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Good evening. After the disappointment of the international | :00:44. | :00:50. | |
break, would Ladbroke's Premiership put a smile back on all of our | :00:51. | :00:55. | |
faces? With us tonight, Pat Nevin and Michael Stewart. We start at | :00:56. | :00:58. | |
Pittodrie. The thing about the international break is that it can | :00:59. | :01:01. | |
sometimes interrupt the form of a club side. Aberdeen in great form in | :01:02. | :01:05. | |
the lead up to the Scotland games, would they pick up where they left | :01:06. | :01:07. | |
off? Ross County, the visitors. COMMENTATOR: Aberdeen not | :01:08. | :01:18. | |
surprisingly starting with the team that beat Kilmarnock. Looking for a | :01:19. | :01:25. | |
fifth straight win. Ross County top scorer Liam Davis is out injured. | :01:26. | :01:29. | |
Craig Parnham returns. For changes in all, Andrew Davies is back and | :01:30. | :01:37. | |
there is a first start. James Maddison with a free kick. There is | :01:38. | :01:43. | |
Rooney, it is not going to count. The offside flag went up pretty | :01:44. | :01:50. | |
smartish here. A tight corner. But it looks like the right call. -- a | :01:51. | :02:05. | |
tight call. Now McGinn, Shay Logan. Cleared by Paul Quinn, who had a | :02:06. | :02:09. | |
spell at Aberdeen before returning to Ross County. Now Jonny Hayes sets | :02:10. | :02:20. | |
off and scores! CHEERING Blasting that passed the County | :02:21. | :02:26. | |
keeper, and in the 20th minute Aberdeen are a head. | :02:27. | :02:42. | |
Now the skipper, shiny. In those chow. Bad challenge. That is going | :02:43. | :02:55. | |
to be a red card for the former Wigan midfielder. County will have | :02:56. | :03:04. | |
to play three quarters of this game with ten men. You just can't get | :03:05. | :03:09. | |
away with that sort of stamping challenge. | :03:10. | :03:12. | |
Madison. Fantastic control of the ball, the youngster has. Hayes. | :03:13. | :03:23. | |
Aberdeen starting to toy with Ross County here. Madison again. The shot | :03:24. | :03:35. | |
from Shinnie saved but Shay Logan scores will stop 2-0 Aberdeen, and | :03:36. | :03:43. | |
this is a scoreline nuisance could become anything against that ten man | :03:44. | :03:52. | |
opponents. Dismantling Ross County. Now 2-0 in front. Luke and pouncing | :03:53. | :04:01. | |
after a save from Shinnie. The Davies free kick controlled by | :04:02. | :04:08. | |
Cullen. Now it is Michael Gardyne, a good save. Joe Lewis sticking up the | :04:09. | :04:23. | |
right-hand to claw away that effort. Tim McIntyre sensing how important a | :04:24. | :04:32. | |
goal back might be. McShane slipped. In those Gardyne again. So unlucky. | :04:33. | :04:42. | |
As the half-time whistle goes, and a fraction away from making it 2-1. | :04:43. | :04:56. | |
Maclean's header. Advantage played. Madison. Hayes. In those Madison | :04:57. | :05:08. | |
again. And Niall McGinn's effort produces great stuff. Hayes tries | :05:09. | :05:12. | |
again and hits it right. They are queueing up here to score Aberdeen's | :05:13. | :05:18. | |
third goal. That was some stop. Antonio Connor. A growing presence | :05:19. | :05:25. | |
in defence of Aberdeen. Shinnie's pass. In goes Shay Logan. Niall | :05:26. | :05:40. | |
McGinn! He makes it three. Frustrated early on, the Northern | :05:41. | :05:46. | |
Ireland international, but so much composure there to score Aberdeen's | :05:47. | :05:47. | |
third goal. Aberdeen with a thirst for more | :05:48. | :06:01. | |
girls. Jonny Hayes producing another save. There have been a string of | :06:02. | :06:13. | |
saves for Fox. Clumsy. Play goes on. That is Shinnie. Shot blocked. | :06:14. | :06:27. | |
Halos. It is 4-0. Stockley again. Off the bench and making an impact. | :06:28. | :06:34. | |
There was all about persistence. Eventually shot in off the inside of | :06:35. | :06:42. | |
the post. For the second successive match, it is 4-0 Aberdeen. Maclean's | :06:43. | :06:51. | |
pass and looked at the rumour for James Maddison. Out wired with | :06:52. | :06:59. | |
Hayes. Lovely little chip back off the post. Consett iron tax acquired. | :07:00. | :07:13. | |
-- Considine Tuck said Wright. They will have to settle for four. It is | :07:14. | :07:19. | |
a red card, we have watched it back. He has got to learn from it. Can't | :07:20. | :07:25. | |
go to ground, he has gone in with two feet when he could have gone in | :07:26. | :07:28. | |
with a side foot. It is something he has to learn. Certainly put us up | :07:29. | :07:37. | |
against it. Made it a difficult day for us. We have seen it playing | :07:38. | :07:44. | |
against teams with ten men, thought we did our job well. The fourth ball | :07:45. | :07:50. | |
from Jade and put a truer reflection. All in all, a good they. | :07:51. | :08:02. | |
A great display from Aberdeen. For long time we have raved about Jonny | :08:03. | :08:07. | |
Hayes, Niall McGinn and everyone, and now we need to put the focus on | :08:08. | :08:13. | |
James Morrison. Looks like huge talent. Yes, they have got | :08:14. | :08:21. | |
creativity and goals. You add Madison on to that, and what he has | :08:22. | :08:26. | |
is special. Delivery superb, from dead pools and open play, terrific. | :08:27. | :08:33. | |
So much more than that. It is his intelligence. Always comfortable on | :08:34. | :08:36. | |
the ball. He takes four players away from the play. It makes loads of | :08:37. | :08:42. | |
play elsewhere. -- loads of space. Watch this bit. The ball is not play | :08:43. | :08:47. | |
to him yet, still looking round for where the next ball was going, long | :08:48. | :08:50. | |
before it is played and he knows what he has to do. It is what you | :08:51. | :08:54. | |
call vision, understanding, awareness, and also a chess like | :08:55. | :08:58. | |
mind of knowing what a skin to happen before it happens. Threw it | :08:59. | :09:02. | |
is those little bits that you recognising top players. A real | :09:03. | :09:10. | |
distance ahead of most players. He has got four, five, six players | :09:11. | :09:14. | |
around him, that is not a greedy dribbler, it is a man who has drawn | :09:15. | :09:17. | |
players towards so to encourage others encourage others to make | :09:18. | :09:21. | |
space elsewhere. Phenomenal intelligence, great confidence on | :09:22. | :09:24. | |
the ball. He can slow down when he is on it, and he will play the right | :09:25. | :09:30. | |
ball in with pace. He can be a top player, who can play in the very | :09:31. | :09:36. | |
highest level. The sort of player that fans love to watch. He is the | :09:37. | :09:40. | |
jewel in the crown of these new additions that have come into | :09:41. | :09:43. | |
Aberdeen this season. Can they reach a new level, Aberdeen, and what does | :09:44. | :09:50. | |
that look like? Up until a couple of weeks there had been a feeling that | :09:51. | :09:53. | |
there had been a slow start Aberdeen. Now they have a chance to | :09:54. | :09:56. | |
make it into the national cup final at the weekend. Yes, I think the | :09:57. | :10:00. | |
additions that have been made along with Joe Lewis and go. James | :10:01. | :10:05. | |
Maddison is that Pat has touched on, he is a good condiment of players. | :10:06. | :10:10. | |
They have shown a great consistency of a number of years now and with | :10:11. | :10:15. | |
these additions they can definitely contain where they have been and | :10:16. | :10:18. | |
perhaps push things a little bit further. A fantastic day for | :10:19. | :10:23. | |
Aberdeen, the complete opposite the Ross County. If you define the | :10:24. | :10:30. | |
league table by the number of goals teams score, the sad step is the | :10:31. | :10:33. | |
Ross County, they would be bottom of the table for the season so far. | :10:34. | :10:37. | |
Just seven goals scored this season, in fact they have not scored in 6.5 | :10:38. | :10:43. | |
hours of football. That, Michael, is a worrying start. Of course it is. A | :10:44. | :10:48. | |
lot has been made of the fact Liam Davis has scored a lot of goals for | :10:49. | :10:51. | |
them. Missing at the moment. Even when he has been in the team of | :10:52. | :10:56. | |
late, they have not scored goals. They have two guys who know how to | :10:57. | :11:01. | |
score goals. They have got to try and sped it amongst the team and | :11:02. | :11:06. | |
find a way to the back of the net. Is it all about keeping the | :11:07. | :11:11. | |
confidence than the Ross County squad? Yes, confidence is one thing | :11:12. | :11:14. | |
but I think they are playing quite well. This is a league if you are | :11:15. | :11:23. | |
near the bottom, you will be OK, if not, you could well be struggling. | :11:24. | :11:27. | |
Celtic Park, the champion celebrating the start of the 50th | :11:28. | :11:30. | |
anniversary celebrations commemorating the European Cup win. | :11:31. | :11:31. | |
Yesterday they faced Motherwell, and COMMENTATOR: A first Celtic Park | :11:32. | :11:46. | |
start since March 20 14th will Ian Henderson in the hosts's midfield. A | :11:47. | :11:54. | |
debut the teenage left-back Jack McMillan for Motherwell. Also a | :11:55. | :11:58. | |
first top teams start the Ross Maclean in the midfield. The | :11:59. | :12:04. | |
steelmen have it conceded 12 in the last two visits. Brown's effort | :12:05. | :12:07. | |
blocked by his former team-mate, McManus. To Dembele. Decent effort. | :12:08. | :12:20. | |
Called Simpson into action. Moussa Dembele scored for France U21s last | :12:21. | :12:28. | |
week. Henderson's corner is very deep. Another save from Samsung. | :12:29. | :12:39. | |
Coming from the corner after Dembele's effort was pushed wide. | :12:40. | :12:43. | |
Gamboa are playing at Celtic Park for the first time. Big afternoon to | :12:44. | :12:52. | |
him. Ferres. Missed by Dembele but not by Sinclair -- Forest. Eight for | :12:53. | :13:03. | |
the season further Celtic winger. What a find he has been. The only | :13:04. | :13:07. | |
game he has not scored in domestic Lee was at Dundee fortnight ago. | :13:08. | :13:13. | |
Little doubt where this was going, as soon as it reached his left boot. | :13:14. | :13:21. | |
Motherwell have looked pretty organised at the back. They will be | :13:22. | :13:26. | |
disappointed to go back as Tate goes for gold. -- Tate goes for gold. | :13:27. | :13:34. | |
Fairly ambitious but a nice lay-off. It has been given away. Now with | :13:35. | :13:40. | |
Brown. Driving forward, he has Dembele to his left. Moussa Dembele! | :13:41. | :13:46. | |
Tierney. Really strong play by Kieran Tierney. Earning his second | :13:47. | :14:05. | |
cap in midweek. How good is this? Outstanding from Tierney! So | :14:06. | :14:07. | |
unlucky! Well, it was in goal of the season | :14:08. | :14:17. | |
territory if he finds the net. Every Celtic supporter is on their feet to | :14:18. | :14:26. | |
give Kieran Tierney a standing ovation for that shot. Scott Brown. | :14:27. | :14:32. | |
He had last week of, having quit international football. Tierney | :14:33. | :14:37. | |
Sinclair. Almost finding Dembele. Tierney ellipses Brown ellipses | :14:38. | :14:41. | |
brilliantly saved, and again! The brown effort was deflected, that | :14:42. | :14:52. | |
made the save even better from Craig Samson. Dembele couldn't get past | :14:53. | :14:54. | |
the big keeper either. Samson was rooted this time. | :14:55. | :15:19. | |
Sinclair looking for the far corner. Celtic have Borussia Monchengladbach | :15:20. | :15:25. | |
to face during the week. It is the kind of like the stadium vanishes. | :15:26. | :15:34. | |
Samsung deals with that one. -- night the stadium relishes. | :15:35. | :15:40. | |
20 games since Celtic lost here. It was of course to Motherwell. Forrest | :15:41. | :15:49. | |
finds Dembele. Finds Sinclair. What a save again! That is the pick of | :15:50. | :15:57. | |
the bunch. From Craig Samson. He has kept Motherwell in it. | :15:58. | :16:02. | |
That is a poor challenge thereby Louis Moult, who is in trouble. It | :16:03. | :16:11. | |
is only yellow, though. Completely wiped out Liam Henderson. | :16:12. | :16:16. | |
Simunovic to Brown. There was a misunderstanding there, and Samson | :16:17. | :16:28. | |
has brought down Dembele. With three to play, Celtic have a spot kick. | :16:29. | :16:32. | |
McManus left it for Craig Samson, probably should have dealt with it, | :16:33. | :16:39. | |
the former Celtic skipper. Dembele with a chance for his 13th of the | :16:40. | :16:45. | |
season. Which he has! And it guarantees three more points for the | :16:46. | :16:53. | |
champions. It has been total domination, but at 1-0, you just | :16:54. | :16:57. | |
never know. Dembele erases all doubt about which way this game is going. | :16:58. | :17:01. | |
I thought it was an excellent performance on the back of the | :17:02. | :17:04. | |
players being away for a couple of weeks. We have come back and showed | :17:05. | :17:09. | |
really good attacking intent. Give Motherwell credit as well, because | :17:10. | :17:12. | |
they did well. But we created quite a number of chances. We restricted | :17:13. | :17:18. | |
them to no shots on target. And showed a really good professionalism | :17:19. | :17:22. | |
in the game. I was very pleased with the performance. The plan was to | :17:23. | :17:26. | |
allow the full-backs to have the ball. We decided to do that. Then, | :17:27. | :17:31. | |
to deal with it, we found it a bit more difficult and the size of the | :17:32. | :17:38. | |
picture is a problem. Keith Lasley found it difficult to cross quick | :17:39. | :17:42. | |
enough. In the second half, we dropped the two forward midfielder | :17:43. | :17:45. | |
is back in defensively, and that made it better, and allowed the | :17:46. | :17:49. | |
strikers to be in a more forward position. The tactically, done | :17:50. | :17:54. | |
everything we hoped it would do. It was a bit adventurous with the young | :17:55. | :17:58. | |
players in particular, but the likelihood you will get BT anyway. | :17:59. | :18:03. | |
You might as well get beach trying to get something out of the game. | :18:04. | :18:09. | |
STUDIO: A good win for Celtic. You can understand Motherwell arriving | :18:10. | :18:14. | |
at the match with trepidation, 12-0 in the last two aggregate matches | :18:15. | :18:20. | |
will stop how did Motherwell a project? I did not think there was | :18:21. | :18:24. | |
belief coming out of Motherwell, but that is understandable. It is | :18:25. | :18:28. | |
realism. Celtic are on a high, playing well. Oddly, they were | :18:29. | :18:32. | |
allowing the full-backs to get on the ball too much. Have a look. Go | :18:33. | :18:41. | |
and help your full-back, don't leave him. Away Forrest goes, and you have | :18:42. | :18:46. | |
trouble. One-on-one, that is not good defending either. But they were | :18:47. | :18:51. | |
creating chances, Celtic. Celtic are in great form. Talking about | :18:52. | :18:56. | |
full-backs, if you are worried about strikers and midfielders, and you | :18:57. | :19:00. | |
have Tierney coming and doing this. It is a nightmare. It would have | :19:01. | :19:07. | |
been a great goal at Celtic Park. I don't say that lightly. But he does | :19:08. | :19:14. | |
remind me of Danny McGrane, one of the greatest players I have ever | :19:15. | :19:17. | |
seen, certainly in Scottish bubble, but I mean world football. Kieran | :19:18. | :19:22. | |
Tierney is astonishing just now. All throughout the team, they are | :19:23. | :19:26. | |
confident and comfortable. They were very adaptable as well. So much | :19:27. | :19:37. | |
quality in the Celtic side, but the work rate, is that part of the | :19:38. | :19:41. | |
Brendan Rodgers master plan as well? Clearly. He did it against | :19:42. | :19:44. | |
Manchester City, and that is fantastic. It has such an effect on | :19:45. | :19:49. | |
the team. We know they can do it. Dembele at the top, why does he | :19:50. | :19:53. | |
think about chasing that? You never expect to get that. Awful mistake by | :19:54. | :19:59. | |
McManus, and he will know that. But to chase a completely lost ball, and | :20:00. | :20:05. | |
of course you expecting to score the penalty there. His scoring has been | :20:06. | :20:09. | |
fantastic. The effect of pressing has had, not just at Celtic Park, | :20:10. | :20:13. | |
but wider than that. Manchester City were shocked by it. A week after it, | :20:14. | :20:18. | |
Spurs win at Manchester City, because they did what Celtic did. | :20:19. | :20:22. | |
You have seen the effect it can have. Resume on to back would have | :20:23. | :20:28. | |
looked at it, too. It will be a pivotal week. To, Borussia | :20:29. | :20:32. | |
Monchengladbach in the Champions League on Wednesday, Celtic will | :20:33. | :20:36. | |
look at that match as a match where they can get three points. Prior to | :20:37. | :20:42. | |
the Champions League group fixtures, they would have looked against the | :20:43. | :20:51. | |
game. It is a big week. There are 4-5 changes to the team, quite a lot | :20:52. | :20:55. | |
for Brendan Rodgers at the weekend. Still, a good performance, a good | :20:56. | :21:00. | |
result. If they come away from this week with two wins, they are in a | :21:01. | :21:03. | |
great place, positioned well for European football after Christmas, | :21:04. | :21:07. | |
and into a cup final next month as well. Things are very positive that | :21:08. | :21:12. | |
toxic at the moment. The adaptability we were talking about, | :21:13. | :21:20. | |
we chatted before hand, an option that has not been used with Dembele | :21:21. | :21:24. | |
upfront, that is something else you can do. Griffiths. In games in | :21:25. | :21:32. | |
Europe, stick them up, and the confidence they have it could go | :21:33. | :21:35. | |
well. What can Motherwell take from the match this weekend? They didn't | :21:36. | :21:41. | |
get a hiding in the end. That is nothing to laugh about, though. | :21:42. | :21:45. | |
Celtic at the moment can do that any team in Scotland just now. The way | :21:46. | :21:50. | |
they are playing, everyone has to go to Celtic with real trepidation. | :21:51. | :21:55. | |
Next, Partick Thistle began the weekend bottom of the table as they | :21:56. | :21:57. | |
welcomed Hamilton. COMMENTATOR: Partick Thistle are | :21:58. | :22:08. | |
trying to end a run of seven games without a win. | :22:09. | :22:15. | |
Hamilton have no wins in four, eight debut at left-back, a first start | :22:16. | :22:23. | |
for Gary Woods, and tonight he returns to captain the side. | :22:24. | :22:27. | |
Hamilton have started brightly. Headed only as far as being. Almost | :22:28. | :22:37. | |
a perfect start for Hamilton Academicals. Not missing by much. | :22:38. | :22:44. | |
Helped out. Sports Gillespie at the back post. Again, Hamilton coming | :22:45. | :23:03. | |
close in the early stages. A good run by Gillespie. The header just | :23:04. | :23:08. | |
off target. Doherty now, looping in the cross. A terrific save, and not | :23:09. | :23:13. | |
behind for the corner kick. Crawford's on a kick. Hamilton | :23:14. | :23:18. | |
deservedly in front. His first goal in the league for | :23:19. | :23:36. | |
Hamilton Academicals. Unchallenged there, you have to say. | :23:37. | :23:43. | |
Barton picking out do limp as Partick try to respond. The rebound | :23:44. | :23:49. | |
over the bar. They are searching for an equaliser. | :23:50. | :24:01. | |
Gordon caught by his old team-mate, Doherty. The free kick goes Partick | :24:02. | :24:09. | |
as a's way. Quickly taken. The cross comes in. Edwards pouncing on the | :24:10. | :24:22. | |
mistake stop Osman was alert to it. A defensive shambles, and Edwards | :24:23. | :24:25. | |
has his first goal of the season. Partick Thistle are level. Doherty | :24:26. | :24:39. | |
trying to find being Bingham. I think that came off: | :24:40. | :24:43. | |
. Partick Thistle desperately defend. | :24:44. | :25:01. | |
Barton gets something on it. Osman now up against Grant Gillespie. Nice | :25:02. | :25:10. | |
turn by Osman. The cross in, and there is Lindsay! Thistle are in | :25:11. | :25:17. | |
front! Liam Lindsay came up for the corner. Thistle in the driving seat. | :25:18. | :25:27. | |
Having gone behind, they are 2-1 up now. Accies might feel they should | :25:28. | :25:36. | |
be blocking the cross hit, but Liam Lindsay's fourth goal of the season | :25:37. | :25:41. | |
puts his side ahead. Thistle looking to edge further in front. Erskine | :25:42. | :25:49. | |
denied by Woods. It might have killed Accies off entirely. Erskine | :25:50. | :25:57. | |
picks up. This is as is, the substitute. Pushed away by Gary | :25:58. | :26:07. | |
Woods. Thistle looking bright at the start of the second half. | :26:08. | :26:16. | |
Clips it forward. That is a delightful finish from the | :26:17. | :26:32. | |
substitute. His first goal of the season for Hamilton Accies. What an | :26:33. | :26:39. | |
important one it is. It would be hard to argue Accies don't deserve | :26:40. | :26:45. | |
something from this match. That might have earned them a point. | :26:46. | :26:53. | |
Picked up by Barton. Here comes Partick Thistle. Players in the | :26:54. | :27:01. | |
middle. Into Elliott. Woods keeps it out. Hunt away. Thistle pushed for a | :27:02. | :27:11. | |
winner. Gillespie now, is there to be late drama? A good ball, into the | :27:12. | :27:18. | |
back post. Scully, not for the first time, keeps Accies at bay. It was a | :27:19. | :27:27. | |
wide open game. I just felt we started the second half brightly and | :27:28. | :27:32. | |
had some good chances. We took the wind out of Hamilton, but credit to | :27:33. | :27:35. | |
them, they kept going. Offensively, it was awful from us. Away from | :27:36. | :27:39. | |
home, we will take the point and move on. But again, for us, or we | :27:40. | :27:49. | |
missed too many opportunities. Maybe it is a fair result, but for large | :27:50. | :27:52. | |
spells of the game, we controlled the game. If we could take chances, | :27:53. | :27:58. | |
we can definitely win games. STUDIO: You might have expected a grim | :27:59. | :28:03. | |
bottom of the table scrap, but arguably the most entertaining game | :28:04. | :28:07. | |
at the weekend. Some great skill in the game. Bottom of the table, it | :28:08. | :28:17. | |
could have been a scrap, but it wasn't. Entertaining football, and a | :28:18. | :28:23. | |
lot of quality involved as well. This one is a fantastic game, double | :28:24. | :28:30. | |
from Osman. You don't expect this. Look at the cross. It is a great | :28:31. | :28:37. | |
cross. Thistle get a goal. We know they have wonderful composure. If | :28:38. | :28:42. | |
you are going to give him Johann Cruft, can I give him Pirlo. They | :28:43. | :28:56. | |
will be happy with the point. A lot of pluses to come out of the game. | :28:57. | :29:01. | |
Sometimes you have to sit back and have the critique of the games, but | :29:02. | :29:04. | |
it is entertainment that fans are looking for. They got it. They | :29:05. | :29:09. | |
absolutely did. Partick Thistle fans always want that. | :29:10. | :29:17. | |
The managers thinking what can we do, do different? We watch Martin | :29:18. | :29:23. | |
Cameron come on in almost the same week -- every week. It is no | :29:24. | :29:29. | |
criticism, his teams usually score first underwent. There are goals for | :29:30. | :29:37. | |
both of those teams, they both seem to be put a disco. Once again, in | :29:38. | :29:44. | |
terms of the Accies taking the lead, Partick Thistle striker 's, a good | :29:45. | :29:49. | |
point the Accies in the end? You heard to one down -- 2-1 down, they | :29:50. | :30:00. | |
would take it. Different though they have been disappointed not to sue | :30:01. | :30:03. | |
the game out. Lots of positives for both sides. A bit of disappointment | :30:04. | :30:08. | |
that they have not taken the three points but the end of the day they | :30:09. | :30:13. | |
will be happy with the draw both. Hearts signed off before this | :30:14. | :30:17. | |
national break with a 3-1 win at Motherwell. Would they keep the fun | :30:18. | :30:20. | |
going against a Dundee side struggling for results and goals? | :30:21. | :30:28. | |
Not very confident. Going for a 2-1 win for Dundee. | :30:29. | :30:40. | |
COMMENTATOR: The new design has been approved for the stand, the old | :30:41. | :30:50. | |
stand designed by Archibald Leach, a thing of beauty, soon Nemeth. Don | :30:51. | :30:58. | |
Carey in the Sam Nicholson has had a knee operation. Dundee make three | :30:59. | :31:00. | |
changes. James Vincent appears for the first time since mid-August. | :31:01. | :31:03. | |
Gets a Magellan back to Kevin Gomis, under | :31:04. | :31:18. | |
some pressure. Good goalkeeping from Scott Bain. Walker putting pressure | :31:19. | :31:29. | |
on the defender. Some very quick. Little ball in and over the top. | :31:30. | :31:34. | |
Tony Watt. Craig Breen Dundee close. Feeding Patterson. In | :31:35. | :32:04. | |
towards Williams, no takers. Credit Kevin Gomis are going out of the | :32:05. | :32:16. | |
way. Salmon couldn't finish. Sammon. Another good start from Scott Bain. | :32:17. | :32:23. | |
Good interchange from the macro hearts. An impressive stretch. | :32:24. | :32:30. | |
Patterson was in the clear. Scott Bain again. Scott Bain with a punch | :32:31. | :32:36. | |
that time to get it away. Sammon back in. Dundee try to clear. | :32:37. | :32:44. | |
Patterson's header had power. Another good stop. Patterson | :32:45. | :32:53. | |
Hateley swings it in. Gadzhalov off almost Marx 's first appearance of | :32:54. | :33:19. | |
the season with a goal. Then churned away by John Souttar. Gadzhalov, his | :33:20. | :33:33. | |
turn to hit the woodwork. That is forward again. Walker is available | :33:34. | :33:41. | |
wide. Walker, gets away from Gadzhalov and again Scott Bain does | :33:42. | :33:47. | |
his job. Scott Bain in fine form this afternoon. Good refereeing, | :33:48. | :33:54. | |
just to let play continue. Walker sailed the dummy. Scott Bain again | :33:55. | :33:58. | |
the man standing in the way of Hearts. Dundee, three points on | :33:59. | :34:03. | |
opening day, three points from seven in the league since then. And they | :34:04. | :34:07. | |
are not having any luck here this afternoon. The woodwork struck once | :34:08. | :34:18. | |
again. Again Dundee denied. Don Carey with the corner for Hearts. -- | :34:19. | :34:31. | |
Don Cowie. Put it over the top. Again, Hearts with the assault on | :34:32. | :34:34. | |
the Dundee goal. Walker kept it down. A good knee from the captain | :34:35. | :34:43. | |
and a push on the keeper. Cali and Bhullar head over the ball. Cowie is | :34:44. | :34:49. | |
the dummy, a lovely delivery! 16 minutes played. Callum Paterson. He | :34:50. | :34:58. | |
got above Gomis, the goalkeeper with no chance. Paterson, back-to-back | :34:59. | :35:03. | |
goals, his good last time out against Motherwell. A brilliant | :35:04. | :35:17. | |
start from Scott Bain. That was yon son. He thought he had it. | :35:18. | :35:26. | |
Down the side into the middle, and that is a first goal for Johnson. He | :35:27. | :35:42. | |
has appeared in every game since his debut the Caley Thistle, and on the | :35:43. | :35:43. | |
scoresheet for the first time. The hand of Hamilton were strong. | :35:44. | :36:03. | |
Hearts clear. Good goalkeeping this time by Jack Hamilton. Tough game. | :36:04. | :36:11. | |
We created a lot of chances but did not take them which was frustrating. | :36:12. | :36:19. | |
Dundee were on top and dominant. It became end to end. We made a couple | :36:20. | :36:24. | |
of changes and change the game for us. I think it was a good | :36:25. | :36:27. | |
performance from the players today, I thought we were terrific. Should | :36:28. | :36:30. | |
have taken something from the game, the number of chances we took was | :36:31. | :36:35. | |
top set pieces were brilliant, just not clinical enough. A defeat the | :36:36. | :36:42. | |
Dundee, victory for cat macro hearts, but reasons the Dundee fans | :36:43. | :36:48. | |
to be helpful? Hopeful but not cheerful. Because bottom of the | :36:49. | :36:50. | |
league, you can't have that. They attacked well yesterday. Lots of | :36:51. | :36:54. | |
good chances. On another day from four goals at least. They hit the | :36:55. | :36:59. | |
post, the crossbar. They are playing well. I am a big fan of El Bakraoui. | :37:00. | :37:07. | |
Only one in the box, look, the Hearts players are zoning. They have | :37:08. | :37:17. | |
realised it is too far of a run to give the Dundee players so they get | :37:18. | :37:21. | |
up close to them Paul Dunne and good thinking by both coaches, however | :37:22. | :37:24. | |
don't let players then run free, which is what heart still on that | :37:25. | :37:27. | |
occasion, but they got away with it and got a little bit lucky on that | :37:28. | :37:31. | |
occasion. And they did on a couple of occasions. Dundee created | :37:32. | :37:36. | |
chances. They have players who will go forward, get the ball on target, | :37:37. | :37:43. | |
hit the post, very close to target, it is not a time to be fearful yet | :37:44. | :37:49. | |
but a time to be concerned. It is those fine margins, if one or two | :37:50. | :37:52. | |
and up in the back of the net, goals change games and they have been in | :37:53. | :38:01. | |
great positions. These next few games, how pivotal are they, Saint | :38:02. | :38:05. | |
Dunstan away, Partick Thistle at home, Hamilton Accies away and then | :38:06. | :38:07. | |
Motherwell at home. Dundee are bottom of the table. They will need | :38:08. | :38:14. | |
to get something from these. Yes, it is all well and good talking about | :38:15. | :38:16. | |
the performance was OK but not picking up any points. It gets to | :38:17. | :38:21. | |
the stage that we are now in October and if it carries much further you | :38:22. | :38:24. | |
start to become stranded at the bottom. Paul Dunne the need to do is | :38:25. | :38:28. | |
look across to Tannadice and recognise the exact same thing | :38:29. | :38:31. | |
happened to United last year, in terms of looking and saying we will | :38:32. | :38:35. | |
be all right, just get a win and get ourselves out of it. If that were | :38:36. | :38:38. | |
never comes it becomes more and more difficult. Huge credit to cat macro | :38:39. | :38:46. | |
hearts. Robbie Muirhead when he came on made a big difference. I am | :38:47. | :38:53. | |
looking at Callum Paterson and the desire is fantastic. Look at this, | :38:54. | :38:59. | |
exactly the same thing. I am happy for him because it was a difficult | :39:00. | :39:05. | |
night for Scotland. Once again, not for the first time, the striker gets | :39:06. | :39:09. | |
across Gomis. Gomis has to be a bit stronger here. That is all about | :39:10. | :39:14. | |
desire and wanting to be there. That is just those little moments. Gomis | :39:15. | :39:18. | |
had a good game but there were just moments of the game where he has | :39:19. | :39:23. | |
lost the marker. Has to be stronger. He might have played in a nicer | :39:24. | :39:27. | |
sweeter leak than this, but this is a tough, hard, league. They have hit | :39:28. | :39:33. | |
the post of the other end, it is those fine margins. If you get those | :39:34. | :39:37. | |
things right and they might actually get the results to go with the | :39:38. | :39:41. | |
performance. A tougher game and a tough time the Kilmarnock so far, | :39:42. | :39:50. | |
tensions behind the seeds and somethings on the pitch. How they | :39:51. | :39:51. | |
fare away to St Johnstone? COMMENTATOR: Following three away | :39:52. | :40:01. | |
games on the bounce, no need to make any changes after their 2-0 win in | :40:02. | :40:06. | |
Dingwall a fortnight ago. The different story of the Lee Clark | :40:07. | :40:09. | |
with his side having considered ten goals in the last ten outings. Miles | :40:10. | :40:15. | |
Addison makes a welcome return. Nathan Tyson coming into the side. | :40:16. | :40:26. | |
Foster, froward to Maclean. Swanson. Close down by Addison. He is now | :40:27. | :40:31. | |
being partnered by Bellew to come after Bertens's earlier Niddrie. | :40:32. | :40:48. | |
Craig's had. -- by Boyd. Swanson. Sidesteps Mckenzie. Positive signs | :40:49. | :40:55. | |
the St Johnstone early on. It is Austen. And again Jamie McDonald got | :40:56. | :41:04. | |
a touch -- it is Alstom. Helix in good form. Setting up Alston, and | :41:05. | :41:13. | |
finger stepped -- fingertip stuff from the keeper. Foster delivers | :41:14. | :41:18. | |
long. Bolt and Anderson came together. -- Boyd. The barge came in | :41:19. | :41:35. | |
from Scott bullied. Anderson attacking it, McDonald got the punch | :41:36. | :41:37. | |
and then the clearance completed up to halfway. Anderson, and Maclean | :41:38. | :41:48. | |
could be open Tapp be in. The flag is up on the far side. As the ball | :41:49. | :41:55. | |
came forward it was Anderson who cleverly flicked it but Maclean | :41:56. | :41:59. | |
looked to be just beyond Addison and Boyd. Good spot by the officials. | :42:00. | :42:10. | |
Foster into the feet of Maclean. Swanson to Alston. They beat | :42:11. | :42:17. | |
McDonald this time but it went wide of the post. Excellent build-up, one | :42:18. | :42:25. | |
touched from Alston, and they could not apply the finish. Taylor. Tyson. | :42:26. | :42:36. | |
And Smith. Mckenzie, struck with power. And there is the first real | :42:37. | :42:44. | |
warning sign the St Johnstone. Kilmarnock have been quiet in attack | :42:45. | :42:49. | |
until a fizzing effort from Rory Mackenzie. Just wide. Lee Clark's | :42:50. | :42:59. | |
men have not won in six games. Craig, knocked away only as far as | :43:00. | :43:06. | |
Kane. McDonald able to clutch onto the ball. He has been superb in goal | :43:07. | :43:12. | |
this afternoon, and the main reason why it remains 0-0. Helix to have | :43:13. | :43:19. | |
just taken a knock there. The referee Stephen Maclean just | :43:20. | :43:23. | |
allowing Jamie MacDonald time to recover. | :43:24. | :43:29. | |
Stephen Maclean suggesting that there is no free kick being given. | :43:30. | :43:37. | |
He was looking to play on, and the referee Stephen Maclean will have a | :43:38. | :43:42. | |
word with striker Stephen Maclean. And it remains 0-0. | :43:43. | :43:49. | |
Jordan Jones with the corner, and there is Scott Hoyt! Kilmarnock have | :43:50. | :43:58. | |
the breakthrough! 14 minutes from the end, Scott Boyd with his first | :43:59. | :44:06. | |
goal for the club, his first goal in fact since New Year's Day, 2014, in | :44:07. | :44:11. | |
the Highland derby. What an important one it could be for | :44:12. | :44:12. | |
Kilmarnock. Swanson, he finds a way through to | :44:13. | :44:25. | |
Cummins. It is blocked on the line. Now, Maclean, and Martin Smith | :44:26. | :44:31. | |
getting a secondary block in, too. Now Wotherspoon. Swanson closed | :44:32. | :44:39. | |
down, and it looks to be one of those days for St Johnstone. We have | :44:40. | :44:46. | |
dropped three points today. Saying that, the performance was good | :44:47. | :44:48. | |
enough to win the game. We fell short because some poor finishing, | :44:49. | :44:55. | |
some good goalkeeping, and I have seen a corner and it is a bit of a | :44:56. | :45:00. | |
shambles at the corner. We caused our own downfall. They are a good | :45:01. | :45:04. | |
team. Off the back of two heavy defeats, we have to work hard to get | :45:05. | :45:09. | |
something. We have won the game, but we have a first clean sheet of the | :45:10. | :45:12. | |
season, which is crucial. It has given everyone a big boost. STUDIO: | :45:13. | :45:17. | |
That was the shock result of the weekend. I don't think there is any | :45:18. | :45:23. | |
doubt. Talking about it earlier, they had their coupons busted by | :45:24. | :45:29. | |
that one. Lee Clark is talking about two heavy defeats. St Johnstone, the | :45:30. | :45:33. | |
model of consistency, you did not expect that. Absolutely. It was a | :45:34. | :45:41. | |
smash and grab to a certain extent. Jamie MacDonald was fantastic. You | :45:42. | :45:47. | |
would not have complained if there were five or six. St Johnstone have | :45:48. | :45:56. | |
been mugged on this occasion. They get one or two chances in the game, | :45:57. | :46:01. | |
and they take one of them, an easy tap in. Boyd does it for Kilmarnock. | :46:02. | :46:10. | |
I feel particularly sorry for St Johnstone, because St Johnstone win | :46:11. | :46:14. | |
that and they go to the group at the top, and it is two groups in the | :46:15. | :46:19. | |
league, from 17 what a difference that makes to the season. What a | :46:20. | :46:24. | |
difference that was old makes for Kilmarnock, in terms of position. A | :46:25. | :46:30. | |
bizarre moment involving the referee and player, Steven MacLean. What | :46:31. | :46:35. | |
happened? I don't think anybody knows the answer, good question! May | :46:36. | :46:40. | |
be one of them could tell you. It is not a foul. The game is stopped, | :46:41. | :46:44. | |
Jamie caught the ball, he is in possession of it. It is on the deck, | :46:45. | :46:50. | |
the referee has not blown his whistle. Steven MacLean, the player, | :46:51. | :46:55. | |
he is chancing his arm, but understandably. The whistle has not | :46:56. | :46:59. | |
been blown. Put it in the back of the net, and see if you can get away | :47:00. | :47:08. | |
with it. Technically, maybe the St Johnstone player is right and it | :47:09. | :47:15. | |
should have been a goal. I had to applaud one of them, the referee and | :47:16. | :47:22. | |
the end, referees get yellow cards out for that, don't be silly. If you | :47:23. | :47:30. | |
make the ball away on a bounce, that was one way around it. Remember the | :47:31. | :47:36. | |
corner kicks way you pretend it hasn't been taken. Is that clever | :47:37. | :47:42. | |
forward play? You might get away with it sometimes. You don't know | :47:43. | :47:47. | |
unless you try. Realistically, he was never go to get away with it. If | :47:48. | :47:52. | |
you have a referee in the right mood, and he is not paying | :47:53. | :47:55. | |
attention. If he knows he has not blown his whistle, I am not even | :47:56. | :48:01. | |
sure if he has two blown his whistle, he can shout. If he makes | :48:02. | :48:05. | |
it clear it is a free kick, it can be a direct or indirect free kick. | :48:06. | :48:14. | |
Richie Foran had Manager of the Month, and welcomed Rangers. Brian | :48:15. | :48:25. | |
Baird lost his life in a coach crash earlier this month, so the teams | :48:26. | :48:28. | |
held a moment of silence. Commentary comes from Paul Mitchell. | :48:29. | :48:46. | |
COMMENTATOR: Inverness Caledonian Thistle have made one change, out | :48:47. | :48:49. | |
goes Josh Meakin 's. Full. Philippe Senderos is on the bench. | :48:50. | :49:09. | |
Greg Townsend will deliver. A great ball in. It should have been a goal, | :49:10. | :49:18. | |
a wonderful ball in, well over the top. Fon Williams long. Kiernan one | :49:19. | :49:27. | |
that well. Onto Waghorn. He has a good left foot on him. He let fly in | :49:28. | :49:35. | |
confident fashion. Eight goals in nine games already, Waghorn. Fon | :49:36. | :49:46. | |
Williams again. Kiernan wins the header. Nice play. Good run from | :49:47. | :49:58. | |
Wallace. He has space, away from Raven. Kenny Miller weights. What a | :49:59. | :50:04. | |
strike from Kenny Miller and Rangers are ahead. | :50:05. | :50:11. | |
Stunning football from Rangers. Great build-up play, Kenny Miller | :50:12. | :50:16. | |
was calling for it all the way. The cross, delicious. The finish, | :50:17. | :50:21. | |
delightful. He scores his 100th goal as a Rangers player, Kenny Miller. | :50:22. | :50:32. | |
Fon Williams simply beaten by power. Well worth a smile. Kranjcar sends | :50:33. | :50:39. | |
it in. It might break for Waghorn. Waghorn thinks it's in. | :50:40. | :50:43. | |
The ball in a game, simple header away. Halliday, it will go against | :50:44. | :50:55. | |
Rangers. Fon Williams denied Martyn Waghorn. It was knocked across by | :50:56. | :51:00. | |
Hill, and what a save that is, clawing it back. The whole ball has | :51:01. | :51:04. | |
to cross the line, it didn't. David Raven in quickly, too. | :51:05. | :51:10. | |
Miller, the goal-scorer. Mackay goes in. That is a yellow card at least. | :51:11. | :51:18. | |
In from the side. The foot looked up. Kenny Miller, the foot coming | :51:19. | :51:23. | |
across, taking the legs away from him. Rangers with three wins. | :51:24. | :51:34. | |
Inverness with two. The referee allows play to continue. Here is | :51:35. | :51:40. | |
Waghorn, taking on Tremarco. All back to Kenny Miller. A clever | :51:41. | :51:45. | |
little shot from Kenny Miller. Well watched by the Wales goalkeeper, | :51:46. | :51:48. | |
Owain Fon Williams not impeded by his post there. | :51:49. | :51:52. | |
Wallace to Miller. Plenty of possession for Rangers. Just a one | :51:53. | :51:57. | |
goal advantage. Kranjcar. Jason Jason Holt should have scored. There | :51:58. | :52:10. | |
have been some chances missed in this game. A great ball in, and Holt | :52:11. | :52:16. | |
did not have the composure needed. Frustration on the face of Richie | :52:17. | :52:21. | |
Foran. Vigurs clips it in. Draper lines up the shot. It may have come | :52:22. | :52:31. | |
off and elbow. Back onto Draper. Certainly not deliberate. A check of | :52:32. | :52:38. | |
the watch as Rangers come forward. Into Kenny Miller. He is at it | :52:39. | :52:43. | |
again. He nearly did it again, two, Kenny Miller. Now Inverness can | :52:44. | :52:53. | |
motor forwards. Men left and right. Kiernan is back. He clears in style. | :52:54. | :53:03. | |
He was onside. Brilliant pass through, it beat the goalkeeper but | :53:04. | :53:07. | |
didn't have the pace. The ball across, Hill up -- upended | :53:08. | :53:21. | |
by Draper. It looked a sore one. Clint Hill didn't see that coming. | :53:22. | :53:23. | |
He is lucky, Draper. Lovely footwork. Inverness stunned | :53:24. | :53:40. | |
Celtic with an equaliser a couple of weeks ago. Well dealt with. Raven | :53:41. | :53:50. | |
back onto Doran. He was the man that scored against Celtic, and a | :53:51. | :53:55. | |
glorious chance for Inverness Caledonian Thistle. He wanted the | :53:56. | :53:58. | |
glancing header. Got it full on, and Alex Fisher had a chance to be the | :53:59. | :54:04. | |
hero, but he is the villain. I am disappointed for the players. We | :54:05. | :54:08. | |
gave it our all. We created some great chances. We should have went | :54:09. | :54:14. | |
one up, we deserved a draw, but Rangers dominated possession, which | :54:15. | :54:17. | |
we knew they would. They have some very talented players, but I am | :54:18. | :54:23. | |
disappointed. We got into some great positions, but lacks quality in | :54:24. | :54:25. | |
front of goal. That is all it was tonight. STUDIO: A great moment for | :54:26. | :54:31. | |
Kenny Miller, a fantastic strike from the veteran striker. His 100th | :54:32. | :54:35. | |
Rangers goal. Congratulations to him for that. You were there, how | :54:36. | :54:40. | |
impressed were you by Rangers overall? In particular in the first | :54:41. | :54:43. | |
half, they took the game attacking wise to a different level. The tempo | :54:44. | :54:48. | |
was a marked difference from a lot of games. The forward passes, this | :54:49. | :54:53. | |
is the first one, Kenny Miller comes off. The second one, Kranjcar with | :54:54. | :54:58. | |
the third pass, and they are into the opposition attacking third. At | :54:59. | :55:03. | |
times, Rangers have been too slow. Three men get into the box, Waghorn | :55:04. | :55:08. | |
has an option. They were quick and incisive. This is the goal. Watch | :55:09. | :55:12. | |
the movement from the left-back position. Three passes into the | :55:13. | :55:17. | |
final third, hitting penetration in the team. Inverness back four, | :55:18. | :55:21. | |
facing their own goal, looking up and seeing Kenny Miller, a | :55:22. | :55:24. | |
tremendous finish. When Rangers attack opposition, there are too | :55:25. | :55:30. | |
many passes and touches. The first half against Inverness, they had a | :55:31. | :55:33. | |
different tempo and pace about their game. They have not had that in a | :55:34. | :55:38. | |
lot of games. That is Rangers going forward, so time for our weekly | :55:39. | :55:42. | |
discussion about the Rangers defence. Inverness had chances in | :55:43. | :55:46. | |
the match. You are left wondering where the responsibility lies in | :55:47. | :55:49. | |
terms of sorting out the Rangers defence. It is a mixture, in that | :55:50. | :55:54. | |
the players have to have responsibility, but also the | :55:55. | :55:57. | |
management. The set play department is specially. That is a massive hole | :55:58. | :56:09. | |
in the defence. This was in the second-half late on. They clear the | :56:10. | :56:13. | |
ball. Half the defence get the other half are slow to get out. Fisher has | :56:14. | :56:20. | |
got to do better. Looking from this angle, here. Kiernan is the last | :56:21. | :56:27. | |
defender. He is telling tavern near to pick up. He has to concentrate on | :56:28. | :56:32. | |
his own game. That is where the danger is -- Tavernier. Kiernan has | :56:33. | :56:42. | |
got to be picking him up. I take your point completely, he should be | :56:43. | :56:47. | |
picking him up, 100%. But looking along the line, the only person I | :56:48. | :56:51. | |
could see that was trying to drag people back, because they were four | :56:52. | :56:56. | |
against three. He is time to get something organised. Everyone has | :56:57. | :57:03. | |
abandoned their post. For me, Pat, Kiernan is try to martial things. | :57:04. | :57:07. | |
But you have to concentrate on your own job. If Fisher puts it in the | :57:08. | :57:10. | |
back of the net, he is culpable. If he is trying to mark someone else, | :57:11. | :57:17. | |
it is not his problem. He is disappointed his team have lost the | :57:18. | :57:21. | |
goal, but do your own job first. Unfortunately for Rangers, there are | :57:22. | :57:25. | |
not enough defenders that sniffs out the danger. That is a problem for | :57:26. | :57:31. | |
them. Rangers are an attack minded side. They want to do that as well. | :57:32. | :57:34. | |
A huge match for Rangers next weekend. The Old Firm derby, but | :57:35. | :57:42. | |
what about Inverness? If they take their chance, it could be a | :57:43. | :57:47. | |
different game. So similar to the game of Celtic at Inverness. In the | :57:48. | :57:53. | |
last few minutes, they had a chance. Inverness against Celtic and Rangers | :57:54. | :57:56. | |
to a degree, you think it is a tough game for them. But in the end, | :57:57. | :58:01. | |
Rangers have got their game right just now. They look better than they | :58:02. | :58:05. | |
have done before. Pat and Michael, thank you very much indeed. Before | :58:06. | :58:09. | |
we go, a look at the Premiership table, Celtic continue to lead the | :58:10. | :58:14. | |
way on 22 points, four point ahead of Aberdeen in second place. Hearts | :58:15. | :58:19. | |
are third with Rangers up to fourth. Dundee are bottom of the table on | :58:20. | :58:23. | |
the same number of points as Partick Thistle. There we must leave it. | :58:24. | :58:28. | |
Hopefully, we have lifted the international gloom. We are back | :58:29. | :58:31. | |
next weekend, until then, all of us, good night. | :58:32. | :59:25. | |
MUSIC: Hoppipolla by Sigur Ros | :59:26. | :59:32. |