:00:14. > :00:30.Right out of the top drawer. He's outstanding! The shot is an absolute
:00:31. > :00:39.beauty. Oh yes! That's unbelievable. Unbelievable. What a finish. Right
:00:40. > :00:44.here, right now, this is history. The last Sportscene before Christmas
:00:45. > :00:46.and all through the house not a creature was stirring,
:00:47. > :00:48.not even Steven Thompson OK, it doesn't quite rhyme,
:00:49. > :00:56.but you can't have everything. What we do have for you tonight
:00:57. > :00:59.is a six-match festive feast of football, starting
:01:00. > :01:00.at Celtic Park. Brendan Rodgers' side looking
:01:01. > :01:03.to make it 20 matches unbeaten in domestic
:01:04. > :01:04.football this season. Could Dundee find a way
:01:05. > :01:07.to stop the juggernaut? At Celtic Park for us
:01:08. > :01:26.was Liam McLeod. Changes aplenty from Brendan
:01:27. > :01:32.Rodgers. Dembele dropped to the bench, where Sinclair sits after
:01:33. > :01:47.injury. Haber leads the line for Dundee.
:01:48. > :01:57.Griffiths playing against his old club. How unlucky was he? This is
:01:58. > :02:05.wonderful football between Griffiths and Bitton. Given the one two and
:02:06. > :02:11.Griffiths was unlucky with that sounds of the boot effort. Dundee
:02:12. > :02:27.without a win against Celtic since 2001. Armstrong... He asks the
:02:28. > :02:39.question of Scott Bain. Captaining Celtic this afternoon, Armstrong,
:02:40. > :02:48.completing his renaissance. Should have scored. If this had been on the
:02:49. > :03:02.edge of the box, Rogic would probably have scored. Rogic. We've
:03:03. > :03:05.seen more of him these days completing 90 minutes of football.
:03:06. > :03:11.So impressive this season, but didn't quite catch that one though.
:03:12. > :03:19.Celtic looking to make it 11 league wins on the bounce. We haven't seen
:03:20. > :03:29.much of Dundee as an tenanting force. Vicinity teed it up. That's
:03:30. > :03:42.not a bad effort. He scored against Aberdeen. Armstrong and Mackay.
:03:43. > :03:49.Dundee stood their ground in the first round and O'Dea was adjudged
:03:50. > :04:01.to have fouled. Griffiths takes... And scores! Well, of course he does!
:04:02. > :04:08.Another stunner from Griffiths. To add to his bulging collection.
:04:09. > :04:27.That goal right on half-time. A real sucker for Dundee. Bitton! The
:04:28. > :04:37.champion scored two up and it is a long way back for the Dees now. Paul
:04:38. > :04:43.Hartley will believe his team can still get something from this, and
:04:44. > :04:48.they almost did there, and there! Armstrong off the light from
:04:49. > :04:55.Wighton. Haber made the initial effort, which came off the post.
:04:56. > :05:02.Goal line clearance underlining Stuart Armstrong's importance to the
:05:03. > :05:09.Celtic team. McGregor came on for Rogic at half-time. Armstrong...
:05:10. > :05:20.Almost got back in the score sheet. He's been in good goal-scoring form
:05:21. > :05:24.as well. O'Hara was just on. So impressive as a 16-year-old here for
:05:25. > :05:35.Kilmarnock at full-back a few years back. This is Haber, shrugged off
:05:36. > :05:42.Gamboa, 2-1. Well, well, well. Suddenly there's a game on here. And
:05:43. > :05:49.from nowhere really, Dundee have halved the deficit. That's been
:05:50. > :05:55.forced through towards Haber by El Bakhtaoui. He's going to get back on
:05:56. > :06:04.to it. A chance for a leveller! And he spurns it. What an opportunity
:06:05. > :06:09.for Faisal El Bakhtaoui to steal an unlikely point here. Craig born did
:06:10. > :06:15.enough to put the striker off here. Celtic would feel it was an act of
:06:16. > :06:23.pickpocketry if Dundee were able to take something from this game.
:06:24. > :06:28.Dundee have been resolute. McGregor to Sinclair looking to finish it
:06:29. > :06:32.off. Well, off target from Sinclair. Brendan Rodgers is delighted to have
:06:33. > :06:36.him back. I felt the players were terrific today. The first half we
:06:37. > :06:39.had a lot of pressure against us but they never really cut us open. You
:06:40. > :06:45.see the two goals were outside of the box, so we got back in the game
:06:46. > :06:50.and back to another chance. He's got it in, there but he'll miss other
:06:51. > :06:58.chances. When you come here you've got to be clinical and take your
:06:59. > :07:02.chances. When we say Celtic cut us occupy, we knew they would have lots
:07:03. > :07:08.of possession. That was the game plan. I picked what I thought was
:07:09. > :07:15.the best team. We need to go with a different structure. What he's doing
:07:16. > :07:20.is he's got a great free kick. Needs to be better in his lay-off, giving
:07:21. > :07:26.the ball away too much in the build-up play. That's an area of his
:07:27. > :07:31.game he needs to improve on. But he's shown many other great
:07:32. > :07:37.qualities. He's a national goal scorer, 25 yards in. He has an eye
:07:38. > :07:47.for a goal. That's why I'm here, to score goals. I can improve at times,
:07:48. > :07:52.but I'm in the team just now. A moment of Leigh Griffiths magic.
:07:53. > :07:58.Dundee almost nicked a point at the end, but Brendan Rodgers talking
:07:59. > :08:02.about the improvements still that Leigh Griffiths needs to make. That
:08:03. > :08:07.was harsh. That was his third consecutive goal for Brendan Rodgers
:08:08. > :08:12.and Celtic. He was quick to point out his link-up play needs
:08:13. > :08:19.improvement. Possibly it does. But for me his link-up play was good.
:08:20. > :08:23.With a player who can do this, you can forgive a sloppy link-up game.
:08:24. > :08:28.He gives him too much of the goal to aim for. You think so? If the ball
:08:29. > :08:33.goes over the wall like that, you've got to say it is a great finish.
:08:34. > :08:38.It's a fantastic finish. Gets himself in line. That would have
:08:39. > :08:48.been an unbelievable goal should it have gone in. When I was at Dundee
:08:49. > :08:54.United, they said if you can do 75% linkage, I'll be happy. Griffiths'
:08:55. > :08:56.link-up play in the first half was intelligent. There are different
:08:57. > :09:02.types. You don't have to have your back to the goal like this. Yes
:09:03. > :09:08.he'll get outside of Gomis. This one takes his eye off the ball. Slightly
:09:09. > :09:12.sloppy. Sloppy. Three or four in the second half... When you talk about
:09:13. > :09:17.link-up play, look at the first half. It was wonderful. Hold-up
:09:18. > :09:21.play, when the ball is coming at you with your back to place, perhaps he
:09:22. > :09:26.needs to strengthen that. If you've got a guy who can put the ball in
:09:27. > :09:32.the back of the net and link up, that's a huge attribute to have. We
:09:33. > :09:39.talked about Griffiths and Dembele last week. Brendan Rodgers made it
:09:40. > :09:42.clear he isn't particularly happy with that and yesterday Leigh
:09:43. > :09:46.Griffiths does start. Brendan Rodgers now saying there is no
:09:47. > :09:53.number one striker. Who starts the next game? It is confusing. For me
:09:54. > :09:57.Griffiths has the jersey, he should be starting now. There is no doubt
:09:58. > :10:01.that Dembele has gone off the ball. That's my opinion. It is a nice
:10:02. > :10:06.problem for Brendan Rodgers to have. Number one striker, he clearly
:10:07. > :10:10.didn't have bun. At the start of the season Griffiths had it, got
:10:11. > :10:16.injured. Dembele came in and did wonderfully well, gone off the boil
:10:17. > :10:20.and now Griffiths is back in. That's when we'll find out who will be
:10:21. > :10:24.number one. He'll pick up his strongest team. Would say Griffiths
:10:25. > :10:27.Ive at the moment is in form, but as we've seen already this season, it's
:10:28. > :10:32.a fluid thing. It can change as the season goes on. Got to give credit
:10:33. > :10:40.to Dundee, as they did have chances in this game. Looked like they would
:10:41. > :10:43.be dead and buried. They defended well, but to come back in the game
:10:44. > :10:50.in the last stages, should have scored here. Poor from Craig Gordon
:10:51. > :10:54.caught out from set play. This is poor from Celtic defensively. Maybe
:10:55. > :11:00.they were watching the light display! This one here is a massive
:11:01. > :11:05.chance for El Bakhtaoui. He was gutted at the end. The ball takes a
:11:06. > :11:12.slight bobble. He probably could have played it in. But for me,
:11:13. > :11:16.credit Craig Gordon. So fast off his line that he's forced into making a
:11:17. > :11:21.decision. It ends up being a bad decision. Tries to lift it and it
:11:22. > :11:25.went wrong. It could have brought Celtic a point, Dundee a point,
:11:26. > :11:26.sorry. Another three points for Celtic.
:11:27. > :11:28.Aberdeen one of the teams very much in the mix
:11:29. > :11:33.Derek McInnes took his side to face Ross County in Dingwall.
:11:34. > :12:05.Ross County looking to build on a five-match unbeaten run. Just one
:12:06. > :12:09.change. Quinn taking over from Jay. One change to the Aberdeen team
:12:10. > :12:13.which started but didn't finish against Motherwell on Tuesday.
:12:14. > :12:23.Tuesday. Burns is in the starting line-up.
:12:24. > :12:30.Fraser on the attack for County. Flicked on by Chow. Dingwall, two
:12:31. > :12:34.chances to open the scoring. Firstly foiled by the keeper, Lewis, and
:12:35. > :12:43.Shinnie was so quick to close him down. He had a tap in in front of
:12:44. > :12:49.him. Neat touch from Curran. Dingwall
:12:50. > :13:02.getting useful game time at the moment for County. Left by Boyce.
:13:03. > :13:08.Liam Boyce 1-0. Very nicely created by County. Aberdeen seemed to stand
:13:09. > :13:17.off them and let this all happen. The Dingwall team, Boyce with his
:13:18. > :13:24.10th goal of the season. McLean. Aberdeen in pursuit of an
:13:25. > :13:30.equaliser. Shinnie has plenty of room to create from Madison. The
:13:31. > :13:33.on-loan Norwich midfielder couldn't quite make up the ground.
:13:34. > :13:39.Frustration written all over the face of Shinnie and of the debate
:13:40. > :13:48.Dean manager, Derek McInnes, as well. Madison is on the move. A
:13:49. > :13:52.clumsy challenge by Chow. The former Wigan midfielder is booked for that.
:13:53. > :14:02.It is a set piece chance for Aberdeen. And a very inviting
:14:03. > :14:12.position. It's Maclean. Well struck by the
:14:13. > :14:26.Aberdeen midfielder. That is terrific goalkeeping. Here's Fraser.
:14:27. > :14:35.And Routis. Dingwall looks to set something up for Curran. Great save
:14:36. > :14:39.Lewis. A glancing header from Dingwall's cross and those are super
:14:40. > :14:47.sharp reflectses from the goalkeeper. Reflectses from the
:14:48. > :14:57.goalkeeper. Jack leaves it for Maclean. Quick control from Johnny
:14:58. > :15:05.Hayes. Logan thinks about the cross, left by Rooney, and now McGinn. 1-1.
:15:06. > :15:12.Aberdeen back on level terms and a good deal of relief among the
:15:13. > :15:23.visiting support that their team have levelled things up.
:15:24. > :15:32.One ball from Routis and Schalk on the move. Schalk against
:15:33. > :15:38.Considine... It's Schalk! And it's another good save by Lewis. Hit the
:15:39. > :15:46.ball with the power by the Dutchman. Saved by the right hand of the
:15:47. > :15:50.goalkeeper. That's neat from Hayes and that's dangerous from van der
:15:51. > :15:58.Weg. This Aberdeen players did not like that at all. Nor did the
:15:59. > :16:04.referee, Craig Thompson. Than der wing red carded. Van der Weg red
:16:05. > :16:18.carded. Ross County will play the final 8 minutes plus stoppage time
:16:19. > :16:27.with 10 men. That's Boyce. Jonathan Franks, headed clear by Hayes. Back
:16:28. > :16:33.in from Franks. Knocks it down and Dow scores! In the 88th minute.
:16:34. > :16:37.Dingwall and 10 man Ross County are in front. Look at the scenes in the
:16:38. > :16:44.technical area. It's a looping header from Dow. You do wonder how
:16:45. > :16:55.that found its way in. Andy Considine on the goal line seemed
:16:56. > :17:01.frozen to the spot. 2-1 Ross County. From Anthony O'Conn over. Headed by
:17:02. > :17:08.Rooney and away by Davis. McGinn and it's Considine! Straight at the
:17:09. > :17:15.goalkeeper. This has to go down as a disappointing day in Dingwall for
:17:16. > :17:22.the Dons One set play to defend, with 10 men. Four or five
:17:23. > :17:26.opportunities to deal with it. None more so than at the end. We feel
:17:27. > :17:31.mugged off, disappointed that we didn't take something from the game.
:17:32. > :17:35.It was a game we did in terms of territory and boxes enough to game
:17:36. > :17:42.all three points. Credit the lads, we dug in and showed that desire to
:17:43. > :17:46.get forward and get a winner. We made a positive substitution in
:17:47. > :17:50.bringing Schalk on rather than another midfielder and taking the
:17:51. > :17:58.point. We took the gamble and it's paid off. It hasn't been the best of
:17:59. > :18:02.weeks for Aberdeen. 0-0 against St Johnstone last weekend and a
:18:03. > :18:07.floodlight failure midweek. You feel there are issues defensively? They
:18:08. > :18:13.are not in great form. One clean sheet in nine games. A changeable
:18:14. > :18:20.back four for me. Excellent from Liam Boyce. A great dummy. The
:18:21. > :18:25.Aberdeen defend rehearse sleeping. It goes past Logan and O'Connor, who
:18:26. > :18:30.jumps out of the way, and the goalkeeper. Somebody's got to clear
:18:31. > :18:34.that. It is a square ball across the box. Box. Here they've got two
:18:35. > :18:41.opportunities. The ball is on the left foot. They don't clear. When
:18:42. > :18:47.it's recycled back out to Franks, in the wide area, this is cometical
:18:48. > :18:52.defending. Weak there and here, if you are Andrew Considine, you have
:18:53. > :18:57.to clear it. When you see from this angle, there's a lack of
:18:58. > :19:03.communication between Considine and Maclean. He hesitates. You have to
:19:04. > :19:08.ask what he does after that. Is there too much chopping and changing
:19:09. > :19:12.in terms of team selection for Aberdeen? Reynolds plays some weeks.
:19:13. > :19:17.Taylor as well. They don't seem to have a settled back four. The one
:19:18. > :19:21.you would say is Joe Lewises is the one that's consistent throughout the
:19:22. > :19:26.season. He's been a wonderful signing for them. He was busy
:19:27. > :19:33.yesterday as well. He certainly was. You look at these saves. They were
:19:34. > :19:38.talking about feeling mugged off, I think he said. Looking at the
:19:39. > :19:45.chances in the game, it looks as if Joe Lewis kept them in the game for
:19:46. > :19:50.long parts. I agree there's been a lot of chopping and changing with
:19:51. > :19:54.the team as a whole. Lewis has stayed on the side. They needed to
:19:55. > :19:57.get a good signing in goals and they've certainly picked them up
:19:58. > :20:02.there. That's a fantastic one from Schalk. It kept them in the game to
:20:03. > :20:08.a great extent. He's done that through a number of games throughout
:20:09. > :20:15.the season. We are focusing on Aberdeen, but huge credit to Ross
:20:16. > :20:19.County. A massive result. People like Liam Boyce, top scorer in the
:20:20. > :20:23.league. This is invaluable to them. The they've got a home game against
:20:24. > :20:26.Partick next week which they fancy to win. They are in the top half of
:20:27. > :20:27.the table. It would be a first
:20:28. > :20:29.home match in charge for new Hearts head
:20:30. > :20:31.coach Ian Cathro. Partick Thistle the
:20:32. > :20:33.visitors at Tynecastle. The last four games between these
:20:34. > :20:36.sides had all ended in Hearts wins. Cathro's first home game. Two
:20:37. > :21:21.changes. Liam Paterson. Scored when the sides met
:21:22. > :21:26.back in August. Paterson, always looking to come forward. Smith on
:21:27. > :21:39.his outside. Smith. Went to ground. Didn't get enough of the ball. Liam
:21:40. > :21:52.Smith... 1-0 Hearts. A great little cross in. Smith regathered, looked
:21:53. > :21:56.up and it was perfect. The power was on the cross and tacked it in.
:21:57. > :22:04.Paterson, wasn't much of a challenge. Paterson coming back.
:22:05. > :22:09.Takes the deflection. Shout for handball from one or two of the
:22:10. > :22:16.Thistle players. Slightly half hearted. Paterson blocked the ball.
:22:17. > :22:26.It came off his side. Paterson. Walker, tries to move away
:22:27. > :22:36.from Osman. Wait for it, brings it down.
:22:37. > :23:04.It comes off the crossbar. Paterson was in there too. His jersey held.
:23:05. > :23:08.Rossi was up. Up. Booth. Edwards. Paterson stayed off him. The cross
:23:09. > :23:18.comes in. The header. Two minutes into the second half and the lad the
:23:19. > :23:24.former player, Partick Thistle level. A lovely ball and the header
:23:25. > :23:36.was enough to beat Hamilton. We're gets this level. Welch gets this
:23:37. > :23:52.level. He's on his outside. Azeez, off the edge. Two bowls at 221. Two
:23:53. > :24:01.balls at 21. Partick Thistle look the hungrier. Edwards away from
:24:02. > :24:08.Kitchen. All seven meetings of these sides, Thistle are looking likely to
:24:09. > :24:18.get one here at the moment. Booth attacking once more. Into the middle
:24:19. > :24:34.it goes. Comes back to Booth. Erskine. Ball played behind by
:24:35. > :24:42.Souttar. He is loving being at Tynecastle this afternoon. Hearts do
:24:43. > :24:52.just enough. Booth comes back to him. He's turned into such an
:24:53. > :24:57.attacking presence. To Erskine. Partick Thistle, it's the hand of
:24:58. > :25:09.Hamilton that denies Thistle this time. Good effort from Erskine. Sean
:25:10. > :25:21.Welsh delivers, Lindsey with the header. Inches away there.
:25:22. > :25:30.Thistle will be delighted with the way they've played. Hamilton with
:25:31. > :25:35.the safe boot. Needed composure. Paterson is complaining. Looked
:25:36. > :25:41.onside all the way. Played through by Erskine. Denied by Hamilton. I
:25:42. > :25:45.thought we were dominant in the second half. A disappointing first
:25:46. > :25:50.half. Then we were on the front foot. A number of good chances.
:25:51. > :25:57.Enough to win two games. It is hard to do that at Tynecastle. We did
:25:58. > :26:01.that today. We had some good periods of possession and the opponents'
:26:02. > :26:06.half, we stayed there a little bit. There were some good performances.
:26:07. > :26:14.In the second half we didn't have control. It became a game of mayhem.
:26:15. > :26:20.When you heard the jeers at the end, did you ask the fans for patience?
:26:21. > :26:28.Look, at the end of that we all feel the same thing. We all feel the same
:26:29. > :26:32.thing. Voicing that is completely normal, because we all feel the same
:26:33. > :26:39.thing, but what we've got to do is stay together and support each
:26:40. > :26:42.other. Certainly plenty of voices of disapproval from the home support at
:26:43. > :26:49.the end of that match. A difficult home debut for the new Hearts head
:26:50. > :26:54.coach Cathro? I felt in his interview it was awkward. I heard
:26:55. > :27:01.the interview coming in on the radio yesterday and I felt it was awkward.
:27:02. > :27:09.He looked downbeat to me. On camera it didn't look great, it was a 1-1
:27:10. > :27:13.draw, not a great result but it wasn't Domesday stuff. Partick
:27:14. > :27:18.Thistle set out on the front foot. Look at the pressure they are
:27:19. > :27:21.putting Hearts under. Not allowing them any space. They've got to
:27:22. > :27:27.recognise when you've got time and space you've got do play the ball
:27:28. > :27:31.forward and see the space, break the line. Forward passes. That's what
:27:32. > :27:33.you've got to do as a midfielder. That's the responsibility you've
:27:34. > :27:39.got. Shirking your responsibility and passing it back the way, which
:27:40. > :27:44.allows Partick Thistle to continue that press on you. Hamilton plays a
:27:45. > :27:48.lottery ball, 50-50, it is difficult. It continues that press.
:27:49. > :27:51.Horrible bits of play. Time and space. There is the ball. Play
:27:52. > :27:57.forward. Instead of playing the simple ball back to the back line.
:27:58. > :28:01.Time and space. There is no direct lay into the feet. Play the ball
:28:02. > :28:11.into the corner. Stretch the game. They are playing into Partick
:28:12. > :28:18.Thistle's hands. Johnson makes something out of it. Cowie gets up
:28:19. > :28:22.on the second ball. They turn the opposition, Partick have to go back.
:28:23. > :28:27.You want the midfielders controlling possession. It allows you to build
:28:28. > :28:36.the game. Smith picks the ball up and you can start to puncture the
:28:37. > :28:41.side and penetrate. Partick have to scatter and get clear of the lines
:28:42. > :28:46.that. To me was the breakdown of the game. Cathro spoke about the game
:28:47. > :28:51.being mayhem and broken. The reason it was broken was Hearts didn't seem
:28:52. > :28:56.to have a structure or idea how to break that press from Partick
:28:57. > :29:00.Thistle. And they deserve credit? Of course they do. People spoke about
:29:01. > :29:07.the first half being good for Hearts. Hearts. In the second half,
:29:08. > :29:12.this wonderful finish. These are the things which catch people's eyes.
:29:13. > :29:17.Similar to the first half, breaking them council, winning the goal.
:29:18. > :29:21.Great save from Hamilton. Similar to that first half. A bowl into the box
:29:22. > :29:24.this time. This comes out and Booth has a wonderful strike that comes
:29:25. > :29:28.off the crossbar that. To me was the difference. These are the things
:29:29. > :29:34.that catch peoploes eye. Erskine with a great drop of the shoulder
:29:35. > :29:37.and a save from Hamilton as well. Partick every week when I watched
:29:38. > :29:41.themed have three or four opportunities a game to win it and
:29:42. > :29:45.they end up drawing or losing it. They have to are take the
:29:46. > :29:51.opportunities or remain at the bottom of the table.
:29:52. > :29:58.What we learn from this weekend and is there a feeling there could be a
:29:59. > :30:00.rush to judgment because he has come into the management game
:30:01. > :30:04.differently? To ignore that fact will be to ignore reality. He will
:30:05. > :30:08.be under scrutiny. What I'm talking about is the basics that you learn
:30:09. > :30:11.as a 12-year-olds, to stretch the game and turn the opposition. It is
:30:12. > :30:16.just a case of getting the message out there. It looked like Hearts did
:30:17. > :30:18.not have a clear plan of what they were trying to do.
:30:19. > :30:20.Rangers were able to travel to Hamilton Academical on Friday
:30:21. > :30:23.night with a spring in their step after victories
:30:24. > :30:26.Accies off the back of a midweek 1-0 defeat at Celtic Park.
:30:27. > :30:39.Martin Canning drops big from the team that lost that Celtic Park.
:30:40. > :30:44.With Devlin returning to the side. Scott McMann keeps his place. Martyn
:30:45. > :30:51.Waghorn makes a surprise return to the Rangers side. That is the only
:30:52. > :31:00.alteration from the team that beat hearts last weekend. Lee Wallace
:31:01. > :31:04.with the throw. That has caused more problems for Gary Woods then it
:31:05. > :31:11.should have done. The Accies keeper misjudged this. He dropped back into
:31:12. > :31:19.play off the bar. Mark Warburton, desperate to build on the home
:31:20. > :31:24.victories over Aberdeen and hearts. Their first away game since they
:31:25. > :31:37.lost the Tynecastle. Good play by Doherty. The Rangers man dodges
:31:38. > :31:52.bullet. Doherty in for a spectacular, powerful finish. Accies
:31:53. > :32:02.have not beaten Rangers 478 years. The last win was that famous cup
:32:03. > :32:10.win. Waghorn! Very clever! A brilliant finish by Martyn Waghorn.
:32:11. > :32:16.It is unorthodox but it is perfect. And it is 1-0 Rangers before the
:32:17. > :32:22.break. The goal drought is over for Waghorn, his first since September.
:32:23. > :32:35.Just his second in the league. And they have both come against
:32:36. > :32:36.Hamilton. Accies did not lay a glove on Rangers in the first-half. Up
:32:37. > :32:56.against it here. It is Waghorn. Scuffed that time. Martin Canning
:32:57. > :33:02.wanting more from this team. Barry Nikkei takes it through. That is
:33:03. > :33:08.Wallace. Waghorn is in again! What is it they say about London buses?
:33:09. > :33:22.Martyn Waghorn doubles Rangers' advantage. Very tight. That is what
:33:23. > :33:29.Waghorn was doing all last season. Well and truly back now. Accies of
:33:30. > :33:37.not won a match since they beat Aberdeen. That is about as good as
:33:38. > :33:46.it has got. Another effort goes wide. Hamilton, yet to get a shot on
:33:47. > :33:55.target. You can see the frustration. Rangers looking for a killer goal
:33:56. > :34:01.and this is Tavernier. He had options. Tavernier was the best of
:34:02. > :34:09.them. Is there a way back in for the Accies. A lovely touch from Waghorn.
:34:10. > :34:14.He looks like a new signing for Rangers, the way he is playing. He
:34:15. > :34:19.burst back onto the scene tonight. And there is Garner. Not 1 million
:34:20. > :34:33.miles away. Close to putting this game to bed. If it is not already.
:34:34. > :34:41.A forlorn figure at Celtic Park on Tuesday, Bingham. The cross for
:34:42. > :34:48.Imrie. It was not far away. That would have come from absolutely
:34:49. > :34:59.nowhere. Hamilton have not been at it. Halliday has got himself in
:35:00. > :35:05.trouble. Imrie is there. It is to live -- it is 2-1! Game on in
:35:06. > :35:12.Lanarkshire. But how or why is anyone's yes. Sloppy from Rangers.
:35:13. > :35:24.The architects of their own downfall here. Imrie makes it 2-1. Crawford
:35:25. > :35:31.has been on the periphery of things. The header flashes past. It will be
:35:32. > :35:43.sensational Hamilton take something out of this game. Tavernier, it is
:35:44. > :35:52.James Tavernier! That sums up his evening. A couple of chances. He has
:35:53. > :35:57.not taken them. Rangers can still not finish this off. The one thing I
:35:58. > :36:01.get from the players is commitment and they will always work as hard as
:36:02. > :36:06.they can put everything into the game. They have that again tonight
:36:07. > :36:09.and they will continue to do that, and we will make sure we work as
:36:10. > :36:14.hard as we can and fight as hard as we can. Martyn Waghorn got the
:36:15. > :36:19.headlines. That is for sure. Three points for Rangers but Mark
:36:20. > :36:23.Warburton, he has got a lot of stick over the last month or so. He
:36:24. > :36:27.deserves a fair bit of credit for the last few weeks. Absolutely.
:36:28. > :36:31.Rangers have produced a level of consistency that is expected of
:36:32. > :36:34.them. He has made tactical changes and to personnel. It was one of
:36:35. > :36:37.those changes that made all the difference. Waghorn was outstanding,
:36:38. > :36:42.Man of the Match for Rangers on Friday night. You can see here is
:36:43. > :36:47.involved in his first goal in a linkup play. He makes his way into
:36:48. > :36:50.the box, and it is a clever run, finding space. That is an
:36:51. > :36:53.outstanding header. After that moment he grew in confidence
:36:54. > :36:56.throughout the match. He had five or six efforts on goal and here it
:36:57. > :37:00.looked like it might have been offside but it was not. A composed
:37:01. > :37:05.finish will starve it was not just the goals, it was his overall play.
:37:06. > :37:12.You can see it is a counterattack, with pace and directness and power.
:37:13. > :37:16.When he plays this to Tavernier, I thought he left it too long. It
:37:17. > :37:23.should have been Rangers' third. This was Matic of how confident he
:37:24. > :37:29.was. He has four men on him and he takes a step inside, making a decent
:37:30. > :37:35.pass to Garner, who is unlucky. That will be a good side for Mark
:37:36. > :37:38.Warburton, seeing him doing so well. His lack of goals this season have
:37:39. > :37:41.been one of the reasons why Rangers have struggled to break down the
:37:42. > :37:46.opposition. James Tavernier to follow suit, I suppose. Liam McLeod
:37:47. > :37:51.picked the perfect word for Halliday's situation. A bit more to
:37:52. > :37:56.it? It was not just Halliday at fault. There were many things wrong
:37:57. > :38:02.with the goal they conceded. Here you can see the back four are very
:38:03. > :38:06.disjointed. Imrie played up front at 8352, and he should have made this
:38:07. > :38:09.simple. Harry Forrester, when he gets the ball, he is looking for a
:38:10. > :38:15.pass and he is under pressure. Just put it up the line if you are not
:38:16. > :38:19.sure. Halliday comes in to show for it, but he takes a touch back into
:38:20. > :38:23.whether a struggle. They should have given him options, but they didn't.
:38:24. > :38:27.When Halliday is forced into his corner, he slips on the ball, and
:38:28. > :38:34.when it comes to Imrie, he is unmarked. There are other reasons
:38:35. > :38:38.that Imrie was unmarked. Look at the centre halves, when Halliday drifts.
:38:39. > :38:44.Nobody is aware. I cannot believe that two centre halves are oblivious
:38:45. > :38:47.to that, too late, to the picking up of Imrie. You talk about Rangers a
:38:48. > :38:53.lot, the centre halves. When they are in possession, they are open to
:38:54. > :38:55.counterattacks. When they are in possession five yards from the
:38:56. > :39:02.goal-line, they are still not aware. You have to be aware of the game.
:39:03. > :39:05.Imrie was unmarked for 12 seconds. When the ball goes to Halliday, he
:39:06. > :39:08.asked to open up his body rather than going back into the closed
:39:09. > :39:09.area. That was what led to that trouble.
:39:10. > :39:11.Motherwell's midweek match at Aberdeen lasted just
:39:12. > :39:12.eight minutes before the floodlights failed.
:39:13. > :39:15.Hopefully no more technical problems for the match at St Johnstone.
:39:16. > :39:31.With Stephen Anderson missing through illness, Scobbie returns to
:39:32. > :39:35.the St Johnstone defence. Liam Craig is out through injury. Motherwell
:39:36. > :39:39.may have only played six minutes on Tuesday but it is Mark McGhee's
:39:40. > :39:51.prerogative to change as line-up. Only one. Jack Macmillan in for Ryan
:39:52. > :39:55.Bowman. Here is Richard Forster. He will be catching Craig Samson
:39:56. > :40:09.unaware. He seemed to swerve at the last moment. A little claim, coming
:40:10. > :40:22.off a hand they are, blocked and deflected wide. It came off
:40:23. > :40:29.Macmillan. That is a good delivery. Here is Richard Tait. In the middle,
:40:30. > :40:36.he doesn't need it! What a howler from Zander Clark. Tait takes the
:40:37. > :40:45.acclaim of the Motherwell players, but this is a huge goalkeeping
:40:46. > :40:51.error. How he contrived to knock that into his own net, only Zander
:40:52. > :40:57.Clark knows. Good stuff from Mark McGhee's side. The last match of his
:40:58. > :41:09.touchline ban being served. Here is Scobbie. And it goes away. Scobbie
:41:10. > :41:20.showing he is a threat in the year. -- in the air. Chris Millar. And
:41:21. > :41:25.there is Maclean. So called to an equaliser for the home team. And it
:41:26. > :41:29.is Craig Samson, producing outstanding save. An excellent
:41:30. > :41:47.header. Samson, happy to grab that at the
:41:48. > :41:51.second attempt. He did well to get down and make the save. Just for a
:41:52. > :42:04.second it was almost slipping from his grasp.
:42:05. > :42:13.Wotherspoon rocked. A claim that a hand was used. Not too much of
:42:14. > :42:24.claim. It came off the back of the arm of Shaughnessy. Only Moult was
:42:25. > :42:30.doing the complaining. Maclean with the header. And now it is Kane! And
:42:31. > :42:37.Saints are level! It was a touch of good fortune. The save from Samson
:42:38. > :42:44.rebounded off came to find its way into the net. And looking at that,
:42:45. > :42:56.it may have actually come off the arm of Kane to directed over the
:42:57. > :42:57.line. Wotherspoon, a neat turn. That was a miscued clearance from Ben
:42:58. > :43:15.Hennigan. He has got away with that. Davidson again. A good spell for St
:43:16. > :43:20.Johnstone. Trying to link with Kane. It is almost then! Craig Samson
:43:21. > :43:32.coming to the rescue of Motherwell once more. Good, positive play from
:43:33. > :43:43.Austin, linking well, getting the 1-2 from cane. He did not pick his
:43:44. > :43:51.spot. The keeper was there. Scott McDonald, he has another chance. But
:43:52. > :43:55.he is offside, and any case. He has gone too early and that pass was
:43:56. > :44:05.played by McDonald. He could not hit the target. Motherwell have not won
:44:06. > :44:15.here in their last six visits. St Johnstone. And you can't trouble
:44:16. > :44:21.Samson with that effort. A good bit of footwork from Wotherspoon. But it
:44:22. > :44:27.didn't have the end product. I always think when you go one down it
:44:28. > :44:31.is difficult at the back, and it is pleasing when you have the character
:44:32. > :44:34.to get back in the game. On another day, we could've got another goal
:44:35. > :44:38.but the performance was excellent and we recovered well. There was a
:44:39. > :44:43.little bit of luck in our goal and I could not really see what the keeper
:44:44. > :44:48.did. I think one of the defenders deflected, but I am not sure. The
:44:49. > :44:55.equaliser ricocheted, but it was a bit of hesitancy in our back four at
:44:56. > :44:59.that stage. That was disappointing, but sitting watching the second
:45:00. > :45:02.half, I felt that there was a goal coming and I did not think it was
:45:03. > :45:07.going to be for us. The usual patter is that Motherwell and St Johnstone
:45:08. > :45:11.come from behind to win the match. Not quite the case yesterday but
:45:12. > :45:15.there is a lot of excitement in certain quarters about this penalty
:45:16. > :45:20.claim. You are not buying it. I don't think so. I think the hands
:45:21. > :45:25.are up in the air, but there has got to be an element of it being
:45:26. > :45:29.deliberate. Shaughnessy is jumping. He doesn't know that the player is
:45:30. > :45:33.behind him here. He cannot see that. And it doesn't hit his hand there,
:45:34. > :45:38.it barely brushes his shoulder area when he goes towards Zander Clark.
:45:39. > :45:41.For me, that is not a penalty. His hands are up for leveraging and he
:45:42. > :45:45.does not have a clue where the bollards. There needs to be a
:45:46. > :45:48.deliberate element. Some strange goals, one of the most horrendous
:45:49. > :45:54.own goals I have seen for a long while. We concur. It is not a great
:45:55. > :45:58.one for Zander Clark. I'm sure he will be grimacing when he sees this.
:45:59. > :46:08.No pressure either, the ball was going nowhere. This one was equally
:46:09. > :46:12.strange. Craig Samson had a brilliant game for Motherwell, three
:46:13. > :46:17.or four fantastic saves, and this is great, ricocheting back. It was so
:46:18. > :46:22.unlucky for Motherwell and Samson. It came off his hands. But he
:46:23. > :46:26.doesn't know anything about that. That comes back to the deliberate
:46:27. > :46:32.thing. It is unfortunate for Motherwell that happened, but you
:46:33. > :46:36.cannot claim it is deliberate. Kane is just challenging the goalkeeper.
:46:37. > :46:39.It is a difficult one to take but you cannot give that.
:46:40. > :46:41.Kilmarnock were in search of their first back-to-back wins
:46:42. > :46:45.Could they follow up their victory with another win, this
:46:46. > :47:02.Kilmarnock give a first start to their 18-year-old defender, Ian
:47:03. > :47:06.Wilson, as their injury problems worsen. Scott Boyd dropping out of
:47:07. > :47:10.the side because of injury. Lee Clark otherwise sticks with the same
:47:11. > :47:14.team. Caley Thistle make one change from the team that drew with Accies,
:47:15. > :47:23.with Gary Warren returning from suspension to replace Moll Rainey in
:47:24. > :47:30.the starting line-up. -- to replace Mulraney. Jamie MacDonald, for the
:47:31. > :47:38.first time in the match, made to work by Caley Thistle. A comfortable
:47:39. > :47:43.take for the keeper. Kilmarnock out of the corner kick. Can they make
:47:44. > :47:47.the breakthrough? It is a deep one, is there a hand in there? A huge
:47:48. > :47:53.claim for a penalty from Kilmarnock there. Nick Walshe, he had a
:47:54. > :47:59.decision to make as Boyle headed back in. Just flicked on. You can
:48:00. > :48:11.say that there is no intent there from Brad Mackay. Looking for Jones,
:48:12. > :48:22.holding up first time around, and again another claim against a Brad
:48:23. > :48:25.Mackay. That is another one for Nick Walshe to judge. This time, the
:48:26. > :48:32.armies out and Nick Walshe is looking straight at that. I can only
:48:33. > :48:36.imagine that he has decided that is unintentional. It clearly strikes
:48:37. > :48:45.the arm of Brad Mackay. He could not get in. That is a good ball. Can he
:48:46. > :48:53.get there before the keeper? It is over the goalkeeper. That is
:48:54. > :48:59.outstanding defending from Josh Meekings. Wotton under believable --
:49:00. > :49:02.what an unbelievable piece of defending to deny a first goal.
:49:03. > :49:11.Tyson could almost have done no more. That is just tremendous
:49:12. > :49:17.defending. And it was Billy King, Caley Thistle's final substitute.
:49:18. > :49:22.Draper does well to keep possession. That is a lovely ball. And there is
:49:23. > :49:34.fish with the finish, but he drags his shot wide. How is this for a
:49:35. > :49:46.pass? Inch perfect. But the finish, not so perfect. Caley Thistle pass
:49:47. > :49:51.up a good opportunity. Stevie Smith. It goes to Coulibaly. I think he
:49:52. > :49:58.might have handled it. That would be controversial. If they get a goal
:49:59. > :50:07.there. And he has! And Coulibaly, with the acrobatic celebration. His
:50:08. > :50:13.11 Kilmarnock goal. They looked to be a hint of handball, and you can
:50:14. > :50:20.see the right hand of Coulibaly get the ball in his possession. No major
:50:21. > :50:23.complaints from the Inverness Caley Thistle players, but Coulibaly,
:50:24. > :50:32.after he got that break, he still had it all to do, and boy did he do
:50:33. > :50:52.it wonderfully well. And there was Boyle. It came off a Kilmarnock arm.
:50:53. > :50:59.Draper on to the head of Gary Warren. And Inverness Caley Thistle
:51:00. > :51:05.are level. Look at the room that Gary Warren had here. No challenge
:51:06. > :51:12.from Coulibaly or Boyle, closest to him. Yards of space. Jamie MacDonald
:51:13. > :51:16.could not reach it. Caley Thistle could well have ground to a precious
:51:17. > :51:25.point in this battle to avoid a relegation scrap. We deserved to win
:51:26. > :51:29.the game. Totally dominant in the first half. Granted Inverness came
:51:30. > :51:37.back for little spells, and Jamie has not had a lot to do. We scored
:51:38. > :51:48.it horrific goal from Coulibaly, and good defending cost us three points.
:51:49. > :51:54.A good win at home also. I thought would the better side and we traded
:51:55. > :51:57.chances. If you look at their goal, it was a blatant handball to control
:51:58. > :52:02.the ball. So we did not get the decision and it should have been
:52:03. > :52:06.straight into the top corner. It was a fantastic finish to put a score
:52:07. > :52:10.up. At least we're not getting opened up. We are looking more solid
:52:11. > :52:18.than the last couple of games, which I plead with. Coulibaly once again,
:52:19. > :52:23.fittingly. Yesterday it was handball central but what does a handball
:52:24. > :52:30.need to be in football? Deliberate. Yes. Brad Mackay. The first penalty
:52:31. > :52:33.is not even debatable. His hands are down by his side and he is probably
:52:34. > :52:37.less than a yard from the ball when it hits him. It is not a penalty, no
:52:38. > :52:40.chance. There are so many bodies in the way it is difficult for the
:52:41. > :52:49.referee. His back is almost turned to it. Innocent. 100%. And it is
:52:50. > :52:53.right next to his hip. That is not a penalty. You would get a lot more
:52:54. > :53:00.referees that would potentially give that one, but it is not deliberate.
:53:01. > :53:04.His other hand is up in an unnatural position. He does not know where his
:53:05. > :53:12.left arm is. For me, it is not deliberate. The first one is a
:53:13. > :53:16.nonissue obliquely. It is such a subjective thing. Everybody has a
:53:17. > :53:20.different view. You cannot read their minds. I can tell you what is
:53:21. > :53:28.deliberate, Coulibaly's is deliberate. 100%. This is the one of
:53:29. > :53:31.the three, obviously. And you can tell why the manager is
:53:32. > :53:36.disappointed. It is hard to say but after the handball from Coulibaly,
:53:37. > :53:40.it is piece of technical and individual brilliance. But you can
:53:41. > :53:46.see Gary Warren losing the plot because Coulibaly almost palms it
:53:47. > :53:49.down into his path. The referee is undecided. He cannot possibly see
:53:50. > :53:53.it. Tremendous skill from Coulibaly, for his 11th of the season, but it
:53:54. > :54:00.should not have stayed because this angle proves that he brings it down
:54:01. > :54:07.almost with his rest. A slight deflection from Warren's me. If
:54:08. > :54:11.there is, it is minimal. It is very difficult for the referee with
:54:12. > :54:15.handballs. Polwarth's body was between him and the hand and a
:54:16. > :54:21.referee. He just cannot see it. It was tough for Inverness to take but
:54:22. > :54:25.it is a wonderful bit of skill. You almost admire Coulibaly for being so
:54:26. > :54:30.single-minded to just get on with it? He wasn't bothered. He is not
:54:31. > :54:33.caring. He is there to score goals, and it is just as well the
:54:34. > :54:37.Kilmarnock as a player like him because the game was mundane up
:54:38. > :54:45.until that point. He has the spark to do something outrageous as we
:54:46. > :54:53.have seen in numerous occasions. How do you pronounce his name down your
:54:54. > :54:58.Way? I think you do not pronounce the middle L. Thank you both very
:54:59. > :54:59.much indeed. And all of that leaves the Ladbrokes
:55:00. > :55:02.Premiership looking like this. Celtic 11 points clear at the top
:55:03. > :55:08.with two games in hand. Rangers in second, seven
:55:09. > :55:10.points clear of Aberdeen. Ross County move into the top six
:55:11. > :55:13.after their victory over the Dons. Partick Thistle remain bottom
:55:14. > :55:22.for now on 15 points. And that's it for the last
:55:23. > :55:25.Sportscene before Christmas. We hope Santa is
:55:26. > :55:28.extremely nice to you.