15/01/2012 Sportscene

The Scottish Cup last weekend was a shock-free zone. All the SPL teams

still alive pending this week's fourth round replays. And all 12

back in league action this weekend. Highlights coming up and we will

hear from Hearts manager Paulo Sergio. Let's start at Tynecastle.

An amazing game and Paul Mitchell An amazing game and Paul Mitchell

watched it. The referee get us underway here at

inside. Early corner for Hearts. Zacchaeus kiss has broken away. --

Zaliukas. Marius Zaliukas with a very simple task to knock it passed

Samson. MacGowan goes through. The referee says penalty. If that is a

penalty, Zaliukas is of. The referee goes for the back pocket.

His last involvement in the match is to take down Paul McGowan. Great

ball through from Kenny Maguire and -- Kenny MacLean. MacGowan takes

the penalty. Am Paul McGowan equalises. His 6th goal of the

season. Steven Thompson has scored. 18 minutes gone. Really good header.

What a goal. He is so capable of doing things like this. Was there

are push in? Nestled in the corner. What a romance this has been. Same

Mirren come forward again. Thomson thinks there should be a corner.

There will be a goal kick. Readies Gatt will Carroll said. Hearts have

gone ahead. They had been dominated by St Mirren in the second half,

but the throw-in allowed Hearts to get the ball in. Seen Mirren were

shell-shocked here. -- St Mirren. Hearts press again. Hearts have the

lead. He can shoot. He has! He has scored his second hat-trick for

Hearts. Craig Samson warned be happy at this. -- will not be happy.

Incredible game. Danny Lennon must be wondering how the score can be

like this. St Mirren's frustrations continue. Stretched to ten men.

Thomson could not trouble the goalkeeper. Sampson gathers. That

could be a pass back. The referee says yes. He was caught after words,

but it was a pass back. Hearts have a chance. Seven on the line at

plaster goalkeeper. That is the 5th for Hearts at Tynecastle, despite

for Hearts at Tynecastle, despite being down to ten men.

Were you worried when you were 2-0 down and Salyut is it was sent off?

At that moment, you think that anything can happen. -- Zaliukas.

We had to change our strategy and the position on the pitch. We had

to find solutions to fight for the results. It is possible it is not

for the first time that happens that a team with one man down wins

the game. At that moment, I was very focused and speaking with my

assistant about what we do to try to change this situation for us.

is that something you can practise? Being down to ten men? Of course.

Sometimes we have people who cannot attend training sessions. Sometimes

we try to recreate situations as a well. Readies Tatchell is a

terrific player. Three strikes on his left foot from outside the

his left foot from outside the penalty box. There is no doubt. He

has the capacity to shoot. He is one of my maybe best players. I

accept that today, of course, we have to speak about the old team,

but I am pleased for him. -- the whole team. Their defensive work

and the responsibility that he takes. He made a fantastic job

yesterday. It is easy to see and talk about a player, but I never

talk about a player, but I never liked to do that. Everybody does

this job on the pitch. It is for all of the team, even those who did

not play yesterday that the credit should go to. Of course, you have

to speak about Rogalski tell because he scored three fantastic

goals. His contract is up in a fortnight. Can you keep them for

the rest of the season? Of course we want to keep him. I think he

wants to stay here as well. Sometimes you can read things in

the newspaper because it is someone's job to write that. But I

believe he will stay with us. believe he will stay with us.

You're not happy about the yellow card shown to Ian Black in the game

yesterday. He tried to trap the player, didn't he? We can see the

player is still playing. He does not arrive to make a fault as I

think it is too much for a yellow card for that. I was angry with

that because this yellow card takes Ian Black from an important game

Ian Black from an important game for us, the one against Celtic.

Maybe he is paying because he has some kind of reputation. But if it

happens right now, that does not allow me to do my job and tried to

change the situation. Try to change M? Tried to change them. I think he

is improving the lot. In the last six games, he has had no yellow

cards. He is focused on football. I believe he can be very useful for

their national team, so why give him this reputation when I am

trying to change this. It is hard for me and it is hard for him. It

is unfair. I was angry with that. But the referee spoke with me and

he was fantastic when he did that because I was screaming wife. I

have to accept them and I respect him. But I suspect -- that I

believe that was a mistake and that is hard for him -- hard for us and

the team because Ian Black will miss an important game. You said he

has been good in the last six games. You have had a great run of results

You have had a great run of results with lots of things happening off

the pitch which could be distracting you from the main thing.

But look at these results. You are up to third place in the lead now.

I am not too concerned about third place. I know that St Johnstone and

mother well have played less games than ours. -- mother well. But I am

not concerned about that. When we had problems three months ago, we

were improving a lot. We beat Celtic at home. We lost against

Rangers at home, but I believe we should have won that game. We

played well. In that moment, the problems started to happen every

day. The first impact of all of those problems was very hard to

deal with. We tried to put things together and people believed that

things can change in the future. So we took some time to react. Now we

have the same problems, but I think Do you ever know what is going to

happen next, as Hearts manager? never know. I am positive and I

believe that the people managing Hearts are responsible people and

they know they have to put things in place. Sometimes I read in the

newspapers that lots of people are seeing it is a sad situation and

this may be helps to bring people together. I cannot agree with that.

The situation is bad. The way we deal with that is what makes the

difference. Sometimes even that credit people want to take from us,

from the group, from the players and technical staff. The people who

work with us every day, it is our credit to get results. Meanwhile,

we are living with these kind of problems. You can say nothing

different about that. How much good the squad change do you think, by

the end of January? Are you worrying about what that might mean

to the squad? It is a very, very tough month. For me January is like

90 days because it never ends. I believe we can lose two or three

players by the end of the month. People can come with the money and

we will lose the players because we need to sell and everybody knows

that. We need to sell but we are not just going to give the players

away. We need to sell because we need the money. The will not be

giving them away for free? course, some people might think

they can come in on the last day of the transfer window with a little

bit of money and think they can take when they want. No chance?

That's right. The player who turned down Rangers' pre-contract offer

then turned out against them at its Rangers were minus their injured

goalkeeper. They did have one man back after suspension. The headline

man. He has been in the papers all week. He has slipped through but it

is off side. That was a good run by the Spaniard. A bit too early. Well

off. He finished it well, though. Davies. That has come right through

to Healy. Healey scored in each of his last couple of Rangers games.

He was not expecting that. Anderson lost flight of it. It goes Rangers

way. Here is Aluko. Jelavic to his left, the this to his right.

Jelavic! There is the breakthrough for Rangers! St Johnstone are

raging. Rangers took a quick free- kick. It was Davies who took it

initially. Aluko scampering forward. Jelavic is of side there, Callum

Davidson playing him on. David Healy was in an offside position.

It is the quickness of the free- kick that St Johnstone are not

happy about. It is 1-0 to the champions. Aluko. Good skill by

Aluko. Jelavic. That is Enckelman. Callum Davidson is involved. This

is a good move by Aluko initially. Jelavic denied. A local having such

an inconsistent game. The this. He is going to get the corner. The

referee is changing his mind after originally giving an goal kick.

That is off the line by Robertson. Good skill by Aluko. He is

ambitious. David Robertson, there he was. Nice hat! It is Liam

Craig's ball. It is then! And out of nothing! St Johnstone are back

in the game. Ocker Mecca From B Liam Craig cross turned end to his

own net by the USA international Aluko. Healey. That is Winkleman.

Wallace did not go anywhere it Hearts. Had he done so, Rangers

could have been back where it hurts. It is a free-kick to Rangers. I

challenge on Jelavic. McCoist knows that Rangers cannot afford to drop

any more points. Jelavic is the air! Rangers are back in front left

tend to goal. What a save it was from England to be fair but he

The Rangers substitute. This is for Jelavic. Shouts for a penalty, but

he has not getting an. Blocked by Craig. Mackie will clear. No spot-

kick, says the referee. Davies. Worth the effort. That would have

made the points absolutely safe, if made the points absolutely safe, if

they are not already. Rangers were 15 points ahead of

Celtic in early November, now they are two points behind. Are you

surprised by the big change at the top of the table? It is not normal

to lose such a big difference and so quickly. Rangers have lost that

advantage from Celtic. They have lost such an influential player in

Steven Naismith. He plays very well. Also, he has a special spirit which

he shares with his team mates. I think it was a great loss for them.

The St Johnstone manager was not The St Johnstone manager was not

too happy about the first goal for Rangers. He reckoned that the free

kick was taken from the wrong place and the referee should have called

it back. What do you think? First of all, I should say that I don't

like to do that. The referee has to take decisions in the moment. And

we sit here and watch the replay, it is easy for us. It is in front

of them. He has control of everything. I think the players

have lost their focus in that moment. Then the lost a goal.

Jelavic scored both goals for Rangers yesterday. How important is

Rangers yesterday. How important is it that they keep them? The very

important. A team that wants to fight for titles should not lose

players like Jimmy Smith or Jelavic. -- players like Steven Naismith or

Jelavic. A were the lucky that they did not have a player sent off

did not have a player sent off yesterday? Did this look like

another yellow card for obstruction? Like I say, it is

unfair to the referee to make these kinds of analysis. But compared to

the other one he had before, I think this one is worse than the

other. If he had a yellow card last It was not exactly a relegation

eliminator at East End Park yesterday but there was certainly

the potential to make a difference in the drop zone. It was shaping up

to be a straight fight between the two teams to escape relegation.

Yesterday's Head to Head was high stakes. Alastair Lamont has the

highlights. Joe Cardle will be the man to put this one into the

Hibernian box. The keeper is beaten! Dunfermline have the lead!

The Hibs defence stood and watched. Jim MacIntyre will be delighted.

Martin Hardie Corals one. Brown hurled himself to be left to keep

that one out. -- curls one. A good block there. Griffiths! And it is

an equaliser for Hibernian. Leigh Griffiths with his 6th goal of the

season. That might have confused the defender. Leigh Griffiths

fairly a rifle this one past Ian Turner. -- rifled. Barrow man goes

down. He felt he was shoved the air. -- shove there. This man has shown

good energy throughout. He takes on the short, that is a good effort. -

- the shot. Griffiths with a neat turn. He did not really get hold of

that shot but it is good skill. He has looked lively throughout.

Cardle will keep at one end. He goes for the shot when he might

have been better served putting in across. -- a cross. It is bowled

out to Callum Booth. Griffiths for Garry O'Connor. And it is Garry

O'Connor with a 12th goal of the season. Lovely link up play between

Griffiths in the corner and no chance for Turner to keep that one

out. Hibs have turned around here. That man was completely unmarked.

Fortunately for Hibs they had a defender on the line to turn it

away. Willis took Buchanan at the back post and it is an equaliser.

It is Liam McCarron the substitute. Dunfermline have plugged away and

they have earned that second goal this afternoon. It is all to play

for at East End Park. A lovely cool finish from Buchanan. How will Hibs

respond to the loss of that equaliser? Here is Griffiths. The

shot is away and it has gone past Ian Turner. A disaster for the

Dunfermline goalkeeper. A second goal of the afternoon for Griffiths.

Hibs immediately respond to take the lead once more. Can Dunfermline

somehow clawed their way back into the game? -- clot their way -- claw.

Hibs looking for what would surely be at teller 4th goal. Garry

O'Connor may well be the man to provide it. He is up against Potter.

He goes down in a heap and he is going to be booked for that. Potter

leaves his leg trailing. He did go down rather dramatically, I am not

sure that did him any favours. That was a big win for Hibs, I know that

might not be great for anyone from Hearts? I do not have enemies in

football. It is a sport so everybody should be in it to win

but we respect our opponents. I want Hibs to be a strong side.

it help Hearts F Hibs are a strong side? We want to beat them but when

we play against them we do not want them to be weak. We want to beat

them because we are stronger and better but I think Hibs is a good

team. Hibs have good players. and rivalry is an important thing?

Of course. It is so important. The Old Firm, the rivalry between us

and Hibs. Aberdeen and Dundee, it is fantastic and people enjoy this.

Aberdeen at home to Kilmarnock, Jonathan Sutherland can talk us

through it. Let's be honest, this was not a classic at Pittodrie.

Kilmarnock had the edge in terms of chances. This shot was just guided

over the goalkeeper. The creativity on show resided mainly with the

away side. This handling was not pristine. Not the greatest

defending from the new Aberdeen club captain. Aberdeen were looking

to continue and up turn in club fortunes. Into the second half and

Kilmarnock continued to look the more likely. This man has been

racking up the goals of late and he almost managed to continue that

here. With two goals from his last four games he was clearly confident.

Aberdeen almost scored thanks to away would header from this man.

But the keeper was alert to the danger. The more clear cut chances

were coming Kilmarnock's way. This perfect pass did not lead to a

perfect shot. Not the most perfect game of all time. 0-0 the final

Before the game, minutes signed -- and minutes' silence for Bill

Dickie could died on Tuesday. -- Sometimes all at effort to keep the

ball in is not worth it. Omar Daley took full advantage here. Ryan

Esson made the save. From Tom Tay Lee's corner, Ryan SM Cos some of

his own problems. However, the ball ended up over the bar. Next up, a

moment of possible embarrassment for this defender. Calls for a

handball. The Spanish defender remains poker-faced. Johnny Hayes

was the captain. He tested Darren Randolph. The average age of the

Inverness players was just 22 years old. The more experienced

Motherwell side... Motherwell chance their arm with another shout

for handball. The fingers were pointing at Kenny Shiels a. --

Gillet. The referee waved the claims away. Gregory tardy was

looking for his 8th goal of the season. -- Gregory Tade. What I

call this was. -- a goal. Victory call this was. -- a goal. Victory

for Inverness. Motherwell slipped to 4th.

As soon as you finished with the game against St Mirren yesterday,

do you start thinking about Inverness next week two yes. That

is the way we work. After one game, you think about the next one. We

have to work a lot to get ready to go there and make a good result. It

is always the same story. I have to listen to everyone who is talking

these things that I can't understand. People talk about

Inverness being hard and it is frozen. It is this and that. That

is the first thing we have to change in terms of mentality.

Playing in Inverness should be the same as playing at Tynecastle. It

is one pitch, one referee, 1 ball, two teams. I believe they are a

strong side. They have a team with a strong spirit. They are people

who will fight for every metre of the pitch. We have to be ready for

that. After that, if we are able to do that, every single game, in the

end... That courage and that spirit and this philosophy should be there.

and this philosophy should be there. I hope we can do that next week.

Rangers' lunchtime win in Perth yesterday took them back to the top

of the SPL. From 3pm, Celtic had the chance to reclaim pole position

if they could win at home to Dundee United.

Eight Robbie Neilson returned after injury for Dundee United. Armstrong

was on the bench. Back out wide from Rankin. Good ball in. Garry

Kenneth had the shot. Which produces a great shave -- a great

save from the goalkeeper. A couple of chances for Dundee United. Gary

Hooper! It is his 16th goal of the season. Celtic ahead after 12

minutes. You had the feeling that was how this was going to end up.

The shot curled past the goalkeeper. Peter Houston serving a touchline

ban. Decent ball in. Safety-first from a Garry Kenneth. Short corner.

United have switched off. Victor Wanyama makes it two. His third

goal for Celtic, this 20-year-old. He was completely unmarked here.

Two goals in four minutes. Celtic are cruising. Now Brown. Anthony

Stokes! Great strike. Plenty behind that one. Their goalkeeper is happy

to tat that one over the top. Missed by Samaras and Kenneth. Free

kick given against what could not have been much more than and nudge

from Dylan. On stalks. -- on Anthony Stokes. Early second half

chance for Charlie Mulgrew. It is fumbled by the United keeper. That

did not look too difficult. Uncertain hands. Samaras. Great run

from Samaras. I could hit as well. Beaten away by the goalkeeper. A

fierce straight from Samaras as Celtic looked to extend their

advantage.And is conscious that his team needs another goal to make

things safe. -- Neil Lennon is conscious. Great hit from 30 yards.

A lot of movement on this away from Fraser Forster. Clipping the inside

of the post. The complexion of the game changes. 2-1. Adam Matthews.

Set off on our run. This looks really promising. Back for Brown!

Anthony Stokes got in his way. The skipper is furious. This was a

chance. All Celtic players collided. Down goes Matthews. That gives Paul

Dixon a chance to get the Seine for Jon Daly! What a chance to make it

2-2. Jon Daly must surely feel he should have scored here. What an

opportunity to square things up. Ki Sung-Yeung. Four Matthews. There is

Samaras! That could have tied things up. The diving header from

Samaras. Which he could only direct Samaras. Which he could only direct

straight at the goalkeeper. Celtic are top of the league. Did

you look like the best squad in Scotland at the moment? At this

moment, I think they deserve the position where they are. I think it

is the fault of Rangers because is the fault of Rangers because

they make lots of mistakes over the last few weeks. They have lost a

lot of points. Celtic are playing very well. I think they deserve

what they have at this moment. you like Victor Wanyama? Fantastic

player. Only 20 years old. I think Celtic will win a lot of money with

this young player. I guess everyone would like to find a player like

this who is on the 20 years old. He is so strong. He does not play like

he is 20 years old. He seems to be more mature by six years are

something. He seems to have that experience. With all the power that

he has, I believe Celtic has a very good player for the moment and a

very good deal. Have you enjoyed your five months in Scottish

football? Does it feel like five years? Absolutely. People make our

problems. But we're fighting for that. I never have an easy job, so

we fight. It is easy to quit and took to go home. Doing that, for me,

that is for cowards. People in Edinburgh make my life very happy.

We Portuguese people are always proud because we received people in

our country very well. But after say the same for Scottish people. I

feel very comfortable in Edinburgh. I have a lot of support. The Hearts

fans are fantastic. Always behind us. I believe there will be at

least 2,000 people there in Inverness supporting us. We

appreciate that a lot. In a moment like this was all the troubles that

we're living, all those problems, the support of our fans is so

important for us. All people who work around me in that club and not

even the players, but those whose names you don't even know, they

make my life easier and I am very happy with that. I can say that

five months for me does not feel We will have all that action for

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