:00:19. > :00:32.The shot is an absolute beauty. A goal of true quality. That is
:00:33. > :00:40.understand believable. Sensational. What a strike. What a finish. Right
:00:41. > :00:45.here, right now. This is history. Welcome to Sportscene. Four games
:00:46. > :00:56.from yesterday, two from today and plenty of action and for Pat and
:00:57. > :01:05.Steve to pick apart. We start in the hidings, with Celtic trying to bury
:01:06. > :01:07.the Nou Camp nightmare against invess Cal done -- Inverness
:01:08. > :01:20.Caledonian Thistle. Greg Tansey scored when Inverness
:01:21. > :01:25.last beat Celtic in the Scottish Cup. Celtic look to recover from
:01:26. > :01:57.their Barcelona humbling. In it comes and Celtic go in front.
:01:58. > :02:01.It is Rogic and they will feel better now. Misery in Barcelona and
:02:02. > :02:10.a lead in the Highlands after 17 minutes. A tidy finish. Really good
:02:11. > :02:14.work by Tierney. Outside of the boot ball and Caley Thistle 0, Celtic 1.
:02:15. > :02:38.Business resumed. King, what a goal that is.
:02:39. > :02:44.Absolutely stunning from Billy King. That is why Ritchie Foran brought
:02:45. > :02:53.him here. Should De Vries have kept this out? It is well hit by King. De
:02:54. > :03:00.Vries did get a touch. But it evade him. King finds the top corner and
:03:01. > :03:14.it is Inverness 1, Celtic 1 after 28 minutes. Draper is in on goal. A
:03:15. > :03:19.huge chance. Down goes the No 8 who is waved back to his feet by Don
:03:20. > :03:30.Robertson, the referee. A big decision and a big moment in the
:03:31. > :03:37.game. McGregor was caught short. Sviatchenko right on the edge of the
:03:38. > :03:53.box. The refer ee was in a good position. Sinclair goes himself and
:03:54. > :03:58.scores yet again! Six domestic games, six goals for Scott Sinclair.
:03:59. > :04:05.It was sloppy from Inverness, who had only been level for just over
:04:06. > :04:09.five minutes. And Scott Sinclair with a lovely finish. As the
:04:10. > :04:18.champions are back in the driving seat. Lovely finish. Opened up the
:04:19. > :04:33.right foot. Finds the corner. And it is Inverness 1, Celtic 2.
:04:34. > :04:51.A good save by Fon Williams. This was a decent effort from Dembele. An
:04:52. > :04:55.equally good save. Ritchie Foran felt Sviatchenko should have been
:04:56. > :05:02.sent off and Inverness a penalty in that first half.
:05:03. > :05:10.Lovely play by Tierney. Another terrific save by Fon Williams. How
:05:11. > :05:18.good is this? From the young Scotland defender.
:05:19. > :05:32.McGregor! So very nearly 3-1. Has Fon Williams got a touch to this? If
:05:33. > :05:33.he has, it is a hat-trick of outstanding saves in the second
:05:34. > :05:47.half. Fon Williams for the fourth time in
:05:48. > :05:52.this second half to keep Caley Thistle in the game. Sinclair was
:05:53. > :05:57.looking for his second. It wasn't quite in the corner. It allowed Fon
:05:58. > :06:10.Williams to make another save. Celtic's tenth corner of the match.
:06:11. > :06:18.In for Sviatchenko. Hung up well by Lustig. Draper was keeping the
:06:19. > :06:34.pressure on. Rogic. Roberts is still in and still!
:06:35. > :06:41.Celtic just can't put this game to bed.
:06:42. > :06:48.It was sloppy at the back from Inverness. The first block by
:06:49. > :07:02.Meekings. Good play by McGregor. Guess who is
:07:03. > :07:07.there again? It is a one-man mission. Owen Fon Williams is doing
:07:08. > :07:23.well here. Clever idea by McGregor. Another chance goes abeging for
:07:24. > :07:25.Celtic. He has had a couple of today, Tierney. He got loads behind
:07:26. > :07:39.this. Tansey flights it in. Two minutes
:07:40. > :07:44.left. Doran's effort just goes past. It is a corner. It is still alive
:07:45. > :07:46.for the Highlanders. The first real attempt on goal in this second half
:07:47. > :08:07.though. Comes from Doran. Tansey second chance. It is an
:08:08. > :08:13.equaliser! It is Fisher. It is sensational. He strikes and might
:08:14. > :08:21.just have given Caley Thistle an unlikely point. That is quite
:08:22. > :08:31.amazing. Football continues to amaze.
:08:32. > :08:43.Fon Williams holds on. The ref is allowing that to continue. Celtic
:08:44. > :08:49.launch one final raid. The performance first half was terrific.
:08:50. > :08:54.Second half we struggled to get the ball back. But Celtic can do that to
:08:55. > :09:00.team. But we kept going. I said to the boys, believe it, we will get
:09:01. > :09:07.one more chance and we did and big Alex took it. We should win that
:09:08. > :09:12.game court fort Iaway -- comfortably. But it is always in the
:09:13. > :09:17.balance at two one. We were disappointed not to defend the set
:09:18. > :09:24.piece better. Frustrated, but on the back of a tough week, coming to a
:09:25. > :09:32.tough place, if we can't take the three points, one will have to do.
:09:33. > :09:36.Plenty of talking points, for Celtic, what a week it has been. How
:09:37. > :09:41.would you sum up the week? The start of week against Rangers it was
:09:42. > :09:46.joyous. That was fantastic for them and painful obviously at Barcelona.
:09:47. > :09:51.Until the 89th minute, I think you end up saying it is not a bad week,
:09:52. > :09:56.it is a good week. Because you weren't probably going to win in
:09:57. > :10:00.Barcelona. OK, it is a hiding, but you weren't going to way. The way
:10:01. > :10:06.Brendan Rodgers has reacted was sensible. They played brilliantly.
:10:07. > :10:14.They were the best team by a country mile and look at the statistics of
:10:15. > :10:25.possession, 65 to 35, they're unlucky not to get three points. It
:10:26. > :10:29.started brightly for Celtic. Yes, a well taken goal. A well taken finish
:10:30. > :10:35.and a perfect start. You're thinking they will go on and probably win
:10:36. > :10:39.comfortably. But they allowed Inverness back into the match. An
:10:40. > :10:43.incredible come back from Inverness. You were critical of the
:10:44. > :10:49.goalkeeping, but a fantastic strike from Billy King. Yes, the strike is
:10:50. > :10:55.unbelievable. Cutting inside on to his right foot. He has power and it
:10:56. > :10:59.has everything. But the keeper does get a touch on it. He probably could
:11:00. > :11:06.have got more on his touch. But this is poor from Celtic. Losing the
:11:07. > :11:12.ball. This is the one they were furious about. It is a foul and it
:11:13. > :11:16.is just outside the box and it is taken into the box. I'm not sure.
:11:17. > :11:24.Freeze it here. I think it looks like a penalty when we did freeze it
:11:25. > :11:30.there. Look at him there. If Draper runs straight, if his leg goes at an
:11:31. > :11:35.angle, he has thrown his leg out looking for the hit. He throws his
:11:36. > :11:41.right leg out F the referee sees that and thinks, wait, he has tried
:11:42. > :11:45.to do it, there is a few players who do it. Do you think the ref got it
:11:46. > :11:49.right. Do you know what, had I been in that position and I was watching
:11:50. > :11:54.it there, I would have given a penalty. That is what I would have
:11:55. > :12:00.done. From that angle, but can I see the referee's argument. Steven in
:12:01. > :12:04.terms of Scott Sinclair, he has been a revelation in Scottish football.
:12:05. > :12:13.We saw how important he is to Celtic. Six goals and he has scored
:12:14. > :12:20.in every league match. Inverness back off, but a beautiful finish.
:12:21. > :12:25.Inverness need to try and get, Meekings needs to put pressure on
:12:26. > :12:30.the ball. But a great finish. You probably expect Celtic to see it
:12:31. > :12:35.out. It shows how much Inverness deserve. Everyone knows if it is
:12:36. > :12:39.2-1, you need one chance. They had a couple. They put the ball in the
:12:40. > :12:47.box. If they have a strength that they had to use, the power and if I
:12:48. > :12:51.seek they have got. They kept on playing to the end and showed a good
:12:52. > :12:57.spirit. They have got to be delighted with a point. Because
:12:58. > :13:02.Celtic were buy bia -- by a distance the better side. Celtic will be
:13:03. > :13:07.disappointed with the defending. We talked about the week for Celtic,
:13:08. > :13:12.how would you sum it up? A brilliant start to their week and then... A
:13:13. > :13:16.very disappointing result in Barcelona. Today, they were good,
:13:17. > :13:22.they deserved to win, but ultimately didn't. To Ibrox and there was only
:13:23. > :13:38.one man making the headlines this week. # Extra, extra # Read all
:13:39. > :13:42.about it! Joey was Barton was told by Rangers to stay away from the
:13:43. > :13:47.club until Monday after an altercation. How would the rest of
:13:48. > :13:49.squad get on with Ross County the visitors at Ibrox, this is how it
:13:50. > :13:52.turned out. Ross County would Liam boys. Boyce
:13:53. > :14:33.-- Liam Boyce. Windass. Works the one-two but up
:14:34. > :14:39.goes the offside flag before he could tuck that past fox. He was one
:14:40. > :14:41.of the pluses for Rangers against Celtic, no doubt about that,
:14:42. > :14:58.Windass, back after injury. Windass on the move again. Streaking
:14:59. > :15:04.away from Davis. He has run Fox. Back goes Paul Quinn to clear that
:15:05. > :15:07.off the line. What a goal that would have been, had Windass been able to
:15:08. > :15:18.apply the finishing touch. Woods, on the free kick, up went
:15:19. > :15:28.Quinn. It is Schalk, what a save forth. Could have found themselves
:15:29. > :15:39.in front here. Good effort Schalk, what a stop.
:15:40. > :15:45.That is Windass. The block by Quinn, and he tries again, it is all about
:15:46. > :15:54.Windass for Rangers at the moment. And that has taken a deflection and
:15:55. > :16:01.flashed wide of target. Off Fraser. Holt. Locking to make up for lost
:16:02. > :16:10.time, having been out injured. Lee Wallace looking to create, great
:16:11. > :16:15.ball in for Taffer in. And somehow, -- Tavernier, somehow he fails to
:16:16. > :16:22.core. Credit to Gardyne for the challenge which maybe put him off
:16:23. > :16:29.adds he buzzing the trigger. Mackay. Works the one-two, he was
:16:30. > :16:33.cleaned out by van der Weg's challenge. It was on the line, but
:16:34. > :16:44.the referee seeing no infringement at all there.
:16:45. > :16:53.Holt. And Windass. Waghorn. On to the left foot. Great save Scott Fox.
:16:54. > :16:59.Flying across the County keeper, to deny Waghorn. Rains jers here being
:17:00. > :17:07.continually frustrated. In for Hill, and off the line by
:17:08. > :17:11.Martin Woods. Right place, right time to stop Hill making the
:17:12. > :17:20.breakthrough. Back from Davis. Cleared by Fox.
:17:21. > :17:26.Tavernier's touch. Wind adds with that change of pace. -- so elusive,
:17:27. > :17:34.gets Yea from woosds and a great ball in and it is a thumping header,
:17:35. > :17:41.back off the crossbar. -- Woods. From Michael O'Halloran.
:17:42. > :17:50.Just a fraction away from getting Rangers in front. Denied by the
:17:51. > :17:58.frame of the goal. That is Halliday. And Hill.
:17:59. > :18:02.And Wallace. And county pressing. It is Chow, breathing down his neck
:18:03. > :18:09.and he wins possession for Ross County. And it is Woods and it is
:18:10. > :18:16.beaten away by Foderingham. It was a fierce strike by the Ross County
:18:17. > :18:20.midfielder. Looking anxious as well he might,
:18:21. > :18:28.Mark Warburton, and there is Hill. And it is another great save by Fox.
:18:29. > :18:40.What a show of resistance this has been from Ross County.
:18:41. > :18:51.Kranjcar. Picks out Windass. Van der Weg. And now County looking to
:18:52. > :18:59.spring a big shock. It is Curran. And it is Tony Dingwall, and it is
:19:00. > :19:03.into the side net. Well, Rangers have lost to Celtic, drawn with
:19:04. > :19:09.Dundee and Hammelled on the and more dropped points here. So 0-0 it
:19:10. > :19:14.finished. Steven, no doubt about the big story of the week. Joey Barton,
:19:15. > :19:19.has he played his last match for Rangers? No, he will have clear the
:19:20. > :19:23.air talks tomorrow. It has been a unique situation, I have never seen
:19:24. > :19:27.a player suspended from a club, he speaks his mind, he is probably
:19:28. > :19:32.taken it too far, has definitely taken it too far, he is probably
:19:33. > :19:35.frustrated at his own performance, he can turn it round, he is a
:19:36. > :19:44.quality player and he will play for Rangers again. The manager has faced
:19:45. > :19:47.a few test, how big a test is this? Of his man management skills? A
:19:48. > :19:51.massive test he has got. Look, the pressure is going to come. He is the
:19:52. > :19:56.manager, that is what happen, you take it, there will be very deep
:19:57. > :20:00.lows and highs a we, but he has to come out looking the strongest man,
:20:01. > :20:08.he can't come out looking weak against Joey Barton. There is two
:20:09. > :20:11.problem, I will chat to Joey about freedom of speech, I don't mind, I
:20:12. > :20:14.will do that all day long, it doesn't matter, do you pose what
:20:15. > :20:20.does matter, keep it in house. This is most important. If you don't, see
:20:21. > :20:27.people say Sir Alex Ferguson, if you were Beckham, if you were Roy Keane,
:20:28. > :20:31.you took it outside the group, he has to apologise fully. And so using
:20:32. > :20:37.that logic can Warburton bring back Joey Barton, without it undermining
:20:38. > :20:40.the manager? Exactly, it puts that point I am putting across exactly.
:20:41. > :20:45.He can come back, it would be good to see him back, he is a very good
:20:46. > :20:49.player but it has to be an apology, there can't be caveats, he has to
:20:50. > :20:53.say I was out of order, I will come back and work hard. This was Ross
:20:54. > :20:58.County's first visit to Ibrox, that I will be happy with a point? Yes,
:20:59. > :21:03.it is brilliant. They defended ever so well, we look at them here, they
:21:04. > :21:06.have done their homework, they were doubling up because we know how
:21:07. > :21:10.Rangers like to overlap and underlap. But they were dogged. The
:21:11. > :21:14.track and runner, they were making it difficult for Rangers to bring
:21:15. > :21:19.them down. They created a lot of opportunities in the match. Here we
:21:20. > :21:24.see it again, two players going on. Barrie McKay trying to go past, good
:21:25. > :21:30.defending, get the blocking challenge in in the end and winning
:21:31. > :21:33.the ball back eventually. Rangers enin the match probably created
:21:34. > :21:38.enough chances to win three match, but you know, they didn't, and rots
:21:39. > :21:42.country have obviously prepared for the match very well. That is the
:21:43. > :21:45.thing. Mark Warburton, you see the players here throwing themselveses
:21:46. > :21:51.in the way of the ball. They will come away with a point. The manager
:21:52. > :21:55.said it was our best performance of the season yet it finished 0-0. He
:21:56. > :22:00.is looking for positives. ? It was the first clean sheet in the league
:22:01. > :22:06.this season. The midfield three had better chemistry, but in the end,
:22:07. > :22:10.the Rangers fans want and demand result, as a Rangers player and
:22:11. > :22:14.manager you are expected to win every game, they are not getting the
:22:15. > :22:21.results now. Time for an interesting stat. You have to go back to 2010
:22:22. > :22:28.more the last time Hearts managed a league win away to St Johnstone.
:22:29. > :22:38.Would it be a change of Hearts this time in Perth? A big blow inform
:22:39. > :22:42.Danny wan son hasn't made it, having scored twice in the League Cup
:22:43. > :22:48.victory over Hearts, the more experienced Cummins coming in for
:22:49. > :22:55.Kane, Davidson replacing Miller. Nielson hands a first start to born
:22:56. > :23:01.son. Nicholson is restored to the line up. The latter are among the
:23:02. > :23:08.subs as the Jam Tarts aim for the top of table. Nicholson corner which
:23:09. > :23:16.Clark comes for. What and blocked on the line. It's a
:23:17. > :23:21.good job Foster was there otherwise Watt would have looked like he was
:23:22. > :23:29.putting Hearts in front here. This is Watt. He is spreading it through
:23:30. > :23:36.for Nicholson, he has them waiting in the middle. Great save from
:23:37. > :23:41.Clark. Rares are was waiting left-hand side
:23:42. > :23:49.of the box and Clark justifying why he is in the team right now.
:23:50. > :23:52.A fabulous ball by Paton. Cummins.
:23:53. > :23:57.MacLaine is in the middle. Cummins goes down on the edge of the box,
:23:58. > :24:03.the ref is going into his pocket. What is the decision? It is yellow
:24:04. > :24:10.for the St Johnstone striker. And in a week where Watt had a
:24:11. > :24:19.booking rescinded, for simulation, the referee decides this is a dive
:24:20. > :24:26.by the Irishman Cummins. Watt, still coming. Here is Walker.
:24:27. > :24:32.Another wonderful piece of goalkeeping by Clark. It is Walker
:24:33. > :24:37.again. Twiets now, Clark -- twice now Clark
:24:38. > :24:46.has not looked favourite but twice now he has pulled off a fabulous
:24:47. > :24:51.save. Tony Watt and Don Cowie conspire over this free kick. Cowie
:24:52. > :24:57.leaves the scene, it is Watt. It is Clark again. Kept his eye on this
:24:58. > :25:05.free kick, Watt going for the top corner there.
:25:06. > :25:13.Harte want to go top today. Rossi.
:25:14. > :25:21.And that was Clark. With his fourth goal saving intervention.
:25:22. > :25:28.They riding their luck a bit, St Johnstone. Rossi, a couple of goals
:25:29. > :25:35.already this season, he thought he had his third again here. Again,
:25:36. > :25:40.Clark, keeping Hearts at bay. MacLaine. He has got it to Foster,
:25:41. > :25:49.who has three in the middle, in blue shirts. This is Liam Craig. It is
:25:50. > :26:01.touched on by Cummins and there is no flag. St Johnstone have the lead.
:26:02. > :26:07.Against Hearts. Given to them by Graham couplen, second of the
:26:08. > :26:11.season. -- Cummins, brilliant work down the
:26:12. > :26:16.right-hand side, Liam Craig possibly going for goal himself there. There.
:26:17. > :26:21.And a wonderful tribute to Dave Mackay, who announced his retirement
:26:22. > :26:34.this week. The Scottish Cup winning captain. That is a poor clearance by
:26:35. > :26:42.Jack Hamilton and Liam Craig, it, Hamilton! It went over to Jack
:26:43. > :26:47.Hamilton. A moment of real drama, that looked like it was going to
:26:48. > :27:00.spill in over the line. Hamilton got there just in time, but he was far
:27:01. > :27:01.from decisive. John beaten, speaking there.
:27:02. > :27:09.He trapped the hearts manager into the stands, by the look of things.
:27:10. > :27:18.Yeah. He has had to much to say.
:27:19. > :27:26.Comes Nicholson again. Patterson. Good work this time and
:27:27. > :27:36.then then it is from Nicholson, is that as close as Hearts will come to
:27:37. > :27:41.equalising? Hearts have scored late goals this
:27:42. > :27:47.season. How they need one now. Final minute of injury time, is just bon
:27:48. > :27:52.us. It is Paterson, Sammon is there as well, Paterson knocks it past. He
:27:53. > :27:56.has had two brilliant chances in the closing stages of this game, hitting
:27:57. > :28:02.the bar with a header and stabbing wide there. We are trying to build a
:28:03. > :28:07.young teem that is hungry. And can come up with this, but request have
:28:08. > :28:11.to try and dominate it first, we couldn't quite get the win that we
:28:12. > :28:15.deserved. I have seen couplen, and spoke to the referee, he said there
:28:16. > :28:20.is contact but he exaggerated the contact on him. If I think that the
:28:21. > :28:27.referee is spot on, the players will be fine hand is what we do here. I
:28:28. > :28:32.thought it was really good. The fourth official thought I was
:28:33. > :28:38.clapping sarcastically at the referee, he has his wires crossed a
:28:39. > :28:43.bit. We talk about dive gate at Tyne castle, more dine gate this time,
:28:44. > :28:48.involving St Johnstone player, this time both players booked, for
:28:49. > :28:54.simulation Steven. First up Cummins, did the referee get this right. Was
:28:55. > :28:57.it a dive. No, we will see here, there is contact, you know, the
:28:58. > :29:03.referee's positioning isn't the best. When we get there, the slo-mo
:29:04. > :29:09.replay you can see that the knee comes out and hits the thigh of
:29:10. > :29:15.couplen, he is maybe a touch theatrical but there is contact.
:29:16. > :29:18.Incredibly harsh for that. No, it is, I understand the referees want
:29:19. > :29:22.to get on top of it because it is becoming a problem, but that is not
:29:23. > :29:25.the problem, the problem when you dive when there is no contact and
:29:26. > :29:33.they are deliberately trying to feign it. So he doesn't face a fine.
:29:34. > :29:37.The next one is this Not guilty. The referee's three feet away from it,
:29:38. > :29:42.when he makes the decision, it is similar to the first one again, it
:29:43. > :29:46.is the knee that comes out across, when he cuts inside on to these
:29:47. > :29:52.thigh, again, contact right in front of the referee and it's the wrong
:29:53. > :29:57.decision. Does he get fined? He is a wee bit closer but gets away with
:29:58. > :30:01.it. Like the game we were talking about before, it was after the
:30:02. > :30:06.contact. Players are getting used to it now. They are beginning to throw
:30:07. > :30:11.their bodies into player, you should run directly, that is the... The
:30:12. > :30:16.Irony the manager talked about the Hearts players before the match
:30:17. > :30:20.maximising situation, Hearts, it has to be said, missing out on the
:30:21. > :30:24.chance to go top of the table yesterday, another great result for
:30:25. > :30:31.St Johnstone, against Hearts. And Clark very much in fine form. Htss
:30:32. > :30:38.Hearts created a lot of opportunities, but this man, St
:30:39. > :30:42.Johnstone can thank him for the three points. The team themselves
:30:43. > :30:47.defended well. But his performance was brilliant. It is not just the
:30:48. > :30:55.saves, well done, he was fantastic. We have watched three games, Celtic
:30:56. > :31:00.were mimes ahead with -- miles ahead and Rangers the same and Hearts get
:31:01. > :31:04.nothing out of it. It has been a strange few games. A lot of managers
:31:05. > :31:10.will be unhappy with the points, but happy with the performances. Plenty
:31:11. > :31:29.of great football to come, including Dundee at home to Aberdeen.
:31:30. > :31:39.After a strong start to the season, Motherwell found themselves without
:31:40. > :31:46.a win in five. A Derby match with Hamilton had the fans in optimistic
:31:47. > :31:49.mood. You know a derby, it is a better atmosphere. Without a
:31:50. > :31:58.striker, so many games have upset it. Our squad looks stronger. I'm
:31:59. > :32:07.optimistic. We owe Hamilton a beating!
:32:08. > :32:18.Mark McGhee recalls moult in a three-pronged attack.
:32:19. > :32:26.Hamilton welcome back their captain, Devlin. Just one win in ten between
:32:27. > :32:33.those two. Nothing like a Derby to reignite a season though. There is
:32:34. > :32:38.moult with the header! But the celebrations are cut short. The flag
:32:39. > :32:51.is up for offside against moult. And it is very tight.
:32:52. > :33:03.Samson will look long. Moult is in again here. This time the flag stays
:33:04. > :33:08.down. And how much are Motherwell loving having Louis Moult back? He
:33:09. > :33:17.scored for the second week in a row. It is Mark McGhee's men who have the
:33:18. > :33:33.early lead in the Lanarkshire Derby. Hennagan felt he was pushed there.
:33:34. > :33:45.It is Moult again. And two goals in the space of five minutes. Louis
:33:46. > :33:53.Moult at the double on Derby day. It is a fine header to beat Matthews.
:33:54. > :34:09.Tait's cross was perfect. Motherwell have a two-goal lead.
:34:10. > :34:20.There is Moult! And perfect execution on the volley. We have
:34:21. > :34:26.only played 21 minutes and Louis Moult has completed a 13-minute
:34:27. > :34:32.hat-trick. Incredible stuff. The poise to control the volley, to keep
:34:33. > :34:43.it down. And fire into the back of the net. Motherwell 3, Hamilton 0.
:34:44. > :34:50.Martin canning's game plan has completely unravelled here. They
:34:51. > :34:59.look to get some sort of a foot hold in the game. Crawford! It is a fine
:35:00. > :35:06.finish from Crawford and Hamilton are on the scoreboard. You have to
:35:07. > :35:11.say it is a brilliantly worked goal. What a fine finish. The first time
:35:12. > :35:16.effort from Crawford, who scores for the fifth time this season and
:35:17. > :35:22.perhaps this one isn't over just yet.
:35:23. > :35:34.Brophy bundled over by McManus. Noo hesitation from -- no hesitation
:35:35. > :35:40.from Willie Collum in awarding the free kick. It hits the post again,
:35:41. > :35:43.but this time it comes straight back out and to Sarris, who had a tap in
:35:44. > :36:06.to make it 3-2. This looks ominous and Bowman goes
:36:07. > :36:11.down. Lyon clipped the shins of Bowman and it is a penalty. Moult
:36:12. > :36:17.scored from ten yards last week and he has done it again. His day and
:36:18. > :36:26.Motherwell's day just gets better and better. It is a four-goal haul
:36:27. > :36:33.for Louis Moult. Mark McGhee surely will be registering their first home
:36:34. > :36:38.league win of the season. It is nicely done by Bingham though.
:36:39. > :36:44.Crawford's in the middle and Crawford has done it again. There is
:36:45. > :36:48.still 26 minutes to play. Crawford doing his very best to try and keep
:36:49. > :36:53.pace with Motherwell and Moult. He has scored twice. The deficit is
:36:54. > :37:14.back to two goals. Bingham! And Bingham's header
:37:15. > :37:21.cleared off the line. Gillespie then slashes it wide. Imrie's cross and
:37:22. > :37:30.Bingham got a firm header on it. But it was Hennagan on the line to knock
:37:31. > :37:36.clear. We won a hard fought game. So it is good to get in with the three
:37:37. > :37:42.points. But the bragging rights for the supporters and I'm delighted it
:37:43. > :37:46.is our supporters. It starts from the first minute and we didn't. We
:37:47. > :37:51.had a slight change and then we were excellent and created a lot of
:37:52. > :37:57.opportunities and how Motherwell managed to score two, I don't know.
:37:58. > :38:03.A couple of weeks out o', to get back in, thankful to the gafer and
:38:04. > :38:11.hopefully I have repaid. Him all the boys have put a message on the ball.
:38:12. > :38:16.I will be busy reading that. It was four goals he got and Stephen, it
:38:17. > :38:23.could have been five for him. What a performance. Yes, should have been
:38:24. > :38:29.five. His goal that was chalked off was wrongly chalked off. He is half
:38:30. > :38:34.a yard or a yard onside and it is a good finish. Five would have been
:38:35. > :38:39.outrageous. But he had a magnificent match. Even goals in four
:38:40. > :38:45.appearances. And he has been out for eight weeks. Last year he scored 18
:38:46. > :38:50.goals. He's big player for Motherwell. The manager has puts the
:38:51. > :38:56.pressure on saying he wants 20 by Christmas. He was fantastic. I love
:38:57. > :39:01.this one. All right the players have not got close to him. That volley,
:39:02. > :39:08.for most players it is going into top stand. For me, yeah! He has
:39:09. > :39:15.shown great pace and everything about his game was perfect. At this
:39:16. > :39:22.point in time I feel rotten for Ali Crawford. He had two brilliant goals
:39:23. > :39:26.and he has had, he is still playing brilliantly and he will not gate
:39:27. > :39:38.headline, because Moult gets them. We saw a great strike from him.
:39:39. > :39:45.Martin Cannings said we didn't play well. But he changed it. Yes it
:39:46. > :39:49.wasn't work. It is a disappointing day for them. They got back into the
:39:50. > :39:57.match and got two goals and probably should have got another. But it was
:39:58. > :40:01.too little, too late. Time for another interesting stat, Partick
:40:02. > :40:08.Thistle won both their away matches against Kilmarnock last season by a
:40:09. > :40:17.7-2 scoreline on aggregate. Lee Clark has been looking for
:40:18. > :40:22.continuity and he has got it. For the first time this season as he
:40:23. > :40:44.fields the same starting line up for the second successive week.
:40:45. > :40:58.Doolan. He wasn't farm away with that effort. Good wing play by Amoo.
:40:59. > :41:12.Smith looking for Boyd. Coulibaly, good save from Scully. But Coulibaly
:41:13. > :41:14.up to his acrobatic antics again. On the chest and then the overhead
:41:15. > :41:26.hook. That cape off the head of Gordon.
:41:27. > :41:28.That was one straight off the training ground. And Dicker close to
:41:29. > :41:47.getting the opener. Kris Boyd! Three players around him.
:41:48. > :41:55.And Kilmarnock are in front in the 17th minute. Boyd on the score sheet
:41:56. > :42:01.for the third time this season. He got a lucky break off the shins of
:42:02. > :42:17.Booth and the Killie striker takes full advantage.
:42:18. > :42:24.Erskine is work hard in the middle of the park, setting up that
:42:25. > :42:30.opportunity. It was the right boot of McDonald that came to the
:42:31. > :42:39.Kilmarnock rescue. Thistle's last away win was here on 7th May.
:42:40. > :42:48.Lawless. Excellent finish by Stephen Lawless. Thistle back on level
:42:49. > :42:52.terms. Good wing play by Amoo. Look at the touch by Lawless. First on
:42:53. > :42:54.the left foot and the execution with the right was perfect to beat
:42:55. > :43:11.McDonald. Erskine screaming for it in the
:43:12. > :43:14.middle and Booth taking it on himself and McDonald did well to
:43:15. > :43:31.Parry that one away. Coulibaly. Good touch by Ryan
:43:32. > :43:32.Scully. Coulibaly determined to get on the score sheet, trying his luck
:43:33. > :43:50.from the set piece. Erskine with a lovely run. Tyson
:43:51. > :43:56.sliding in there. Lawless is looking for the penalty. Andrew Dallas says
:43:57. > :44:04.no. Was there contact between the players?
:44:05. > :44:14.Coulibaly! And Kilmarnock are in front. How he enjoys celebrating a
:44:15. > :44:23.goal! Coulibaly with his sixth of the season. And how did the striker
:44:24. > :44:38.climb above the two Thistle defenders? Time is runening out for
:44:39. > :44:43.Partick Thistle. Erskine it came off the post and there is Lindsay. He
:44:44. > :44:47.may well have clinched a point for his side. Quick reactions from the
:44:48. > :45:07.big centre-back. that is a yellow card for the
:45:08. > :45:13.Partick Thistle captain. Mechanic McKenzie was getting --
:45:14. > :45:21.McKenzie was getting free. Boyd. Coulibaly has had his chances
:45:22. > :45:29.from set pieces. Kris Boyd trying his luck, not having much
:45:30. > :45:35.successful Hawkshaw. McKenzie. Grounded with that
:45:36. > :45:40.challenge and will be a second yellow card for the Partick Thistle
:45:41. > :45:46.captain. And Osman is sent off with two minutes remaining.
:45:47. > :45:52.The key is we have to start keeping clean sheets. We are a big threat at
:45:53. > :45:56.the other end of the pitch, we know we scored two today, we could have
:45:57. > :46:01.had a couple of more, we have strikers in form, A terrible
:46:02. > :46:09.performance last week. It stoppeds the rot. We are delighted to get
:46:10. > :46:13.back in the points tally. More spring in the Kilmarnock step
:46:14. > :46:16.than others predicted at the Saturday of the season. How much
:46:17. > :46:20.progress do we think which have seen under Lee Clark. A lot of people
:46:21. > :46:25.doom and gloom the way they recruited in the summer, and of
:46:26. > :46:29.course they didn't get a win against at Partick Thistle last season. Is
:46:30. > :46:32.frightenings to see that amount of changes happen at the same time and
:46:33. > :46:36.lot of youngsters coming through, it's a tough one for the fans to
:46:37. > :46:42.take onboard. It wasn't going that well. Listening to Lee Clark talking
:46:43. > :46:45.about it is quite good. When it hits together, if it does, it could be
:46:46. > :46:50.special, but it will not happen overnight. It takes a little while.
:46:51. > :46:56.They squandered two Led yesterday. That is true. I thought they were
:46:57. > :47:01.pretty good goals. I, we were talking about Lawless's goal. If you
:47:02. > :47:06.are ahead and at home squandering the lead is not the thing to do. I
:47:07. > :47:10.think that first touch with the left foot is magnificent. You miss it
:47:11. > :47:14.because it happens so quick. It is left foot and his right foot. And
:47:15. > :47:17.great for Partick Thistle to take chance, that is something they have
:47:18. > :47:23.not been doing very much so far this season. No, I have to say I still
:47:24. > :47:26.think, I mean, we will find they are getting close to the bottom, if not
:47:27. > :47:30.at the bottom. It's a tough time for them. They will have to be brave and
:47:31. > :47:35.keep going, I keep looking at Partick Thistle. I have watched
:47:36. > :47:40.almost every game this season, they have created chances. It is a good
:47:41. > :47:43.point for them. It will be disappointed for Kilmarnock to be in
:47:44. > :47:47.the lead twice and throw it away twice. But they are looking good
:47:48. > :47:51.going forward. In terms of this strike partnership you could call it
:47:52. > :47:55.between Kris Boyd and Coulibaly, what is your views on this? Well,
:47:56. > :47:59.first you hope that they have an understanding with each other, and
:48:00. > :48:03.again, it is another thing, it doesn't always happen overnight but
:48:04. > :48:07.they get close to each other, the fact the two of them are big strong
:48:08. > :48:12.men helps, they are looking for each other. You often find single sceptre
:48:13. > :48:17.forwards don't want to work with anyone else. Boyd is showing the
:48:18. > :48:21.twinkle-toes there, it is not a great header to Coulibaly but you
:48:22. > :48:24.know they are looking for each other, they want it to be a
:48:25. > :48:29.partnership. The biggest thing, both are scorers. And both are big and
:48:30. > :48:35.strong and both are willing to work for the cause. It won't always work
:48:36. > :48:39.or work perfectly well. I see a willingness, you see the beginnings
:48:40. > :48:42.of something that could be special, you need Boyd to get them in the
:48:43. > :48:46.back of the net like he did yesterday. It was 2004 the last time
:48:47. > :48:53.Dundee beat Aberdeen in the league at Dens Park. The sides met this
:48:54. > :48:58.lunchtime in city of discovery. Aberdeen looking to find the best
:48:59. > :49:05.form this season. Would they all come together in this happy hunting
:49:06. > :49:11.ground? Dundee are without their suspended defender.
:49:12. > :49:19.Maddison is on loan from Norwich and makes his first start for Aberdeen.
:49:20. > :49:21.Burns is the man who drops out. The Dons looking for their own second
:49:22. > :49:30.Premiership win of the season. Maddison with the corner kick, up
:49:31. > :49:35.went to a corner and it is O'Dea with that clearance on the goalline
:49:36. > :49:39.for the home team. Good leap from the central
:49:40. > :49:44.defenders, the looping header dealt with.
:49:45. > :49:52.Right in the centre of the midfield McGowan alongside him nick Ross.
:49:53. > :49:59.Now, Danny Williams. McGowan again. Neat toss from Ross. Holt, drills in
:50:00. > :50:05.the opening goal. Aberdeen have dominated the opening exchange, but
:50:06. > :50:11.it is Dundee who hit the front. Lovely build up. And Lewis wasn't
:50:12. > :50:20.going to be stopping that, it is a clinical finish. Lots to enjoy for
:50:21. > :50:25.Dundee. Not much enjoyment for Aberdeen as they look to respond
:50:26. > :50:34.with McGinn. Sting taken out. That is poor from Holt. Logan.
:50:35. > :50:42.Maddison. Turns away from Hateley. Maddison has his first Aberdeen
:50:43. > :50:46.goal. It has gone right through the Dundee goalkeeper, Scott Bain,
:50:47. > :50:48.conceding against his old team. Maddison's first start for the Don,
:50:49. > :51:08.his first goal and it is 1-1. Etxabegruren. William, great
:51:09. > :51:09.challenge, O'Connor. El Bakhtaoui trying to curl that one
:51:10. > :51:22.in. Maddison. Loses out to Hateley. And
:51:23. > :51:27.Dundee on the move. Ross running into trouble. Hayes was there.
:51:28. > :51:36.Shinnie, great strike, what a stop that was.
:51:37. > :51:47.From Bain. Who gets hiss finger tips to a brilliant strike from Shinnie.
:51:48. > :51:57.Maddison. Taken out by O'Hara. And the referee will come back, and
:51:58. > :52:05.administer the yellow card. Flicked on for Rooney. Out for McGinn.
:52:06. > :52:10.Maddison is in here again. Bain makes a really important save for
:52:11. > :52:14.Dundee, it was Maddison's first touch, he was onside, but that touch
:52:15. > :52:22.let the ball get away from him and that allowed Bain to make the save.
:52:23. > :52:27.Off comes Rooney. On comes the one time Bournemouth striker Stockley.
:52:28. > :52:31.And Burns as well. Cross field from O'Connor. Neat
:52:32. > :52:37.touch from Hay, he is off and running, he is away from Holt. A
:52:38. > :52:42.great ball in for stockry, -- Stockley, hand is what you call
:52:43. > :52:49.instant impact. Off the bench, to turn this game on
:52:50. > :52:54.its head. What a run from Hayings, it was such an inviting cross. But
:52:55. > :53:04.that is a booming header from Stockley to make the score 2-1.
:53:05. > :53:15.McGowan's Herd, drops for Burns. Burn, making the run for the buy
:53:16. > :53:18.line. Penalty given. Well, Dundee are furious, Etxabegruren protesting
:53:19. > :53:28.he got the ball. Well worth a second look. At full stretch and he does
:53:29. > :53:33.get that right boot on the ball, McQuinn has awarded Aberdeen a
:53:34. > :53:40.penalty. It is McQuinn. And it is 3-1. Just.
:53:41. > :53:46.Big sigh of relief for the Aberdeen midfielder, that struck the
:53:47. > :53:55.underside of the crossbar twice, but surely now no way back for Dundee.
:53:56. > :54:00.3-1 down. Well, whoen by Shinnie who powers
:54:01. > :54:05.down the flank, he is taken out by O'Hara. And he will be red carded
:54:06. > :54:11.here. And he knows it. The minute he made that mistimed
:54:12. > :54:18.challenge, he knew he was heading down the Dens Park tunnel. Dundee
:54:19. > :54:22.3-1 down and now a man down. That looks better in the league
:54:23. > :54:27.table, you shouldn't look at them until the first round. You can't
:54:28. > :54:31.help yourself, and have been up there are for the last wee while, it
:54:32. > :54:36.was a similar start to a couple of years ago, and glad to win the game,
:54:37. > :54:39.three points are so important and it makes a hell of a difference to
:54:40. > :54:45.everybody. Supporters go away singing, and that is why we are
:54:46. > :54:49.here. I thought we were good today. Didn't think the score line was a
:54:50. > :54:53.recollection on how we paid. I thought we were excellent second
:54:54. > :54:57.half. We scored a good goal. We lose a poor goal. I don't think it was a
:54:58. > :55:01.3-1 score line. You get the feeling that was a big
:55:02. > :55:06.result for Aberdeen but it wasn't all plain sailing as Dundee took the
:55:07. > :55:12.lead. They did. To be honest I am not sure they deserved to be up in
:55:13. > :55:17.the first half. I think the better side Aberdeen was in the first half.
:55:18. > :55:20.He holds the ball up, he is under pressure for a bigger stronger man,
:55:21. > :55:25.his willingness to take the ball and play the right pass, he develops the
:55:26. > :55:30.place so well. He is a joy to watch, OK. I will be biassed with that type
:55:31. > :55:34.of player. I get it. But he is a very special player. Holt leaves
:55:35. > :55:39.that ball. I love this play. Look that the that was fantastic. OK,
:55:40. > :55:44.there is a lot of space there, but those little flick balls are top
:55:45. > :55:48.player. How good a goal is it, can you criticise the defend something
:55:49. > :55:50.Maybe he could have been tucked in a bit more, there was ten passes in
:55:51. > :55:55.the lead up from when they win to ball to going in the net, it was
:55:56. > :56:01.brilliant. Aberdeen fans will be glad to see their skied scoring a
:56:02. > :56:05.few goals, Hayes, second match back, and can I stop cup being
:56:06. > :56:11.embarrassed. I thought that is Tommo. I would have loved to have
:56:12. > :56:16.played with Hay, he makes a difference for them. The last stage
:56:17. > :56:20.of the match Stockley came on, he was powerful, and that was a
:56:21. > :56:28.powerful header and a brilliant goal. It was a penalty, I foe you
:56:29. > :56:32.are patron saint of lost cause, there is no way this was a penalty.
:56:33. > :56:36.He gets the ball. From the referee's position, what does he see? If you
:56:37. > :56:43.go to ground there at that angle, it is a tough one. A great tackle. He
:56:44. > :56:49.gets the ball. He was raging after it, Etxabegruren. But you need to
:56:50. > :56:53.know if you go to ground you are not thinking... The referee has a good
:56:54. > :57:02.view of it. You can see he has touched it. To be fair the game is
:57:03. > :57:06.finished, and Aberdeen, it is undeserved because 2-1 was probably
:57:07. > :57:11.the right result. It was probably right. If you have players like
:57:12. > :57:17.Stockley, if you have Maddison coming on, not bad. Aberdeen have
:57:18. > :57:21.Rangers next weekend, how do you see that going? ? It will be a Brill
:57:22. > :57:26.rant game. I remember the atmosphere being superb, I think the atmosphere
:57:27. > :57:33.backbench outstanding. Two teams on the same points. Is a massive game.
:57:34. > :57:36.Alex reign and David tar rehave left St Mirren football club. People will
:57:37. > :57:42.look at you a former player and think maybe, will you throw your hat
:57:43. > :57:45.in the ring. I won't throw my hat in the ring. It is disappointing for
:57:46. > :57:51.then. This season has not been acceptable, they are bottom of the
:57:52. > :57:54.Championship, they have had five managers in the last three year,
:57:55. > :58:02.they need stability. They need to keep a manager. Time for a look at
:58:03. > :58:09.the Ladbrokes Premiership table. Celtic lead the way.
:58:10. > :58:16.The bottom doesn't make pretty reading for fans of Partick Thistle.
:58:17. > :58:20.That is it for tonight, we are banished until next weekend. Thank
:58:21. > :58:27.to you for watch, until next time, from all of us on the Sportscene
:58:28. > :58:30.team, thanks for staying up with us, the tennis took longer than we
:58:31. > :59:33.thought but it that hay a good night for football. Good night.
:59:34. > :59:37.Follow investigator Louise Shorter as she interrogates
:59:38. > :59:44.then the Court of Appeal aren't going to change their decision.
:59:45. > :59:49.There were two areas of fingerprints on the carrier bag.
:59:50. > :59:56.Follow investigator Louise Shorter as she interrogates
:59:57. > :00:01.Conviction - Murder At The Station, the two-part series starts...