:00:44. > :00:50.Good evening and welcome to Sportscene. Tonight, the relegation
:00:51. > :00:54.fight, six in the mix, the jaws of the Championship beckoning for
:00:55. > :00:57.perhaps two Premiership sides. Although we can's top-flight action
:00:58. > :01:01.coming up in the next hour or so. With us this is the Sunday, Steven
:01:02. > :01:06.Thompson and Michael Stewart. We start with Ross County who began the
:01:07. > :01:10.day level on points with Hamilton and Motherwell. The chances of
:01:11. > :01:14.extending a vital lead over both these sides faced a stiff test on
:01:15. > :01:17.Sunday with the visit of champions, Celtic.
:01:18. > :01:37.COMMENTATOR: There is a first start for Tamil tea at right back.
:01:38. > :01:49.Lustig and Boyata added in the squad and Patrick Roberts is on the bench.
:01:50. > :01:55.Celtic are looking to maintain this wonderful unbeaten sequence. They
:01:56. > :02:03.haven't got too many more games to negotiate either as Tierney hits it.
:02:04. > :02:06.Just six games left in the Premiership, including this one, for
:02:07. > :02:13.the newly crowned six in a row champions. Celtic were convincing
:02:14. > :02:29.winners here back in the autumn time. Cut back by McGregor. That is
:02:30. > :02:39.rock which, that is Forrest! -- that is Rogic. The Forrest effort was the
:02:40. > :02:54.most dangerous of the lot. An overlap from McGregor. Rogic, and
:02:55. > :03:00.Forrest. Look at the two Banksy for Ross County, there is nothing they
:03:01. > :03:08.can do about that, though! Kieran Tierney with a stunning opening goal
:03:09. > :03:16.for Celtic! Fabulous hit, this, by the Celtic left-back. His second of
:03:17. > :03:22.the season, and Celtic lead, as they have done the most of the campaign.
:03:23. > :03:28.Perhaps a shot to nothing for Jim McIntyre, this one. Important bottom
:03:29. > :03:41.six games to follow this one. That is Chow. Turned out to Van van der
:03:42. > :03:49.Weg. Chow may think you should have done better with that. County not
:03:50. > :03:56.seen as an attacking force in this first half. Brown took his eye
:03:57. > :04:01.offered momentarily. He gets it back, though. Scott Sinclair. Celtic
:04:02. > :04:10.looking for a second before the break. Snuffed out by Fox. Really
:04:11. > :04:16.good build-up play by the visitors. A worthy point for Ross County last
:04:17. > :04:19.time out at Hamilton and they will feel they should have taken more
:04:20. > :04:30.advantage of the fact they were playing with a man more for a large
:04:31. > :04:39.spell of that. Gardyne! And headers do not come much better than that! A
:04:40. > :04:51.wonderful headed goal by Michael Gardyne, and Ross County draw level.
:04:52. > :05:05.In the Dingle sunshine, and county smiling a bit more now. Anything
:05:06. > :05:15.they pick up today would be a real bonus for the Staggies. Armstrong.
:05:16. > :05:26.And Roberts, the sub. County standing firm. This is Griffiths.
:05:27. > :05:35.That left foot once again causing problems. Fox just about got a hold
:05:36. > :05:51.of it. Desperate for a Celtic goal. Simunovic. Roberts. Gets it back
:05:52. > :06:05.from Gamboa. Lovely skill by Roberts! 2-1! Just wonderful!
:06:06. > :06:15.Absolutely wonderful! Not one but two net -- two nutmegs. Patrick
:06:16. > :06:24.Roberts just showing why he is a ?12 million player. Here goes Sinclair.
:06:25. > :06:32.Griffiths to his right. He was brought down, though, by Jason
:06:33. > :06:35.Naismith. Former St Mirren defender, and Celtic have a free kick in a
:06:36. > :06:47.very tasty position for Stuart Armstrong. Here he goes. Excellent
:06:48. > :06:53.effort. Almost number three. Ross County perhaps weren't expecting to
:06:54. > :07:01.collect anything out of this game. Gardyne has got that across. A
:07:02. > :07:05.penalty to County! Celtic are incensed by this decision by Don
:07:06. > :07:19.Robertson, the rest, and you can see why! 100% dive from Alex Schalk. It
:07:20. > :07:22.is horrendous. Well, Leon Boyce will take the spot kick, and that might
:07:23. > :07:32.just be an unlikely point for Ross County! And a massive point it would
:07:33. > :07:35.be, but it is bathed in controversy, because there is no way that this
:07:36. > :07:45.should have been given as a spot kick. Well, the headlines will be
:07:46. > :07:50.made, they will be written, and they will feature Alec Schalke tomorrow,
:07:51. > :07:57.as Boyce goes in on Brown. He gets booked for his troubles. Don
:07:58. > :08:02.Robertson and his assistant Stuart Stevenson were convinced it was a
:08:03. > :08:09.penalty, duped by the Dutch County striker. Roberts striding in, took
:08:10. > :08:21.the full force of that. Brown slams into Boyce! Tempers spill over and
:08:22. > :08:25.Scott Brown are sent off! When the blue touch paper was lit by the
:08:26. > :08:30.Rogic dive, and Celtic have been unable to keep a lid on their
:08:31. > :08:33.emotions and unless Celtic appeal against this red card, Scott Brown
:08:34. > :08:39.will miss the semifinal with Rangers next week. It could be costly facade
:08:40. > :08:45.it but this could be so valuable for County.
:08:46. > :08:52.Had good control, not too much to do defensively but then the points were
:08:53. > :08:55.taken from us by Sunbird decisions by the officials. I have seen some
:08:56. > :09:00.bad decisions appear, I have to say but this is one of the worst. It is
:09:01. > :09:05.poor because in his position he can see it clearly, and two the risk
:09:06. > :09:12.they way that anorexia chancre makes an attempt to play the ball. And he
:09:13. > :09:17.gives a penalty against it -- there is no way that Sviatchenko makes an
:09:18. > :09:23.attempt to play the ball. We played very well in the game. It is not a
:09:24. > :09:29.penalty. I have watched it back. You can clearly see Sviatchenko go to
:09:30. > :09:31.tackle it man he has pulled out at the last-minute and Alex is
:09:32. > :09:37.expecting contact and is on his way down. For that side of things I can
:09:38. > :09:41.fully understand Celtic's anger, disappointment, call it what you
:09:42. > :09:44.will, but we have had several of those go against us this season when
:09:45. > :09:50.teams have had penalties and they have not been penalties and it is
:09:51. > :09:55.hard to take, so I understand that. A stormy end to the match to say the
:09:56. > :09:59.least, letters get right to it, in the history of horrendous dives, how
:10:00. > :10:06.bad is Alec Schalke's? I think this rank set number one for me. He
:10:07. > :10:10.should be very embarrassed. It is a complete embarrassment, an absolute
:10:11. > :10:14.joke. He looks for the referee as if to say is it a penalty? There was no
:10:15. > :10:17.contact and the most amazing thing is that the referee is in a decent
:10:18. > :10:23.position, how they have managed to come up with the fact that this is a
:10:24. > :10:26.penalty is just below the ring. Obviously the players culpable -- it
:10:27. > :10:31.is bewildering. Has uprising that the officials got it wrong? You can
:10:32. > :10:36.see there is clear difference. You can see it is not a penalty, Jim
:10:37. > :10:39.McIntyre as well. Everyone recognised. Fair play to Leon Boyce
:10:40. > :10:43.is dubbed up and put it away but you can't take away from the fact it is
:10:44. > :10:46.an horrific decision from the referee. Alec Schalke is to be
:10:47. > :10:53.completely disappointed with himself. Retrospective action? 100%.
:10:54. > :10:57.Then think there is any doubt. The factory so much clear distance
:10:58. > :11:03.between Eric Sviatchenko and Alex Schalke, you have to see it is not a
:11:04. > :11:05.penalty. The referee and the linesmen are in pretty good
:11:06. > :11:11.positions will stop it should never have been given. Another hugely
:11:12. > :11:21.contentious decision. We understand that Celtic will appeal this. He has
:11:22. > :11:24.a nibble. But we understand that because of the disciplinary
:11:25. > :11:28.procedures and the Easter holiday, Scott Brown's disciplinary hearing
:11:29. > :11:37.will be heard next week, which means he can play in the Scottish Cup
:11:38. > :11:43.semifinal. No a resurrection on Easter Sunday. It is a definite red
:11:44. > :11:47.card. A feud coming together is in the game. There was the Scott Brown
:11:48. > :11:50.of old. He has been so good this season and he doesn't seem to be
:11:51. > :11:55.losing the head or the plot like you used to. But on this occasion he led
:11:56. > :12:00.his team-mates down. The fact there has been the penalty, which was an
:12:01. > :12:03.horrific decision, there is an injustice there. Then he has been
:12:04. > :12:07.tackled by Liam Boyce welly Bosz gets a yellow card. That in quick
:12:08. > :12:11.succession, the red mist has descended. There is no doubt that is
:12:12. > :12:15.a red card but to go back to the procedure thing, it is embarrassing.
:12:16. > :12:20.They know there is a big semifinal coming up this weekend, why on earth
:12:21. > :12:25.are they not able to get the thing done and dusted within the week? You
:12:26. > :12:31.are telling me off there before that the team knew last week it was going
:12:32. > :12:35.to be done. It should have been done this week so that they avoid this
:12:36. > :12:39.controversy now. Absolutely, interesting way will be a talking
:12:40. > :12:44.point for sure this week. In terms of Ross County though, a great point
:12:45. > :12:48.for them. Despite all of the brouhaha at the end of the match,
:12:49. > :12:52.were they worthy of this point? Not in the first half. They set up with
:12:53. > :12:56.a 4-5-1 formation to contain Celtic and the large part they did. They
:12:57. > :13:00.made it hard for so ticked to play through them. The amount of bodies
:13:01. > :13:05.they got back to defend, they left basically only Boyce up the pitch
:13:06. > :13:09.and he was very isolated in that first half. But you can see examples
:13:10. > :13:13.of the amount of bodies Ross County are getting back, this one turns out
:13:14. > :13:17.to be an outstanding block. Another block followed up by this shortly
:13:18. > :13:21.after by Andrew Davies. Celtic were finding it difficult, yes they had
:13:22. > :13:24.all the possession and the ball, and they were probing but I felt as
:13:25. > :13:28.though at this stage Ross County were defending well and it would
:13:29. > :13:32.take something special to break down this Ross County rearguard and it
:13:33. > :13:37.was a special goal that came around from the left foot of Kieran
:13:38. > :13:42.Tierney. So much possession. They had all of the possession. Goals
:13:43. > :13:46.change games and sometimes when you're playing against Ross County,
:13:47. > :13:49.who were camped inside, it need somebody with that ability to strike
:13:50. > :13:54.it from long distance. My not have been the obvious culprit in Kieran
:13:55. > :13:58.Tierney to score it but it was a massive goal that manages to change
:13:59. > :14:02.the game for Celtic. County more offensive than the second half,
:14:03. > :14:06.enough to show you they can survive in the top flight? I think so. They
:14:07. > :14:12.were trying to get players up to support Boyce on every occasion.
:14:13. > :14:17.This is an early warning. Four men getting into the box. This is too
:14:18. > :14:22.easy for the cross to come in but what a head of this is for his first
:14:23. > :14:26.goal in nearly a year. An outstanding header. The timing of
:14:27. > :14:33.his run is excellent. Three men in the box, you are asking questions of
:14:34. > :14:37.the Celtic players. Boyce could have made contact. At this point in the
:14:38. > :14:51.game they have got themselves back into it. The dominant talking point
:14:52. > :14:55.will be Scott Brown. Has dodged a bullet. Looks like he will be a
:14:56. > :14:58.vegetable for the game. It could be pivotal as well because Scott is a
:14:59. > :15:08.massive player for Celtic in what will be a crunch game on Sunday.
:15:09. > :15:14.Next weekend, a shift of focus. It is semifinal 's time in the cup.
:15:15. > :15:22.Celtic easing their way into the last four. Brilliant goal! Can he
:15:23. > :15:50.get the hat-trick? You can! Next, to a hugely crucial match in
:15:51. > :15:54.the relegation story. Second bottom Motherwell against bottom side
:15:55. > :15:58.Inverness. The Caley Thistle fans arrive desperate but some kind of
:15:59. > :16:05.hope. The team four points adrift at the foot of the Premiership. If we
:16:06. > :16:10.lose today I think it is nearly done. I think Richard can turn it
:16:11. > :16:18.around. He has belief. He needs more support I think. I think he has the
:16:19. > :16:22.heart of a lion. I like the manager. A lot of the current situation is
:16:23. > :16:26.down to the players, not the managers. We forget we are a small
:16:27. > :16:33.club, until it is mathematically impossible I still believe we can
:16:34. > :16:36.stay up. Just one win in ten, Stephen Robinson brings in three
:16:37. > :16:44.players who missed the defeat at Firhill. A welcome return to top
:16:45. > :16:46.scorer Louis Morte. Inverness Caledonian Thistle's last
:16:47. > :17:00.Premiership victory came away here in October. Inverness have actually
:17:01. > :17:09.won their last three games here. This is Campbell, the 18-year-old.
:17:10. > :17:12.Tremarco shows him the inside and that spells danger because Chris
:17:13. > :17:18.Cannon has picked out the far corner to give Motherwell the lead after
:17:19. > :17:26.just seven minutes! It is the ideal start for Stephen Robertson's side.
:17:27. > :17:37.Canon's first goal since August. What a quality finish it was.
:17:38. > :17:47.Packet comes out the Louis Moult. Bowman in the middle. It goes all
:17:48. > :17:54.the way through. Motherwell have a second! It is the start that dreams
:17:55. > :17:59.are made up for the Motherwell supporters. Two goals in this
:18:00. > :18:06.crucial basement battle inside the opening ten minutes! Moult and
:18:07. > :18:11.Bowman both claiming the goal. It didn't look like Bowman got a touch
:18:12. > :18:30.on it though, and that should be Mordt's all. Pearson back to
:18:31. > :18:41.Campbell. Got up to make the second save. That was dipping from Moult.
:18:42. > :18:48.Williams with a good stop to deny Bowman. Inverness shell-shocked by
:18:49. > :18:58.the start. McNaughton in. Fisher! And a real's poacher's finish from
:18:59. > :19:01.Alex Fisher. He certainly likes to score the important goals having
:19:02. > :19:05.found the net against Celtic and Ross County he has now got Inverness
:19:06. > :19:10.back into this game. Midway through the first half. Just stabbed a lake
:19:11. > :19:21.at it, beat Sampson. Mackay forward. Draper to Fisher. He
:19:22. > :19:28.is past the last man and bearing down on goal, Alex Fisher! And
:19:29. > :19:32.Sampson got a touch to deny the striker as he looked for his second
:19:33. > :19:41.goal of the game. Big moment, perhaps. More defending for
:19:42. > :19:47.Motherwell to do. Towards the back post. Fisher again. Once more
:19:48. > :19:54.Sampson is there to deny the Inverness front man, as this dual
:19:55. > :20:02.between the two of them goes on. Just three home wins all season for
:20:03. > :20:12.Motherwell. Tansey. Fisher is away again. What a cool finish that is!
:20:13. > :20:19.And Inverness have come from 2-0 down! They are level now, and Alex
:20:20. > :20:26.Fisher, what a quality finish that is. His second of the game. If his
:20:27. > :20:34.first was all about instinct, that was all about finishing prowess.
:20:35. > :20:41.Ainsworth the substitute, met by the first clearing header. His acres of
:20:42. > :20:47.space to measure something for Motherwell. Drift past King,
:20:48. > :20:53.McDonald! Kept out by Yvonne William. Wait a second, the referee
:20:54. > :20:58.has signalled the goal has been given! It will stand for Scott
:20:59. > :21:06.McDonald! What a huge moment this is! Eoin Doyle Williams adamant this
:21:07. > :21:16.did not cross the line! On moments like these, games and perhaps
:21:17. > :21:25.seasons can turn. A high degree of controversy at Fir Park. McDonald
:21:26. > :21:33.gets the flick on. Still McDonald. Great ball, no doubt about this one.
:21:34. > :21:39.Alan Campbell, the 18-year-old, who has his first goal in senior
:21:40. > :21:44.football, and what an important one it is too, and it is going to secure
:21:45. > :21:50.Motherwell their first victory at Fir Park since mid-November. We
:21:51. > :21:54.showed a lot of character, coming back from 2-0 up. I thought we were
:21:55. > :22:03.in total control for the last 40 minutes of the game. We have to be
:22:04. > :22:10.better at the back defensively. But today an official has made a huge
:22:11. > :22:15.decision and he has got it wrong. It lies with me, most of it, it is a
:22:16. > :22:20.long season. I can't take a lot of blame for the goals we have
:22:21. > :22:25.succeeded -- conceded, the players have to stand up. Great win for
:22:26. > :22:32.Motherwell. Let's get straight to that moment Richie Foran talked
:22:33. > :22:35.about, the ghost goal. Did cross the line? No. First you look at the
:22:36. > :22:40.officials when the ball doesn't go in or does go in, it is at the edge
:22:41. > :22:43.of the box. It doesn't go in, there is the keeper's foot on the line,
:22:44. > :22:48.his hands out in front, so the ball surely can't cross the line. I think
:22:49. > :22:55.it is fairly obvious to see that. None of the Motherwell players react
:22:56. > :22:59.either. And horrendous decision. Fon Williams, his foot is touching the
:23:00. > :23:03.line, his hands are in front of it. If I was to take a guess, my guess
:23:04. > :23:06.would be never mind the whole of the ball being over the line, there is a
:23:07. > :23:13.chance that none of the ball was over the line. An horrific decision.
:23:14. > :23:19.Without consulting anybody full stop you couldn't have seen it. Too many
:23:20. > :23:25.bodies in the way. You see the Motherwell's players reaction. The
:23:26. > :23:30.linesman was not on the goal-line. Just terrible, absolutely brutal
:23:31. > :23:35.decision. What do you make of Richie Foran's post-match comments, there
:23:36. > :23:39.has been a lot of scrutiny on the position as Inverness manager. Were
:23:40. > :23:42.you surprised by that? Mixed signals, he said he would take the
:23:43. > :23:46.blame and then he says his players work on crosses all the time. This
:23:47. > :23:51.is too easy. The goalkeeper comes and takes everyone out, the
:23:52. > :23:54.centre-half is commanding. But neither happened. Such a soft goal
:23:55. > :23:59.to lose. This is a different type of cross. A cutback. Look at the space
:24:00. > :24:02.Stephen Pearson is in full stop where is your tracking midfielders?
:24:03. > :24:06.It happened time and time again, the ball gets recycled back into the
:24:07. > :24:10.box. Nobody has picked up the run of Pearson. A fantastic save, has to be
:24:11. > :24:13.said, but when you are fighting at the bottom you have to be tied to
:24:14. > :24:21.defensively, especially when it comes to crossed balls. This is a
:24:22. > :24:25.brilliant run from young Alan Campbell but where are the defence?
:24:26. > :24:30.It was a brave header. It is ball watching. You have too many
:24:31. > :24:34.defenders ball watching and not picking them up. Inverness looking
:24:35. > :24:37.like they are under the cosh, Motherwell, great win for them. They
:24:38. > :24:41.have been on the end of some poor decisions in terms of their own
:24:42. > :24:45.goals that have been disallowed. They had a goal at Dundee that
:24:46. > :24:48.wasn't given and Hamilton during the week but that is no consolation for
:24:49. > :24:53.Inverness. That it seems in and around them so that all those
:24:54. > :24:55.compounds are worse. Yes, Ferran after Motherwell but it doesn't
:24:56. > :25:01.change the fact that was an horrific decision that the referee gave at
:25:02. > :25:04.Fir Park yesterday. Next, Ibrox, Rangers hoping to build on that big
:25:05. > :25:09.3-0 victory at Aberdeen last weekend. Glasgow neighbours Partick
:25:10. > :25:14.Thistle arrived fresh from sealing their place in the top six.
:25:15. > :25:21.COMMENTATOR: Following a confidence boosting 3-0 win at Pittodrie last
:25:22. > :25:26.weekend, the only change sees Joe Garner on the bench. And historic
:25:27. > :25:28.week for Partick Thistle both on and off the pitch will stop with a top
:25:29. > :25:40.six place already secured. Him and takes it down to stop
:25:41. > :25:53.wonderful first touch from the young left-back. -- Peerman. Just goes a
:25:54. > :26:04.wide or so he -- a yard or so wide -- he has made a real impression
:26:05. > :26:07.coming into the team, young Beerman. Hyndman back to Miles Beerman.
:26:08. > :26:13.Cutting in on the right foot. Again deflected and over the top but he is
:26:14. > :26:20.showing real confidence. The go forward and have pops at goal. Pedro
:26:21. > :26:27.Caixinha remains unbeaten as Rangers manager. That is away by Elliott,
:26:28. > :26:39.and hit by John Thereau. Knocked off the line by Stafford beer. -- by
:26:40. > :26:44.Dumbuya. Alan Archibald's side guaranteed their highest finish the
:26:45. > :27:02.36 years. Wilson! Great stop by Thomas Cheney to keep it and 0-0.
:27:03. > :27:13.Mackay. Kenny Miller! He has done it again! Two goals on Sunday at
:27:14. > :27:17.Pittodrie! It is number 12 for the season for the 37-year-old. A
:27:18. > :27:30.brilliant header after a fine cross by James Tavern near. That is a
:27:31. > :27:47.loose one. Azeez. Brian Edwards! On the angle, he was unable to beat Wes
:27:48. > :27:53.for during -- Foderingham. That ball is still in play. Dodoo. It will
:27:54. > :28:01.come to Miller, who slashes it wide in the end. Dumbuya thought the ball
:28:02. > :28:09.had gone out of play, it hadn't. Dodoo played on and set up Miller. A
:28:10. > :28:14.good chance in the end. Flicked on at the front post. Comes to Thereau.
:28:15. > :28:30.It took a touch of Keown on its way through. Mauro
:28:31. > :28:43.Hyndman will collect that. John Toral surely for the second and it
:28:44. > :28:51.is John Toral with his first league goal for Rangers. The linkup between
:28:52. > :28:58.the two loonies was quite superb. Do not underestimate the assist from
:28:59. > :29:09.Hyndman to set up Jon Toral who had a simple finish in the end. He
:29:10. > :29:20.really well worked goal. Toral can now drive forward, and Waghorn, in
:29:21. > :29:30.space will stop he kept it low, but the goalkeeper got down low. Called
:29:31. > :29:36.into action once again. Hyndman. Rangers flooding players forward, it
:29:37. > :29:43.is Kenny Miller! It is another good stop I Tomas Cerny. It looks like
:29:44. > :29:46.Partick Thistle's eight-game unbeaten run will come to an end
:29:47. > :29:54.that Tomas Cerny is keeping the scoreline down here. Dumbuya. Now to
:29:55. > :30:02.Erskine, in to Doolan, the two subs linking up nicely. Nesbitt. --
:30:03. > :30:07.Nisbet. A decent opening for Partick Thistle. But Kevin Nisbet well wide
:30:08. > :30:22.of target in the end. Doolan holds off Wilson well. And
:30:23. > :30:29.now Erskine. It was straight at Foderingham. Partick Thistle will
:30:30. > :30:30.have five more tough games to come. Alan Archibald will hope that their
:30:31. > :30:50.season doesn't just Peter out. Joe Garner, it is deflected. Emerson
:30:51. > :30:59.Hyndman will keep it alive. Dana! Double save from the goalkeeper.
:31:00. > :31:05.Garner was offside so it wouldn't have counted. Tomas Cerny doing all
:31:06. > :31:10.he can to keep the score line at 2-0.
:31:11. > :31:16.Big week coming up for Pedro Caixinha. Impressed by what you have
:31:17. > :31:21.seen so far? I have been impressed, he seems very focused on his team's
:31:22. > :31:32.defending, four clean sheets out of five is great. When they changed the
:31:33. > :31:36.formation, Jon Toral was very composed, when he arrived I thought
:31:37. > :31:41.he was a bit off the pace but his new role in the team suits him, he
:31:42. > :31:45.has an excellent range of passing. You see him getting back to give the
:31:46. > :31:48.defence protection, breaking up the play with a decent sliding
:31:49. > :31:53.challenge, and he was impressive through the match for me. He looked
:31:54. > :32:01.to get forward on all occasions, dictated play in the middle of the
:32:02. > :32:09.park. He was very impressive. This is an excellent pass, he drives...
:32:10. > :32:14.He gets a good balance in the side, they are sitting deep but they can
:32:15. > :32:21.drive forward as well. He got the reward is well with his goal. The
:32:22. > :32:27.exchange of passes were very good and composed finish. The thing that
:32:28. > :32:34.Jon Toral and Jason Holt alongside him, they bring energy to the middle
:32:35. > :32:40.of the park. They changed the formation to 4321. I have spoken at
:32:41. > :32:47.length about why I think that is a better formation because the defence
:32:48. > :32:52.has had its weaknesses. When you are playing with one defensive
:32:53. > :32:58.midfielder it is a lot of work to get across. They are pressing high
:32:59. > :33:02.up, winning the ball high up the park. Far too often for Rangers they
:33:03. > :33:06.allow the opposition to get in shape and they can't get in behind them. I
:33:07. > :33:10.think the big thing that Pedro has done with Rangers is he has lifted
:33:11. > :33:16.the energy levels, the tempo is a lot higher. They are going after
:33:17. > :33:19.players, winning the ball back and setting off on counterattacks a lot
:33:20. > :33:27.quicker. That has helped the attacking side of the game. Pedro
:33:28. > :33:31.Caixinha seems like a very confident guy, can they beat Celtic next
:33:32. > :33:39.weekend? They can but they are underdogs. Back wins, a clean sheet
:33:40. > :33:48.is very good. They will take a lot from drawing at Celtic Park. At
:33:49. > :33:56.Hampden Park, the Rangers record is tremendous. Celtic have drawn three
:33:57. > :34:00.of their last six games so inevitably at this stage, when they
:34:01. > :34:10.have been so comfortable, there is a slight tapering off. Rangers with
:34:11. > :34:17.Pedro Bay have -- Rangers, with Pedro, have lifted their energy
:34:18. > :34:21.levels. Send jobs -- St Johnstone and Aberdeen exchanged 18 goals in
:34:22. > :34:28.the matches between them in the last season. This season, only three so
:34:29. > :34:33.far. Would it be feast or famine? One of the Hamilton two starts for
:34:34. > :34:39.Saints and it is Richard Foster at right back. Danny Swanson finds a
:34:40. > :34:50.place on the bench, schools and will support Maclean upfront. Ryan
:34:51. > :34:55.Christie has been brought in as the Dons' only change. It wasn't the
:34:56. > :35:01.fact that they lost to Rangers last week, it was the capitulation and
:35:02. > :35:08.the manner of the 3-0 defeat. Jonny Hayes sends it in for Shinnie. He
:35:09. > :35:11.will be spared his blushes by an offside flag. A big early chance for
:35:12. > :35:20.Aberdeen. Another brilliant ball in by Jonny Hayes. Saints in a decent
:35:21. > :35:24.run, four wins in the last five, the only defeat coming at Hamilton when
:35:25. > :35:37.they were down to nine. Jonny Hayes' ball. Good defending. It is a bit
:35:38. > :35:40.last ditch and that won't please the manager. Albeit the ball again is
:35:41. > :35:56.superb. Ryan Christie gets the break with
:35:57. > :36:01.the ball... 1-0! Really fine finish by Ryan Christie. That will make
:36:02. > :36:10.Aberdeen feel better about things now. Alan Mannus got a hand to it
:36:11. > :36:23.but it is Aberdeen leading against a team they have struggled against at
:36:24. > :36:33.times. Aberdeen's first league goal for Ryan Christie against St
:36:34. > :36:44.Johnstone since last season. Tam Scobbie, that is 2-0. Tam Scobbie
:36:45. > :36:47.and Alan Mannus look bemused. It is Jonny Hayes carving St Johnstone
:36:48. > :36:59.open again. It was all about the cross. Right now it is all about the
:37:00. > :37:02.men in red. Saints' last couple of wins have also come with clean
:37:03. > :37:10.sheets but they are really up against it here. Ryan Christie's
:37:11. > :37:19.only goal for Celtic this season came here and he is looking for a
:37:20. > :37:21.second. Scored in a 4-2 Celtic victory last August before scoring
:37:22. > :37:29.his third Aberdeen goal here earlier in the first half. There is much to
:37:30. > :37:33.ponder for Tommy Wright. They have not had the best home record this
:37:34. > :37:41.season. Lewis does just about enough. A decent hit their by
:37:42. > :37:47.Payton. Interesting to see where that was going. St Johnstone have
:37:48. > :37:54.been better since Danny Swanson came on. A good effort there. Sam
:37:55. > :37:59.Johnstone beginning the second half on the front foot. It has been
:38:00. > :38:10.better from them already. -- St Johnstone. Craig's effort is easy
:38:11. > :38:25.for Lewis. You do fancy Liam Craig from outside the box at times. Not a
:38:26. > :38:30.bad ball in by Coulson. A big half-time team talk from Tommy
:38:31. > :38:37.Wright, would have to have been. Steven MacLean goes down, the
:38:38. > :38:46.referee says penalty. It is Anthony O'Connor, who is not complaining. A
:38:47. > :38:55.chance for Swanson. And that is a little bit of redemption Danny
:38:56. > :38:56.Swanson. It is his 13th of the season and Saints are back in this
:38:57. > :39:08.game, big-time. Swanson gets it back, clever bit of
:39:09. > :39:17.play between them. Swanson might have been able to take that a bit
:39:18. > :39:22.closer to goal. Night little interchange with David Wotherspoon
:39:23. > :39:28.and Swanson was released. -- nice little. He would want that again.
:39:29. > :39:31.Aberdeen have won five of their last seven on the road, it has not just
:39:32. > :39:39.been at Pittodrie where they have been on good form. Shinnie's effort.
:39:40. > :39:43.He will be coming up against his big brother at Hampden Park next week.
:39:44. > :39:49.That is where Aberdeen's tensions will turn soon.
:39:50. > :39:52.In the first off we sat off them too much. We have to give them credit
:39:53. > :40:01.for that. I thought we did that too much. Obviously they will finish
:40:02. > :40:06.higher in the league. We are more than satisfied with wow -- how we
:40:07. > :40:12.have competed this season. We wanted to make sure we got back to winning
:40:13. > :40:15.ways after last week. If we can replicate some of the form and
:40:16. > :40:21.results we have had over the course of the season we are confident we
:40:22. > :40:26.will finish where we want to. McGinn missed out yesterday, Ryan
:40:27. > :40:30.Christie took his place. How impressed were you by his
:40:31. > :40:35.contribution? An impressive performance. Denis MacShane is
:40:36. > :40:41.himself said he is unfortunate that he hasn't had more game time. Right
:40:42. > :40:45.back position, working hard, getting in defensively, but this is the area
:40:46. > :40:50.be a public -- of the park you associate with Ryan Christie, close
:40:51. > :40:55.control, nipping around opposition players, and he was full of energy
:40:56. > :41:00.yesterday at McDiarmid Park. He has been unfortunate, the victim of the
:41:01. > :41:08.inconsistency of selection by Derek McInnes. It is a great goal, really
:41:09. > :41:12.showing the hunger to get into areas of the park that will hurt the
:41:13. > :41:16.opposition. It has been a disappointing loan spell for him, he
:41:17. > :41:19.would have looked to have been in the team more often. I think it is
:41:20. > :41:23.down to the consistency of the selection Derek McInnes has had.
:41:24. > :41:29.When he has been in the team he has done well. Yesterday was another
:41:30. > :41:32.performance like that. It has been an expensive and stressful period I
:41:33. > :41:41.am sure the Danny Swanson in recent weeks but he was back and you were
:41:42. > :41:47.impressed. -- I am sure for. He made an immediate impact, within minutes,
:41:48. > :41:50.or right, it comes to nothing but it shows his intent and impact. In the
:41:51. > :41:55.second half he was picking up the ball in really good areas, brilliant
:41:56. > :41:58.first touch, driving at the Aberdeen defence, trying to make things
:41:59. > :42:01.happen. Again it comes to nothing but he shows his desire to be
:42:02. > :42:05.creative and I think that was missing from the first half
:42:06. > :42:10.performance. Again, what can I do, can I go forward? I think he should
:42:11. > :42:16.have carried this forward. The defender allowed him the space, his
:42:17. > :42:21.shot is right. He puts his penalty like his 13th of the season. A bit
:42:22. > :42:26.of redemption per Swanson, Aberdeen guarantee their place in Europe next
:42:27. > :42:31.season. Kilmarnock on the fringes of the relegation zone. Hearts are on
:42:32. > :42:37.the fringes of the race for Europe. The sides met on Friday night at
:42:38. > :42:44.Rugby Park. No scope of the Kilmarnock but Kris
:42:45. > :42:49.Boyd returns with Conor Sammon unable to play. Kristoffer Ajer is
:42:50. > :42:56.back as well. This is the hearts team that beat Dundee last weekend.
:42:57. > :43:01.Only their second win in ten games. They are looking to get closer to
:43:02. > :43:14.fourth place in Johnstone. -- St Johnstone. Nice move, this. Shaun
:43:15. > :43:19.Longstaff might have taken that on a bit further. There was room to run
:43:20. > :43:26.into. Tries the shot and it is too high. Dean Hoyle sure looking to
:43:27. > :43:38.make an impact off the bench. That is Boyd.
:43:39. > :43:45.-- been Hawkshaw. Callum Robinson getting into a dangerous position
:43:46. > :43:49.and peoples his shot wide. 20 today, looking to celebrate with a goal.
:43:50. > :44:00.Hearts second-best at the start of this second-half. Jones with the,
:44:01. > :44:06.click -- corner kick. Boyd has knocked up plenty of those in his
:44:07. > :44:10.time. Looking to get some reward for his team's superiority at the
:44:11. > :44:15.moment. Jamie Walker gets turned, gets the shot away, but that is not
:44:16. > :44:29.going to beat the keeper. Tame effort. Off the bench, Martin.
:44:30. > :44:37.He finds Martin again. And barely caught the shot, having worked his
:44:38. > :44:45.way into a really good position, the Frenchman.
:44:46. > :44:56.The substitute on loan from Stoke. A burst of pace. He squares it. Ian
:44:57. > :44:57.Wilson it was flinging himself in front of this goal bound effort.
:44:58. > :45:14.Great defending. Turning on the style, or trying to.
:45:15. > :45:20.Hearts with a series of black -- backheels. Smith tries to get onto
:45:21. > :45:38.it and he does. That was right in front of goal. The attacker and the
:45:39. > :45:43.defenders looked bemused. That was Martin. The free kick goes
:45:44. > :45:53.Kilmarnock's way, and this could be a late chance to win it for the home
:45:54. > :46:00.team. It goes Ajer's way. Jordan Jones steps back but it is Kris Boyd
:46:01. > :46:15.who goes mighty close to turning one point into three.
:46:16. > :46:21.Jones for a Kilmarnock team trying to edge their way to Premiership
:46:22. > :46:26.safety. A great ball of the buried and he couldn't quite get his body
:46:27. > :46:29.around this to hit the ball back across goal.
:46:30. > :46:32.Very disappointed with the performance first half but I think
:46:33. > :46:36.the way we finished the game was definitely a well-deserved point.
:46:37. > :46:42.Maybe a bit unlucky not to make a bit more but it is a point, we are
:46:43. > :46:49.moving forward, so got to be happy with it. Coming from a run where
:46:50. > :46:53.there isn't tremendous confidence levels, but we are working to build
:46:54. > :46:59.all that back together, so the fact that we have had 0-0 away from home
:47:00. > :47:05.we can't consider a disaster, albeit we are disappointed.
:47:06. > :47:14.Is it still a work in progress for you at Hearts? Unfortunately it is a
:47:15. > :47:21.work in re Grace at the moment. -- going backwards. Too many bodies in
:47:22. > :47:28.the middle of the park, far too tight. There are huge areas with no
:47:29. > :47:35.hearts players in them. Tries to play straight ball. There is no
:47:36. > :47:42.structure to the side, no balance. Terry kitchen throw his arms up, he
:47:43. > :47:47.has no options. Look at that area, not a single hearts player. I have
:47:48. > :47:51.three players at the top end, static against the back four. What happens
:47:52. > :47:55.when you play the ball back? That is a trigger for the opposition to go
:47:56. > :48:00.and press you. It ends up back at the goalkeeper. Conversely, you see
:48:01. > :48:04.Kilmarnock getting the ball into the wide areas, penetrating the
:48:05. > :48:08.opposition. Wonderful offending from Smith to block the cross, great play
:48:09. > :48:13.from Jones, driving it into areas that will hurt the opposition. This
:48:14. > :48:17.is a wonderful cross from Jones and Kris Boyd is close to getting that
:48:18. > :48:23.on target. You see the problem is caused when you stretch the
:48:24. > :48:27.opponents in a wide area. Hearts are not getting that. They have no
:48:28. > :48:31.structure in the final third, they are not hurting their opponents, not
:48:32. > :48:34.creating chances, so of course they won't score enough goals. It is not
:48:35. > :48:42.great at the moment, they need to get back to basics, simplify the
:48:43. > :48:52.game. The Hearts coaching staff are getting the backing of the board
:48:53. > :48:55.last season. They are right to back them. Firmino are positives, the new
:48:56. > :49:02.stand, the support base, the training ground, the new pitch, but
:49:03. > :49:12.for me there will be negatives if you are not attaining on the pitch.
:49:13. > :49:17.-- for me there are positives. I think it has not been good enough on
:49:18. > :49:20.the park, there will always be scrutiny and until they return to
:49:21. > :49:27.getting results there will be negative attitudes and scrutiny of
:49:28. > :49:34.the performances on the part. Are they out of the woods? They offer
:49:35. > :49:42.me. Still only five points. Dundee are in freefall, six defeats in a
:49:43. > :49:50.row, Hamilton Accies without a win away from home all season.
:49:51. > :49:54.Paul Hartley makes two changes as he looks for a change in form. El
:49:55. > :50:07.Bakhtaoui and Chris White and come in. Hamilton make one enforced
:50:08. > :50:13.change, in midfield, with McKinnon replacing the injured player. Dundee
:50:14. > :50:22.after a run of six defeats in a row, looking for a change in form. Marcus
:50:23. > :50:32.Haber getting away from Devlin. Turned away by Matthews. It was a
:50:33. > :50:47.good shot. The full-back is still going.
:50:48. > :50:54.Excellent save to deny the Accies striker, Bingham. Good build-up play
:50:55. > :51:13.by the visitors. Fine stop. You were expecting Dougie Imrie to
:51:14. > :51:17.do better there from the rebound. Not a bad strike, though, from Greg
:51:18. > :51:24.Docherty, which the keeper couldn't hold. Paul Hartley was Manager of
:51:25. > :51:30.the Month back in fabric. Things have all changed since then. Tom
:51:31. > :51:35.Hateley, enter the challenge with Dougie Imrie, and he has clipped the
:51:36. > :51:41.Accies winger and the referee says that is a penalty. Trying to clear,
:51:42. > :51:47.caught the ankle of the Accies player. Now it is Alex D'Acol with
:51:48. > :51:54.the opportunity from the spot. And the visitors are in front midway
:51:55. > :52:00.through the first half. And Alex Tapp call claims his ninth goal of
:52:01. > :52:14.the season. -- Alex D'Acol. His second from the penalty spot. Tom
:52:15. > :52:20.Hateley's corner, Craig Wighton, crowded out. Cleared off the line by
:52:21. > :52:33.Doherty. Couldn't get proper contact the first time but persistent play.
:52:34. > :52:38.McKinnon losing out to McGowan. El Bakhtaoui! And turned away by Remy
:52:39. > :52:41.Matthews. Faisal El Bakhtaoui has been posing the biggest threat to
:52:42. > :52:49.the Hamilton rearguard so far in this encounter.
:52:50. > :53:02.Albert Tally turning it in. Grounded in that challenge with Massimo
:53:03. > :53:07.Donati, who isn't happy with the way that Kerr went to ground. I think
:53:08. > :53:16.the defender did catch the ball cleanly. Tom Hateley's corner. Holt,
:53:17. > :53:20.off the line by Alex D'Acol. Now a chance for Accies on the counter,
:53:21. > :53:29.but they lose out through Bingham. Here is Tom Hateley. The home side
:53:30. > :53:44.are desperate for the equaliser. Paul McGowan. El Bakhtaoui. Remy
:53:45. > :53:58.Matthews doing well to thought the player trying to get the follow-up.
:53:59. > :53:59.-- to thought. Imrie's corner, the nutty really should have scored from
:54:00. > :54:19.that distance. -- Massimo Donati. Imrie is in the middle. Alex
:54:20. > :54:23.Blackwell takes it on himself. He should have done better than hit the
:54:24. > :54:25.side netting there, he had time and space for the shot but he failed to
:54:26. > :54:40.threaten Scott Bain. Redmond with the corner. Michael
:54:41. > :54:49.Devlin! And that will surely now secured a victory for Accies. Six
:54:50. > :54:52.minutes from the end. Michael Devlin's 's second goal of the
:54:53. > :54:56.season and Accies are on course for their first away win of the
:54:57. > :55:01.campaign, but the Dundee fans have seen enough.
:55:02. > :55:06.I thought we started OK, we were lively, we were threat, but we won't
:55:07. > :55:10.cynical enough when we had opportunities, and that probably
:55:11. > :55:15.sums up the season and the last half a dozen games. It is so important
:55:16. > :55:18.that we take three points. At this stage of the season we know how
:55:19. > :55:25.important they are. I thought we gave a bit of quality as well,
:55:26. > :55:29.played well at certain points. We probably should have scored more,
:55:30. > :55:32.particularly in the second half, if we had made better decisions we
:55:33. > :55:36.would have won more comfortably, but at this stage of the season the most
:55:37. > :55:46.important thing is that we got three points. I am really impressed with
:55:47. > :55:53.the work rate. Apparently my keeper Evelyn's mother
:55:54. > :56:02.rep -- apparently Devlin's mother prefers Michael. It is horrendous
:56:03. > :56:06.for Dundee. You heard him say they are not converting chances at the
:56:07. > :56:11.other end. The most concerted thing is that they can't keep them out.
:56:12. > :56:16.You look at the defending, sloppy penalty to give away. You can see
:56:17. > :56:26.Doody Imrie coming across him and he swings at him aimlessly. -- he can
:56:27. > :56:32.seed Dudley Imrie. Look at the space out here, he has to maintain his
:56:33. > :56:36.position. Don't get dragged out because it opens up the space of
:56:37. > :56:50.Alex Tapp call to get a strike on goal. Watch as the defender gets
:56:51. > :57:01.dragged in allowing Hamilton to penetrate. Look at the goal, that is
:57:02. > :57:05.horrendous defending. A lack of real strength, a weak defensive display
:57:06. > :57:09.from Dundee, and when you have put yourself in a position like Dundee
:57:10. > :57:14.have and you are conceding poured goals like that when you can't score
:57:15. > :57:19.at the top end, you are in trouble. Greg Stewart is their top
:57:20. > :57:28.goal-scorer, he hasn't played a league game. How under pressure is
:57:29. > :57:33.Paul Hartley? He has to be under massive pressure. I don't think they
:57:34. > :57:36.will sack him just now but they are going into these fixtures with no
:57:37. > :57:39.momentum or confidence, the only thing they have which is positive is
:57:40. > :57:48.that they are going to Motherwell next week, and they got 5-1 against
:57:49. > :57:52.Motherwell last time. The one thing that worries me is that they look
:57:53. > :58:01.like the Hibs team when they went out. They looked like they would get
:58:02. > :58:07.one result and they didn't. Dundee have no momentum or confidence. You
:58:08. > :58:14.were writing off Hamilton Accies or weeks, sticking with that? I might
:58:15. > :58:18.change my mind, I don't know! Congratulations to Hibs for winning
:58:19. > :58:37.the Championship title. They will be in the Premiership next season.
:58:38. > :58:43.The five remaining fixtures will be hugely exciting for the season. We
:58:44. > :58:46.are back next weekend with the Scottish Cup semifinals. From all of
:58:47. > :58:54.us, goodbye.