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Sportscene's invite lost in the post... | :00:00. | :00:44. | |
This is what they're missing out on tonight. | :00:45. | :01:21. | |
Bafta kicking themselves over on BBC One. | :01:22. | :01:23. | |
The leading lights in the studio tonight, Steven Thompson and Stuart | :01:24. | :01:26. | |
A difficult few weeks for the champions. | :01:27. | :01:36. | |
Defeat to Ross County in the League Cup and an uninspiring | :01:37. | :01:40. | |
victory over lowly East Kilbride in the Scottish Cup. | :01:41. | :01:42. | |
Ross County the opponents once again. | :01:43. | :01:44. | |
The manager has reverted to type with the line-up. There is a home | :01:45. | :01:59. | |
drink asked home debut for Sviatchenko, Gordon is restored in | :02:00. | :02:07. | |
goal. Andrew Davies is injured. His armband goes to Quinn. His place | :02:08. | :02:08. | |
goes to Robertson. Celtic began that League Cup | :02:09. | :02:20. | |
semifinal 13 days ago on fire, got that goal inside 30 seconds. They | :02:21. | :02:24. | |
have begun positively here. This is Griffiths. Denied goal number 30 of | :02:25. | :02:29. | |
the season by Scott Fox. The red card really did change the | :02:30. | :02:38. | |
complexion of that last tie. Stefan Johansen, the won the player | :02:39. | :02:57. | |
of the year cleric -- last year. Fox does enough. Mackay-Steven began his | :02:58. | :03:03. | |
career at the stag is. You could say he is a lucky. -- unlucky. This is | :03:04. | :03:14. | |
better from County. Haven't really been seen as an attacking force as | :03:15. | :03:15. | |
yet. This is Irvine. I am sure Gervinho would have played | :03:16. | :03:28. | |
that threw in his mind, scoring against his old team. -- I am sure | :03:29. | :03:33. | |
Irvine would have played that through in his mind. Gervinho loses | :03:34. | :03:41. | |
out, that is Stefan Johansen, and it's going to come through to | :03:42. | :03:47. | |
Griffiths. -- Gervinho loses out. You can't convert. He knows he | :03:48. | :03:56. | |
should have done. A despairing dive from first Quinn, and then Fox, who | :03:57. | :04:01. | |
couldn't believe his luck, as this is pegged straight back at him. | :04:02. | :04:08. | |
Tierney, trying to torment Franks. He has got the cross in. Its | :04:09. | :04:18. | |
Griffiths! It is 1-0. And it is dirty for the season. -- 34 the | :04:19. | :04:28. | |
season, for Celtic's number nine. A wonderful finish from Leigh | :04:29. | :04:29. | |
Griffiths. Here comes Celtic again. It's going | :04:30. | :04:41. | |
to come through to Mackay-Steven. He is claiming a corner, goal kick | :04:42. | :04:47. | |
only. He will be annoyed he hasn't hit the target here. | :04:48. | :04:56. | |
Stefan Johansen worked it to Sviatchenko, a second chance here | :04:57. | :05:04. | |
for Celtic. It's a clever ball, Boyata makes it two. That could be | :05:05. | :05:14. | |
game over. Well, it's a lovely ball in by Stuart Armstrong. Scott Fox | :05:15. | :05:17. | |
won't be happy with his positioning. He is caught out at the front post | :05:18. | :05:23. | |
when Armstrong crossed it in, and Boyata did well. It is 2-0. | :05:24. | :05:29. | |
Celtic, without really turning it on, are deserving of the lead that | :05:30. | :05:44. | |
they have. County have barely laid a glove on them. It was a poor ball | :05:45. | :05:52. | |
there, it has allowed it to be slipped through for Gardyne. That | :05:53. | :05:58. | |
could have gone anywhere. Celtic are so comfortable, that a County goal | :05:59. | :06:03. | |
could change things dramatically. Reckord pinches it back for County. | :06:04. | :06:21. | |
The shackles are off a little bit since they went 2-0 behind. Craig | :06:22. | :06:28. | |
Gordon wasn't sure. Still, it is County. It is well over from | :06:29. | :06:37. | |
McShane. After frustration for the visitors, it might have been bending | :06:38. | :06:41. | |
in Tommy you know. We gave them a yard, they got closer, the first | :06:42. | :06:47. | |
half we started to get closer to them and we were quite good in the | :06:48. | :06:52. | |
second as well. Passing could be better. To lose the goal just before | :06:53. | :06:56. | |
half-time lets them relax a bit, lets the crowd relax a bit because | :06:57. | :07:00. | |
the crowd will start to get on their case and obviously again you are | :07:01. | :07:05. | |
hoping to get that 70 minute mark and then maybe have a bit more of a | :07:06. | :07:11. | |
go at it but in that game we lost another poor goal, which we should | :07:12. | :07:16. | |
defend. It's been a difficult couple of weeks, a 2-0 victory against Ross | :07:17. | :07:21. | |
County might give them a bit of breathing space? He certainly under | :07:22. | :07:25. | |
scrutiny. Celtic were not at their best, yesterday. Quite a lot of | :07:26. | :07:29. | |
their players underperformed but they got their result. Ross County | :07:30. | :07:32. | |
wherein the game for large periods but again, Griffiths, his 30th goal | :07:33. | :07:37. | |
of the season making the difference but just before half-time. Celtic | :07:38. | :07:41. | |
didn't run away with it. It's been a tricky couple of weeks for Ross | :07:42. | :07:46. | |
County, a difficult match midweek against Hearts, so maybe feeling a | :07:47. | :07:51. | |
bit lately? Possibly so, they didn't perform as well as they would like. | :07:52. | :07:56. | |
They lost goals just at the wrong times, just before half-time is a | :07:57. | :07:59. | |
killer for them. Anything they got yesterday would have been a bonus | :08:00. | :08:03. | |
for them but they have had a good season until now. They need to kick | :08:04. | :08:06. | |
on and solidify themselves in the top six. How positive should Celtic | :08:07. | :08:12. | |
fans eat? There was more dynamism in the attacking midfield, supporting | :08:13. | :08:16. | |
the attacking play yesterday? They were trying their best to get | :08:17. | :08:19. | |
forward in numbers. Here, you see they win the ball. It's really | :08:20. | :08:24. | |
intelligent run from Mackay-Steven, from end to end, probably should | :08:25. | :08:29. | |
score and open up the bottom corner. But Celtic attacks well. This is a | :08:30. | :08:33. | |
really good chance. Griffiths will be kicking himself. He does | :08:34. | :08:36. | |
everything right, goes around the keeper and doesn't quite get his | :08:37. | :08:41. | |
angles right. Absolutely, Leigh Griffiths with 30 goals for the | :08:42. | :08:46. | |
season. Look at this, Celtic have so much attacking talent, they can | :08:47. | :08:52. | |
attack at pace. They have Armstrong, Mackay-Steven, Griffiths, Tierney | :08:53. | :08:55. | |
and the fullback areas, so much pace. I think at home in the big | :08:56. | :09:01. | |
open spaces especially when they go a goal up and the other team have to | :09:02. | :09:05. | |
come out at them it leaves counterattacking. You look at the | :09:06. | :09:08. | |
pace, they will always be a threat. There is still the sense among the | :09:09. | :09:12. | |
Celtic fans, the crowd wasn't the best Celtic crowd, questions over | :09:13. | :09:15. | |
Bonnie Dowler but with Aberdeen playing tomorrow the pressure goes | :09:16. | :09:19. | |
in Aberdeen to see if they can get a victory which they will now need | :09:20. | :09:24. | |
against Inverness, to keep pace with Celtic. Yes, Derek will look forward | :09:25. | :09:28. | |
to going to Inverness. It was Inverness who stopped the great run | :09:29. | :09:31. | |
at the start of the season when Inverness beat them, but it will be | :09:32. | :09:36. | |
a good bit of business in the window, Church has come in, a good | :09:37. | :09:40. | |
player. Nip and tuck, when you play a day after the pressure is on | :09:41. | :09:44. | |
Aberdeen to win but it's a game they can do so. Aberdeen are on a great | :09:45. | :09:49. | |
run but Inverness always difficult opponents for Aberdeen, it seems? | :09:50. | :09:57. | |
It's such a difficult venue to try and win. Aberdeen are in a position | :09:58. | :10:01. | |
where they have to win every game, and with Celtic already having won | :10:02. | :10:04. | |
yesterday puts that bit of pressure on them. I think they are capable of | :10:05. | :10:08. | |
rising to the pressure. It is interesting for us. | :10:09. | :10:11. | |
Next to Fir Park, where Motherwell took on Kilmarnock. | :10:12. | :10:13. | |
Killie caretaker boss Lee McCulloch back at one of his former clubs | :10:14. | :10:16. | |
These sides with just one league win between them in 2016. | :10:17. | :10:20. | |
The Motherwell captain makes way in the starting XI. Kilmarnock | :10:21. | :10:35. | |
caretaker manager Lee McCulloch sticks with the sides who drew 0-0 | :10:36. | :10:40. | |
with Rangers in the Cup last time out. Chile haven't beaten Motherwell | :10:41. | :10:43. | |
in the lead in the last five attempts. -- Dalmarnock. Both sides | :10:44. | :10:48. | |
know defeat today will leave them in the relegation play-off spot. | :10:49. | :10:52. | |
Kilmarnock currently occupying that birth, as things stand. That ball | :10:53. | :11:01. | |
was clipped in towards McGuinness. It tees up Kiltie, deflected, just | :11:02. | :11:05. | |
drops the wrong side of the post from Kilmarnock's point of view. | :11:06. | :11:11. | |
Nice holding play from McGuinness, Ripley was scrambling to get across | :11:12. | :11:12. | |
to it. That is calm play from Stevie | :11:13. | :11:27. | |
Hamill. Driven into the penalty area, a sure saved by Ripley. But | :11:28. | :11:32. | |
let off for Motherwell. Sloppy play on the edge of his own box by Gomez. | :11:33. | :11:38. | |
Had a couple of nibbles, once he got into the penalty area it was | :11:39. | :11:43. | |
straight at Ripley. Stevie Smith and Craig Slater over race, Slater, | :11:44. | :11:53. | |
touched over the bar by Ripley. A decent strike from Craig Slater but | :11:54. | :11:55. | |
the Motherwell keeper would expect to save this one. Stevie Smith to | :11:56. | :12:05. | |
have a go this time. Up, and over the wall, a terrific save from | :12:06. | :12:10. | |
Connor Ripley. A beautiful free kick and a save to match. Delivered in | :12:11. | :12:16. | |
towards McManus. Just over the bar, that a big defender got high but | :12:17. | :12:19. | |
couldn't directed goalwards. Stevie Hamill took him off the ball, | :12:20. | :12:30. | |
Kilmarnock play on Slater switches the blade towards Stevie Smith. It's | :12:31. | :12:37. | |
a great cross the back post, Kiltie! Greg Kiltie gets Kilmarnock the | :12:38. | :12:43. | |
lead, and it was a terrific move. That's a fantastic cross from Smith. | :12:44. | :12:51. | |
Kiltie there to supply the finish. The goal-scorer, Kiltie, coming | :12:52. | :12:58. | |
forward. A nice path towards Craig Slater, allowed to drive out the | :12:59. | :13:04. | |
Motherwell defence and scores. Craig Slater doubles Kilmarnock's lead, | :13:05. | :13:09. | |
and it really was all too easy. Kiltie slipped it passed to Slater, | :13:10. | :13:14. | |
nobody tracks is run from midfield. It was allowed to travel and he | :13:15. | :13:21. | |
picked his spot. MacDonald looking to fashion an opening for | :13:22. | :13:28. | |
Motherwell, finds Pearson. Johnson's slides his effort into the side | :13:29. | :13:33. | |
netting. A rare sight of goal for the home site. In fact, there was a | :13:34. | :13:38. | |
couple of Motherwell players waiting on the cutback, that never arrived. | :13:39. | :13:43. | |
Kiltie has found some space. McGuinness. So close, the number 34 | :13:44. | :13:52. | |
Dalmarnock, Josh Magennis, just couldn't directed that on target. -- | :13:53. | :13:59. | |
the number three, for Kilmarnock. Almost falls to Frizzell. Not too | :14:00. | :14:11. | |
far away. Powerful drive, just angled away at the last moment. | :14:12. | :14:18. | |
Three minutes of injury time Motherwell have defined something | :14:19. | :14:28. | |
here. What a chance that was. Really should have scored from there. It | :14:29. | :14:33. | |
just about sums up Motherwell's day. The most important thing today was | :14:34. | :14:40. | |
the point Gore on the board. The way they play, especially second half, | :14:41. | :14:44. | |
created chances, Motherwell goalie made a good few states today. | :14:45. | :14:50. | |
Gretchen Acra saves. Could have been one or two more. Delighted with the | :14:51. | :14:53. | |
performance but it's only the start of the hard work. By far the worst | :14:54. | :14:57. | |
performance we've had since I've been here. I always remind people, I | :14:58. | :15:02. | |
was brought here not because we were flying but because of what needed | :15:03. | :15:07. | |
doing. Occasionally we will have setbacks like that and setbacks like | :15:08. | :15:12. | |
the run we have had recently, but we have to find a way out as quickly as | :15:13. | :15:16. | |
possible. It's up to me and the coaches and players to dig ourselves | :15:17. | :15:23. | |
out of it. Lee Clark will be the new Kilmarnock manager, he's the former | :15:24. | :15:30. | |
manager of Huddersfield, Birmingham City and Blackpool. Is he the right | :15:31. | :15:34. | |
man to keep Kilmarnock safe? I hope he is. He took a difficult job on at | :15:35. | :15:40. | |
Blackpool and struggled a bit. Good record at Huddersfield, good | :15:41. | :15:43. | |
experience. He will be going into a buoyant dressing room. He's got | :15:44. | :15:48. | |
terrific results, 0-0 at Ibrox in the cup and a good 2-0 victory at | :15:49. | :15:53. | |
Motherwell. That is the thing with the league with, like, they lose | :15:54. | :15:58. | |
against Hamilton then pull out a victory over Motherwell. And so | :15:59. | :16:02. | |
tight fairways virtually nothing between fourth and 11th. They've | :16:03. | :16:08. | |
been getting better results away from home this season, Kilmarnock, | :16:09. | :16:11. | |
yesterday was a huge result. Still a lot of work to do to make sure they | :16:12. | :16:15. | |
do not finish in the play-off spot. One bit of business he did was keep | :16:16. | :16:20. | |
hold of Greg Kiltie who played a big role yesterday at Fir Park. He is in | :16:21. | :16:25. | |
the number ten slot, it helps to play with a centre forward like | :16:26. | :16:30. | |
Magennis restructures the game. He goes and becomes an actual striker. | :16:31. | :16:36. | |
Great ball by Stevie Smith. He's in there, poor defending by Motherwell. | :16:37. | :16:40. | |
Get in between the left-back and centre-back. He is in acres of space | :16:41. | :16:45. | |
because Magennis can stretch the game. Motherwell are deep. Runs off | :16:46. | :16:50. | |
the back here. Gomez. Again, running in. Could have slipped. Really good | :16:51. | :16:57. | |
goal by a highly rated youngster, Slater. Kelly playing in that area | :16:58. | :17:04. | |
gave Motherwell a lot of problems. Pace in the wide areas and Magennis | :17:05. | :17:10. | |
upfront. Great play from guilty, not by Motherwell. He was Manager of the | :17:11. | :17:16. | |
Month, then it has gone pear shaped, what has happened, they are second | :17:17. | :17:21. | |
bottom of the table. Mark said it was the worst performance since he | :17:22. | :17:25. | |
has been there, in previous games last minute penalty against Dundee, | :17:26. | :17:31. | |
it was never a penalty kick. I was at the Partick game, last-minute | :17:32. | :17:34. | |
deflection, even Inverness in the cup was last minute. They haven't | :17:35. | :17:37. | |
been playing badly but results and confidence will get affected. What | :17:38. | :17:41. | |
they've got, and it's a good thing, they go to Dundee United on Tuesday | :17:42. | :17:44. | |
and when you've had a really bad performance as a player you want to | :17:45. | :17:48. | |
get back out on the park and it's a huge game for them on Tuesday. Quick | :17:49. | :17:52. | |
question about Lee Clark and he's coming from English football. How | :17:53. | :17:56. | |
difficult will it be for him to come straight into the Scottish game? | :17:57. | :17:59. | |
Difficult moment for Kilmarnock. He will have done his homework, he will | :18:00. | :18:03. | |
know the Scottish game if he is applying for a job in Scotland. It's | :18:04. | :18:07. | |
a difficult task, he's probably aware of that. He's faced a | :18:08. | :18:13. | |
difficult task before, certainly at Blackpool, and he will come | :18:14. | :18:15. | |
positive. Scottish Cup replay with Rangers on Tuesday night. | :18:16. | :18:17. | |
Well, every game is huge for Dundee United these days | :18:18. | :18:21. | |
as they desperately try to claw their way to safety. | :18:22. | :18:23. | |
They were away at Hamilton Academical - | :18:24. | :18:25. | |
one of the sides they were hoping to claw back into the mire. | :18:26. | :18:28. | |
Hamilton looking to pick up where they left off with that big win at | :18:29. | :18:38. | |
Kilmarnock two weeks ago. Without suspended McKinnon, the replacement | :18:39. | :18:48. | |
is grand Gillespie. Dundee have won two in a row and now three out of | :18:49. | :18:55. | |
four, hoping the trend continues. Guide about get a second chance for | :18:56. | :19:03. | |
United. -- Demel. There is John Rankin. The shot saved by Michael | :19:04. | :19:12. | |
McGovern. Gordon and Devlin were frantically trying to throw | :19:13. | :19:15. | |
themselves in front. Got the shot away but not wide of the keeper. | :19:16. | :19:20. | |
Donaldson gets away from Doody Emery. Continues to battle his way | :19:21. | :19:31. | |
forward. Hit the deck. No penalty. There was a little tangle outside | :19:32. | :19:35. | |
the area. Inside he looked to trip himself up. | :19:36. | :19:39. | |
Given away by Gillespie. And now Ryan Dow striding forward. Threading | :19:40. | :19:54. | |
through. Good challenge. The full-back doing his job, tucking in, | :19:55. | :19:56. | |
to get that clear. Glancing header, Donaldson. Looking | :19:57. | :20:14. | |
to squeeze that in from the tightest of angles. At the back post. How | :20:15. | :20:22. | |
United would love to win this game. Ali Crawford's corner. Powerful | :20:23. | :20:24. | |
header away. Imrie. Saved by how a Shima. Ball ends up | :20:25. | :20:39. | |
in the back of the net but it's not going to count. --: | :20:40. | :20:50. | |
still goalless at New Douglas Park. Free kick and a booking. Foul by | :20:51. | :21:03. | |
Devlin on Billy Mckay. No complaints about the yellow card flashed in his | :21:04. | :21:04. | |
face by referee Steven MacLean. Pretty good effort, certainly in the | :21:05. | :21:17. | |
context of this game, from John Rankin. Skimming the top of the net | :21:18. | :21:20. | |
on its way over. Imrie sets off away from Demel, gets | :21:21. | :21:36. | |
past Payton. The midfielder has concealed it -- conceded a penalty. | :21:37. | :21:42. | |
Hamilton Aki 's could claim all three points. Ali Crawford. And it | :21:43. | :21:51. | |
is saved. -- Hamilton Academical 's could claim all three points. Not | :21:52. | :21:54. | |
the greatest of penalties, right down the middle, but credit to the | :21:55. | :22:00. | |
Japanese keeper for making the safe. John Rankin with the long throw. | :22:01. | :22:17. | |
Fire across goal by Rankin, away by Devlin, Demel's shot blocked. Devlin | :22:18. | :22:23. | |
again doing the defensive duties. Demel twice denied late on. It just | :22:24. | :22:32. | |
won't go in the net for old United. They want to turn one point into | :22:33. | :22:34. | |
three. Good goalkeeping. They want to turn one point into | :22:35. | :22:50. | |
goalkeeper... And Hamilton scrambling to get that clear. | :22:51. | :22:55. | |
Handball by Devlin, who has already been booked. And the inevitable has | :22:56. | :23:03. | |
happened, second yellow card. For Devlin. Hamilton and this with ten | :23:04. | :23:10. | |
men. Very little between eight or nine teams, it was the case again | :23:11. | :23:17. | |
today. Not a lot of quality. We battled well, for us it is four | :23:18. | :23:22. | |
clean sheets in the last five. Had we scored the penalty we would have | :23:23. | :23:26. | |
been delighted. We lacked a little bit today, we were not as sharp | :23:27. | :23:31. | |
passing wise as well. At times we should have passed it better. We | :23:32. | :23:36. | |
didn't. Gave the ball away too cheaply. You get days like this and | :23:37. | :23:45. | |
now we go forward. It finished 0-0. It's getting the big screen | :23:46. | :23:50. | |
treatment. Was that a better point for United or Hamilton? Hamilton, at | :23:51. | :23:55. | |
this stage Dundee United need to win games. If the penalty goes in, and | :23:56. | :23:59. | |
often don't get any, it's something to build on for United, it is four | :24:00. | :24:03. | |
clean sheets out of five for them. United have to clean sheets on the | :24:04. | :24:07. | |
bouts, they are improving as well. You were impressed by Hamilton's | :24:08. | :24:12. | |
defending. Hamilton were superb defensively, third clean sheet in a | :24:13. | :24:15. | |
row and individually, Ziggy Gordon was this star man. Found himself | :24:16. | :24:23. | |
almost playing like a sweeper, allowing both centre halves of | :24:24. | :24:27. | |
Hamilton to get as tight as they wanted. If I play this on, you can | :24:28. | :24:34. | |
see on a dozen occasions Ziggy anticipated, read the game, cleared | :24:35. | :24:39. | |
the danger, like an insurance policy for the two centre halves. Dundee | :24:40. | :24:43. | |
United played an awful lot of long balls to Billy Mckay upfront, it's | :24:44. | :24:47. | |
not where he want it against a six foot to centre-half. We watching | :24:48. | :24:53. | |
week in, week out, very consistent, he likes a challenge. He is a | :24:54. | :25:01. | |
warrior. For a kid of 22 he has played a lot of games and has good | :25:02. | :25:05. | |
match experience. He can go higher. He's played 124 games. You see | :25:06. | :25:10. | |
really good challenges here. The two centre halves going tight. If I | :25:11. | :25:15. | |
pause it, he's already given depth to the game. The centre halves in a | :25:16. | :25:20. | |
bit of a cluster here. The key is reading it, his positional awareness | :25:21. | :25:26. | |
through the game is superb. He gets over. Crunching tackle. He likes the | :25:27. | :25:31. | |
tackle. This one for me is the best of the game. As the ball is played | :25:32. | :25:34. | |
up he has a decision to make. Dundee United have three men in attack, | :25:35. | :25:40. | |
Simon Murray about to make this one through the gap. If he gets through | :25:41. | :25:44. | |
there he is one-on-one with the goalkeeper. Eddie has to keep an eye | :25:45. | :25:48. | |
on both players. What he eventually does is superb, keeps possession, | :25:49. | :25:53. | |
reads the game, another crunching tackle. It was indicative of | :25:54. | :25:58. | |
Hamilton and Ziggy's performance. He is a Hamilton Academy graduate, he | :25:59. | :26:02. | |
is on contract. Will other clubs take an interest? I'm sure they | :26:03. | :26:08. | |
will, but being 22 they will be a thief. He proved in his game he can | :26:09. | :26:12. | |
play centre-back as well as right back. He good leadership qualities. | :26:13. | :26:17. | |
This is a perfect example of his leadership qualities, last minute of | :26:18. | :26:20. | |
the game putting his body on the line for the team with a superb | :26:21. | :26:24. | |
defensive header. Hamilton after the 8-1 defeat at Celtic, he has been | :26:25. | :26:31. | |
working on defence and it's working. Dundee 12 adrift at the bottom of | :26:32. | :26:34. | |
the table and play Motherwell at Tannadice on Tuesday, do they have a | :26:35. | :26:39. | |
glimmer of hope? It is a must win game for them on Tuesday. For they | :26:40. | :26:44. | |
went... If they could get it down to six points, it's doable, they will | :26:45. | :26:47. | |
think they can still do it. They have to start turning draws into | :26:48. | :26:52. | |
wins. Other well second bottom of the table, United will play them | :26:53. | :26:55. | |
three times between now and the end of the season. It'll give them hope. | :26:56. | :27:00. | |
I think Dundee United candidate but they have to win on Tuesday. If they | :27:01. | :27:01. | |
don't, it's over. Remarkably, it's over two months | :27:02. | :27:03. | |
since St Johnstone's last win Would the blood and thunder | :27:04. | :27:06. | |
of a Tayside Derby clash with Dundee inject some life into | :27:07. | :27:10. | |
a faltering season? Paul Hartley goes with the same 11 | :27:11. | :27:22. | |
who drew 0-0 with Dumbarton in the Scottish Cup. St Johnstone looking | :27:23. | :27:29. | |
to halt an alarming slump in form. Tommy Wright has changed Marie | :27:30. | :27:35. | |
Davidson and Simon Lappin, coming in for Craig and Miller. Dunfermline | :27:36. | :27:43. | |
know victory can take them above St Johnstone in the table. Didn't get | :27:44. | :27:50. | |
hold of it, the skipper. May have preferred this on the left foot. | :27:51. | :27:57. | |
Pulled the shot wide. Things can break here. Swanson running out of | :27:58. | :28:02. | |
defence. He has support in the shape of Fisher. Just fires over the top | :28:03. | :28:09. | |
of the crossbar. Dundee were caught short at the back there. | :28:10. | :28:14. | |
Fisher couldn't find the target. Swanson driving in the defence. He | :28:15. | :28:21. | |
goes down, no free kick given. Launched forwards towards Hemming. | :28:22. | :28:30. | |
Strikes... Just fires across goal. Gary Harkins in the middle felt it | :28:31. | :28:34. | |
should have been square to him. Harkins busting a gut to get it. | :28:35. | :28:38. | |
Hemming 's went himself but pulled the shot wide. -- Hemmings. | :28:39. | :28:44. | |
McGowan, whose effort is blocked. Nice play from Ross. Stuart again | :28:45. | :28:53. | |
gets a shot away. Carried. He is read what just now, Hemmings, | :28:54. | :29:09. | |
Player of the Month in January. He was on hand to knock in the 17th | :29:10. | :29:10. | |
goal of the season. Simon Lappin will look to deliver. | :29:11. | :29:18. | |
It's easy enough for the Dundee keeper. He wants to get things | :29:19. | :29:24. | |
moving. That is a great kick out towards Hemmings again. | :29:25. | :29:28. | |
Got enough behind it. Hemmings is the man causing all the problems for | :29:29. | :29:34. | |
Saints at the moment. Well played, Danny Swanton is still | :29:35. | :29:45. | |
going. Looked for McClean in the middle, I don't think that was an | :29:46. | :29:50. | |
attempt on goal. Strong running from the midfielder. I think this was | :29:51. | :29:51. | |
intended as a cross. Danny Swanton almost got the ball | :29:52. | :30:03. | |
back, it will come to Wotherspoon. Almost came to commence. Was he | :30:04. | :30:11. | |
being held there? -- Cummins. Danny Swanton is at the heart of a lot of | :30:12. | :30:17. | |
the best work. Hemmings is free again. The Dundee striker is through | :30:18. | :30:21. | |
on goal and that is an emphatic finish. Wonderful finish from | :30:22. | :30:32. | |
Hemmings, the vision was had to pick out Hemmings. A striker bursting | :30:33. | :30:39. | |
with confidence. 2- 02 Dundee, no than they deserve. -- it is 2-0, to | :30:40. | :30:48. | |
Dundee. Dundee have things exactly where they want them now. -- they | :30:49. | :30:55. | |
have the Saints exactly where they want them now. Back off the | :30:56. | :31:00. | |
crossbar, Nick Ross with the follow-up. Eventually Saints at it | :31:01. | :31:05. | |
clear. Greg Stuart almost finished the match air. A great run, very | :31:06. | :31:11. | |
unlucky -- Greg Stewart. He almost finished the match here. Conrad can | :31:12. | :31:16. | |
only half clear it. That is parried, but he got enough | :31:17. | :31:28. | |
of a strong arm on it, the Dundee keeper. Fisher, towards Sutton, who | :31:29. | :31:32. | |
couldn't react quickly enough. That is cleared away. Fisher will | :31:33. | :31:50. | |
have a strike deflected. He had to get that over the bar. The initial | :31:51. | :31:54. | |
strike didn't look too dangerous, but the deflection almost took it | :31:55. | :31:59. | |
goalwards. I feel we are playing well and just let the guys go and | :32:00. | :32:02. | |
play in the final third and enjoy their football. Some have an | :32:03. | :32:07. | |
excellent combination. I thought McGowan and Ross were brilliant in | :32:08. | :32:14. | |
the two sets tonight, you can see that they are a good team on their | :32:15. | :32:19. | |
day. We are disappointed obviously but we started the game well. There | :32:20. | :32:23. | |
probably wasn't much in the teams in the first half. We had great | :32:24. | :32:28. | |
opportunities. Fisher and Wotherspoon had opportunities. But | :32:29. | :32:30. | |
the first goal is always vital in these games and recently we don't | :32:31. | :32:35. | |
seem to getting that. Another tough night for St Johnstone, who are | :32:36. | :32:39. | |
struggling at the moment but a great win for Dundee as they rise up the | :32:40. | :32:42. | |
table. You were there on Friday night, Hemmings was at the fore. | :32:43. | :32:48. | |
Gary Harkins like contempt Leigh Griffiths. Is that something you | :32:49. | :32:52. | |
agree with? Possibly so, Hemmings is playing at the top of his game, full | :32:53. | :32:58. | |
of confidence. He is a strong runner, left-sided. Your first goal | :32:59. | :33:02. | |
shows the kind of striker he can be. It was a good move by Dundee, good | :33:03. | :33:07. | |
football, it comes out to Ross, who was good on the night. I love the | :33:08. | :33:11. | |
shimmy from Stewart, he takes it on his good side, his left side, and | :33:12. | :33:17. | |
Hemmings follows it up as good strikers do. He showed he can be a | :33:18. | :33:22. | |
penalty box striker. Swanton gives it away, a great ball by Harkins and | :33:23. | :33:28. | |
it puts them through. Still a bit to do, confidence, strikes, power, a | :33:29. | :33:35. | |
great finish. I think it is his 12th goal, a phenomenal return and he has | :33:36. | :33:39. | |
been a star man this season. A fantastic showing from cane | :33:40. | :33:44. | |
Hemmings. How worried should St Johnstone fans be? Quite worried, | :33:45. | :33:48. | |
they haven't won game since December the 5th, and they are really | :33:49. | :33:52. | |
struggling. They look flat. I think losing O'Halloran, he gave them the | :33:53. | :33:56. | |
extra edge up front and terms of pace. Dave Mackay out injured for | :33:57. | :34:00. | |
the rest of the season, it doesn't look good. They need to get some | :34:01. | :34:03. | |
form of result to give them a glimmer of hope, something to hold | :34:04. | :34:07. | |
onto and turn it around because when you are on these runs it gets worse | :34:08. | :34:13. | |
and worse. There was a lot of chat about this incident involving O'Day, | :34:14. | :34:16. | |
some people felt it was a stamp. What is you think? He'd done is on | :34:17. | :34:23. | |
him and stands on him but I would say to anyone, wherever you go, if | :34:24. | :34:27. | |
you try and jump over something or jump over anybody, I have stood over | :34:28. | :34:32. | |
people on training, there is nowhere else for his legs to go. I don't | :34:33. | :34:36. | |
think for one second that has been deliberate. There is no doubt he | :34:37. | :34:40. | |
stood on him but I did in the back garden today just to prove a point, | :34:41. | :34:44. | |
I went to jump over the ball. As I was landing I tried to put my legs | :34:45. | :34:48. | |
somewhere else. It's impossible to do. Who did you practice on? My | :34:49. | :34:54. | |
little boy! He needs stitches now! He can't get out of the way, I | :34:55. | :34:59. | |
promise you. I agree, immediately after his hands are up gesturing to | :35:00. | :35:03. | |
say he didn't mean it. I don't think there was any malice in it. | :35:04. | :35:06. | |
Time for a look at a slightly remarkable Ladbrokes Premiership | :35:07. | :35:08. | |
With Aberdeen not in action until tomorrow, Celtic have reopened | :35:09. | :35:12. | |
But look at that - from Ross County down to Motherwell | :35:13. | :35:16. | |
All those side just separated by seven points. | :35:17. | :35:19. | |
Dundee United still with it all to do. | :35:20. | :35:24. | |
To the Championship, and Rangers were looking | :35:25. | :35:26. | |
for an eighth League win in a row against rock-bottom Alloa. | :35:27. | :35:28. | |
All the talk before the game about the Alloa pitch, | :35:29. | :35:31. | |
which had recently been narrowed by nine yards. | :35:32. | :35:32. | |
The lines that Alloa have been making headlines, this is their team | :35:33. | :35:50. | |
lines. Hetherington comes in. Our first Rangers start for O'Halloran, | :35:51. | :35:54. | |
the same for Forrester, the two players have dropped out. | :35:55. | :36:05. | |
Sliding it through for Forrester, so close to the opening goal. It would | :36:06. | :36:12. | |
have been his first goal, had it gone in. Clever curling effort. | :36:13. | :36:24. | |
Waghorn drags his effort wide. A big opportunity, and he knows it. To get | :36:25. | :36:32. | |
Rangers ahead here. We are not used to the sight of him missing chances | :36:33. | :36:34. | |
like that. Off the crossbar. Twice, Rangers | :36:35. | :36:47. | |
have struck the frame of the goal now. | :36:48. | :36:55. | |
The blue shirts are flooding forward. A good save Scott | :36:56. | :37:06. | |
Gallacher. Got his body in the way. It denied the man who has been a | :37:07. | :37:10. | |
prolific goal-scorer for Rangers this season. | :37:11. | :37:17. | |
Tavernier tries to force the ball in, not the best of clearances. Not | :37:18. | :37:25. | |
the best of efforts that goal. Not just missing the target, Andy | :37:26. | :37:28. | |
Halliday, this might have gone out of the ground. | :37:29. | :37:34. | |
Burton O'Brien with the free kick for Alloa. Dougie Hill's limping | :37:35. | :37:44. | |
header, needed a touch over the top. From Rangers' goalkeeper, | :37:45. | :37:49. | |
Foderingham, a corner kick, Alloa. In it comes from Megginson. Jason | :37:50. | :37:55. | |
Maas course for Alloa Athletic. Bottom leads top by 1-0 -- Jason | :37:56. | :38:05. | |
Marr scores. I think his header took a touch from Lee Wallace on its way | :38:06. | :38:09. | |
in. Foderingham threw up a glove but couldn't keep it out. Andy Halliday | :38:10. | :38:15. | |
is looking to spark a rapid response. O'Halloran squeezes in. | :38:16. | :38:21. | |
The overhead kick from Forrester goes wide of target. | :38:22. | :38:27. | |
As Rangers look to get this game levelled up. Andy Halliday, a lovely | :38:28. | :38:41. | |
pass. Now Billy King. Beaten away by Scott Gallacher. Stern resistance | :38:42. | :38:48. | |
here. From Alloa Athletic, looking to cling onto this 1-0 lead. | :38:49. | :38:54. | |
Tavernier with the corner kick, all the way for Danny Wilson. It was | :38:55. | :38:59. | |
goal bound from the central defender, and it's the latest in a | :39:00. | :39:06. | |
string of impressive saves from the one-time Rangers goalkeeper, Scott | :39:07. | :39:12. | |
Gallacher. Another important header away, but it keeps coming back. The | :39:13. | :39:22. | |
work, it is Scott Gallacher again -- need work. Standing big in the | :39:23. | :39:27. | |
goalmouth and blocking this from O'Halloran. | :39:28. | :39:37. | |
Rangers using the full width of the pitch. And O'Halloran scored his | :39:38. | :39:50. | |
first goal for Rangers. An important one as well, get them back on level | :39:51. | :39:56. | |
terms. They must have been wondering what Wood if they were ever going to | :39:57. | :40:03. | |
find the net. -- they must have been wondering if there were ever going | :40:04. | :40:06. | |
to find the net. Finally, they have done. The cross spinning awkwardly | :40:07. | :40:11. | |
inside the penalty box. Tavernier, off the line from Jason Marr. | :40:12. | :40:17. | |
Effective at one end and equally effective at the other. He took a | :40:18. | :40:20. | |
step back here behind the goalkeeper, so important. Andy | :40:21. | :40:29. | |
Halliday floats it in, Tavernier, and Scott Gallacher looks to have | :40:30. | :40:34. | |
the final say. Another terrific save from him. It stays 1-1. | :40:35. | :40:42. | |
Rangers are utterly dominant but having to fight back for a 1-1 draw. | :40:43. | :40:47. | |
How concerned should Rangers fans be about that result? They have scored | :40:48. | :40:51. | |
three goals in four games, which is like them. The biggest problem all | :40:52. | :40:56. | |
season, they have not had many, is the ratio of goals to chances | :40:57. | :41:00. | |
created. They have loads of possession, create numerous chances, | :41:01. | :41:03. | |
but they haven't taken as many as they should be doing. Great | :41:04. | :41:07. | |
goalkeeping yesterday but some poor finishing as well. Scott Gallacher | :41:08. | :41:15. | |
started Rangers and had a great day yesterday, although Rangers had | :41:16. | :41:17. | |
loads of chances. He was inspired but Rangers should have get -- had | :41:18. | :41:22. | |
the game out of sight in the first half. They created numerous | :41:23. | :41:26. | |
opportunities and were wasteful. Although it was brilliant | :41:27. | :41:31. | |
goalkeeping from Scott Gallacher, Rangers had 72% possession which you | :41:32. | :41:35. | |
would expect, over 20 corners in the match, so they completely dominated | :41:36. | :41:40. | |
the match but again, their conversion rate for the chances they | :41:41. | :41:44. | |
are creating isn't as good as it should be. There was chat about the | :41:45. | :41:50. | |
narrow pitch. It did look noticeably narrow, nine yards, and it did make | :41:51. | :41:55. | |
sorry contest and spectacle. Was that a factor, how much of a factor | :41:56. | :41:59. | |
playing on the narrow pitch logistics? The players say it is not | :42:00. | :42:06. | |
an excuse afterwards because they created opportunities. They played | :42:07. | :42:10. | |
on Alloa, the worst plastic pitch, they go to Kilmarnock on Tuesday | :42:11. | :42:16. | |
night which is not bad and Queen of the South next Sunday, a decent one, | :42:17. | :42:19. | |
so three plastic pitches, they will be looking to get better results as | :42:20. | :42:24. | |
they go on. Alloa are playing within their strengths and well within | :42:25. | :42:29. | |
their rights to narrow the pitch. Yes, it helps them to be more | :42:30. | :42:33. | |
compact. You need look against Rangers but they were resilient. | :42:34. | :42:36. | |
Alloa play safe fight to stay the Championship. | :42:37. | :42:39. | |
So with Rangers dropping points in Alloa, could Hibs capitalise | :42:40. | :42:42. | |
in the evening match away at Livingston? | :42:43. | :42:43. | |
-- commentary from Liam McLeod. It is back to lead business for | :42:44. | :42:56. | |
Hibernian. They are under pressure here. Foderingham's bawling. This is | :42:57. | :42:59. | |
Buchanan. -- ball in. A nice little attack this, by | :43:00. | :43:14. | |
Livingstone, who are looking for a first win since Boxing Day. More | :43:15. | :43:28. | |
than half the crowd made up by the fans this evening, looking to | :43:29. | :43:31. | |
capitalise on the fact that Rangers dropped points at Alloa. It wasn't a | :43:32. | :43:36. | |
good first touch. Just got away from him. Dagnall still searching for | :43:37. | :43:39. | |
that first goal for Hibernian. It is laid off, not 1 million miles | :43:40. | :44:00. | |
away from the Irishman. Cummings was there but so too was | :44:01. | :44:28. | |
McCallum. This was an awkward one for the goalkeeper, he had to be | :44:29. | :44:32. | |
brave and in tricky conditions as well. | :44:33. | :44:38. | |
Hibs have lost just once in their last 25. Phenomenal run. They have | :44:39. | :44:47. | |
the chance to close the gap at the top of the championship as well. | :44:48. | :44:54. | |
Here is Paul Hanlon. And it up for grave. -- hands it up. | :44:55. | :45:03. | |
That has prevented a certain goal for the Hibs captain. They have | :45:04. | :45:16. | |
competed well, as Livingston. The last victory was a very impressive | :45:17. | :45:24. | |
one. They hammered St Mirren 4-1. Not dealt with at all. | :45:25. | :45:33. | |
White! Pressure is still on. Saved by the crossbar there. Eventually, | :45:34. | :45:50. | |
it out for a corner by Hamlin. The goalkeeper did enough. | :45:51. | :45:55. | |
Livingston kept the pressure on. That is unlucky. Home has not been | :45:56. | :46:09. | |
where the heart is the Livingston this season, just one league victory | :46:10. | :46:14. | |
here. Cummings goes for gold, it's easy for McCallum. | :46:15. | :46:24. | |
Charlie Telfer. Miss judged by John McGinn. Can't get there. Lovely ball | :46:25. | :46:34. | |
in here by Telfer. Trying to hold out here. They | :46:35. | :46:50. | |
deserve at least a point from this game. Here is Darren McGregor. | :46:51. | :47:01. | |
Decent enough hit as well. From the big defender. It's haven't done | :47:02. | :47:07. | |
enough to warrant three point. The shape... We will... I was happy with | :47:08. | :47:16. | |
the players, they put in a great shift and I think we could have took | :47:17. | :47:21. | |
three points at the end. I don't think we deserved more than what we | :47:22. | :47:24. | |
got out of the game, don't think we did enough to get three points, so | :47:25. | :47:28. | |
from that point of view I'm glad we've got something out of the game | :47:29. | :47:33. | |
rather than nothing. We just dipped below the level we have probably | :47:34. | :47:41. | |
been out for a long time. I can't be too critical on them because they've | :47:42. | :47:48. | |
been so good. Rangers dropping points. Does it have to go down as a | :47:49. | :47:53. | |
missed opportunity for Hibs? They will kick themselves because they | :47:54. | :47:56. | |
had a massive incentive going into the game knowing Rangers had drawn. | :47:57. | :48:00. | |
Too many of the players didn't reach the outstanding levels they have | :48:01. | :48:07. | |
done this season. John McGinn has turned into some player for Hibs. | :48:08. | :48:13. | |
Could he be on the fringes of Scotland selection? He's been a big | :48:14. | :48:18. | |
noise at U21 level. He has been discussed, he's on the radar. Couple | :48:19. | :48:22. | |
of double-headers coming up in March. We will watch his form. We've | :48:23. | :48:29. | |
got an eye on him. Words you impressed with his effort? He seems | :48:30. | :48:37. | |
to have found another level, he's consistent this year. To me he is | :48:38. | :48:40. | |
looking fitter and stronger than he has ever done, future the | :48:41. | :48:44. | |
impressive. Big game against hearts in the Scottish Cup. | :48:45. | :48:48. | |
Do you fancy Hibs or will Hearts be too strong? Terrific cup tie, Hibs | :48:49. | :48:57. | |
deserved to get back in the game. A good game to watch. Hearts have a | :48:58. | :49:02. | |
slight advantage in not playing yesterday, the game being off, | :49:03. | :49:06. | |
energy might be higher. If it's half as good as the first game it should | :49:07. | :49:10. | |
be a cracker. Fantastic match at Tynecastle, how do you see it going | :49:11. | :49:14. | |
at Easter Road? I think Hibs will fancy themselves to win on the home | :49:15. | :49:19. | |
patch. At half-time in the first leg I can see it's getting back into the | :49:20. | :49:23. | |
match. They showed unbelievable character and desire and fighting | :49:24. | :49:29. | |
spirit. They passed the ball around. If they show the same desire as the | :49:30. | :49:33. | |
second half, every chance they can win. Evinced in held Rangers | :49:34. | :49:40. | |
earlier, holding Hibs, there. -- Livingston. Can they maintain | :49:41. | :49:50. | |
championship status? Yes. Glenn should school, Hibs will be | :49:51. | :49:54. | |
delighted with yesterday's point because Livingston were the better | :49:55. | :49:55. | |
side. With Hibs and Rangers | :49:56. | :49:57. | |
both failing to win, could third place Falkirk | :49:58. | :49:59. | |
gain some ground? They had failed to win any | :50:00. | :50:00. | |
of their last four games ahead On a cold frosty pitch, Falkirk were | :50:01. | :50:15. | |
clean to bee keen to bring the warm, fuzzy feeling back and Blair Austin | :50:16. | :50:19. | |
put the Heath on Raith Rovers in the 14th minute. -- put the heat on. Lee | :50:20. | :50:32. | |
Miller with the incisive assist. Just two minutes later, that one, | :50:33. | :50:37. | |
fuzzy Falkirk feeling would drop in temperature by a feud agrees, Danny | :50:38. | :50:41. | |
Rogers with a fine save from Mark Stewart. Corner kick to Raith. When | :50:42. | :50:49. | |
the ball eventually came to the edge of the area, Blair Olveston's | :50:50. | :50:53. | |
attempt at clearance came right back of James Kraken. And somehow | :50:54. | :51:00. | |
slithered into the net. Smiles all around for Raith Rovers. Could | :51:01. | :51:03. | |
Falkirk rebound from this moment of misfortune? The answer was yes. | :51:04. | :51:16. | |
David McCracken with the header. Falkirk on a role once again. Albeit | :51:17. | :51:22. | |
the final touch possibly coming off a Raith Rovers defender. Then it all | :51:23. | :51:31. | |
went wrong as far as Falkirk were concerned. Benedict is with a | :51:32. | :51:36. | |
defence winning pass. There was Mark Stewart to supply the cool finish. A | :51:37. | :51:43. | |
replacement shirt after the player drew blood in an earlier incident. | :51:44. | :51:48. | |
An eventful day for Kyle Benedict has ended prematurely as he lunged | :51:49. | :52:00. | |
in an miles. A red card from the referee John Beaton. And a point | :52:01. | :52:02. | |
shared. It's been a sticky run for Falkirk | :52:03. | :52:24. | |
of late, can you see them making any sort of impression on Hibs and | :52:25. | :52:28. | |
Rangers? They are well I thought they would be an where they will | :52:29. | :52:31. | |
finish. They've done a great job. When they go into the play-offs they | :52:32. | :52:36. | |
will be a match for anyone, it'll be a difficult game whatever against | :52:37. | :52:40. | |
Falkirk. Good run of form right now for Falkirk but they've had a great | :52:41. | :52:44. | |
season to this point. Can you see them bouncing back? Their | :52:45. | :52:48. | |
consistency has been brilliant, team spirit, they have really impressed | :52:49. | :52:51. | |
me. They will finish third in my opinion, but they've had a great | :52:52. | :52:57. | |
season. I've not bet against them in a play-off game. Can the Saints make | :52:58. | :53:05. | |
a last gasp dash for the play-offs was, it would have been helpful to | :53:06. | :53:10. | |
win yesterday. I think we can but we need to put a good run together now | :53:11. | :53:13. | |
between now and the end of the season. We've got Dumbarton at home | :53:14. | :53:18. | |
on Saturday, which is winnable. After that some tricky games, | :53:19. | :53:24. | |
Rangers, Hibs and Falkirk. Thank you very much indeed. | :53:25. | :53:26. | |
If you're up at this time of night watching Sportscene | :53:27. | :53:28. | |
on Valentine's Day, it probably says all you need to know | :53:29. | :53:31. | |
If it's any consolation - we love you. | :53:32. | :53:40. | |
Scotland's Grime Scene Queens have to deal with. | :53:41. | :54:31. | |
Every single day in this job is completely different. | :54:32. | :54:35. |