about, | :14:33. | :14:37. | |
who's to say that Celtic cannot progress? You want to be on the top | :14:37. | :14:39. | |
of your form individually and collectively to give yourself the | :14:39. | :14:43. | |
chance to do that. You want to make sure you are in the final to win | :14:43. | :14:53. | |
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this trophy and to do that you have A penalty was saved by Aberdeen. | :14:58. | :15:04. | |
Niall McGinn had his penalty saved, so it finished goalless. Back to | :15:04. | :15:10. | |
the League Cup semi-final, who will play Hearts in the final. How | :15:10. | :15:18. | |
crucial to the game might be Celtic old boy Paul McGowan? I would talk | :15:18. | :15:23. | |
about McGowan, every one of them has to be 100%. It is not an | :15:23. | :15:28. | |
individual one. But he can make things happen for them? Exactly, | :15:28. | :15:31. | |
but he will be pushed a little bit back into midfield. He wants to | :15:31. | :15:35. | |
attack from the midfield area. He wants to get forward, he has got a | :15:35. | :15:43. | |
bit of quality. You've got John Begin, McGowan, going forward, they | :15:43. | :15:46. | |
had a bit of quality. But when they are playing against the power that | :15:46. | :15:51. | |
they are playing against, I would look at the physique of Brown, | :15:51. | :15:58. | |
Wanyama, Medley, even Samaras. They are a big, big physical side. I | :15:58. | :16:02. | |
don't know if there is enough physique to hold up against Celtic. | :16:02. | :16:07. | |
I'm willing to be proved wrong, but on such a big pitch, up until | :16:07. | :16:15. | |
recently, Celtic, and Rangers until recently, rarely lost at Hampden. | :16:15. | :16:20. | |
Wide areas, good players make good use of space but also the physical | :16:20. | :16:24. | |
access that they have got. There are a couple of players missing | :16:24. | :16:31. | |
from St Mirren. It is hard for them. St Mirren have to be very | :16:31. | :16:34. | |
respectful of Celtic, they know their quality, but they cannot be | :16:34. | :16:38. | |
fearful of them. They have to believe they can come out and play | :16:38. | :16:41. | |
their game. Magellan, at the top end of the pitch, he can be a | :16:41. | :16:44. | |
match-winner. Those players are going to have to be at their best. | :16:44. | :16:49. | |
If they do get possession in Celtic's final third, Celtic can be | :16:49. | :16:54. | |
as fragile as anybody else in the final third. McGowan can produce, | :16:54. | :17:01. | |
Thomson can produce, Gary Teale will be wanting to show that he is | :17:01. | :17:04. | |
still a top player. This is a chance that they have, if they | :17:04. | :17:08. | |
believe in themselves. Trust in themselves and give it a real go. | :17:08. | :17:13. | |
If they set up defensively and let Celtic come on to them, Celtic will | :17:13. | :17:17. | |
score. It might take a few attacks, but I would rather St Mirren have a | :17:17. | :17:26. | |
real go and try to win an old- fashioned cup-tie. Joe Ledley, | :17:26. | :17:30. | |
Victor Wanyama, he is a big specimen. We talk a lot about | :17:30. | :17:37. | |
Hooper. But down south I think they are all talking about Wanyama. | :17:37. | :17:41. | |
Talking about them looking for space, that is the man that will | :17:41. | :17:45. | |
deny them space. How is Victor Wanyama or regarded down south? | :17:45. | :17:54. | |
Very highly. Gary Hooper is a fantastic strike a. -- striker. | :17:54. | :17:58. | |
There will be clubs of those statures interested in him. But I | :17:58. | :18:03. | |
think Wanyama is capable of playing for any of the top clubs in the | :18:03. | :18:07. | |
Premier League, Arsenal, Manchester United, he has the pace, power, the | :18:07. | :18:12. | |
ability and he is still a young man. Celtic, they deserve enormous | :18:12. | :18:18. | |
credit, �900,000. He comes from a footballing background, his father | :18:18. | :18:21. | |
was an international player. He is well-schooled, knows how to play. | :18:21. | :18:26. | |
He started to develop, game by game. You have seen the Champions League | :18:26. | :18:29. | |
games, he stands tall and he looks a top player in the Champions | :18:30. | :18:33. | |
League environment, never mind anywhere else. I think Celtic have | :18:33. | :18:43. | |
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a very good player. Jim Goodwin, big player? Oh, yes. The centre | :18:43. | :18:49. | |
half's will have a lot of work to do. We did talk about Hooper, his | :18:49. | :18:57. | |
movement is as good as anybody else in that final third. Samaras, | :18:57. | :19:03. | |
coming through the left, every player has to be concentrating all | :19:03. | :19:07. | |
the time of St Mirren art have any chance at all. Let's find out who | :19:07. | :19:11. | |
will play Hearts. It went all the way yesterday, how will it be | :19:11. | :19:16. | |
sorted out today? St Mirren again Celtic, you have seen them already, | :19:16. | :19:26. | |
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let's hear from Leah Macleod. -- that if you are well organised, the | :19:28. | :19:32. | |
underdog can have their day. Those were the words of Danny Lennon, on | :19:32. | :19:36. | |
the day of the semi-final draw. It handed them a date they would not | :19:36. | :19:42. | |
have wanted before it was made. It could have been Hearts or Inverness | :19:42. | :19:45. | |
they faced, teams they have taken points from in the league this | :19:45. | :19:50. | |
season. Instead, they take on the favourites, not just for this | :19:50. | :19:53. | |
competition but the other two in Scotland as well. A Celtic side, | :19:53. | :19:57. | |
they have lost each of their last eight games against, without | :19:57. | :20:06. | |
scoring a single-goal. But as The Buddies boss also said, once you | :20:06. | :20:10. | |
get to this stage, you've got to beat the best if you are going to | :20:10. | :20:20. | |
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turning over Celtic this afternoon. A hardy bunch of supporters have | :20:22. | :20:29. | |
come through from Paisley. They believe that they do have a chance. | :20:29. | :20:35. | |
Danny Lennon will try to guide St Mirren to their first ever league | :20:35. | :20:41. | |
cup. They have lost both league finals they have been in. He has | :20:41. | :20:48. | |
handed a start to Esmael Goncalves. The onus for goals, as usual, is on | :20:48. | :20:58. | |
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finals of this competition. Fraser forestay is still out with a neck | :21:02. | :21:07. | |
injury. Lukasz Zaluska continues in goal. Top scorer Gary Hooper | :21:07. | :21:12. | |
remains a Celtic player, despite two bids. He is a friend with | :21:12. | :21:22. | |
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actually on loan in France worth Nice. Gary Hooper, 22 goals this | :21:47. | :21:57. | |
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season. 73 in 160 appearances. That is why he is a wanted man. William | :21:58. | :22:02. | |
Collum is the referee. He was in charge of the League Cup final last | :22:02. | :22:09. | |
year, won by Kilmarnock. Big shock that day, will we see another one | :22:09. | :22:19. | |
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Bodies. For exactly what they were wanting. -- The Buddies. Show that | :22:36. | :22:46. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 46 seconds | :22:46. | :23:33. | |
tripped by Scott Brown. But not many complaints from the new | :23:33. | :23:43. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 46 seconds | :23:43. | :25:05. | |
in a Europa League tie against that beat Dundee United 3-0. They | :25:05. | :25:10. | |
were sluggish in the opening stages at home, Celtic. They have found | :25:11. | :25:14. | |
their shooting boots and they are well in command at the top of the | :25:14. | :25:24. | |
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from Izaguirre. He does well, I think it is Lassad coming in at the | :25:37. | :25:47. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 46 seconds | :25:47. | :26:46. | |
Ledley back in their team, he missed a month and a half because | :26:46. | :26:56. | |
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first names on Neil Lennon's team sheet, if it's a big match? When | :27:19. | :27:22. | |
they get the ball, it's natural to look forward. Rarely defined left- | :27:22. | :27:29. | |
footed players down that side, but Celtic have three quality ones. | :27:29. | :27:36. | |
Tried to release Teale down the left side. It started with David | :27:36. | :27:46. | |
:27:46. | :28:02. | ||
himself and a good area. That's been given for hand ball? It looked | :28:02. | :28:06. | |
like it. The ball just dropped. They were taking control in a | :28:06. | :28:10. | |
dangerous area, but the referee had a good view of it. Any chance for | :28:10. | :28:20. | |
:28:20. | :28:53. | ||
lot of these Celtic players will not have tasted defeat against St | :28:53. | :28:58. | |
Mirren and they will have to continue that this afternoon. -- | :28:58. | :29:08. | |
:29:08. | :29:45. | ||
debut boy! He puts St Mirren into a sensational lead at the National | :29:45. | :29:53. | |
Stadium! What a start for the young Portuguese lad. He is involved in a | :29:53. | :29:57. | |
move earlier. He does what every good striker should do, he gets | :29:57. | :30:01. | |
himself in the danger area. Half a chance coming. When the ball | :30:01. | :30:06. | |
eventually comes in, he looks at it here, he finds the space and does | :30:06. | :30:10. | |
really well to the fact that on target. Just the start that Danny | :30:10. | :30:20. | |
:30:20. | :30:22. | ||
Lennon was looking for. Terrific finish by Goncalves. It's the two | :30:22. | :30:30. | |
new boys, Conor Newton on loan from Newcastle and Esmael Goncalves. | :30:30. | :30:40. | |
:30:40. | :30:54. | ||
They make the same start as Hearts Mirren were needing. You felt he if | :30:54. | :30:58. | |
they were to have a chance in this game they had to get the first goal, | :30:58. | :31:05. | |
and they it. Yes, the players have got to work so hard. The next five | :31:05. | :31:08. | |
or 10 minutes are vital. If you score, make sure you do not give | :31:09. | :31:18. | |
:31:19. | :31:42. | ||
Newton on Joe Ledley. That is a yellow card. It is difficult to | :31:42. | :31:46. | |
show -- throw yourself into any challenge at all because if you do | :31:46. | :31:51. | |
not make decent contact with the ball and clipped a player, you are | :31:51. | :31:56. | |
going to be yellow carded. For a young player in the engine room, he | :31:56. | :32:01. | |
is going to have to be walking a tightrope. He clips Joe Ledley, | :32:01. | :32:06. | |
studs showing, and referees will book you, now, for that kind of | :32:06. | :32:16. | |
:32:16. | :32:32. | ||
well. Got the goal when on top, and when you take on Celtic that is | :32:32. | :32:37. | |
something you have to do, take your chance when it comes. You know you | :32:37. | :32:40. | |
are the underdogs but you have got to show you are ready to play, and | :32:40. | :32:45. | |
when you get the ball, keep it, keep possession, and as the game | :32:45. | :32:49. | |
wears on, one or two players growing confidence and then you | :32:49. | :32:57. | |
start the fancy your chances. Mirren have respect for Celtic, and | :32:57. | :33:01. | |
that respect will be borne out by the fact that they are so former | :33:01. | :33:06. | |
head in the SPL, and the Champions League campaign they have had so | :33:06. | :33:12. | |
far has been superb. But they have problems right now, with St Mirren | :33:12. | :33:19. | |
looking for a second. Great ball from Gary Teale. Kelvin Wilson | :33:19. | :33:26. | |
guess it clear. St Mirren can smell his second goal. And Lucasz Zaluska | :33:26. | :33:32. | |
have to look lively. Absolutely nothing wrong with the confidence | :33:32. | :33:38. | |
and ambition of the St Mirren team, because when they get the ball in | :33:39. | :33:48. | |
:33:49. | :34:00. | ||
wide areas, four players of the us eyebrows raised from St Mirren | :34:00. | :34:04. | |
supporters when at Danny Lennon announced his line-up, but it has | :34:04. | :34:10. | |
paid dividends so far. We will look at the replay in the second. Scott | :34:10. | :34:20. | |
Brown. Ended by Jim Goodwin. St Mirren getting the benefit of the | :34:20. | :34:27. | |
doubt. This is Steven Thompson. At the moment Celtic do not know what | :34:27. | :34:30. | |
has hit them. St Mirren were so defensive in the league game | :34:30. | :34:37. | |
between the sides a couple of weeks ago which finished 2-0. St Mirren | :34:37. | :34:46. | |
went there with a very awkward defensive line-up. I thought the | :34:46. | :34:50. | |
linesman might have other better view of that, but the flag did not | :34:50. | :35:00. | |
:35:00. | :35:06. | ||
go up, so the referee decided, play behind the two defenders, Jim | :35:06. | :35:16. | |
:35:16. | :35:30. | ||
area, as she has done ever since Goncalves scored for St Mirren. He | :35:30. | :35:39. | |
will not be too concerned. thing about losing the early goal | :35:40. | :35:43. | |
is there is plenty of time to get one back. The touch from Joe Ledley | :35:43. | :35:53. | |
:35:53. | :36:09. | ||
Collum is going to speak to Victor Wanyama. The referee saw the | :36:09. | :36:13. | |
incident and does not deem it worthy of a booking. But Paul | :36:13. | :36:17. | |
McGowan has gone down holding his face. I'm not sure if it was a | :36:17. | :36:22. | |
flailing arm that caught him. Victor Wanyama leading from the | :36:22. | :36:26. | |
front, thought, we're going to have to mix it year. I don't think that | :36:26. | :36:32. | |
is a booking, but it is certainly a so one for Paul McGowan. He is an | :36:32. | :36:42. | |
:36:42. | :36:56. | ||
of the ball. He has been brilliant in recent weeks bombing forward on | :36:56. | :36:59. | |
the right hand side of the park. He does not want to get caught out, | :37:00. | :37:09. | |
:37:10. | :37:41. | ||
only losing two of their last 10 and have won four of those. One of | :37:41. | :37:51. | |
:37:51. | :37:57. | ||
those defeats was, of course, to if St Mirren will send Jim Goodwin | :37:57. | :38:00. | |
fault for these free kicks. But they will have a good bit of | :38:00. | :38:08. | |
defending to do. In fact they have to say that they and wing to take | :38:08. | :38:18. | |
:38:18. | :38:19. | ||
it a shock and try to build the play. -- they are going to take it | :38:19. | :38:27. | |
short and build. Are Celtic rattled? I would not say rattled, | :38:27. | :38:34. | |
but disappointed with the way they have started. They have got leaders | :38:34. | :38:39. | |
on the Park, ready to make things happen. Their current Wanyama and | :38:39. | :38:42. | |
Scott Brown. But St Mirren have to be praised, they have been brave | :38:42. | :38:46. | |
won the ball, taking the game two Celtic at have got their reward, | :38:46. | :38:56. | |
:38:56. | :39:14. | ||
and it is up to Celtic and Neil saw his new signing score and his | :39:14. | :39:24. | |
:39:24. | :39:26. | ||
team score for the first time against Celtic since he took over. | :39:26. | :39:32. | |
Thomson just pulled over to the right hand side. Emilio Izaguirre | :39:32. | :39:42. | |
:39:42. | :40:01. | ||
Trying to test Matthews. What an impact he has made. We saw Michael | :40:01. | :40:08. | |
Ngoo score for Hearts. That is the thing about it was coming from | :40:08. | :40:13. | |
abroad, the Celtic players do not know his strengths or weaknesses, | :40:13. | :40:23. | |
:40:23. | :40:37. | ||
but they know now that he is a goal and last at almost got it into the | :40:37. | :40:44. | |
path of Gary Hooper. St Mirren will have a free kick. No, it has not | :40:44. | :40:54. | |
:40:54. | :41:22. | ||
Brown tried to go all the way himself. He got the brick of the | :41:22. | :41:28. | |
ball off Jim Goodwin. That was a fantastic nutmeg on Jim Goodwin. | :41:28. | :41:32. | |
Watch this for a touch. That is a great, last ditch tackle, Different | :41:32. | :41:37. | |
Class. Scott Brown is so clever and the ball in these areas, and | :41:37. | :41:43. | |
unlucky not to score. Apologies to Scott Brown, that was a terrific | :41:43. | :41:53. | |
:41:53. | :42:03. | ||
nut Meg. I said he got a break of the goalkeeper deals with the first | :42:03. | :42:07. | |
ball, good early shout, and comes and the -- comes and makes the | :42:07. | :42:17. | |
:42:17. | :42:56. | ||
between John again and win Keri. -- and St Johnstone 5-0, to reach the | :42:56. | :43:06. | |
:43:06. | :43:07. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 46 seconds | :43:07. | :44:07. | |
and more into the game. Hooper! He hit the would work. -- woodwork. | :44:07. | :44:12. | |
probably believes he should have buried that one. He goes for power, | :44:12. | :44:18. | |
he just does not get over the ball. Jim Goodwin, backtracking, couldn't | :44:18. | :44:23. | |
get enough on it. When Gary Hooper get a sight of goal, you expect him | :44:23. | :44:33. | |
:44:33. | :44:38. | ||
to score. 22 times he has found the to him, he turned down a new deal. | :44:39. | :44:48. | |
:44:49. | :45:01. | ||
He does have another year after play against Juventus and see if | :45:01. | :45:05. | |
they could carry that dream even further? Well, St Mirren playing | :45:06. | :45:09. | |
the same colours as Juventus and they are giving Celtic's problems | :45:09. | :45:19. | |
:45:19. | :45:57. | ||
not got into any passing rhythm so far. They will be hoping that | :45:57. | :46:07. | |
:46:07. | :46:44. | ||
there. Sampson looked on and thought, here we go again. This | :46:44. | :46:50. | |
season, so far, Wanyama has scored some duties against it St Mirren. | :46:50. | :46:54. | |
He's more than capable of hitting the back of the net from there. | :46:54. | :46:57. | |
Including this season in Paisley. A wonderful strike in that game. | :46:57. | :47:05. | |
Celtic, winning 5-0 at St Mirren Park. They batted The Buddies in | :47:05. | :47:15. | |
:47:15. | :47:15. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 46 seconds | :47:15. | :47:56. | |
has not had much to do so far, that perhaps the biggest worry for Neil | :47:56. | :48:01. | |
Lennon. His team haven't clicked yet. St Mirren are not passing the | :48:01. | :48:05. | |
ball as well as they were in the first half of the game. They can't | :48:05. | :48:10. | |
seem to get Scott Brown involved. St Mirren need to get him back | :48:10. | :48:20. | |
:48:20. | :48:44. | ||
is a corner. It's difficult to tell. I think Samaras was always looking | :48:44. | :48:48. | |
just to knock it off the St Mirren defender, when he realised he could | :48:48. | :48:53. | |
not get a cross in. It does look like that, I think it is a corner. | :48:53. | :48:58. | |
Get yourself back and get defending, this is where Celtic are strong. A | :48:58. | :49:08. | |
:49:08. | :49:26. | ||
lot of 6 foot plus players in the soul, but he has taken a ban to the | :49:26. | :49:33. | |
head. He did really well, a ball to the back post, Wanyama might have | :49:33. | :49:38. | |
just beat him to it, but he did well. They miss his drive in | :49:38. | :49:41. | |
midfield, but his organisation at the back could be worth its weight | :49:42. | :49:50. | |
in gold. Samaras! It's the crossbar, this time. The chances are coming. | :49:50. | :50:00. | |
:50:00. | :50:01. | ||
Hooper had one, Scott Brown had won. I think Samaras should score. | :50:01. | :50:04. | |
Against Van Zanten, it's a mismatch in terms of height. I think Van | :50:04. | :50:07. | |
Zanten does just enough to get underneath him, to make it | :50:07. | :50:11. | |
difficult for Samaras to get the ball down. Chance gone. But they | :50:11. | :50:21. | |
:50:21. | :51:01. | ||
are starting to make chances. Gary Teale has to do better. He has | :51:01. | :51:05. | |
time to look in the middle. Goncalves is there. Stevie Thomson | :51:05. | :51:12. | |
is at the back post. If he gets a good ball in, it's a two on one | :51:12. | :51:22. | |
:51:22. | :51:22. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 46 seconds | :51:22. | :52:37. | |
situation if he can get the ball to want to see his Celtic starting to | :52:37. | :52:47. | |
:52:47. | :53:16. | ||
A corner. He is a difficult man to run. But Goncalves is definitely | :53:16. | :53:26. | |
:53:26. | :53:43. | ||
asking questions. His ready to go was Joe Ledley that was on the | :53:43. | :53:49. | |
ground. Nothing doing. Another St Mirren goalkicker. I don't think | :53:49. | :53:54. | |
the referee can give a penalty for that. Joe Ledley has gone for the | :53:54. | :53:58. | |
diving header, it's gone underneath him. I'm sure it hits him on the | :53:58. | :54:01. | |
elbow, but to say that was deliberate would be pushing it. | :54:01. | :54:11. | |
:54:11. | :54:43. | ||
Now they are on the counter with ball to Gary Teale. I'm not sure if | :54:43. | :54:47. | |
he shouldn't just pulled the trigger. Take it on to his strong | :54:47. | :54:57. | |
:54:57. | :55:14. | ||
white hand, -- right hand, and try advantage, given them by Esmael | :55:14. | :55:24. | |
:55:24. | :55:26. | ||
now. The link play, between the Celtic midfield and the front, | :55:26. | :55:30. | |
isn't as good as it has been over the last couple of weeks, or | :55:30. | :55:35. | |
against Hearts or Dundee United. You expect them to be flying today, | :55:35. | :55:38. | |
but you have to respect St Mirren for the way they have gone about | :55:38. | :55:48. | |
:55:48. | :55:50. | ||
likes of Teale and Magellan, opening things up for them. -- | :55:50. | :56:00. | |
:56:00. | :56:13. | ||
Graham Carey, again. You go out to beat a full-back or the winner in | :56:13. | :56:17. | |
that area, you've got to get across the Cross, if you like, don't let | :56:17. | :56:23. | |
it fly into the middle. Make sure you are not caught short at the | :56:23. | :56:32. | |
corner in a League Cup semi-final against Aberdeen a couple of | :56:32. | :56:42. | |
:56:42. | :56:58. | ||
and that was crucial. There are times when you just get the ball | :56:58. | :57:02. | |
clear, you don't want to be playing clever football around your own 18- | :57:02. | :57:12. | |
:57:12. | :57:12. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 46 seconds | :57:12. | :57:55. | |
was, this time last week. Esmael Goncalves has got the only goal so | :57:55. | :58:00. | |
far. He is on loan from Rio Ave, they are having a decent season as | :58:00. | :58:10. | |
:58:10. | :58:15. | ||
well, 5th in the top flight, a his match fitness is like. Is he | :58:15. | :58:19. | |
capable of doing 90 minutes, or 90 minutes plus as may be the case | :58:19. | :58:29. | |
:58:29. | :58:40. | ||
today? As we saw yesterday! That corner. Again, the free kick on the | :58:40. | :58:44. | |
right hand side, they are determined to get the game going, | :58:44. | :58:54. | |
:58:54. | :59:30. | ||
play it short and work their way We know there is something of | :59:30. | :59:38. | |
Jekyll-and-Hyde about Georgios Samaras's game. Passing is not his | :59:38. | :59:43. | |
strong suit. It is his running with the ball, his strength. Celtic had | :59:43. | :59:48. | |
half a chance there, which is completely gone. The ball comes off | :59:48. | :59:53. | |
his ankle, the ball across the park, and sets St Mirren off on the | :59:53. | :00:03. | |
:00:03. | :00:32. | ||
Wilson is there, to be let Charlie Mulgrew. -- Thompson did win it, | :00:32. | :00:42. | |
:00:42. | :00:42. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 46 seconds | :00:42. | :01:35. | |
pull the trigger. We thought initially he might buy offside. | :01:35. | :01:40. | |
Just too many passes for Celtic. The ball was slipped through, and | :01:40. | :01:47. | |
he is onside, that was a great ball. Across the goalkeeper and it take a | :01:47. | :01:57. | |
:01:57. | :02:17. | ||
side made that or side Kohl, then signal for Celtic corner kick, | :02:17. | :02:26. | |
which will, as usual, be taken by Charlie Mulgrew. Steven Thompson | :02:26. | :02:34. | |
commanding the six-yard box, but not at the usual end. Celtic love | :02:34. | :02:38. | |
that back Post corner. It has worked a treat for them, but so far, | :02:38. | :02:48. | |
:02:48. | :02:49. | ||
no takers. They scored against Barcelona with it through Victor | :02:49. | :02:59. | |
:02:59. | :02:59. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 46 seconds | :02:59. | :04:44. | |
Wanyama, who ghosts in at the back should've been taken further back. | :04:44. | :04:54. | |
:04:54. | :05:16. | ||
Good defending by van Zanten. Came back into the team today, and he's | :05:16. | :05:26. | |
:05:26. | :05:33. | ||
been terrific. As have most in the black and white of St Mirren. How | :05:33. | :05:39. | |
they'd love a second goal before half time. Goncalves goes for the | :05:39. | :05:49. | |
lob. Terrific half of for St Mirren, who have been strong, committed, | :05:49. | :05:56. | |
and break on the ball. Goncalves goes for the top corner, there, but | :05:56. | :06:06. | |
:06:06. | :06:19. | ||
Mirren, but the joy for Celtic, has Gary Hooper slot home the 23rd goal | :06:19. | :06:26. | |
of the season. He is the man of the moment. What a time to score for | :06:26. | :06:29. | |
Celtic and a lot air-quality goal. The ball comes down to Scott Brown. | :06:29. | :06:36. | |
He has still got plenty to do. What about this for all in? So difficult | :06:36. | :06:40. | |
for defenders. The goalkeeper cannot come, because there is so | :06:40. | :06:46. | |
much pace on the ball, and absolutely perfect for Gary Hooper. | :06:46. | :06:49. | |
When a goal like that comes into the penalty area for Celtic, you | :06:49. | :06:54. | |
can pretty much Butcher mortgage on Gary Hooper been there to finish it | :06:54. | :06:59. | |
off, as he has been so often since arriving from Scunthorpe, and that | :06:59. | :07:05. | |
is the last action of the first half. What a moment in this | :07:05. | :07:09. | |
Scottish Communities Cup semi-final this is. St Mirren took the lead | :07:09. | :07:15. | |
through Goncalves. There he is. He is as devastated as his team-mates, | :07:15. | :07:22. | |
after that leveller from Gary Hooper, sickening for St Mirren. It | :07:22. | :07:27. | |
will be a very different team talk for Neil Lennon, now, at half-time | :07:27. | :07:34. | |
at Hampden Park, it is St Mirren 1, Celtic 1. A quick word with your | :07:34. | :07:39. | |
and well be. The man of the moment Gary Hooper has just changed the | :07:39. | :07:49. | |
:07:49. | :07:52. | ||
half-time team talk. We have been very poor, not at the races. So, we | :07:52. | :07:59. | |
will give them a rollicking. hasn't it clipped so far? They | :07:59. | :08:05. | |
might have been going on at the counter attack. The passing Minster | :08:05. | :08:15. | |
:08:15. | :08:19. | ||
be a much more Chris. But it was a That is what you call a change in | :08:19. | :08:25. | |
complexion. It is 1-1 at half-time. And that is a kick in a painful | :08:25. | :08:29. | |
place for the Paisley team. Particularly the timing of the goal. | :08:29. | :08:35. | |
Right on the stroke of half-time. That will lead to some anxious | :08:35. | :08:43. | |
moments for Celtic. And they will be annoyed they have switched off. | :08:43. | :08:47. | |
Celtic have had a good couple of chances and not taking them, but it | :08:47. | :08:52. | |
has been an intriguing have, with St Mirren starting off ever so well. | :08:52. | :08:57. | |
They have been very attack-minded and because Celtic problems. Scored | :08:57. | :09:02. | |
a good goal. Celtic looked disjointed defensively. And St | :09:02. | :09:06. | |
Mirren have carried a threat all day. It is set up for a terrific | :09:06. | :09:12. | |
second half. When you're on your debut, making to look in impact, | :09:13. | :09:19. | |
Roger Mac minutes into a cup semi- final is not bad. We did not | :09:19. | :09:22. | |
suggest he would be the main man at the start of the game because we | :09:22. | :09:27. | |
knew nothing about him, but he has had a great start. St Mirren have | :09:27. | :09:31. | |
shown a willingness to go forward all the way through the game. He is | :09:31. | :09:39. | |
not lacking in confidence, this lad. It is a lovely ball in. Nice finish. | :09:39. | :09:45. | |
He has had a very good start. But, look at that the 18-yard line, the | :09:45. | :09:50. | |
defence is all over the place. Nobody is talking to each other, no | :09:50. | :10:00. | |
communication. One is long, one shot. Not as a compact back four. | :10:00. | :10:04. | |
Charlie Mulgrew is Mears, the full backs are advancing. And to be fair | :10:04. | :10:08. | |
to Goncalves, he started the move and he was on the end of it. | :10:09. | :10:13. | |
this is the last kick of the first half. We talked about Gary Hooper | :10:13. | :10:19. | |
before the game. No surprise is therefore stop he plays it some | :10:19. | :10:23. | |
blankets in the box. We have been talking of their centre-forwards | :10:23. | :10:28. | |
who do that, who hold it up, played simple, then get in between the | :10:28. | :10:36. | |
sticks. I think he is onside, there. That is perfectly timed. It was | :10:36. | :10:40. | |
borderline, but his movement is great. He goes to a goal in front | :10:40. | :10:46. | |
of the lad, then checks back. The number of goals he scores from that | :10:46. | :10:49. | |
movement, that is what strikers do best, and it is a gift he has | :10:49. | :10:55. | |
caught, to be in the right place at the right time. Getting between the | :10:55. | :10:58. | |
goalkeeper and the silk -- centre halves when the ball is in the box. | :10:58. | :11:03. | |
I do not know of anyone better than him. He is brilliant at it. 20 to a | :11:03. | :11:07. | |
goal of the season for Gary Hooper puts Celtic on level terms. We will | :11:08. | :11:13. | |
talk more about that in a moment. Two SPL games being played today. | :11:13. | :11:19. | |
One is being played already. And that is the latest score from then | :11:19. | :11:24. | |
Park -- from Dens Park, and the against Kilmarnock, the bottom club | :11:24. | :11:32. | |
looking to get some points from that if they can. Looking at the | :11:32. | :11:35. | |
first of the Scottish Communities Cup semi-finals. It was a dramatic | :11:35. | :11:39. | |
90 minutes, then extra-time and penalties between Inverness and | :11:39. | :11:49. | |
:11:49. | :12:10. | ||
attack. Mackay... MacDonald does well to gather it. Mackay didn't | :12:10. | :12:20. | |
:12:20. | :12:25. | ||
catch it as he'd have liked. Brilliant pass by Shinnie. You'd | :12:25. | :12:32. | |
have put your mortgage on Mackay slotting that away. Free kick for | :12:32. | :12:42. | |
:12:42. | :12:48. | ||
Hearts. Going to be a yellow card for Foran. Not much doubt it's a | :12:48. | :12:58. | |
:12:58. | :13:08. | ||
free kic. -- kick. Wilson looking for it. Glancing header off the | :13:08. | :13:18. | |
:13:18. | :13:22. | ||
post by Ngoo. Endearing himself to the Hearts fans. The cross perfect, | :13:22. | :13:32. | |
:13:32. | :13:34. | ||
the header almost so. Foran could be in trouble. Euan Norris has a | :13:34. | :13:44. | |
:13:44. | :13:54. | ||
big decision to make. Foran is a lucky man. Already on a yellow. | :13:54. | :14:03. | |
Andrew Shinnie shapes to shoot, Webster blocks. Andrew Shinnie | :14:03. | :14:13. | |
:14:13. | :14:18. | ||
takes advantage. Inside three minutes of the restart. Driver has | :14:18. | :14:22. | |
his head in his hands. His loss of possession gifted the ball to | :14:22. | :14:28. | |
Andrew Shinnie, and Andrew Shinnie, with his 13th goal of the season, | :14:28. | :14:38. | |
:14:38. | :14:53. | ||
putting it past Jamie MacDonald. level. The decision to put him | :14:53. | :15:01. | |
straight into the starting line-up pays off. Danny Wilson did | :15:01. | :15:06. | |
brilliantly to get that back across goal. What a good finish from | :15:06. | :15:16. | |
:15:16. | :15:30. | ||
a straight red card for the Hearts midfielder. He certainly flew into | :15:30. | :15:34. | |
the challenge. You can see why that has been given as a straight red | :15:34. | :15:44. | |
:15:44. | :15:57. | ||
Surely? Andrew Shinnie cannot get it goalwards. Somehow, Hearts | :15:57. | :16:04. | |
survive. He asks, why did you not whack that into the net? Billy | :16:04. | :16:12. | |
Mackay, somehow, failed to convert when it looked simple to score. The | :16:12. | :16:20. | |
man that has scored 20 goals this season looked utterly short of | :16:20. | :16:26. | |
confidence. Why did he not hit that first time? Great save from | :16:26. | :16:36. | |
:16:36. | :16:56. | ||
McDonald, but the ball should have as Roberts stepped up. Pat to score | :16:56. | :17:00. | |
to keep Hearts in, but it was over the top. Lots of talking points, | :17:00. | :17:05. | |
but the most important one is that an incredible, young Hearts team | :17:05. | :17:09. | |
are through to the final. And not the first time they have done it | :17:10. | :17:14. | |
with ten men, they did it against Dundee United. No doubt that there | :17:14. | :17:19. | |
was plenty of spirit in that team. We will have them looking on this | :17:19. | :17:27. | |
The second half is coming up, we have seen that Goncalves goal | :17:27. | :17:31. | |
already. This was an effort from young John Wiggins, who has been | :17:31. | :17:36. | |
really impressive in the first half. It may be sums up the quality of | :17:36. | :17:40. | |
football that they have come up with? Absolutely, it's been | :17:40. | :17:44. | |
refreshing, the young players coming through, given the poor form | :17:44. | :17:54. | |
:17:54. | :18:04. | ||
bobbling about. They are there, on the edge of the box. Good save the. | :18:04. | :18:07. | |
But the confidence they had, kicking the ball round the edge of | :18:07. | :18:11. | |
the box, when it did come out, they kept it alive, they were on the | :18:11. | :18:15. | |
second ball. That always goes well for any team, if they are picking | :18:15. | :18:25. | |
:18:25. | :18:30. | ||
up the second ball. They did that sickener, but it was coming? | :18:30. | :18:40. | |
:18:40. | :18:49. | ||
little nutmeg, top-quality from is going to get a rollicking, but | :18:49. | :18:55. | |
they are always creating chances. Taking it over his shoulder, as | :18:55. | :18:59. | |
good as anybody in the game. They are creating chances, we knew that | :18:59. | :19:02. | |
would happen and that St Mirren would ride it. The they managed to | :19:02. | :19:08. | |
do it most of the time. The best Celtic each chances have come from | :19:08. | :19:14. | |
their right side. Samaras is always good to be a threat. Hooper has | :19:14. | :19:19. | |
been a lively player. A similar goal at Dundee, from a wider | :19:19. | :19:22. | |
position. He has that quality. If you give him room around the edge | :19:23. | :19:28. | |
of the box, he's deadly. You don't score the amount of goals that he | :19:28. | :19:31. | |
has caught by accident, you do it because you are a terrific finisher | :19:31. | :19:39. | |
What psychological impact to do you think that Hooper goal might have | :19:39. | :19:42. | |
in the game? They haven't been great, but they have something to | :19:42. | :19:46. | |
build on? The word devastating comes to mind. He works so hard, | :19:46. | :19:53. | |
you feel you are there, you have got to half-time and you regroup. | :19:53. | :19:59. | |
Celtic have not been at their best, and yet they are level. They | :19:59. | :20:04. | |
suspect that St Mirren will tire a little bit. I think Newton has been | :20:04. | :20:13. | |
very good, I thought he was the one that got in and tackled Wanyama. | :20:13. | :20:17. | |
But will they be match fit? We will see what they can do between now | :20:17. | :20:22. | |
and the end of the game. For me, I think there has been some | :20:22. | :20:25. | |
inconsistency with some of the refereeing decisions, picking up | :20:25. | :20:29. | |
bookings. I think that Wanyama should have been booked for that | :20:29. | :20:34. | |
blatant body-check. They will feel aggrieved about that. At the start | :20:34. | :20:36. | |
of the second half, they have to come out believing, as they did at | :20:37. | :20:41. | |
the start of the first half. Who is to say they can achieve an | :20:41. | :20:46. | |
unbelievable result? predictable goalscorer, one a | :20:46. | :20:56. | |
:20:56. | :20:57. | ||
surprise. Best male consultants. -- Goncalves. St Mirren were in | :20:57. | :21:01. | |
dreamland. They were deserving of their one-goal advantage, and told | :21:01. | :21:08. | |
this moment right before half-time. Scott Brown set up Garry Cook | :21:08. | :21:13. | |
before his 23rd of the season. 1-1 halfway through, in the second of | :21:13. | :21:23. | |
the League Cup semi-finals. What will they be saying? Same again? | :21:23. | :21:27. | |
Same again, and don't lose heart. There will be disheartened to some | :21:27. | :21:33. | |
degree. They stayed with Celtic, hands up, unexpectedly for most of | :21:33. | :21:38. | |
us. This does not look anything like the St Mirren side. They have | :21:38. | :21:41. | |
played nice football at times this season, but they are fighting their | :21:41. | :21:45. | |
battles. It's got to do with some of the players they have added. | :21:45. | :21:50. | |
Newton has given some steel in the midfield as well. But they must | :21:50. | :21:53. | |
keep the tempo as much as they can and realise that Celtic are not at | :21:53. | :21:56. | |
their best today. If you get a chance, take it, because there will | :21:56. | :22:01. | |
not be many. Is that freshness about the St Mirren side | :22:01. | :22:04. | |
significant? Players not weighed down by the history of the fixture? | :22:04. | :22:09. | |
I think that has helped. That is their first goal in nine attempts | :22:09. | :22:15. | |
against Celtic. They will take heart, and you are right, the young | :22:15. | :22:19. | |
players coming in, they don't have the history of playing as previous | :22:19. | :22:22. | |
games and losing all of those goals. They were more direct at times, | :22:22. | :22:26. | |
Stevie Thomson brought it up the pitch, trying to pass through | :22:26. | :22:30. | |
Celtic. I think that has brought them some jury in the final third. | :22:30. | :22:34. | |
How significant world last kick of the first half proved to be, I | :22:34. | :22:40. | |
wonder? Gary Hooper, scoring, cancelling out the Goncalves opener | :22:40. | :22:47. | |
for St Mirren. 1-1 it is, halfway through the second Scottish | :22:47. | :22:51. | |
communities and the Cup semi-final as we return to Craig Paterson and | :22:51. | :23:01. | |
:23:01. | :23:11. | ||
and Celtic. Saints have won just nine of the last matches. The last | :23:11. | :23:21. | |
:23:21. | :23:31. | ||
meeting in the League Cup ended 1 win in the Lee Cup in 1981. That | :23:31. | :23:35. | |
was a real sickener, a kick in the guts for St Mirren, right at half- | :23:35. | :23:45. | |
:23:45. | :24:17. | ||
goal, but managed to scrape it clear. Danny, a horrible time to | :24:17. | :24:22. | |
concede an equaliser. What will that change in terms of what you | :24:22. | :24:26. | |
save to the boys? We have belief, we have shown we can score. Thank | :24:26. | :24:36. | |
:24:36. | :24:40. | ||
Celtic. Almost a perfect start to the second half of Celtic. Lassad, | :24:40. | :24:44. | |
knocking the ball back. Brown misses by a yard. St Mirren have to | :24:44. | :24:48. | |
come out and show, at the start of the second half, exactly what they | :24:48. | :24:51. | |
did at the start of the game. That they are up for it, they are | :24:51. | :24:55. | |
confident, they will get the ball down and play. They can't afford to | :24:55. | :25:02. | |
keep giving the ball back to Celtic, invite a team of that quality on, | :25:02. | :25:12. | |
:25:12. | :25:15. | ||
spirit out of St Mirren? certainly hurts. You have put | :25:15. | :25:18. | |
yourself in a great position, to lose a goal with seconds to go | :25:18. | :25:22. | |
until half-time, it does get you down. But you have 15 minutes to | :25:22. | :25:26. | |
sit there, the manager will be saying how well they did, how | :25:26. | :25:30. | |
important it is to get YOUR opposite number, go again, show him | :25:30. | :25:36. | |
you are here for 90 minutes of 90 minutes plus. The first nine or 10 | :25:36. | :25:39. | |
minutes for a second half might tell the story, it's important that | :25:39. | :25:49. | |
:25:49. | :25:49. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 46 seconds | :25:49. | :26:41. | |
St Mirren get back to doing what players combined for the equaliser, | :26:41. | :26:51. | |
:26:51. | :26:56. | ||
given against Goodwin. And the referee is going to take action | :26:56. | :27:00. | |
against the St Mirren as good as well. Yellow card. Celtic have a | :27:00. | :27:03. | |
penalty and a chance to turn this game around. There's nothing else | :27:03. | :27:10. | |
he can do. He wins the initial header. Lassad is going to pull the | :27:10. | :27:17. | |
trigger, he throws himself in. I'm not sure what he is supposed to do. | :27:17. | :27:22. | |
It hit him on the chest and then on the arm, a tough one for St Mirren. | :27:22. | :27:31. | |
A really tough one. Charlie Mulgrew, entrusted with this task of putting | :27:31. | :27:41. | |
:27:41. | :27:46. | ||
Brilliant, from the goalkeeper. You can complain about the penalty all | :27:46. | :27:50. | |
you like, Mulgrew, what a chance he had. But the goalkeeper guessed | :27:50. | :27:54. | |
right and he got a really strong hand on it. A real chance gone for | :27:54. | :28:01. | |
Celtic. What a lift that is going to give St Mirren. We were talking | :28:01. | :28:04. | |
about spirit sapping for St Mirren, a equaliser just before the break. | :28:04. | :28:08. | |
Had that gone in, you can imagine the hurt that they would feel. That | :28:08. | :28:18. | |
:28:18. | :28:25. | ||
might galvanise them now. Craig couple of times and had a penalty | :28:25. | :28:32. | |
saved. You know they will get more chances in this game. It's been | :28:32. | :28:42. | |
:28:42. | :28:42. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 46 seconds | :28:42. | :29:23. | |
pretty much all Celtic in the delighted to have a him back. Has | :29:23. | :29:30. | |
been out for a couple of months with injury. Former Celtic player. | :29:30. | :29:38. | |
He played for Celtic in that 4-0 defeat in Paisley, one of his last | :29:38. | :29:48. | |
:29:48. | :30:09. | ||
against a team like Celtic, who are favourites for the treble, and then | :30:09. | :30:15. | |
the last 16 of the Champions League, you need luck, and a penalty miss, | :30:15. | :30:18. | |
despite it being a good save from Craig Samson, will go down as | :30:18. | :30:23. | |
something like that. They picked the worst thing to lose a goal | :30:23. | :30:26. | |
before half-time, but the Celtic scored within minutes of the | :30:26. | :30:31. | |
restart there was no way back for St Mirren, but that saved could | :30:31. | :30:40. | |
make such a difference at the end of the 90 minutes. Offside flag up | :30:40. | :30:48. | |
against Steven Thompson. He is not happy with it. I tell you what, he | :30:48. | :30:54. | |
might just have been level. But it is impossible to get them all right | :30:54. | :31:04. | |
:31:04. | :31:10. | ||
He was one of the St Mirren he was in the last round against Aberdeen | :31:10. | :31:16. | |
at Pittodrie. St Mirren went through on penalties after at 2-2 | :31:16. | :31:26. | |
:31:26. | :31:42. | ||
grapes -- Craig Samson was beaten by that. He had no chance of | :31:42. | :31:46. | |
getting there. Joe Ledley holding the ball just dips quickly. You | :31:47. | :31:51. | |
cannot allow him that sort of space to get bored shots at goal. | :31:51. | :31:55. | |
Somebody has got to be closing him down quicker. That could easily | :31:55. | :32:05. | |
:32:05. | :32:09. | ||
have nestled in the top corner. in the second half than they were | :32:09. | :32:16. | |
in the first. That was strong from Steven Thompson. He does not agree | :32:16. | :32:21. | |
with it. St Mirren assistant manager Tommy Craig does not agree | :32:21. | :32:31. | |
:32:31. | :32:33. | ||
with it, I do. -- either. He's just trying to move the man out of the | :32:33. | :32:43. | |
:32:43. | :32:47. | ||
of it to the defender. And McAusland has taken us so 1 in the | :32:47. | :32:57. | |
:32:57. | :32:57. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 46 seconds | :32:57. | :33:41. | |
Emilia is a idea. -- is it Dury -- got injured. Just caught below the | :33:41. | :33:47. | |
knee, there. It is a so one. On a day like this, is set of studs down | :33:47. | :33:57. | |
:33:57. | :33:59. | ||
your leg is not going to be comfortable. We are not sure what | :33:59. | :34:03. | |
they did from Norwich was were Gary Hooper, but we know from Neil | :34:03. | :34:10. | |
Lennon that it was less than 6 million. It could take at least 8 | :34:10. | :34:14. | |
million for him to get to speak to a club. He has at least one year | :34:14. | :34:19. | |
left on his contract. Celtic will be determined to hold on to him as | :34:19. | :34:29. | |
:34:29. | :34:44. | ||
ball. And McAusland had to deal with that because Lassad was behind | :34:44. | :34:53. | |
him. Celtic realise if they can score than the next five or 10 | :34:53. | :34:56. | |
minutes they put themselves in the box seat, and they are not giving | :34:56. | :35:06. | |
:35:06. | :35:27. | ||
himself right now, after that swinging corner. Free kick to St | :35:27. | :35:37. | |
:35:37. | :35:41. | ||
Mirren. McGinn the meat in the sandwich. From the referee's angle | :35:41. | :35:49. | |
it looked like to on one. And he has decided to give a free kick. -- | :35:49. | :35:56. | |
two on one. That is an intriguing Scottish Communities Cup semi-final. | :35:56. | :36:01. | |
As it was yesterday with Hearts beating Inverness Caley Thistle on | :36:01. | :36:11. | |
:36:11. | :36:30. | ||
worked to great effect just before with Garry Parker andMel day. -- | :36:30. | :36:37. | |
Johan Mjallby. Neil Lennon was in Italy last night watching Juventus | :36:37. | :36:45. | |
draw at home to Genoa. Not a vintage performance from the Old | :36:45. | :36:55. | |
:36:55. | :37:22. | ||
Haven't seen much of Goncalves in the second half. A foul by the | :37:22. | :37:28. | |
Portuguese on the Welshman. He is allowing his team to push up and | :37:28. | :37:34. | |
spend a little bit of time on the Celtic half. It is changed days. It | :37:34. | :37:44. | |
:37:44. | :37:49. | ||
Gary Hooper got some swerve in that. Which she didn't want, what | :37:49. | :37:54. | |
Georgios Samaras coming in at the back post. It would have been a | :37:54. | :37:59. | |
chance for Samaras, but the ball just sliced across. If that had | :37:59. | :38:09. | |
:38:09. | :38:46. | ||
gone in, he would have said that he Mirren have a free kic. -- kick. | :38:46. | :38:49. | |
This is one of the situation is what you fancy a right-footed | :38:49. | :38:53. | |
player to bend it towards the far post. Scott Brown just coming in at | :38:53. | :38:59. | |
the back, there, the referee says free kick, but not a lot in it. A | :38:59. | :39:04. | |
chance for St Mirren to put the Celtic defence under pressure. | :39:05. | :39:09. | |
last cup tie between these two sides in Paisley, St Mirren won, 1- | :39:09. | :39:19. | |
:39:19. | :39:20. | ||
0. It might have been maul grew who got the final touch on that. -- | :39:20. | :39:30. | |
:39:30. | :39:41. | ||
a sudden. That was an important intervention by Graham Carey. | :39:41. | :39:45. | |
timing was absolutely perfect. That touch from Gary Hooper was not the | :39:45. | :39:49. | |
best, but it just gave Graham Carey the chance to come in and make a | :39:49. | :39:55. | |
vital tackle. If Gary Hooper gets through, he is through on the | :39:55. | :40:03. | |
goalkeeper. So it took about to bring on Kris Commons. -- Celtic | :40:03. | :40:13. | |
:40:13. | :40:32. | ||
Kelvin Wilson was therefore stop -- Was there. The two oldies, Thompson | :40:32. | :40:40. | |
to Teale. Both St Mirren fans in the twilight of their careers and | :40:40. | :40:50. | |
:40:50. | :40:54. | ||
have a penalty kick. Almost identical to the one on the | :40:54. | :41:00. | |
opposite side. When the referee sees Charlie Mulgrew's hands go up, | :41:00. | :41:04. | |
he has no option but to give the penalty kick. Having seen the | :41:04. | :41:11. | |
goalkeeper saved one, can St Mirren know how home one of their own? | :41:11. | :41:17. | |
Well, well, well, Charlie Mulgrew missed his penalty for Celtic. It | :41:17. | :41:25. | |
was saved by Craig Samson. Paul McGowan, the former Celtic player, | :41:25. | :41:32. | |
not given the chance under Neil Lennon, and scores! Paul McGowan | :41:32. | :41:37. | |
sense St Mirren into League Cup dreamland with as cool a penalty as | :41:37. | :41:43. | |
you will see. Perfect response. Just have will look. Check where | :41:43. | :41:48. | |
the goalkeeper is going to go and knock it into the other corner. A | :41:48. | :41:53. | |
fabulous composure from the Celtic midfielder. Lucasz Zaluska goes | :41:53. | :41:59. | |
right, the ball was left. Paul McGowan, who was in the Celtic side | :41:59. | :42:05. | |
that lost 2 St Mirren 4-0 in the game that cost Tony Mowbray his job, | :42:05. | :42:10. | |
the last time St Mirren beat Celtic. They are back in the box seat at | :42:10. | :42:16. | |
the National Stadium. And, Danny Lennon who had his own League Cup | :42:16. | :42:20. | |
heartache once upon a time against Celtic. He missed out as part of | :42:20. | :42:26. | |
the Raith Rovers squad in 1994, he was injured. And you come Celtic | :42:26. | :42:32. | |
again. Celtic have make the change in the middle of that, Kris Commons | :42:32. | :42:42. | |
:42:42. | :42:47. | ||
on form -- for Lassad. With Goncalves pickpockets small group. | :42:47. | :42:55. | |
-- Mulgrew. Celtic come away, and the first touch of the match for | :42:55. | :43:02. | |
Kris Commons, just on as a substitute. Kris Commons made his | :43:02. | :43:06. | |
debut at this stage of the competition against Aberdeen two | :43:06. | :43:16. | |
years ago. He had a major say in that game, he scored one and made | :43:16. | :43:26. | |
:43:26. | :43:26. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 46 seconds | :43:26. | :44:22. | |
think that he was going to get there. A really poor ball in from | :44:22. | :44:26. | |
Kris Commons. Come on, because of the delivery, you are looking to | :44:26. | :44:30. | |
present the ball for the players in the middle. It was a really poor | :44:30. | :44:40. | |
:44:40. | :44:47. | ||
one. It was overhit and behind for worth Samaras, not happy with | :44:47. | :44:55. | |
something he had to save. -- a word with Samaras, not happy with | :44:55. | :45:05. | |
:45:05. | :45:09. | ||
today, in the League Cup final on 7th March. We are approaching the | :45:09. | :45:19. | |
:45:19. | :45:25. | ||
Cup final twice, they have lost both of those. Goodwin, actress and | :45:25. | :45:31. | |
son. They lost to Aberdeen in 1955/56. Then they lost that one | :45:31. | :45:36. | |
against Rangers in 2010, playing against nine men for much of the | :45:36. | :45:46. | |
:45:46. | :45:55. | ||
second half, certainly ten men for when they lost that late on against | :45:55. | :46:04. | |
Rangers. They have a free kick here, in a reasonable area. Plenty of | :46:04. | :46:09. | |
time to go, is it put this one straight in the box again or take | :46:09. | :46:19. | |
:46:19. | :46:25. | ||
it short? Put it into the wide silence, watching and hoping that | :46:25. | :46:35. | |
:46:35. | :46:42. | ||
the damage doesn't get worse from Absolutely stunning at Hampden | :46:42. | :46:47. | |
Park! It is Stephen Thoms and he has caused his 13th goal of the | :46:47. | :46:52. | |
season. That might just be the goal that takes St Mirren into the | :46:52. | :46:58. | |
League Cup final! Sensational! is the word for it, a sensational | :46:58. | :47:03. | |
strike. The ball is coming away from goal. What a crisp, | :47:03. | :47:13. | |
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work to do. That is an absolute peach. Look at Zaluska, I don't | :47:19. | :47:29. | |
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think he will be happy. -- Steven the semi-final of the League Cup | :47:35. | :47:45. | |
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the League Cup was a 3-1 victory. And its former Scotland | :47:48. | :47:58. | |
something for them to get back into it? They still have enough time and | :47:58. | :48:02. | |
they will still have belief, what they need is a little bit of magic | :48:02. | :48:07. | |
in that 4 would third. Look at Anthony Stokes warming up, you need | :48:07. | :48:12. | |
goals now and he is the obvious replacement. I would bring on | :48:12. | :48:15. | |
another striker to add to that attacking force. Neil Lennon might | :48:15. | :48:18. | |
be looking for the next four or five minutes, see if they can get | :48:18. | :48:22. | |
another goal and get back into the game. But what a chance for St | :48:22. | :48:28. | |
Mirren, 3-1 ahead, not long to go, they have to hold their nerve and | :48:28. | :48:38. | |
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bigger and bigger. It could be the defining moment of the game. If | :48:59. | :49:02. | |
Celtic had scored, I could not see a way back for St Mirren, having | :49:03. | :49:12. | |
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move, you keep going forward, getting yourself into the box. A | :49:24. | :49:29. | |
decent header, but it's just wide of the goalkeeper's right-hand post. | :49:29. | :49:39. | |
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I think Craig Sansom had it covered anyway. A great header from Mulgrew. | :49:39. | :49:49. | |
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Celtic are about to bring on Thompson. The ball was behind him | :49:56. | :50:02. | |
when he hit it. It was a hook to folly. To get the power and keep | :50:02. | :50:06. | |
the ball down, or you can ask his may be that the goalkeeper did | :50:06. | :50:11. | |
better. All you can ask of Steven Thompson is to hit the target. He | :50:11. | :50:21. | |
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extra time, the way that this game is panning out. Slightly too much | :50:52. | :50:59. | |
juice on the final ball. Too much on it for Cary Hooper to get a | :50:59. | :51:09. | |
:51:09. | :51:09. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 46 seconds | :51:09. | :51:53. | |
reasonably happy if they can keep Celtic two efforts from that kind | :51:53. | :51:58. | |
of distance. There is no doubt that from their Joe Ledley is capable of | :51:58. | :52:05. | |
scoring, but the odds are against it. They might be annoyed they did | :52:05. | :52:11. | |
not close him down quicker, but he is unlikely to score from 35 yards. | :52:11. | :52:15. | |
Anthony Stokes has not scored this season, but he has been out for | :52:15. | :52:22. | |
most of it. Just recently back from injury. Victor Wanyama will be | :52:22. | :52:32. | |
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going to be pushed forward into the writer, Lustig and then Anthony | :52:41. | :52:51. | |
:52:51. | :53:10. | ||
at Kilmarnock last season. He scored a couple. He was wide that | :53:10. | :53:15. | |
time. He does the right thing, he's always going to try to drag it on | :53:15. | :53:25. | |
:53:25. | :53:53. | ||
a Hearts or St Mirren final, but they prevailed on penalties, Hearts. | :53:53. | :54:03. | |
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And there were even longer odds on in terms of getting behind the ball, | :54:23. | :54:33. | |
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the minute they lose possession. what did you make of him? -- John | :54:36. | :54:42. | |
Wiggins. Similar to the young Hearts players, they went out to do | :54:42. | :54:49. | |
a job, they stuck to their task. Despite the lack of experience, | :54:49. | :54:55. | |
they have had terrific games. defensive minded, David Barron. He | :54:55. | :55:05. | |
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made all three changes. There is not much else he can do, Neil | :55:16. | :55:26. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 46 seconds | :55:26. | :57:06. | |
hopes of a domestic treble slip the shoulder that the referee sees. | :57:06. | :57:12. | |
That is why he is penalised. Is this too far-out for a shot? I know | :57:12. | :57:16. | |
that Charlie Mulgrew would like to get involved, but I think it would | :57:16. | :57:26. | |
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take something special to beat from there, but not when he bangs | :57:40. | :57:50. | |
:57:50. | :57:53. | ||
Time is running out for Celtic. Any time they get into the wide areas, | :57:53. | :57:57. | |
they have to get the ball into the box. Plenty of balls in there, but | :57:58. | :58:03. | |
that final pass was never going to come to anything. Gordon Strachan, | :58:03. | :58:06. | |
the new Scotland boss, will name their squad on Thursday for the | :58:06. | :58:16. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 46 seconds | :58:16. | :59:00. | |
10 minutes of this league Cup semi- frustrated. You are bound to. They | :59:00. | :59:04. | |
can see the big clock, on the scoreboard behind each goal. They | :59:04. | :59:10. | |
know they have 10 minutes to rescue this. Everybody is trying to play | :59:10. | :59:14. | |
the killer ball. It's hard to calm down and find the right angle, you | :59:14. | :59:24. | |
:59:24. | :59:34. | ||
have to get it in the box as quick but he could not shrug off Mikael | :59:34. | :59:41. | |
Lustig. That is beaten away by Lucasz Zaluska and it almost fell | :59:41. | :59:51. | |
:59:51. | :59:52. | ||
to Steven Thompson. He not great goalkeeping again. You have got to | :59:52. | :59:56. | |
Paris that away from the goal. Steven Thompson almost there to | :59:56. | :00:06. | |
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for that challenge. Paul McGowan, magnificent. Trying to get himself | :00:36. | :00:41. | |
on the ball. He has won a free kick allowing them to take another | :00:41. | :00:48. | |
minute or so off the clock. I would suggest at this stage you are | :00:48. | :00:52. | |
looking to get the ball in wide areas and keep it there. You know | :00:52. | :00:56. | |
that with eight minutes plus stoppage time to go, it is very | :00:56. | :01:06. | |
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close to being a huge result for St bothered about that. He could have | :01:21. | :01:25. | |
used it better but if you're going to miss, make sure that it is | :01:25. | :01:32. | |
behind the goal, I suppose. The air are lots of balls around the pitch, | :01:32. | :01:37. | |
so Celtic added back very quickly. Seven minutes left, plus injury | :01:37. | :01:45. | |
time. Celtic need to find inspiration from somewhere. Paul | :01:45. | :01:53. | |
McGowan in releasing Gary Teale, on the counter. Cannot score a 4th | :01:53. | :02:03. | |
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little over-keen to score the goal instead of looking for a pass or a | :02:27. | :02:33. | |
team-mate, it is a quick touch, go for glory, but Kris Commons since | :02:33. | :02:43. | |
:02:43. | :03:05. | ||
coming on as substitute has not Goodwin. The fresh air swipe from | :03:05. | :03:15. | |
:03:15. | :03:16. | ||
the lender likes the St Mirren fans. -- Neil Lennon delights the St | :03:16. | :03:26. | |
:03:26. | :03:46. | ||
Mirren defence. The final five minutes. The corner kick from Kris | :03:46. | :03:56. | |
:03:56. | :04:16. | ||
Commons is clear. -- cleared. Barron. He's going to get the | :04:16. | :04:22. | |
booking. He has caught the Celtic player, but he was trying to thump | :04:22. | :04:26. | |
the ball clear. He will claim he had eyes for the ball, just trying | :04:26. | :04:36. | |
:04:36. | :04:50. | ||
sweep of trophies this season. That is evaporating. Anthony Stokes with | :04:50. | :05:00. | |
:05:00. | :05:01. | ||
the free kick, again, off the wall. Kris Commons, and a thunderous | :05:01. | :05:11. | |
:05:11. | :05:20. | ||
Commons, not agree clearing header, Samson comes again. - not a great | :05:20. | :05:30. | |
:05:30. | :05:30. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 46 seconds | :05:30. | :06:10. | |
as that is hoisted as far away as good ball, and it is headed over | :06:10. | :06:15. | |
the bar by Joe Ledley. That might have been the chance that God | :06:15. | :06:19. | |
Celtic back into the game. Twisting and turning from Kris Commons, a | :06:19. | :06:27. | |
great ball in, he cannot get the header down and it is over the bar. | :06:27. | :06:33. | |
St Mirren about to bring Lee Mair on for the final couple of minutes. | :06:33. | :06:39. | |
Since they last beat Celtic 1 24th March 2010, St Mirren have lost | :06:39. | :06:49. | |
:06:49. | :06:53. | ||
every single encounter against Celtic under Danny Lennon and | :06:53. | :06:57. | |
Pascoe three today and or on the brink of a place in a national cup | :06:57. | :07:07. | |
:07:07. | :07:31. | ||
but Craig Samson que Mansiz area, as she has done all afternoon. | :07:31. | :07:35. | |
Another top performer for St Mirren. We spoke before the game about the | :07:35. | :07:43. | |
spine of the team, and it has been great, Samson, McAusland, Jim | :07:44. | :07:49. | |
Goodwin, Paul McGowan. No passengers at all. It's he has done | :07:50. | :07:57. | |
himself no harm its for getting into the Scotland squad, Greg | :07:57. | :08:00. | |
Samson. St Mirren making this change in the final minute of the | :08:00. | :08:05. | |
90. They are going to replace Paul McGowan who scored the second goal | :08:05. | :08:13. | |
from the penalty spot. It was vital that he kept his cool. Up he has | :08:13. | :08:18. | |
had a terrific 90 minutes and a terrific and well-earned standing | :08:18. | :08:24. | |
ovation from the St Mirren fans. will find out how long is being | :08:24. | :08:29. | |
added they injury-time. Celtic would do well to score twice. Three | :08:29. | :08:35. | |
minutes added on, it has been confirmed. And we are about to move | :08:35. | :08:41. | |
into the first of those three minutes. The Celtic supporters | :08:41. | :08:48. | |
heading for the exits, many of them. St Mirren R three minutes away from | :08:48. | :08:58. | |
:08:58. | :09:05. | ||
her place in the League Cup final. -- are three minutes away. Stephen | :09:05. | :09:09. | |
Thomson's scored the third goal, he is a St Mirren fan, a Paisley boy, | :09:09. | :09:15. | |
and that will mean a lot about his goal has sealed a place in a | :09:15. | :09:25. | |
:09:25. | :09:32. | ||
national cup final for his team. park that, if you are winning a | :09:32. | :09:38. | |
semi-final with a two-goal cushion, that you want it to be in, down by | :09:38. | :09:43. | |
the corner flag. Celtic have to go all the way up the park, needing | :09:43. | :09:49. | |
two goals in two minutes. That will be a free kick, and yet more | :09:49. | :09:59. | |
:09:59. | :10:00. | ||
seconds used up, and surely St Mirren other. -- are there. Just | :10:00. | :10:03. | |
running down the clock towards the end of the game. Celtic have got to | :10:03. | :10:09. | |
try and win the ball. St Mirren win themselves a corner kick and Danny | :10:09. | :10:16. | |
Lennon has the luxury of allowing himself another substitution. Lewis | :10:16. | :10:26. | |
:10:26. | :10:30. | ||
Guy coming on. As the rain pelts down in mind Florida. -- Mount | :10:30. | :10:40. | |
:10:40. | :10:41. | ||
Florida. And that just about sums it up for Celtic today. They will | :10:42. | :10:45. | |
the other of all was a crossfield ball to Anthony Stokes. That | :10:45. | :10:55. | |
:10:55. | :10:58. | ||
certainly was not the auction they were looking for. -- the option. | :10:58. | :11:06. | |
Craig Samson gets rid of it. Scott Brown takes it down. St Mirren are | :11:06. | :11:13. | |
so close, now, they can just about touch their place in the League Cup | :11:13. | :11:21. | |
final. That change is going to be made now, at they are going to | :11:21. | :11:27. | |
bring off the man who got the party started for St Mirren, Esmael | :11:27. | :11:32. | |
Goncalves, who gave them the lead in the first half. When you come to | :11:32. | :11:36. | |
a new club you want to get off to a good start and it does not get much | :11:36. | :11:46. | |
:11:46. | :11:51. | ||
better than that. The Portuguese, on loan from Rio Ave, is replaced | :11:51. | :12:00. | |
by Lewis Guy. Anything Celtic get there will be a consolation. They | :12:00. | :12:06. | |
have got one back. Charlie Mulgrew. But surely that has come too late. | :12:06. | :12:14. | |
It has done. St Mirren are coming back to Hampden Park. They will | :12:14. | :12:20. | |
come back to the final to play Hearts on March 17th. And Danny | :12:20. | :12:26. | |
Lennon has the chance to write himself into St Mirren for war. | :12:26. | :12:32. | |
They have deserved this victory. Craig Samson, and that was such a | :12:32. | :12:37. | |
pivotal moment in the semi-final. Saving the penalty kick from | :12:37. | :12:41. | |
Charlie Mulgrew at the start of the second half. It could have gone the | :12:41. | :12:47. | |
other way if that had found the net. His mild Goncalves gave them the | :12:47. | :12:51. | |
lead early corner in the first half, then that dispiriting equaliser | :12:51. | :12:56. | |
from Gary Hooper just before half- time. That could have put their | :12:56. | :13:02. | |
heads down and sat the spirits or St Mirren, but it didn't. Celtic | :13:02. | :13:09. | |
hit the woodwork twice in the first half. Then came that Craig Samson | :13:09. | :13:12. | |
save from the Charlie Mulgrew spot kick. Then St Mirren took over with | :13:12. | :13:17. | |
a penalty of their own, which Paul McGowan converted after it struck | :13:17. | :13:22. | |
the armour Charlie Mulgrew from a Gary Teale effort. Paul McGowan | :13:22. | :13:28. | |
sent Lucasz Zaluska the wrong way, making it 2-1, then Steven Thompson, | :13:28. | :13:32. | |
one of the most experienced campaigners in Scottish football | :13:32. | :13:38. | |
slammed home an outstanding Borley to add the gloss to the St Mirren | :13:38. | :13:48. | |
scoreline -- outstanding volley. Charlie Mulgrew pulled one back | :13:48. | :13:52. | |
with the last kick of the ball but that will not matter to Danny | :13:52. | :13:57. | |
Lennon, who missed out as part of the Raith Rovers side when they | :13:57. | :14:03. | |
beat Celtic in the League Cup in 1994. The St Mirren manager has | :14:03. | :14:08. | |
played his part today and he has been awarded for putting out what | :14:08. | :14:14. | |
was, compared to teams they put out against Celtic in recent times, and | :14:14. | :14:19. | |
adventurous line-up, and it has paid dividends, it really has. It | :14:19. | :14:23. | |
finishes at Hampden Park with St Mirren coming back to face Hearts | :14:23. | :14:33. | |
:14:33. | :14:37. | ||
in the final in March, St Mirren What a result and what a | :14:37. | :14:42. | |
performance by the Paisley team. 3- 2 is the final score. They will | :14:42. | :14:45. | |
play Hearts and the final. Well, St Mirren fans would always have gone | :14:45. | :14:50. | |
into that hopeful and optimistic, as club supporters do. I don't | :14:50. | :14:55. | |
think many neutrals would have seen that coming? We'll said before the | :14:55. | :14:58. | |
game it would have to be a special team performance, and that is what | :14:58. | :15:01. | |
we got. There were so many incidents in the game. Sitting here, | :15:01. | :15:07. | |
a fascinating game to watch. A lot of good quality on display. St | :15:07. | :15:12. | |
Mirren, great individual performances but a great team | :15:12. | :15:15. | |
performance. And I think goals change games as well. The penalty, | :15:15. | :15:19. | |
I think it was harshly given, I think Goodwin was unfortunate. It | :15:20. | :15:28. | |
hit his chest and came off his arm. But Samson made a great save. Then | :15:28. | :15:30. | |
they scored great goals and you can't deny they were deserving | :15:30. | :15:37. | |
winners. Steven Thompson got the third goal. It proved to be | :15:37. | :15:41. | |
decisive, in the end. Congratulations, I'm thinking it | :15:41. | :15:46. | |
will take a long time for this smile to come off your face? It's | :15:46. | :15:49. | |
only just happened, I guess it will sink in tonight and over the next | :15:49. | :15:54. | |
few days. What a monumental effort from all of the players. When they | :15:54. | :15:58. | |
scored just before half-time, I thought it was a terrible time to | :15:58. | :16:01. | |
lose a goal. At half-time we spoke about how well we had done in the | :16:01. | :16:06. | |
first half, if we took the same spirit in, the quality of our play | :16:06. | :16:10. | |
into the second half, we could cause Celtic problems. And we did. | :16:10. | :16:17. | |
It's a magnificent feeling. However, it's a semi-final. If it had | :16:17. | :16:21. | |
happened in the final I would be even happier, I guess. But it's | :16:21. | :16:26. | |
fantastic to be in a final again. Hopefully, this time we can make | :16:26. | :16:29. | |
the 25 year wait goal a. The a stunning victory, a stunning | :16:29. | :16:33. | |
performance, was their real belief beforehand that you could upset the | :16:33. | :16:38. | |
odds? I think there was, I felt that this morning, on the bus, in | :16:38. | :16:42. | |
the changing room. I think in the first 10 minutes it gave us a lot | :16:42. | :16:49. | |
of belief. We kept possession really well, obviously we scored | :16:49. | :16:54. | |
the goal, these tiny things give you the belief. We carried belief | :16:54. | :16:59. | |
through the match. It had been so long since we had scored again | :16:59. | :17:04. | |
Celtic, to get the goal, it gave us the opportunity to say, we can do | :17:04. | :17:08. | |
this, we can get another. Everybody was outstanding, I don't want to | :17:08. | :17:12. | |
pick out individuals, they were all superb. It's a shame we have to do | :17:12. | :17:16. | |
it again on Wednesday, against Inverness, that we have to prepare | :17:16. | :17:26. | |
:17:26. | :17:29. | ||
for. But I guess we can have a week -- a little glass or two. A lot | :17:29. | :17:33. | |
will be said about Celtic, but what we are not losing sight of is how | :17:33. | :17:40. | |
good St Mirren where? Teale had a great game, Thomson was fantastic. | :17:40. | :17:44. | |
Right from the start of the game he was lively. When he did get that | :17:44. | :17:49. | |
goal, suddenly, exactly what he said there, that gave them the | :17:49. | :17:54. | |
belief. That gave them that lift. Just the fact they were on top of | :17:54. | :17:59. | |
Celtic, the entirety of the time. Keep an eye on each of these goals, | :17:59. | :18:09. | |
:18:09. | :18:11. | ||
what Wanyama is doing, precisely Precisely. This is the heartbreak | :18:11. | :18:18. | |
for them, Hooper did what he does best. Great movement. It says any | :18:18. | :18:23. | |
argument of people debating if he was onside or not, clearly onside, | :18:23. | :18:27. | |
great finish. But St Mirren had the belief to carried out on in the | :18:27. | :18:31. | |
second half. A great save from the penalty, they took more belief from | :18:31. | :18:41. | |
:18:41. | :18:41. | ||
that. They knocked the ball around We wondered about the psychology of | :18:41. | :18:45. | |
that Hooper goal, what it would do to both teams. And that second half | :18:45. | :18:55. | |
:18:55. | :18:58. | ||
incredibly harsh. If you have to give it, it is because it hit his | :18:58. | :19:04. | |
hand. Why you get a yellow card, forget that, you have to be able to | :19:04. | :19:09. | |
cope with it. It has hit his hand, you have to get on with it. It's up | :19:09. | :19:13. | |
to the goalkeeper. You have to have everything going your way at this | :19:13. | :19:19. | |
point in time. I'm not saying Celtic after the poor and St Mirren | :19:19. | :19:24. | |
have to be brilliant, there are times when you get, as soon as he | :19:24. | :19:29. | |
saved that, I thought this is not going to be Celtic's day. You get a | :19:29. | :19:33. | |
feeling in football. That is how it transpired. A great save, strong | :19:33. | :19:38. | |
hand to push it away so that there is no rebound. They took strength | :19:38. | :19:43. | |
from that. The actual build-up to the penalty, the move that they had | :19:43. | :19:49. | |
prior to lead to the corner, it was fantastic place. Thomson and Teale, | :19:49. | :19:59. | |
eventually it comes in, the penalty kick, the composure that the young | :19:59. | :20:09. | |
:20:09. | :20:10. | ||
for me, that a clear penalty. There is no reason why he has his hands | :20:10. | :20:16. | |
up there. Brilliant from Gary Teale. If it gets through, it's going to | :20:16. | :20:21. | |
cause problems, as it happened he gets a penalty. Again, I'm asking | :20:21. | :20:27. | |
why he is being booked. He's not done it did pretty. -- done it | :20:27. | :20:32. | |
deliberately. I wouldn't be booking the die for it, but a penalty kick. | :20:32. | :20:37. | |
It's not important, but it's the confidence and composure. For a | :20:37. | :20:42. | |
young lad, in that arena, confidently struck into the corner. | :20:42. | :20:45. | |
2-1, a lot of people would have felt they would sit back and hold | :20:46. | :20:50. | |
on 42-One, they continued to pass and move the ball well. The finish | :20:50. | :20:54. | |
for the third goal, I know what he is capable of and I'm delighted for | :20:54. | :21:01. | |
him, an outstanding lad, great professional. A chance of winning | :21:01. | :21:10. | |
the trophy against Hearts, all Congratulations, will that take a | :21:10. | :21:14. | |
while to sink in? I think so, we put so much into the game, when | :21:14. | :21:20. | |
they got the penalty we thought, not again. All credit to the boys, | :21:20. | :21:24. | |
great character, a great day for the club and supporters. Steven | :21:24. | :21:28. | |
Thompson said he had a feeling something was in the water, did you | :21:28. | :21:32. | |
share his optimism? I did, we have not played well against Celtic | :21:32. | :21:36. | |
every game. We haven't scored since I have been here against them. That | :21:36. | :21:41. | |
was another plus. You just know it is a cup game, anything can happen | :21:41. | :21:47. | |
and it did. If you play like that, can you go and win it? Of course. | :21:47. | :21:51. | |
We don't fear anybody. We know how good we can be. We are not always | :21:51. | :21:55. | |
consistent enough, but if we can take that into the final, I'm | :21:55. | :22:04. | |
pretty sure we can come away with So, Paul Mark Allen with gold | :22:04. | :22:08. | |
number two for St Mirren. -- Paul McGowan. They needed the third as | :22:08. | :22:13. | |
well, as it turned out. Steven Thompson, we picked him out before | :22:13. | :22:23. | |
:22:23. | :22:24. | ||
the match. His 13th goal of the changed at the end and they put him | :22:24. | :22:29. | |
on the left wing. He has not dived in, he has waited out. He realises | :22:29. | :22:33. | |
there is a bit more of Celtic defenders and you're probably not | :22:33. | :22:37. | |
going to get the ball if it is played into that classic area. No | :22:37. | :22:41. | |
problems of offside or anything like that. From the manager's point | :22:41. | :22:45. | |
of view, what is really annoying is when the ball is brought out to the | :22:45. | :22:49. | |
edge of the box, Victor Wanyama, if he went to the edge of the boxy | :22:49. | :22:53. | |
would have stopped the cross coming in to Thompson. That goal was | :22:53. | :23:00. | |
easily avoidable, to a manager. He is a ladder to have come behind him | :23:00. | :23:10. | |
:23:10. | :23:19. | ||
and an easy finish. -- he has a finish. We asked about Paul | :23:19. | :23:27. | |
McGowan going forwards. Wanyama, all through the game he made | :23:27. | :23:31. | |
mistakes like that. The poorest game I've seen have by 1 million | :23:31. | :23:37. | |
miles. You can't play with ten men against a team that up for it. Guys | :23:37. | :23:41. | |
like Thomson are thinking, this is one of the great opportunities of | :23:41. | :23:45. | |
my career and when I get it, I will take it. A lot of his goals have | :23:45. | :23:53. | |
been quality goals. Attitude plays a big part. St Mirren got it spot | :23:53. | :23:59. | |
on and Celtic's must be questioned? St Mirren had conceded 22 in eight | :23:59. | :24:02. | |
games and not scored in Celtic. They know it was a big occasion, | :24:02. | :24:07. | |
fired up to be at their best and show people that we are good | :24:07. | :24:10. | |
players individually, we are a good team, we have not shown it again | :24:10. | :24:15. | |
Celtic but we are going to do that. Celtic had a slow start, but goals | :24:15. | :24:20. | |
change games. If Celtic scored the penalty, I've no doubt they would | :24:20. | :24:24. | |
win something like 4-1. But they didn't. The balance was perfect | :24:24. | :24:28. | |
between the young lads, the new players coming in and the senior | :24:28. | :24:33. | |
pros. They have all played in big games. It's nothing new to Stevie | :24:33. | :24:36. | |
Thomson or Gary Teale. And don't forget the goalkeeper. He was | :24:37. | :24:42. | |
fantastic. Lots of stars and stripes, and one in a yellow jersey, | :24:42. | :24:49. | |
We've spoken to a couple of the goalscorers, but you certainly | :24:49. | :24:56. | |
played your part? Always go to make a penalty save, at a vital part of | :24:56. | :25:00. | |
the game. But the boys had to get the goals to turn that around. | :25:00. | :25:03. | |
Going down to the final, we have to remember this is just the semi- | :25:03. | :25:08. | |
final. Talk us through the save, was it just a good guess? I decided | :25:08. | :25:13. | |
I was going to go to my right. He hit it quite well that I was lucky | :25:13. | :25:18. | |
enough to go to my right and touch it past the post. Stephen and Paul | :25:18. | :25:23. | |
both said that they believed. Did you? Yes, we believed, and that is | :25:23. | :25:28. | |
what happened. Great for us and the fans, delighted. Can you win it? | :25:29. | :25:34. | |
course we can, we have just beaten Celtic. We are going to have a | :25:34. | :25:43. | |
difficult game against Hearts that Sometimes, a goal like this can be | :25:43. | :25:46. | |
described as a consolation goal. As far as Celtic are concerned, I | :25:46. | :25:56. | |
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don't think it will give them much force an equaliser. There will be | :25:57. | :26:07. | |
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Just an unbelievable day for St Mirren. They are right what they | :26:14. | :26:17. | |
have said, it is a semi-final and they have to come back with that | :26:17. | :26:22. | |
level of performance in the final. If they do, it will take him close | :26:22. | :26:27. | |
to winning the final. Suffering so much, so many defeats at the hands | :26:27. | :26:31. | |
of Celtic, how sweet does that taste? They will be feeling so | :26:31. | :26:36. | |
sweet about it. But you also look at that team and think, actually, | :26:36. | :26:44. | |
they've got a bit of a core now. You begin to see the best of other | :26:44. | :26:49. | |
players. Teale, Thomson up front, he gets a little bit more support. | :26:49. | :26:53. | |
They left they would get from that, we did talk about confidence, but | :26:53. | :26:57. | |
they will not only look forward to the Cup final, they will look | :26:57. | :27:01. | |
forward to the season. I have no doubt that Denni Lennon will look | :27:01. | :27:05. | |
at these players and think, hold on a minute, with that level of | :27:05. | :27:09. | |
performance, we should not be where we are in the Premier League. Let's | :27:09. | :27:14. | |
use that as a catalyst to move forward with a strong end to the | :27:14. | :27:20. | |
season, get better from that. Celtic were not at their maximum | :27:20. | :27:25. | |
level, but you cannot take anything away from how well St Mirren played. | :27:25. | :27:29. | |
Their passing was pleasing to the eye, I think it was an outstanding | :27:29. | :27:34. | |
display from start to finish. hear from the victorious manager | :27:34. | :27:42. | |
Very well done, can you put that into words? We are delighted, the | :27:42. | :27:46. | |
dressing room is buzzing as we speak. It was a fantastic effort | :27:46. | :27:51. | |
from the backroom staff, in the preparation going into the game. | :27:51. | :27:58. | |
The tactics, what the players have brought in, what we certainly had | :27:58. | :28:02. | |
through the working week was inspiration from past Celtic and St | :28:02. | :28:06. | |
Mirren games. That was our message, fuelled the players with that | :28:06. | :28:10. | |
belief that it can be achievable. We work with them on a daily basis. | :28:10. | :28:16. | |
When they have belief like that, and show their true potential, they | :28:16. | :28:23. | |
can bring that best to any game. It's a fantastic achievement to | :28:23. | :28:30. | |
reach that. It's a fantastic result. More importantly, the manner that | :28:30. | :28:35. | |
we got the result. That's for all of our fans that have stuck by us, | :28:35. | :28:38. | |
thick and thin. Hopefully we have given them something to look | :28:38. | :28:43. | |
forward curve. As I say, we're just absolutely delighted. -- something | :28:43. | :28:47. | |
to look forward to. We are chasing another Lennon | :28:47. | :28:51. | |
interview as well. We might have to wait for that one, Neil Lennon | :28:51. | :28:56. | |
obviously distraught about how things have gone for Celtic. Hearts | :28:56. | :29:04. | |
against St Mirren in the final of the Scottish communities to kneecap. | :29:04. | :29:14. | |
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At Pittodrie, it was Aberdeen against Hibs. Highlights from that | :29:19. | :29:29. | |
:29:29. | :29:44. | ||
Craig Thomson is going to book Peter Pawlett. He throws himself. | :29:44. | :29:50. | |
Peter Pawlett seeing plenty of the ball in the opening stages. He | :29:50. | :29:58. | |
finds Johnny Hayes. This time, it is a penalty. Craig Thomson pointed | :29:58. | :30:06. | |
to the spot. Johnny Hayes just checked his run, waited for the | :30:06. | :30:11. | |
challenge. And Craig Thomson decides that is a spot kick to be | :30:11. | :30:21. | |
taken by Niall McGinn. Saved by Graham Williams. And clear it. | :30:21. | :30:27. | |
Williams can afford to grin, no. Really good save. Perhaps Niall | :30:27. | :30:37. | |
:30:37. | :30:52. | ||
McGinn's not best streak of the their attacking play. Gavin Rae | :30:52. | :31:02. | |
forced a further wide and he would have liked. And Peter Pawlett, he | :31:02. | :31:07. | |
met that well, but he couldn't direct it down much to test | :31:07. | :31:17. | |
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Williams. Craig Brown, looking to turn dominance into goals. And mile | :31:17. | :31:25. | |
McGinn did his best to make up for the missed penalty. -- Niall McGinn. | :31:25. | :31:30. | |
Osborne fancies his chances from distance. Williams happy to see it | :31:30. | :31:40. | |
drift wide. Aberdeen still the dominant force. Pat Fenlon will | :31:40. | :31:47. | |
want his side to start imposing themselves on the match. Again, | :31:47. | :31:54. | |
Aberdeen going for it, from distance. Williams, getting | :31:54. | :32:04. | |
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in there causing trouble. Aberdeen tried to keep the pressure on. | :32:12. | :32:16. | |
Johnny Hayes works it on to his right foot. That is a wonderful | :32:16. | :32:23. | |
effort. Just could not whip this clear, and eventually, Johnny's | :32:23. | :32:33. | |
:32:33. | :32:39. | ||
found room to shoot. He wasn't far This is Dorrell. Leigh Griffiths | :32:39. | :32:47. | |
trying to get there, he does, but he can't force it. Junior Langfield | :32:47. | :32:55. | |
happy to see that squirming past the post. Two League games this | :32:55. | :33:03. | |
weekend because of the League Cup finals. This was Dundee United | :33:03. | :33:06. | |
against Ross County at Tannadice yesterday, the best of whip from | :33:06. | :33:16. | |
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Gary Mackay-Steven was a bit games this season, having gone nine | :33:35. | :33:42. | |
games without a win. That was Gary Mackay-Steven, turned away by Boyd. | :33:42. | :33:52. | |
:33:52. | :33:55. | ||
And that was knocked out of play. Gary Mackay Stephen set up well. | :33:55. | :34:05. | |
:34:05. | :34:06. | ||
Peter Houston explaining what he wants. And Gary Mackay-Steven again, | :34:06. | :34:11. | |
desperate to add to his three goals this season. He has got the power | :34:11. | :34:21. | |
:34:21. | :34:29. | ||
goalkeeper. He will be delighted to see that going behind. -- closes | :34:29. | :34:35. | |
down the goalkeeper. Mark Brown put in a difficult position by Scott | :34:35. | :34:45. | |
:34:45. | :34:59. | ||
Boyd. And Johnny Russell closes him shoot. And the Dundee United | :34:59. | :35:05. | |
magician conjures up something special again. You just cannot give | :35:05. | :35:11. | |
him space. Johnny Russell work hard. Gary Mackay-Steven was not closed | :35:11. | :35:17. | |
down by Grant Munro, and the goalkeeper simply had no chance. | :35:17. | :35:24. | |
Seven minutes gone in the second half, and Johnny Russell and Gary | :35:24. | :35:34. | |
:35:34. | :35:46. | ||
He had such a good debut against St Mirren last weekend. Almost on the | :35:46. | :35:56. | |
:35:56. | :36:19. | ||
goalkeeper. He gathered it at the what an equaliser from Richard | :36:19. | :36:26. | |
written. It has been a game graced by two great goals. Gary Mackay- | :36:26. | :36:31. | |
Steven with that finish into the top corner, and Richie Britain | :36:31. | :36:40. | |
taking the more direct route. Eight minutes to go. And as two goals, | :36:40. | :36:50. | |
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Two great goals and that game, no abbot -- no SPL goals at all, 05-0 | :37:07. | :37:14. | |
at Pittodrie, and the latest score from Dens Park is the Dundee nil, | :37:14. | :37:19. | |
Kilmarnock nil, but let's head back to Hampton, the losing manager, | :37:19. | :37:24. | |
Neil Lennon, joins Chris. -- hand in. You will be bitterly | :37:24. | :37:29. | |
disappointed. What went wrong? There was a lack of intensity in | :37:29. | :37:37. | |
the play in the first half. There was a lack of hunger. That was a | :37:37. | :37:42. | |
soulless performance from us. There was a lack leadership, lack of | :37:42. | :37:50. | |
intensity. I don't know where that performance came from. After 15 | :37:50. | :37:54. | |
minutes we looked a little bit better, we hit the crossbar twice, | :37:55. | :38:00. | |
second half, we came out much better. I didn't think either of | :38:00. | :38:05. | |
the penalties was a penalty but St Mirren scored from theirs, we | :38:05. | :38:12. | |
didn't. And we never really had quality in the final third. | :38:12. | :38:21. | |
Defensively we were awful. Apart from Gary Hooper. Without him we | :38:21. | :38:24. | |
would have been in trouble. There was no sign from previous results | :38:25. | :38:29. | |
that this was coming. What do you put it down from? Their attitude | :38:30. | :38:39. | |
:38:40. | :38:40. | ||
has been very good this season, so I don't know. There was a lack of | :38:40. | :38:44. | |
discipline in shape, we did not play like a team. We played like | :38:44. | :38:48. | |
individuals. You always worry before the game, semi-finals, it | :38:48. | :38:56. | |
has not been a happy hunting ground for us. And we need to rectify that | :38:57. | :39:02. | |
if we are going to progress. Complacency is a strong word, but | :39:02. | :39:08. | |
was it a problem? I am not going to hide from criticism. The first and | :39:08. | :39:14. | |
then the team. I am not going to hide from that. There was no | :39:15. | :39:18. | |
contribution -- complacency in the contribution but the lack of | :39:18. | :39:24. | |
intensity concerned me. How much of the concern is it with the cup game | :39:24. | :39:28. | |
coming up and then the game against Juventus? We have a league game | :39:28. | :39:33. | |
first. You would think about that on Wednesday and see what type of | :39:33. | :39:42. | |
Fair play to Neil Lennon. A brutally honest assessment of what | :39:42. | :39:46. | |
happened or did not happen for Celtic at Hampden today. You have | :39:46. | :39:51. | |
got to admire it alight. You can see how much it is hurting them. He | :39:51. | :39:56. | |
was not expecting that level of performance. The preparation has | :39:56. | :40:01. | |
been buying on. The players sometimes have got to look at | :40:01. | :40:07. | |
themselves. The manager puts the players out there expecting them to | :40:07. | :40:10. | |
live up to the standards Celtic's set and they have not done that | :40:11. | :40:15. | |
today.And was very honest and very frank and sometimes that is what | :40:15. | :40:22. | |
you have to be. It is a desperate statistic, five defeats at Hampden | :40:22. | :40:29. | |
under his management. But lets not lose sight of the positives, a | :40:29. | :40:33. | |
fantastic result for St Mirren. There is a temptation to talk about | :40:33. | :40:37. | |
what is going on the Celtic there, I did not see this coming at all, | :40:37. | :40:41. | |
but you have to say, St Mirren played incredibly well. Danny | :40:41. | :40:46. | |
Lennon had to change a lot of things. He was brave enough to | :40:46. | :40:49. | |
bring those players into his group, and to get the best out of them | :40:49. | :40:55. | |
very quickly, but also to prepare his team to make sure they peaked | :40:55. | :40:59. | |
for the Right game. I thought Conor Newton made a massive difference to | :41:00. | :41:04. | |
them. And you have to applaud the efforts of Paul McGowan. But | :41:04. | :41:11. | |
throughout the entire team from one to 11, you have to upload them. The | :41:11. | :41:15. | |
best performance from St Mirren, and a poor performance from Celtic, | :41:15. | :41:25. | |
:41:25. | :41:26. | ||
that happened -- applaud them. the latest from Dens Park, still | :41:27. | :41:32. | |
Siro IV 0. You will be able to see highlights later on, on the BBC | :41:32. | :41:38. | |
website. Next weekend, it is all about the Scottish Cup, down to the | :41:38. | :41:45. | |
last 16. We have extensive coverage on BBC Radio Scotland. Highlights | :41:45. | :41:51. | |
of those five cup ties on Saturday night at 10:30pm. The live match | :41:51. | :41:59. | |
from the 5th round, it is Raith Rovers against Celtic at Kirkcaldy. | :42:00. | :42:05. | |
And highlights of the Sunday cup ties at 10 twenty-five pm on Sunday. | :42:05. | :42:09. | |
The Scottish Cup will have to go some to match the drama of the | :42:09. | :42:13. |