:00:41. > :00:46.The battle of the bottom six has reached fever pitch.
:00:47. > :00:49.Which sides will fall at the final hurdle?
:00:50. > :00:52.Steven Thompson and Michael Stewart with us as we enter the final
:00:53. > :00:54.furlong of what continues to be a fascinating season
:00:55. > :01:00.Hamilton Academical and Motherwell both fighting
:01:01. > :01:18.Hamilton have Danny Lennon and Ali Crawford back in midfield at the
:01:19. > :01:24.expense of Brussino Donati and Rakish Bingham. Model make one
:01:25. > :01:26.change to their riding up. Stephen Robinson expected to be a battle --
:01:27. > :01:35.Motherwell. Neither of these sides have won a
:01:36. > :01:38.game since the split. Two games in a role that were
:01:39. > :01:55.. Louis Moult. Setting it up for Craig Clay. That was a good opening
:01:56. > :01:59.for Motherwell. Elliott Frear with the delivery and Louis Moult with
:02:00. > :02:16.the setup. Clay could not get the angle correct. Dougie Imrie finding
:02:17. > :02:21.Gillespie. That has a neat pass. Daniel Redmond. In towards Ali
:02:22. > :02:25.Crawford. He was looking for Ali Crawford to hit the target. He has
:02:26. > :02:27.scored nine goals this season but his last was back in December. That
:02:28. > :02:45.was not one of his best efforts. Hamilton have not beaten marvel in
:02:46. > :02:48.their last five meetings. That was good at delivery from Scott McDonald
:02:49. > :02:56.to find Louis Moult. He is looking for Elliott Frear. The header away
:02:57. > :03:06.from Ali Crawford. It breaks to Craig Clay. He is getting closer. It
:03:07. > :03:10.had dropped nicely for him as Crawford got the header audit. Just
:03:11. > :03:32.wide of that right-hand post. He's Crawford. Good delivery from
:03:33. > :03:35.Crawford. Dougie Imrie?. It was good technique from Dougie Imrie?.
:03:36. > :03:37.Getting that down off his chest. He could not get enough power in the
:03:38. > :03:53.short. Dispossessed by Keith Lasley. It
:03:54. > :04:00.breaks of Dougie Imrie. Here is Redmond. It breaks for Alexandre
:04:01. > :04:05.D'Acol. What a save that was from Russell Griffiths. The man on loan
:04:06. > :04:13.from Everton. It is only his second start for the Fir Park club.
:04:14. > :04:23.Terrific stop matters. Stephen free with the free kick. It is Louis
:04:24. > :04:30.Moult. And Motherwell are in front. It is their marksmen, Louis Moult
:04:31. > :04:35.with his 18th goal of the season. It is his sixth in his three
:04:36. > :04:39.appearances against Accies this term. The ball came off the shoulder
:04:40. > :04:41.and looked into the corner of the net. It was a vital goal for
:04:42. > :04:59.Motherwell. Ali Crawford again. Out to
:05:00. > :05:05.Templeton. Trying to create the opening. David Templeton. Takes a
:05:06. > :05:10.deflection off Campbell. It is David Templeton's first top team
:05:11. > :05:12.appearance in football since August 20 15. He has livened things up
:05:13. > :05:24.since coming on as a substitute. Lionel Ainsworth on the counter for
:05:25. > :05:31.Motherwell. Looking for McDonald. Judging the jump with Devlin. He
:05:32. > :05:40.finds Lionel Ainsworth again. Still Lionel Ainsworth. He tries to be
:05:41. > :05:44.short. Still wide from -- just wide from Lionel Ainsworth. The model
:05:45. > :05:48.finds Brian that all desperate to see that end up on the net. They
:05:49. > :05:52.still have got the one goal advantage. Into stoppage time. Only
:05:53. > :06:04.a few seconds remaining. It is full-time. You can see what it means
:06:05. > :06:10.to the Motherwell players and fans. It pushes them three points clear of
:06:11. > :06:12.rivals Hamilton who are now in the relegation play-off spot with two
:06:13. > :06:18.games of the league season remaining. It is always going to be
:06:19. > :06:22.tight. The biggest thing you have to do at the stage of the season you
:06:23. > :06:28.have to be difficult to beat. Tactics did go out of the window. I
:06:29. > :06:31.think we won the battle in all areas of the pitch. It is something like
:06:32. > :06:36.Louis Moult that can win the game for you.
:06:37. > :06:46.The Lanarkshire derby to end all Lanarkshire Barbies. It might well
:06:47. > :06:51.be the case for the season two. Two games to go for both sides. Was this
:06:52. > :06:55.a pivotal result in terms of the play-off spot for the relegation
:06:56. > :06:59.equation? It was almost a play-off in its own. Never a classic with so
:07:00. > :07:03.much at stake. It was tense and quality was at a premium. Hamilton
:07:04. > :07:08.have lost three Matt Jeneroux and they have got a tough trip to them
:07:09. > :07:12.all to save the season. You heard of Martin Canning saying that in a that
:07:13. > :07:25.you are difficult to score against. The most disappointing thing for
:07:26. > :07:27.Hamilton was the nature of the deseeded. It was very poor
:07:28. > :07:28.defending. Looking at Georgios Samaras. He was trying to play Louis
:07:29. > :07:32.Moult offside. That is fair enough. All that time Louis Moult has
:07:33. > :07:49.Georgios Samaras where he wants. You heard Stephen Robinson seeing
:07:50. > :07:55.that when you have got something like that you can win a game... Even
:07:56. > :07:59.off shoulder. I have said all season that at the top end of the park
:08:00. > :08:06.Motherwell would have enough to save them. He is going to say that I was
:08:07. > :08:09.right! Marvel, defensively, as I was about to say, they are so poor they
:08:10. > :08:15.may get dragged back into it. But he did see them there. Louis Moult been
:08:16. > :08:21.linked with Rangers. Does that sound right to you? I am not sure. He has
:08:22. > :08:26.had a decent season and is a natural goal-scorer. Rangers could do with
:08:27. > :08:31.that. The thing about signing players, you have to sign players
:08:32. > :08:36.that are better than you have got. Rangers are releasing Clint Hill and
:08:37. > :08:39.he is a better defender than Ben Heneghan. He's part of a defence
:08:40. > :08:42.that I am talking about being one of the worst in the league. You do not
:08:43. > :08:46.want to tar all the defenders with the same brush but I would not say
:08:47. > :08:52.that Motherwell is somewhere I would look to strengthen my defence to be
:08:53. > :08:56.honest. Hamilton are second bottom and in the play-off spot. Is that
:08:57. > :09:02.where they will remain? I do think so. Dingwall on Tuesday, tough game.
:09:03. > :09:03.Ross County have got good form. Motherwell have their destiny in
:09:04. > :09:06.their own hands. So, what of the Premiership's bottom
:09:07. > :09:09.side Inverness Caledonian Thistle? They were at Kilmarnock,
:09:10. > :09:11.Richie Foran's side hoping to build on victory over
:09:12. > :09:13.Hamilton last weekend. As for Kilmarnock, a win would
:09:14. > :09:35.guarantee their top flight status View my changes to the commando team
:09:36. > :09:43.beaten by Dundee. Jamie MacDonald, having put cell and Greg Kiltie 09.
:09:44. > :09:46.Richie Foran sticks with the team that won at Hamilton the last time
:09:47. > :09:59.out to keep alive their slim hopes of survival.
:10:00. > :10:07.Suddenly Alex Fisher is in on goal with a chance for Inverness. He
:10:08. > :10:11.tried to beat Jamie MacDonald at the near post. He will be thinking now
:10:12. > :10:20.that he should have gone on the other direction. Greg Tansey,
:10:21. > :10:25.Aberdeen bound in the summer. Long ball from Brad McKay. That is Wilson
:10:26. > :10:40.who flicks it away. Henri Anier. Yet as Billy Mckay. Get himself away and
:10:41. > :10:48.the shot would not come down. How he would love to point Inverness in the
:10:49. > :10:56.direction of survival. That is Mark Draper. Wilson crunching into the
:10:57. > :11:03.challenge. He did get the ball. And it is going to be a yellow card.
:11:04. > :11:09.Inverness are screaming for red. Uncompromising certainly from the
:11:10. > :11:16.youngster. Luke Hendrie for Kilmarnock. Aiming for Greg Kiltie.
:11:17. > :11:20.It comes Ryan Esson. He had it and lost it. Raeburn has given it away.
:11:21. > :11:27.And Sean Longstaff rifles in the opening goal of the game. It came
:11:28. > :11:31.off Brad McKay on its way into the back of the net. Kilmarnock could be
:11:32. > :11:36.on the way to sealing the place in the Premiership. It is a catalogue
:11:37. > :11:45.of errors from Caley Thistle. They are punished by Sean Longstaff. One
:11:46. > :11:58.nil, and 17 minutes played. Mackay with the long throw. The
:11:59. > :12:06.header cleared by Ajer. Connor Sammon. Lovely pass. He is
:12:07. > :12:19.one-on-one with Gary Warren and it is Jones. It is 2-0. It could be the
:12:20. > :12:24.goal that Seals not's safety. It points Caley Thistle of nearer to
:12:25. > :12:30.championship football next season. It is a top quality goal. Adam
:12:31. > :12:37.Frizzell with the setup. And Jones finishes it off. Warren claiming for
:12:38. > :12:41.the header and in went Brad McKay against Adam Phillips cell. It was
:12:42. > :12:49.certainly clumsy. John Beaton had a long look at it. Larnell Cole looks
:12:50. > :12:54.to make the difference for Inverness Caley Thistle. They badly need to
:12:55. > :13:00.get a call back. Iain Vigurs rules are true and Alex Fisher strikes 20
:13:01. > :13:07.minutes from time. To lift the lingering hopes of Inverness Caley
:13:08. > :13:12.Thistle have of turning this around. Kilmarnock badly caught out by the
:13:13. > :13:15.football from Iain Vigurs. Suddenly there was a gaping hole in the
:13:16. > :13:23.middle of the defence and Fisher scores. Time running out for Richie
:13:24. > :13:31.Foran and Caley Thistle. Billy Mckay takes aim from long range. Sporting
:13:32. > :13:38.Jamie MacDonald of his goal-line. On the end of Fisher's flight but could
:13:39. > :13:47.not find the target. Good play from Larnell Cole. Fisher pulls it back.
:13:48. > :13:51.David Raven with a curling effort. It needed to be better than that to
:13:52. > :14:01.find a way past Jamie MacDonald. Back in the. Knuckle in place of
:14:02. > :14:10.Woodman. The lay-off does not come off for Conor Sammon. Bundled over
:14:11. > :14:16.by Longstaff was Iain Vigurs. Iain Vigurs takes the free kick quickly.
:14:17. > :14:19.Billy Mckay with the chance. He is furious that the offside flag has
:14:20. > :14:29.gone up against him. He did get his shot away. It was blocked by the
:14:30. > :14:33.onrushing McDonald. Long ball from Liam Polworth. Alex Fisher knocks
:14:34. > :14:44.down. Kevin Goze Billy Mckay but it goes wide. Credit to Ajer for the
:14:45. > :14:48.challenge. The on loan Celtic defender playing an important part
:14:49. > :14:52.as the game slipped away from Inverness. The way that we play
:14:53. > :14:55.today was outstanding, right from the opening whistle. Last week I
:14:56. > :15:00.said we were not acted but today and you that we were. There was a
:15:01. > :15:05.killing in the dressing room of togetherness that was brilliant. We
:15:06. > :15:11.have finally got beer, the two games remaining, we back up to seventh. We
:15:12. > :15:15.need to cut out individual mistakes. It has been the story of the season
:15:16. > :15:18.and we lost lots of points with individual mistakes. You work hard
:15:19. > :15:23.on the training ground and what can you do if that happens when the
:15:24. > :15:26.goalkeeper dropped one? It is disappointing, very disappointing
:15:27. > :15:29.but the players have been great for me all season and we need a couple
:15:30. > :15:42.of results to go our way this season and we need six points.
:15:43. > :15:51.Richie Foran felt that Inverness desert of three points. At this
:15:52. > :15:56.stage of the season it is not about performance. It is about results.
:15:57. > :16:02.Barring a miracle, they are gone. The ramifications for the club and
:16:03. > :16:06.for Richie Foran will be massive. He is full of contradictions. He talks
:16:07. > :16:10.about individual errors that have cost him so much but then he says
:16:11. > :16:14.the players have been great for me all season. There are the
:16:15. > :16:19.individuals making mistakes? They have only won five games. They did
:16:20. > :16:27.create chances. They still have a chance. Now, they are going down.
:16:28. > :16:30.There is no doubt. They got a good result last week but about able to
:16:31. > :16:33.back it up. For me, there is no doubt that they are going down. It
:16:34. > :16:37.is disappointing to see the club struggled in the way that they are
:16:38. > :16:42.but I have no doubt they are going to get relegated. No doubt in your
:16:43. > :16:48.mind? They are going to a team in form at the Dundee in midweek. The
:16:49. > :16:52.win last week was unexpected and give them a boost going into the
:16:53. > :16:59.scheme but they could not follow it up. Lee McCulloch plays his cards
:17:00. > :17:05.close to his chest. Happy birthday. While would he not be the next, a
:17:06. > :17:09.manager? That is the question, fans will be asking. It is dragged on for
:17:10. > :17:15.a long time. The chat was he might not want to colours to the mast when
:17:16. > :17:19.relegation was a possibility. He has done very well. He has more than
:17:20. > :17:23.claimed his stated that he should get the job. I do not think there is
:17:24. > :17:29.any reason why he he should not be named... I would be surprised if it
:17:30. > :17:33.is not announced this week. He has the building blocks, Jordan Jones
:17:34. > :17:38.excelled. He is somebody that produces and gives a bit of an X
:17:39. > :17:42.Factor. He plays in the wider area. When he gets into these positions,
:17:43. > :17:50.he has got a good end product at times. He is direct, he commits and
:17:51. > :17:56.attacks. He causes problems for teams. Most of the times you see
:17:57. > :18:01.him. This is a wonderful goal. He shows desire. He is direct, faces up
:18:02. > :18:07.to defenders and gets on the left foot and there is the end product.
:18:08. > :18:11.That is a big goal for Kilmarnock. Looking towards the future, he is
:18:12. > :18:13.somebody that will be pivotal and in Lee McCulloch's forts.
:18:14. > :18:15.To the final game in the bottom six now.
:18:16. > :18:18.Dundee still not safe despite two wins out of two under
:18:19. > :18:21.Ross County essentially safe, barring the most unlikely
:18:22. > :18:37.the side that won at, but last week they have been transformed since he
:18:38. > :18:43.took the reins. A win here will go a long way to ensuring they will not
:18:44. > :18:47.be dropping. Ross County bring back top scorer Liam Boyce after
:18:48. > :18:51.suspension. He has not been seen after banging four past Inverness
:18:52. > :18:59.and the damage. One point will extinguish any remaining relegation
:19:00. > :19:04.fears. This is Jim O'Brien. Martin Woods. Promising build-up from the
:19:05. > :19:13.visitors. Michael Gardyne. What is saved. What a save from Scott Bain.
:19:14. > :19:15.This is more like the Scott Bain of all that we have seen over the past
:19:16. > :19:30.couple of years. Nodded in Guy Caron for Liam Boyce.
:19:31. > :19:34.He does it again. -- nodded in by Craig Curran. Always there and
:19:35. > :19:42.always on the scoresheet. Liam Boyce, up to 22 for the season.
:19:43. > :19:46.Redhot. And that is a big goal for Ross County.
:19:47. > :20:03.Liam Boyce frock Craig Curran. They are shooting for the penalty team
:20:04. > :20:09.are the Staggies. It was Scott Bain on Craig Curran. The referee not
:20:10. > :20:11.interested. That is in towards Craig Curran who is claiming handball
:20:12. > :20:19.against Darren O'Dea. The referee has turned a blind eye. It was Craig
:20:20. > :20:25.Curran attacking it and it did come off Darren O'Dea. Two wins in 16 for
:20:26. > :20:34.Dundee against Ross County. This is better for them. Kammy care. Held
:20:35. > :20:50.comfortably in the end by Scott Fox. Paul McGowan and Mark O'Hara was not
:20:51. > :20:56.too far away. Scott Fox got a touch on that and it is a corner. Paul
:20:57. > :21:00.McGowan got into a good area. It seems like a long time ago since
:21:01. > :21:04.Dundee's impressive when on the opening game of the season in
:21:05. > :21:12.Dingwall. That kind of Marcus Fraser. -- that came of Marcus
:21:13. > :21:18.Fraser. Dundee are knocking on the door and Fraser did not know much
:21:19. > :21:26.about that. El-Bakhtaoui. Here goes again. That just flashes over. It is
:21:27. > :21:36.not happening for him today. He does not lack confidence. El-Bakhtaoui.
:21:37. > :21:44.That is came through towards Cammy Kerr. He goes down and penetrate!
:21:45. > :21:49.Without a doubt. -- and penalty. It is a yellow card for Craig Curran as
:21:50. > :21:57.well. I do not think he can have too many complaints. Craig Curran has
:21:58. > :22:03.had a real surge in form since signing a new deal. Darren O'Dea who
:22:04. > :22:11.scored from the spot against Ross County last month and does it again.
:22:12. > :22:17.He is loving that one. That could be a huge goal in Dundee's season. The
:22:18. > :22:31.penalty was smashed home by Darren O'Dea. It is dropped over for Kevin
:22:32. > :22:37.Holt. This is Mark O'Hara. And then Kevin Holt goes down. No penalty but
:22:38. > :22:44.it is another appeal. This was the initial effort from Mark O'Hara.
:22:45. > :22:51.Kevin Holt felt he was upended by Jason Naismith. Back-to-back wins
:22:52. > :22:56.for Dundee coming into this one since Neil McCann took over and
:22:57. > :23:05.Marcus Haber should have made it three victories out of three. He was
:23:06. > :23:08.onside was the Canadian. Really impressive second-half showing in
:23:09. > :23:16.particular for Dundee. It is Kevin Holt. And that was Scott Fox. That
:23:17. > :23:19.will surely mean that Ross County will get out of here with a point
:23:20. > :23:24.and Dundee should feel that they have all three. Things happen and
:23:25. > :23:29.you are tested, it shows a lot of character that you can come back
:23:30. > :23:33.from it. That group and the run they want a Hoilett goal would not have
:23:34. > :23:38.came back from that. My goodness, I am delighted with them. They showed
:23:39. > :23:41.character. We should have been more clinical with the couple of
:23:42. > :23:46.opportunities that we had but it was not to be. I felt we got really
:23:47. > :23:50.sloppy and we invited Dundee back into the game and give them the
:23:51. > :23:55.left. One you do that to a team that of one two on the back and have got
:23:56. > :23:56.a big crowd at home, they have got their tails up. We went from control
:23:57. > :24:05.to hanging on. The first time Neil McCann has not
:24:06. > :24:12.won a match for Dundee. Dundee are not arithmetically safe on 37 points
:24:13. > :24:16.but it is as good as. I think they are safe now. They started truly an
:24:17. > :24:21.Ross County will the better team. They showed a lot of character to
:24:22. > :24:25.come back into the game. I should have asked the oracle. I said the
:24:26. > :24:33.Dundee were saving a few weeks ago. In all seriousness. A lot was made
:24:34. > :24:36.of Paul Hartley losing his job. You heard Neil McCann referencing
:24:37. > :24:40.himself the character that they have shown. On the poor before he came
:24:41. > :24:44.in, they might not have came back from that and that is big
:24:45. > :24:49.turnaround. I was impressed by Kammy care. His first full season for
:24:50. > :24:54.Dundee. He spent part of last season on loan to Peterhead. He always
:24:55. > :24:58.looked to go forward. He is young and exciting at full-back. His final
:24:59. > :25:05.ball was not particularly good here. He was a standout player for Dundee
:25:06. > :25:09.yesterday. His first thought is can I get forward? The cuts in on his
:25:10. > :25:12.weaker foot and gets a shot on target. He ends up winning the
:25:13. > :25:19.penalty kick. I do not think it was a penalty. I think Craig Curran
:25:20. > :25:25.comes across and gets his arm up. I think it was the legs of Cammy Kerr
:25:26. > :25:29.that collided. I do not think it was a penalty but he gets into the areas
:25:30. > :25:32.where he causes problems for the opposition. That is where
:25:33. > :25:37.youthfulness kind bring you energy down the right-hand side from Cammy
:25:38. > :25:41.Kerr. We'll Ross County keep hold of Liam Boyce? Another great strike
:25:42. > :25:45.from an impressive player all season. I think there will be teams
:25:46. > :25:50.that are looking at him. He has one year left on his contract. Ross
:25:51. > :25:54.County, if they get their team playing as they should, they will be
:25:55. > :25:58.challenging in the top six. There is no doubt in my mind that there are
:25:59. > :26:09.teams in the top six right now looking at him. Who do Ross County
:26:10. > :26:12.go from here for next season? This was not part of the grand plan. It
:26:13. > :26:14.will always be difficult after last year to reach those days again after
:26:15. > :26:19.you think about what they achieved. They are only points buying Partick
:26:20. > :26:24.Thistle who sitting sixth. I am not buying that. They are two points
:26:25. > :26:27.Brian Partick Thistle Misha Mark because they did well last year it
:26:28. > :26:31.was always difficult this year. The team that they have got and the
:26:32. > :26:34.manager in Jim McIntyre, there was another boat then they should have
:26:35. > :26:37.been challenging regardless. It would be boring if you ever agreed.
:26:38. > :26:42.Hearts had slumped in the last few months but they still had a chance
:26:43. > :26:44.of Europe as they arrived at Ibrox to face Rangers.
:26:45. > :26:48.The home side hoping to seal third place.
:26:49. > :26:51.Clint Hill is leaving Rangers button is pressed into service with Danny
:26:52. > :27:01.Wilson injured. Jack and Victor swap places for
:27:02. > :27:11.hearts. Viktor Noring is in goals for Hamilton.
:27:12. > :27:24.Interception by Hill. James Tavernier charging forward. Kenny
:27:25. > :27:30.Miller, first time. Joe Garner. 1- Rangers inside seven minutes. And
:27:31. > :27:36.Joe Garner who struck late at Firhill last weekend is on the mark
:27:37. > :27:42.early at Ibrox. Not picked up here. He made the most of the header,
:27:43. > :27:43.clipping the post on the way in. It is the 10th Rangers goal for Joe
:27:44. > :27:54.Garner. Aaron Hughes, he has just signed a
:27:55. > :28:02.contract extension with hearts. Good touch for Esmael Goncalves. Don
:28:03. > :28:10.Cowie. Good strike from the skipper. 20 the power behind this. It was
:28:11. > :28:14.unlikely to be beating Wesley Fotheringham for them that angle.
:28:15. > :28:20.Lovely touch from Kenny Miller. Always involved in the good things
:28:21. > :28:26.for Rangers. Here goes again. Josh Windass. Squeezes in the cutback.
:28:27. > :28:36.Joe Garner. It was a really good save from Viktor Noring. Astor
:28:37. > :28:48.Kristian Colback saw his clearance canon of Marton. Rangers had the
:28:49. > :28:57.chance to make it two. Johnson not picked up. Joe Garner was on the
:28:58. > :29:09.way. Better from hearts after a faltering start to the scheme. Kenny
:29:10. > :29:18.Miller and Joe Garner in the way. Prince Buaben steps out of defence.
:29:19. > :29:23.Esmael Goncalves wriggling his way through. He hits the deck looking
:29:24. > :29:29.for a penalty. It was Clint Hill who made the challenge. Did he get his
:29:30. > :29:40.toll on the ball? That was certainly the ruling of the Bobby Madden.
:29:41. > :29:53.Still 1-0 Rangers. The flick from Garner, end goes when Dallas. The
:29:54. > :30:00.outcome was inevitable. A red card and hearts will play more than one
:30:01. > :30:06.hour of this match with ten men. He did not react quickly to the flick
:30:07. > :30:16.from Gardner and then minutes that 85 macro got in behind, the Hearts
:30:17. > :30:17.defender was in big trouble -- Windass. Kenny Miller plays it back
:30:18. > :30:31.again. 78 macro. He misses the target. He was
:30:32. > :30:37.unmarked at the corner kick and will be thinking he could have done a
:30:38. > :30:48.whole lot better. Another makai corner kick. Hill, off the post. It
:30:49. > :30:54.is scrambled away. Just a fraction away from 2-0. Leaping high for the
:30:55. > :31:11.header, the veteran defender and that was close. 55-macro.
:31:12. > :31:20.-- Jon Toral. This looks very promising for a Hearts. 13 eye level
:31:21. > :31:36.things up, six minutes into the second half. -- Goncalves. And
:31:37. > :31:47.Johnsen sets up Goncalves for his eighth Hearts goal, it is 1-1. Can
:31:48. > :31:59.Hearts consolidate having equalised. Tavernier, with the cross. And
:32:00. > :32:09.21-macro has Rangers in front again. Just 90 seconds after Hearts
:32:10. > :32:13.equalised -- Barry McKay. He should have punched and Barry McKay accepts
:32:14. > :32:19.the invitation. He scored the equaliser last weekend and he
:32:20. > :32:28.rattles in the goal here which makes it 2-1 to Rangers. Liam Smith.
:32:29. > :32:36.Playing a lot of good football, Hearts, it is Johnsen. A really
:32:37. > :32:48.disappointing effort. Having carved out the opportunity here, skipping
:32:49. > :32:49.clear of Clint hill. Nicholson got a foot in and 32-macro with the
:32:50. > :33:17.chance. -- Goncalves Djoum. The cutback by
:33:18. > :33:21.Barry Mackay. -- Barry McKay. Some good shot stopping in the game. A
:33:22. > :33:30.real howler for the Rangers second goal. Why corn. Hesitation at the
:33:31. > :33:40.back from Hearts and Martin White corner with the chance to tie things
:33:41. > :33:52.up -- Waghorn. Waghorn should have scored that. Victory for Rangers as
:33:53. > :33:57.they seal third place. I am even more convinced that we will be a
:33:58. > :34:02.very good team. Michael Stewart, are you convince? I think results would
:34:03. > :34:03.suggest otherwise. There is no doubt that it was an improved performance
:34:04. > :34:09.but for the first part of the game it was very poor
:34:10. > :34:13.and I find those comments quite strange. They are looking to have a
:34:14. > :34:17.big turnover of players as well. What team was he expecting was going
:34:18. > :34:23.to be good? It looks like there will be big changes in the summer. They
:34:24. > :34:28.started off, it was very bad and to go to Ibrox and start the way that
:34:29. > :34:36.they did, giving yourself an uphill battle, this is the goal and you
:34:37. > :34:43.look at Krystian Nowak. He has to close that. There is no one there.
:34:44. > :34:46.The danger is in front of him. Gardner, the guide puts it in the
:34:47. > :34:51.back of the net and he throws up his arm. He is pointing out wide, the
:34:52. > :34:55.danger is start out wide, that is the gap you need to close at the
:34:56. > :35:01.point of this header, he needs to narrow off and deepened. He has to
:35:02. > :35:06.do better, but he would affect the ball over the top. Square pegs and
:35:07. > :35:12.round holes. Krystian Nowak is not our right back and Prince Buaben is
:35:13. > :35:18.not a centre-half. The big moment came in that in right channel. They
:35:19. > :35:23.have given themselves an uphill battle, when it went down to ten
:35:24. > :35:28.men, there was a big turnaround. After Hearts went to ten men, they
:35:29. > :35:34.played better. They changed shape at half-time. The interesting thing for
:35:35. > :35:39.me was leaving the two strikers on. I thought they would have sacrificed
:35:40. > :35:43.a striker but they did that to keep Rangers under pressure. It also
:35:44. > :35:49.meant that the Rangers full-backs could not press on. He brings a bit
:35:50. > :35:55.of calm to the team. Rangers in the second half were desperately bad and
:35:56. > :35:58.gave away the ball and it worked for Hearts. They counter-attacked at
:35:59. > :36:05.every opportunity. This is so lucky for Smith. They are a man down and
:36:06. > :36:12.they played like the team, it was as if Rangers had ten men. A big
:36:13. > :36:17.mistake in the middle of the park. This one does not come to anything
:36:18. > :36:22.but it shows you, numbers flooding forward. For me, Hearts deserve to
:36:23. > :36:29.get something out of the game. They had structure in -- and a plan. He
:36:30. > :36:33.looks at the corner, this is the goal for Hearts. It is a brilliant
:36:34. > :36:37.counterattack. The desire they showed to go from one end of the
:36:38. > :36:45.pitch to another, Rangers were slack and gave the ball away. Jason Holt
:36:46. > :36:51.is not a sitting midfielder. You have to win this tackle. You're the
:36:52. > :36:59.last man, you cannot not win it. Brilliant from Johnsen. He slides it
:37:00. > :37:05.in to Goncalves. Positives to be taken, no doubt. It is the end of
:37:06. > :37:11.the season, but at critical few months. I don't think there is any
:37:12. > :37:15.doubt, because a lot of the players, a lot of them were on short-term
:37:16. > :37:18.deals and there will be a big turnover of players. The club are
:37:19. > :37:23.going to be hoping beyond hope that it works out, but you have got the
:37:24. > :37:27.start of the season, the cup and then the first 56 games of the
:37:28. > :37:32.league, they will all be away from home and there is a lot of games, a
:37:33. > :37:34.lot of the games away from home that will be crucial because if you come
:37:35. > :37:44.to September and October and the results have not been great... As
:37:45. > :37:48.for Rangers, how do you rate a third-place finish? It has been an
:37:49. > :37:53.average season, no trophies, no finals, they have a circus off the
:37:54. > :37:57.pitch and it has been a bad season. The other thing I would add, if
:37:58. > :38:00.Robbie had not left Hearts, there was a good chance they could have
:38:01. > :38:04.been challenging properly and Rangers might have been squeezed
:38:05. > :38:05.down to fourth place. Next St Johnstone
:38:06. > :38:07.versus Partick Thistle. The Saints aiming to
:38:08. > :38:09.seal European football. Thistle still with a chance
:38:10. > :38:28.of catching Hearts. Alan McManus is back. Alan Archibald
:38:29. > :38:36.is able to: porn Danny Devine after he missed the dramatic defeat to
:38:37. > :38:41.Rangers -- is able to call upon. Both sides deserve a real credit for
:38:42. > :38:47.their performances this season. St Johnstone still looking to be
:38:48. > :38:55.confirmed as European qualifiers. James Tavernier -- Greenham Common
:38:56. > :39:06.is looked for a penalty on air. Here is Danny Devine. He got into a bit
:39:07. > :39:15.of trouble and it is Edwards. Hit with plenty of power. Mannus was
:39:16. > :39:20.able to get down low. Partick Thistle have won on their past four
:39:21. > :39:27.visits to this ground. Here is Edwards, operating in dangerous
:39:28. > :39:32.pockets behind the attackers. Now it is Barton and that those just wide.
:39:33. > :39:35.He scored the only goal as Partick Thistle knocked St Johnstone out of
:39:36. > :39:47.the Scottish Cup earlier in the season. Wotherspoon, knocked away as
:39:48. > :39:51.far as one son. Cerny could not gather it. It was dipping and
:39:52. > :40:05.swerving all over the place from Swanson. Eastern into Craig and back
:40:06. > :40:11.it comes to the midfielder. 35-macro looking to turn. He got away from
:40:12. > :40:24.Keown, he did not have the space to work away from the target --
:40:25. > :40:32.Cummins. He looks to get Cummins" Clay, Cummins, Swanson arriving,
:40:33. > :40:39.penalty, says the referee. Our great piece of play by Danny Swanson. The
:40:40. > :40:44.quick feet got him away from Keown. No complaints. Danny Swanson has
:40:45. > :40:50.been the penalty King this season and he has done it again. That takes
:40:51. > :40:59.into 15 for the campaign, nine have come from the spot. The goalkeeper
:41:00. > :41:11.had no chance. Six home wins for Tommy Wright. They have struggled.
:41:12. > :41:21.Eastern. -- Easton. Drilled hard and low. Cerny kept his eye on it as it
:41:22. > :41:26.came through the bodies. Swindon Town expressed an interest in Alan
:41:27. > :41:31.Archibald but he is staying. It is the header from Scobbie and great
:41:32. > :41:36.reactions from Cerny to tip it over the top. This looked bound for the
:41:37. > :41:47.net, but for the intervention and the goalkeeper. It is Christie Eliot
:41:48. > :41:54.and that is cheaply given away to Wotherspoon. Richard Foster breaking
:41:55. > :41:58.onto that pace, but Cerny did so well and he had to come out, as
:41:59. > :42:07.Foster looked to go around the goalkeeper. St Johnstone have been
:42:08. > :42:08.the dominant side in the second half, but 45-macro gets it into
:42:09. > :42:29.Doolan. -- Erskine. Foster. Eyeing up
:42:30. > :42:38.Lindsay. It is a delicate ball through to 68. He goes down under
:42:39. > :42:50.the challenge from Steven Lawless -- Paul Paton. Knocked away by Keown
:42:51. > :42:57.and here comes Danny Swanson. It is tipped over the top by Cerny who is
:42:58. > :43:04.keeping Partick Thistle in theirs. All four meetings this season have
:43:05. > :43:09.been won by the away team. Liam Lindsay is the target. It is knocked
:43:10. > :43:14.away by Liam Craig as St Johnstone looked to hold onto what they have
:43:15. > :43:18.and at the moment that would be guaranteed for the place and
:43:19. > :43:23.European football for next season. What an achievement that would be.
:43:24. > :43:30.Drops for Paul Paton on the edge of the box and tipped wide by Cerny.
:43:31. > :43:36.They ask the questions of the referee as Cummins seemed to be
:43:37. > :43:41.hauled to the ground by Osman and when it dropped to Paul Paton he hit
:43:42. > :43:45.it first time. They said that is four seasons I have been in charged
:43:46. > :43:52.and I keep thinking, can we get better and maintain it and they do
:43:53. > :43:55.respond and they go again. They have been magnificent again this season
:43:56. > :44:01.and they deserve to be in Europe. They are the fourth best team. Our
:44:02. > :44:10.performance level dropped massively. Compared to last week, our passing
:44:11. > :44:16.was crisp and good. We were out battles and outplayed. St Johnstone
:44:17. > :44:20.punching above their weight, Tommy Wright said it was the best of their
:44:21. > :44:25.fourth-place finishes. They do so well season after season. Alan
:44:26. > :44:28.Archibald, got linked with jobs down south. The same is not true of Tommy
:44:29. > :44:35.Wright. It is not. You have to wonder why. I think it
:44:36. > :44:39.will come, he has proven time and time again that he is a very capable
:44:40. > :44:44.manager and St Johnstone have a history of managers moving on. You
:44:45. > :44:47.look at previous managers who moved on from Sam Johnson to down south
:44:48. > :44:55.and I think it will come. St Johnstone will want to keep hold of
:44:56. > :45:01.him. I think perhaps a bit of snobbery. You look at what he has
:45:02. > :45:10.produced at St Johnstone with guys like Danny Swanson. He is someone
:45:11. > :45:16.who has been that little bit of a flair addition to the team. Getting
:45:17. > :45:19.the penalty, he is the guy who has made a big difference and he is
:45:20. > :45:25.someone, Tommy Wright, when you're talking about if he will move on.
:45:26. > :45:30.Danny Swanson will be moving on and he will need something to fill that
:45:31. > :45:33.void and he has done it. Season after season, consistency from the
:45:34. > :45:38.manager and for me, when you talk about why he has not been linked
:45:39. > :45:43.with other jobs, I think there is a level of snobbery. If I was a top
:45:44. > :45:47.six side in Scotland, I would be looking at Tommy Wright.
:45:48. > :45:53.Realistically, saying why is he not getting offered those jobs. When you
:45:54. > :45:57.look at teams down south, we spoke about Nottingham Forest going after
:45:58. > :46:00.Mark Warburton, not Forest were in desperate dire Straits on the verge
:46:01. > :46:04.of getting relegated and I do not understand why Tommy Wright was not
:46:05. > :46:12.being looked at. They had to replace some people. They keep on doing it,
:46:13. > :46:17.season after season. They do not have big turnaround like hearts at
:46:18. > :46:24.Christmas. Kilmarnock, pre-season as well. The have two or three players
:46:25. > :46:29.in key areas, the keep the core strength together and they know what
:46:30. > :46:33.they're doing, they are organised, they have a togetherness. Despite
:46:34. > :46:40.Danny going they will find ways replace them. Partick Thistle, they
:46:41. > :46:43.have had a great season and it is job done as far as they are
:46:44. > :46:49.concerned. They will not catch hearts. When they had hearts at
:46:50. > :46:54.Tynecastle, if they'd been able to get two points, they might have
:46:55. > :46:55.challenged. It has been a great season for Partick.
:46:56. > :46:57.And finally tonight first versus second.
:46:58. > :46:59.The Friday night Scottish Cup Final dress rehearsal between
:47:00. > :47:19.Two changes. Adam Rooney is the second change. He is being rested.
:47:20. > :47:26.Anthony O'Connor and Jayden Stockley are in. Celtic made three changes.
:47:27. > :47:43.Scott Sinclair is back. 55-macro is back in.
:47:44. > :47:55.-- Mikael Lustig. Boyata! Celtic ahead in three minutes. It is three
:47:56. > :48:00.in three games for Boyata. He got the winner when the sides last met,
:48:01. > :48:13.eased his way away from Taylor, top of the scoring. Celtic battling for
:48:14. > :48:19.it. Griffiths on the chase, up against Reynolds. Pushes him wide.
:48:20. > :48:25.Griffiths with the nutmeg, he is away from Reynolds. Deflected back,
:48:26. > :48:31.McGregor, Logan will send out onto Armstrong and Celtic have a second.
:48:32. > :48:39.Just eight minutes gone. Celtic are running riot already. Lovely play
:48:40. > :48:45.from Lee Griffiths, turned back by Taylor, the shot from McGregor and
:48:46. > :48:47.Logan passed it to Armstrong. His goalkeeper was behind him, great
:48:48. > :48:59.finish from Armstrong and he joins Lee Griffiths on 15 goals for the
:49:00. > :49:03.season. Celtic struggling so far, four out of four against the Dons
:49:04. > :49:11.this season. Reynolds and Taylor try to hold him off. It is 3-0. 11
:49:12. > :49:17.minutes played. And Celtic are having their way with Aberdeen. Jill
:49:18. > :49:21.Lewis at fault. It was not unstoppable, great shot but not
:49:22. > :49:27.unstoppable. Every picture tells a story and that is a very unhappy one
:49:28. > :49:37.for Aberdeen. Consett dying, Boyata gets it away. Taylor, Graham shinny.
:49:38. > :49:42.Play on says the referee. Brilliant goal! "Body beautifully. Credit to
:49:43. > :49:54.the referee, he could have given a free kick, Craig Gordon, simply no
:49:55. > :50:01.chance. Aberdeen blown away by Celtic, trying to get back into it.
:50:02. > :50:09.They have got one back. Great ball across from Maclean and starkly got
:50:10. > :50:15.in the way. Mikael Lustig. Brilliantly done. A couple of goals
:50:16. > :50:20.against Aberdeen already this season and away once more. The Aberdeen
:50:21. > :50:33.marking has left off a to be desired. Onto Considine. Aberdeen
:50:34. > :50:36.building well. Up to Jonny Hayes. He swings it across, away by the
:50:37. > :50:42.goalkeeper on to Maclean and a chance again. Great save by Craig
:50:43. > :50:47.Gordon, Aberdeen are really pushing for the second goal. Maclean saw his
:50:48. > :50:51.effort blocked and a decent stop. Celtic can break here but Griffiths
:50:52. > :50:59.cannot hold onto it. Graham shinny got it away and Celtic can break. It
:51:00. > :51:13.is three onto. On thinker, tacking back, great tackle, top-class
:51:14. > :51:25.defending. Great ball by Roberts. Mikael Lustig. Back in. Good ball
:51:26. > :51:32.across, but -- Maclean tried to get in. Opportunity for Aberdeen. It was
:51:33. > :51:37.Shinnie. Celtic to miss the steadying presence of Scott Brown.
:51:38. > :51:41.Shinnie goes through. Is that penalty? No, says the referee.
:51:42. > :51:46.Shinnie was touch by Craig Gordon and that this very point is making.
:51:47. > :51:52.He comes forward and get the touch on the ball and it was taken out. A
:51:53. > :52:00.pivotal moment in the match and it breaks the way of Celtic. Just
:52:01. > :52:05.bounces on the way. Very unlucky to have a free kick against him.
:52:06. > :52:17.Griffiths and Logan getting into it. Maclean. Logan, ball in hand, you
:52:18. > :52:26.cannot do it. Celtic, two games from an unbeaten league season. Three
:52:27. > :52:32.games from a trouble. Kenny McLean. Can he find a way, can he find a way
:52:33. > :52:35.to make it 3-2, the answer is no. Kenny McLean, normally reliable and
:52:36. > :52:47.as the fans rose an expectation, the shots rose higher. The second half
:52:48. > :52:51.as quite lived up to the action of the first, four goals in 12 minutes.
:52:52. > :52:58.Scott Sinclair driving in and Logan has to be careful. That is a great
:52:59. > :53:03.effort from Scott Sinclair. Logan should have known he was going to
:53:04. > :53:11.cut in on the right -- inside on the right. Maclean. Aberdeen have not
:53:12. > :53:18.given up. Considine trying to get ahead on that and Logan as well.
:53:19. > :53:22.Considine, in four Niall McGinn. Great effort, plenty of pace on the
:53:23. > :53:25.shot, getting away from Craig Gordon. I think the game tonight
:53:26. > :53:30.will make us more confident of getting into the final, even though
:53:31. > :53:34.we have lost. The Cup Final is the only thing that matters now. It is
:53:35. > :53:40.what we are working towards for the next two weeks. And for me, the
:53:41. > :53:46.result might it is disappointing. The performance tonight was exactly
:53:47. > :53:52.what I was looking for. Aberdeen are very directing. Everything is a long
:53:53. > :53:57.ball, there is no will sequence of passes. The ball from behind as in
:53:58. > :54:01.the air, the ball on the site, great crosses into the box, in the air.
:54:02. > :54:05.They are having to deal with a lot of long ball football. I am very
:54:06. > :54:09.proud of the team and how they have stood up to them. We have shown the
:54:10. > :54:14.quality that we can play but coming to Pittodrie is never easy.
:54:15. > :54:21.It has been quite an incredible run they have been on and 100 points,
:54:22. > :54:26.one Celtic fan said it has been a dream season. Fantastic, the only
:54:27. > :54:32.criticism I would give is that they did not manage to get 100 goals in
:54:33. > :54:36.the same game. It may well come, but they have been great, to get 100
:54:37. > :54:41.points, there were to get 100 goals this season, they have three games
:54:42. > :54:46.to go unbeaten, the record has just continue to fall for this side and
:54:47. > :54:49.at their early deserving performance, result and worthy of
:54:50. > :54:54.champions. Incredible game to watch, what did you make of the comments of
:54:55. > :54:59.Brendan Rodgers, everything is a long ball in terms of the Aberdeen
:55:00. > :55:04.directness. Maybe a bit harsh, there is more to Aberdeen and long balls.
:55:05. > :55:08.The grasp balls fitted into the box are excellent and they work to get
:55:09. > :55:12.the ball into the box well. This is individual brilliance from Jonny
:55:13. > :55:17.Hayes. He has had a fine season, big player for the club. This is an
:55:18. > :55:21.unbelievable cross from Kenny McLean. He knows that Jayden
:55:22. > :55:27.Stockley is a big lad. Jayden Stockley should score. They use the
:55:28. > :55:32.width of the pitch so well. He does not deal well with the cross. A good
:55:33. > :55:42.snapshot and a decent save after that. Aberdeen will be pleased.
:55:43. > :55:46.Because they caused Celtic more problems. They can go on to this
:55:47. > :55:49.final and they can win it, they have the players that can hurt Celtic but
:55:50. > :55:54.they cannot defend like they did in the opening ten minutes. The one
:55:55. > :55:58.thing I would say about Aberdeen and the criticism that Brendan Rodgers
:55:59. > :56:03.has given, they do stretch game very well, they have to look into those
:56:04. > :56:08.pockets of space that they create and unfortunately they did not have
:56:09. > :56:11.Ryan Christie because he cannot play against Celtic but if Shaun Maloney
:56:12. > :56:15.signs for Aberdeen, if they have got some on there, they can utilise that
:56:16. > :56:24.is where they could hurt Celtic. Aberdeen fans will be asking if you
:56:25. > :56:28.think it was a penalty. Yes! It was a definite penalty. I cannot
:56:29. > :56:33.understand why it is not given. You can understand? I think it is a
:56:34. > :56:38.penalty all day long but looks unorthodox because Shinnie, his leg
:56:39. > :56:43.is dangling as kicks it away. There is no question, it is a penalty, but
:56:44. > :56:51.look slightly unorthodox, the referee is. He almost decapitated
:56:52. > :56:58.him. That would have brought the game to 3-2 and it would have been
:56:59. > :57:03.game on. Bigger gap next season? I think it will be hard for Celtic to
:57:04. > :57:07.replicate this season. It has been one off in terms of going unbeaten,
:57:08. > :57:12.it has been incredible, to reach those levels again next year... I
:57:13. > :57:19.think they will finish the season unbeaten. It depends, Brendan
:57:20. > :57:24.Rodgers is going to invest in a few key players, but I do not think they
:57:25. > :57:27.can replicate this season. You think Aberdeen can beat Celtic in the
:57:28. > :57:32.Scottish Cup final but you do not think they will. I think they will
:57:33. > :57:35.and Derek will take positives. You hear him talking about being
:57:36. > :57:41.methodical and work out how he will do it. He can draw a lot from that
:57:42. > :57:44.game on Friday. The cross balls is a key thing. Saying all that, if
:57:45. > :57:51.Celtic Perry to lick capabilities they will win the treble. Will they
:57:52. > :57:54.take much beating, Aberdeen? They have not beaten Celtic this season
:57:55. > :57:57.but there are elements of the game, if they can find a solution, they
:57:58. > :58:01.have got a chance. Thank you. All that leaves the Ladbrokes
:58:02. > :58:04.Premiership table looking like this. A Celtic century of points
:58:05. > :58:06.after that win at Pittodrie. Brendan Rodgers' side 30
:58:07. > :58:08.points clear of Aberdeen. Rangers and St Johnstone will join
:58:09. > :58:11.both those teams in European At the bottom Kilmarnock
:58:12. > :58:14.and Ross County are safe. Dundee, Motherwell and
:58:15. > :58:15.Hamilton still sweating. But Inverness are
:58:16. > :58:17.sweating most of all. Time for us to exit
:58:18. > :58:20.through the Sportscene trapdoor. From all of us on the
:58:21. > :59:02.team - bye for now. It would be the greatest night
:59:03. > :59:06.of their lives... the night when Celtic Football Club
:59:07. > :59:09.captured the hearts of Europe... They were like brothers. I loved
:59:10. > :59:13.them. Absolutely loved them. A bunch of boys fae Baillieston,
:59:14. > :59:17.Bellshill and Saltcoats ..became the first British club
:59:18. > :59:23.to win the European Cup. When it came to my TV habits,
:59:24. > :59:36.I'd watch anything. But now I can sign in online
:59:37. > :59:47.and get more of what I love. I'm kept up to date
:59:48. > :59:50.with the shows I love