:00:10. > :00:17.Right out of the top drawer. Outstanding! An absolute beauty.
:00:18. > :00:35.Yes! It's unbelievable, unbelievable.
:00:36. > :00:38.What a finish, right here, right now, this is history.
:00:39. > :00:43.Tonight, hot off the press, the two matches played this afternoon
:00:44. > :00:47.Plus we'll bring you the four games from yesterday as well.
:00:48. > :00:51.With us in the studio Steven Thompson and Michael Stewart.
:00:52. > :00:54.Rangers still without a permanent man in charge.
:00:55. > :00:57.Caretaker Graeme Murty again in the dugout
:00:58. > :01:00.following the departure of Mark Warburton.
:01:01. > :01:01.Could Paul Hartley's Dundee take advantage?
:01:02. > :01:22.Three changes to the Dundee team which drew with Kilmarnock.
:01:23. > :01:37.The caretaker manager of Rangers, Graeme Murty, is without Lee
:01:38. > :01:42.Wallace. 9000 inside dens Park. Dundee haven't had a home win
:01:43. > :01:50.against Rangers for 25 years. Good start! Great ball in from Mark
:01:51. > :01:59.O'Hara. Dundee could have been ahead inside 15 seconds.
:02:00. > :02:18.Martin White corn with the deflected shot from the acute angle. First
:02:19. > :02:36.serious effort on goal from Rangers. Kevin Holt, linking with Henrik
:02:37. > :02:46.Ojamaa. Henrik yammer's cutback, Dundee in front! After 13 minutes.
:02:47. > :02:54.The run from midfield of Mark O'Hara was not tracked by Rangers and he
:02:55. > :03:05.scores off the inside of the post. Dundee 1-0 Rangers.
:03:06. > :03:12.Free header for Joe Garner. Pretty bad attempt, you would have to say.
:03:13. > :03:28.Bouncing harmlessly wide. The energetic or -- Mark O'Hara is
:03:29. > :03:31.on the end of it. He was clipped by Danny Wilson and it's going to be a
:03:32. > :03:35.free kick in a pretty promising area for Dundee.
:03:36. > :03:49.Kevin Holt! It has gone all the way! Dundee have a 2-goal lead. Kevin
:03:50. > :03:53.Holt strikes four minutes from half-time. He just put this in a
:03:54. > :03:57.good area. There was no touch. Wes Foderingham looked as though he was
:03:58. > :04:02.expecting a touch and by the time he got to the ball he couldn't keep it
:04:03. > :04:07.out. Jumping for joy again, Paul Hartley.
:04:08. > :04:22.Tipped over. Save you would expect the keeper to make.
:04:23. > :04:33.Andy Halliday will, way off target with the follow-up. What a good
:04:34. > :04:34.block this was from Kevin Holt. Joe Garner looked to apply the finishing
:04:35. > :04:53.touch. Joe Garner, it is opening up and
:04:54. > :04:58.he's got a goal back. Really good strike from Joe Garner! And the
:04:59. > :05:06.celebration tells you he has not scored for four months but this has
:05:07. > :05:10.Rangers back in the game. It looked as though Scott Bain was unsighted,
:05:11. > :05:17.and the ball was certainly wobbling in flight.
:05:18. > :05:23.Kenny Miller, again deflected off James Vincent. That could have gone
:05:24. > :05:31.anywhere. Thankfully for Dundee it spun off the outside of the post.
:05:32. > :05:40.There is Mark O'Hara! Though he goes down, no prospect of Craig Samson
:05:41. > :05:55.giving a penalty here. Good movement. Lofted in for Joe
:05:56. > :06:01.Garner. Pretty atrocious attempt at levelling things up with that
:06:02. > :06:06.chance. Struck that with no conviction whatsoever.
:06:07. > :06:21.So frustrated, he was standing on his head, Graeme Murty. Here come
:06:22. > :06:26.Dundee again. Deflection! This was terrific goalkeeping from Wes
:06:27. > :06:35.Foderingham because this would have certainly tied things up for Dundee.
:06:36. > :06:45.Looking to soak up lame right at the end of the match. Losers out. James
:06:46. > :06:51.Vincent! Struck it well. Wes Foderingham on the end of it.
:06:52. > :06:59.Dundee, seconds away from a big win. I'm really pleased for the players.
:07:00. > :07:13.The plan we had worked on, we changed the shape a little bit. Our
:07:14. > :07:20.goal was to put pressure on Rangers. The workrate was incredible. Yes,
:07:21. > :07:28.and that desire to keep running and put Rangers under pressure. It is
:07:29. > :07:33.relief when you hear that final whistle. You see the reaction from
:07:34. > :07:39.the fans and the players. Hopefully we will stay in the top six. A great
:07:40. > :07:45.day for Mark O'Hara, Paul Hartley, and Dundee. The Rangers defending
:07:46. > :07:52.could have been better but great goals from Dundee. They were
:07:53. > :08:03.excellent. This is a great goal from Dundee. Not so good from Rangers. It
:08:04. > :08:11.is composed finish. Rangers ran 50 yards without anybody going near
:08:12. > :08:15.him. Edge of the box, ends up on the penalty spot. Nascent straight into
:08:16. > :08:23.the corner. He's got to defend him better. For me, the goalkeeper does
:08:24. > :08:30.not get enough of a hand on it. He is late to react but he's got to do
:08:31. > :08:35.better. You see this, it is a weak rest. He's got to get a strong hand
:08:36. > :08:42.on that. It's difficult because the wall is deep. You see that, he's got
:08:43. > :08:53.to get a stronger hand on that. Two soft goals. Let's undermine what a
:08:54. > :09:00.good result this was. They've not had a good record in recent years.
:09:01. > :09:18.It was a huge performance full of character and desire. Graeme Murty,
:09:19. > :09:22.almost head over heels. Rangers improved in the second half. Dundee
:09:23. > :09:34.allowed him too much space to get his shot off. He overcommit as he
:09:35. > :09:41.comes back and I don't think the dip made a difference. He just took a
:09:42. > :09:46.drop the other way. This is a well worked corner. Kenny Miller, so
:09:47. > :09:51.often rescuing Rangers, could not quite do it at this opportunity.
:09:52. > :09:59.This is the best chance of the match. Forrester getting it all
:10:00. > :10:10.wrong. Even still, you expect to hit the target. What about this? I'm not
:10:11. > :10:21.sure what to make of that. Quite incredible. One of the quotes from
:10:22. > :10:32.Graeme Murty, I expect more than I got from them today. You are
:10:33. > :10:37.wondering, where is the midfield? It can happen but not with so much
:10:38. > :10:42.space. It is not clear whether midfielder. There is nobody within
:10:43. > :10:56.20 yards of him. Simply not good enough. They were in disarray.
:10:57. > :11:02.Graeme Murty saying, I will carry on until I'm told otherwise. Are you
:11:03. > :11:10.surprised Rangers have not sorted out the managerial situation or are
:11:11. > :11:14.they right to take their time? It will take as long as it takes. I
:11:15. > :11:20.don't think it has been too long. It is not as if it has been weeks or
:11:21. > :11:28.months. The fact we don't seem to be any further forward in terms of
:11:29. > :11:34.director of football, short-term manager, that is what I would be
:11:35. > :11:39.concerned about. They needed to get the decision right. If it takes a
:11:40. > :11:48.bit of time, fine. What is the direction? Will it be a director of
:11:49. > :11:53.football? Will it be a manager? I am not sure, not fussed either way. It
:11:54. > :12:07.is imperative that the manager is behind it. Earlier today, Lee
:12:08. > :12:13.McCulloch took part of -- took charge of Kilmarnock.
:12:14. > :12:20.New man in charge but minimal alterations to the side. Kris Boyd
:12:21. > :12:25.is chasing his 200th top-flight goal. Graeme Shinnie is left on the
:12:26. > :13:00.bench. He fancied it. Aberdeen were at
:13:01. > :13:03.their swashbuckling best midweek. They have won 12 in a row against
:13:04. > :13:10.Dalmarnock. One of their favourite fixtures. Ryan Christie scored the
:13:11. > :13:29.pick of the bunch against the steel men. That is lovely skill. Should
:13:30. > :13:33.have scored. It should be 1-0 Aberdeen. Still had to save it and
:13:34. > :14:00.did. Good ball in. He sets up so many
:14:01. > :14:11.chances. Kilmarnock are unbeaten in their last four.
:14:12. > :14:13.chances. Kilmarnock are unbeaten in their last four. This is
:14:14. > :14:25.McKenzie! 1-0 Kilmarnock. Aberdeen have seen more of the ball, they've
:14:26. > :14:39.had more chances, Germanic have not really threatened. They lead, four
:14:40. > :14:44.minutes from half-time. Aberdeen have not been at their best but they
:14:45. > :14:45.will feel aggrieved to be behind. Conor Salmon goes down and Andrew
:14:46. > :15:33.Dallas says no penalty. Kenny McLean! Good response by
:15:34. > :15:42.Aberdeen, bringing Graeme Shinnie on has made a difference. When he's in
:15:43. > :16:00.full flow, he's a joy to watch. He will need to change this chart,
:16:01. > :16:07.it has been ripped right in the middle.
:16:08. > :16:17.It was Sammon who was the Kilmarnock player.
:16:18. > :16:33.Jayden Stockley pounces! 1-1, seven minutes to go. Miles Addison was not
:16:34. > :16:40.long on the park. He held off Rooney and it is 1-1 in Ayrshire. Derek
:16:41. > :16:42.McInnes once the three points. They have just been snatched away from
:16:43. > :17:07.Lee McCulloch. What resilience by Aberdeen. They've
:17:08. > :17:24.turned nothing into three in the space of two minutes. Peter Pawlett
:17:25. > :17:27.might have won it for Aberdeen. One of the best performances of the
:17:28. > :17:42.season and they could finish this empty seat in -- empty-handed.
:17:43. > :17:59.It was always going to be difficult for us today but just a crazy first
:18:00. > :18:05.goal, lack of concentration, we've given away. We found a lot of late
:18:06. > :18:10.winners this season. Whether that is the impact of the subs or the
:18:11. > :18:20.determination, it is a good thing to have nonetheless. Fantastic victory
:18:21. > :18:28.for Aberdeen. They swing that around into their favour. It started well
:18:29. > :18:39.for Kilmarnock. They got off to a good start. It was bad defending,
:18:40. > :18:42.they did not clear it, and it came off Reynolds into the corner. I
:18:43. > :18:47.think he would have saved it but it was good control and I think most of
:18:48. > :18:55.us were thinking he should have shot. He laid it back, did well. It
:18:56. > :19:03.was a great start for Kilmarnock and I think they looked structured and
:19:04. > :19:09.made it difficult for Aberdeen. In the first half, Aberdeen were out of
:19:10. > :19:14.sorts. Do you think Lee McCulloch has a real chance of getting that
:19:15. > :19:19.job? I think so. He's been there for. He's got an understanding of
:19:20. > :19:24.what is going on behind the scenes. I don't see that there is going to
:19:25. > :19:33.be any sort of issue with the result today, detrimentally going to impact
:19:34. > :19:37.on his chances of getting the job. The substitutions in this match were
:19:38. > :19:45.absolutely crucial in terms of how it turned out. Both teams made subs
:19:46. > :19:53.but both teams had an impact. They tried to get back into it. This is
:19:54. > :20:01.just horrendous and it almost went in slow motion. We were shouting,
:20:02. > :20:05.just click it. Just queried. He had a really bad 40 minutes on the
:20:06. > :20:10.pitch. Five minutes of the match left and as a defender you just put
:20:11. > :20:18.your foot through that. Who cares? Just get it in. We all saw it
:20:19. > :20:31.happening. He did not stop, he reacted well. This one again. Watch
:20:32. > :20:38.the second angle. He gets in front. Because so deep, that goes over his
:20:39. > :20:51.head and it puts them off. He still got to deal with it. Should they
:20:52. > :21:00.have had a penalty? I'm not sure. I think they were both at it. It
:21:01. > :21:04.probably eased itself out. On that occasion you see that Miles Addison
:21:05. > :21:09.got all side and he gets pulled down and it should have been a penalty.
:21:10. > :21:17.It was a great day for Aberdeen. They copy is -- they got these great
:21:18. > :21:24.goals. -- late goals. They are looking solid in second place. Six
:21:25. > :21:32.points clear. Incredibly they've beaten Kilmarnock 11 times in a row.
:21:33. > :21:38.They are on a good run of form. Motherwell hoping to redeem that
:21:39. > :21:41.mauling at the hands of Aberdeen but the bad news was the next match was
:21:42. > :22:00.a way to Celtic, the runaway leaders. It is the team that stuck
:22:01. > :22:03.six past Inverness. Stevie Hamilton pulled up in the warm up and is
:22:04. > :22:19.replaced by charmers. Celtic are chasing down a 20th
:22:20. > :22:23.successive league victory. The game's best chance so far. Liam
:22:24. > :22:26.Henderson retained his place in the starting XI. This is a big
:22:27. > :22:53.opportunity. Came on in the opening few minutes
:22:54. > :23:00.for Steve McManus. Celtic have not been at their best but Mousa Dembele
:23:01. > :23:13.gives them their lead. He's on fire right now. There was no real doubt
:23:14. > :23:26.this was going to crash into the back of that net. Was not the worst
:23:27. > :23:35.delivery in the world but a little bit too high for him. He scored two
:23:36. > :23:47.goals before here and that was the last time Celtic lost.
:23:48. > :23:57.Big chance for Motherwell. The former Celtic and Scotland
:23:58. > :24:10.midfielder Stephen Pearson had it. Good ball in. 31 games unbeaten
:24:11. > :24:17.Celtic get through this one. Since the start of the domestic season.
:24:18. > :24:26.Lovely play by James Forrest, 2-0! Really good goal. They spilled up by
:24:27. > :24:34.Celtic. Have not really gone through the gears in this first half but
:24:35. > :24:35.they have a 2-0 lead and suddenly they are staring down the barrel,
:24:36. > :24:53.Motherwell. James Forrest popping up on the left
:24:54. > :24:55.than going for gold. The lasting Motherwell needed was to go 3-0
:24:56. > :25:08.down. He can hit from there. Has scored
:25:09. > :25:36.plenty in a Celtic shirt. Baseball to Mousa Dembele. Could be
:25:37. > :25:46.in again. Would have expected him to hit the target, such is the form
:25:47. > :25:57.he's in. Motherwell arguably came closest. Kieran Tierney has been
:25:58. > :26:14.completely white. Only a yellow card. That is an absolute shocker.
:26:15. > :26:23.Should have made it three. The Celtic fans will let him off with
:26:24. > :26:34.that one. It has been a terrific signing.
:26:35. > :26:38.Scored one last week and almost scored one this week and that was a
:26:39. > :26:55.fiery effort from the skipper. It has been better for Mark McGhee,
:26:56. > :27:09.not quite as good for Brendan Rodgers, but the same result.
:27:10. > :27:12.Overall, another clean sheet. Defensively we were strong. They had
:27:13. > :27:19.one moment from a corner but apart from that we were very solid. Have
:27:20. > :27:28.in their recent form, to come out of here with this is in the scheme of
:27:29. > :27:37.things not a bad result. I was quite satisfied with what I saw. James
:27:38. > :27:45.Forrest, what a resurgence he has had. Does he have to be in the
:27:46. > :27:49.Scotland starting XI given his form? He has been in sensational form. He
:27:50. > :27:54.is up against a lot of people. On the form, I would start him. He has
:27:55. > :28:00.been brilliant. He was brilliant last week against Inverness. He is
:28:01. > :28:08.confident and playing with belief and when he runs at defenders he is
:28:09. > :28:18.terrifying them. Look at this. It is quality. He has been resurgent and a
:28:19. > :28:28.lot of that is down to Brendan Rodgers. He is emblematic of the
:28:29. > :28:32.difference Brendan Rodgers has made. It is end product, that is one of
:28:33. > :28:39.the criticisms people had of him, the lack of end product but this
:28:40. > :28:46.season he has had it in abundance. Red cards and Motherwell have gone
:28:47. > :28:50.together this week. I suppose he will be glad he did not get a red
:28:51. > :28:55.card for this. Should it be a red card? 100%. He has been complaining
:28:56. > :29:01.for a few weeks but that absolutely should have been a red card. It is a
:29:02. > :29:08.ridiculously high challenge, very dangerous and Kieran Tierney had
:29:09. > :29:16.massive stud marks down his life. You cannot go in with a straight leg
:29:17. > :29:21.that high. There is no question about it, dangerous tackle,
:29:22. > :29:25.regardless of how much of the ball he wins, far too dangerous and it
:29:26. > :29:42.should have been, no question, a red card. He's had an interesting week,
:29:43. > :29:48.Mark McGhee. Something happened, up in Aberdeen? What the he says there
:29:49. > :29:51.are things you can take from it that are positive. Where are the
:29:52. > :29:58.positives? Brendan Rodgers was talking about the pitch being a
:29:59. > :30:02.problem. We have seen a few pictures. We will see some more
:30:03. > :30:11.tonight. This Celtic need to get that pitch changed?
:30:12. > :30:16.It's not exactly hindering them. It looks better than some of the other
:30:17. > :30:21.parks that are around, but sometimes when you get down on the surface and
:30:22. > :30:26.you are playing, it can be a lot different. From the stand, it looks
:30:27. > :30:31.OK, but when you get down, it can be rotted. That is the issue at Celtic
:30:32. > :30:35.Park, but it is not the worst. The producer reliably informed me that
:30:36. > :30:40.Celtic could win the title by the 5th of April, which would be at home
:30:41. > :30:45.to Partick Thistle. I suppose, it could be even before then. What does
:30:46. > :30:50.that say? Nothing we don't already know. Complete dominance yesterday,
:30:51. > :30:56.there 20th consecutive win in the Lee, and they have been sensational.
:30:57. > :30:59.Brendan Rodgers was almost downbeat after the game, which shows you the
:31:00. > :31:10.hunger and desire he has brought to Celtic. The game last week against
:31:11. > :31:11.Inverness, he wants dominance and he has brought that.
:31:12. > :31:14.St Johnstone the visitors to face Ross County.
:31:15. > :31:34.Slovakian Milan Lalkovic starts. Craig Curran plays.
:31:35. > :31:53.Two changes to St Johnstone's site. -- side. That is David Wotherspoon.
:31:54. > :31:57.Trying to find some room. Great effort, and so close to the opening
:31:58. > :32:08.goal in Dingwall. What a lovely touch from Allston. Karen with the
:32:09. > :32:18.push on Shaughnessy, gets away with it. -- Curran. A big chance for
:32:19. > :32:34.Gardyne. This wasn't even close. That was surely handball by Joe
:32:35. > :32:46.Shaughnessy. The referee says no penalty. Liam Craig, probing, helped
:32:47. > :32:52.on by Maclean. An opportunity for Allston. It has gone in Jay
:32:53. > :33:02.McEveley. It is an own goal, with just over half an hour gone. -- it
:33:03. > :33:11.has gone in off Jay McEveley. 1-0 St Johnstone. McEveley's long ball
:33:12. > :33:16.aimed at Joe Shaughnessy. Came off Gardyne and back off the post. Might
:33:17. > :33:27.have struck Gardyne's right knee. Again, close to an equaliser. Boyd
:33:28. > :33:31.is using his strength and skill, trying to curl back in. He wasn't
:33:32. > :33:34.too far away. You can tell from his expression that that did not quite
:33:35. > :33:42.come back enough to get the better of Clark.
:33:43. > :33:49.Keith Watson's header, off the line by Mark Woods. Betty clear that with
:33:50. > :33:57.his left arm? It certainly looked like it. -- did he clear that. Is
:33:58. > :34:06.that a second penalty that should have been given and wasn't? It
:34:07. > :34:14.certainly looks like it. It is a say that Scott Fox might have been proud
:34:15. > :34:21.of. Allston, with a spurt of pace to take on Brian. A great save from
:34:22. > :34:34.Fox. A lovely bit of skill from Steven MacLean to create the chance.
:34:35. > :34:40.It's back off the post from a corner kick. Nobody touched it before it
:34:41. > :34:45.came straight back to Craig. That's why the flag went up and the free
:34:46. > :34:56.kick was given. It has certainly been all action in Dingwall.
:34:57. > :35:06.Current's -- Curran's shot blocked. Back in. Woods gets a touch, powered
:35:07. > :35:12.clear, but only as far as Jim O'Brien. That is way off target.
:35:13. > :35:27.Really good pressure from Ross County, trying to force an
:35:28. > :35:34.equaliser. A deflection on the shot, and Craig Curran levels things up.
:35:35. > :35:38.It took a touch of Steven Anderson, and it ended up deflected into the
:35:39. > :35:52.path of Curran. It was onside. A very good finish. That makes it 1-1
:35:53. > :35:57.in Dingwall. Craig's corner kick. He is peppering the frame of that goal.
:35:58. > :35:59.Pretty sure Scott Fox had it covered, but for the second time,
:36:00. > :36:14.Craig hit the woodwork. Good term, great strike, and surely
:36:15. > :36:19.the winner for St Johnstone, inside stoppage time. A brilliant bit of
:36:20. > :36:25.finishing from Chris Kane, who has only been on the pitch for three
:36:26. > :36:35.minutes. That makes it 2-1. Not much time for Ross County to do anything
:36:36. > :36:40.about this. Good hit. That wasn't from Andrew Davies. Can he clear it
:36:41. > :36:46.by Clark air? Out of the ground from Davis. We got ourselves back into
:36:47. > :36:50.the game and not punish St Johnstone when we had the opportunity. Having
:36:51. > :36:57.said that, I think the difference between the game is, they take their
:36:58. > :37:01.chances, we don't. With how the team perform today individually and
:37:02. > :37:05.collectively, I was delighted. Obviously, disappointed when they
:37:06. > :37:10.got to 1-1. We showed character in the game. It came at the right time,
:37:11. > :37:19.with a couple of minutes to go. A fantastic three points on the road
:37:20. > :37:24.for St Johnstone. They are doing it again. You have to say, Stephen, a
:37:25. > :37:33.real contrast in the standard of the goals. Acres of space in the weak
:37:34. > :37:41.here. It is an own goal from McEveley.
:37:42. > :37:51.All strikers claim there was, don't they? It is within five yards. You
:37:52. > :38:03.might definitely got a neat ornate! -- definitely got a nick on it. He
:38:04. > :38:08.never stops harassing defenders, links the play well, I think he just
:38:09. > :38:13.needs to bring more goals. Is he still to realise his full potential?
:38:14. > :38:20.Yes, but if he keeps scoring like that, the only way is up. A few
:38:21. > :38:27.handball claims. Let's go through them. This looks in real time like
:38:28. > :38:31.it could have been a penalty. It came off McEveley's head. It is not
:38:32. > :38:40.the defender who makes contact with it. For me, that is not a penalty.
:38:41. > :38:46.This one is undoubtedly. It has been scooped off the line by Woods. That
:38:47. > :38:57.is a volleyball shop. Yes, a big off the goal-line.
:38:58. > :39:03.-- dig. That would have been a bone of contention for Tommy Wright.
:39:04. > :39:09.Let's talk about St Johnstone. They keep on churning out the points.
:39:10. > :39:14.Catching Aberdeen may be a tough ask, 12 points behind. But Rangers
:39:15. > :39:18.and Hearts can be done. They are well within St Johnstone's sites.
:39:19. > :39:22.They have a level of consistency that is the envy of many teams, and
:39:23. > :39:31.it comes from the top. Tommy Wright has done an unbelievable job. You
:39:32. > :39:35.are thinking, can they do it again? There is no doubt that they are a
:39:36. > :39:39.side that deserve to be in and around fourth place. What do you say
:39:40. > :39:44.about Ross County after this? It is a Sorbonne to lose like that. Their
:39:45. > :39:47.form has been poor of late, losing three out of four of the last few
:39:48. > :39:52.games. It has not been a good spell. After the dismal derby day draw
:39:53. > :39:55.with Hibs last weekend, Hearts were back on their threadbare
:39:56. > :39:57.Tynecastle pitch yesterday for the The omens not good for
:39:58. > :40:00.Richie Foran's side - bottom of the table,
:40:01. > :40:03.thumped 6-0 by Celtic last weekend, and thumped 5-1 by Hearts
:40:04. > :40:22.on their last visit to Tynecastle. Ian Castro makes four changes to the
:40:23. > :40:36.side that drew with Hibs. For Caley Thistle, five changes.
:40:37. > :40:52.Goncalves went up. A good block in the box from Ross Draper. Goncalves
:40:53. > :41:01.won the initial header and chased it down.
:41:02. > :41:15.Takes him down, clumsy challenge. An easy one for the referee. Tansey to
:41:16. > :41:21.play it in. It is an extract a simple header. He has got used to
:41:22. > :41:25.celebrating goals this season, that won his 27th. Jack Hamilton is
:41:26. > :41:38.furious with his defence. Draper gets the better of views.
:41:39. > :41:50.There was a push there. The referee didn't give anything. -- the better
:41:51. > :41:59.of Hughes. Goncalves, back to kitchen.
:42:00. > :42:07.Struna was calling for the ball, from a great position. Instead, on
:42:08. > :42:19.to the bar. Not happy with what he is seeing so far. Stroller, sure.
:42:20. > :42:20.Post-mac has a good shot, and keeps it down. The keeper watched it all
:42:21. > :42:41.the way. -- Struna has a good shot. Goncalves got away from David Raven,
:42:42. > :42:54.eased him away, and should have put that on target. Hearts trying to
:42:55. > :43:04.drive forward again. So close to the equaliser. A simple ball into the
:43:05. > :43:15.box. Goncalves always seems to find space. Off the shoulder of Tremarco
:43:16. > :43:32.there. Kitchen on the overlap. Up against Raven. Djoum is there! 1-1,
:43:33. > :43:45.64 minutes gone. Djoum has had a good few weeks. The simplest of tap-
:43:46. > :43:49.ins. Good play from Perry Kitchen. He will be delighted with the fight
:43:50. > :43:54.that his side are showing. That will break onto Mackay. Looked like
:43:55. > :43:58.another corner, but the referee says goal kit. I think Billy Mackay
:43:59. > :44:13.agrees with me. Brought it down well on the left foot. -- goal kick.
:44:14. > :44:16.Everything seemed to freeze for a moment as people wondered where this
:44:17. > :44:27.would end up. Some thought it was going wide. Tremarco was denied.
:44:28. > :44:38.Djoum is getting the better of Draper. Downey goes, a penalty kick.
:44:39. > :44:41.Whether Djoum put the brakes on when he felt Draper behind him, but
:44:42. > :44:46.Draper caught in the wrong position, just caught his right leg. Jamie
:44:47. > :44:50.Walker has now missed twice this season. The first penalty save of
:44:51. > :45:10.the season for Owain Fon Williams. It just didn't sit down for him
:45:11. > :45:19.enough. Goncalves winning the header, good skill, and Owain Fon
:45:20. > :45:28.Williams watched it go over. Can Caley Thistle find a winner? A great
:45:29. > :45:34.ball in from David Raven. He sends it across, split away from the
:45:35. > :45:37.Hearts central defenders. It is a game we should have won, and these
:45:38. > :45:44.are games we need to win to be the team we should be. That will be the
:45:45. > :45:59.case. We played to our strengths today. It's seemed to work. Richie
:46:00. > :46:02.Fora and hoping that Inverness have now turned a corner with that
:46:03. > :46:05.fighting performance, but a frustrating day in the end for
:46:06. > :46:10.Hearts. We were both there. Let's talk about the pitch, which is in a
:46:11. > :46:13.horrendous state. We just spoke about Celtic Park and how Brendan
:46:14. > :46:19.Rodgers complained about this. Tynecastle's in a much worse state.
:46:20. > :46:23.With the new Main Stand, they will rip it up and put a new park down
:46:24. > :46:28.next season, but in the interim, it will be a concern for Ian Castro and
:46:29. > :46:34.the players. It is hampering the side, no doubt. They need a new
:46:35. > :46:37.service now. It comes down to finances. What can you do when you
:46:38. > :46:46.have a big expenditure on the way? It is difficult to understand the
:46:47. > :46:50.plan for the next part of the season before that gets done. You weren't
:46:51. > :46:54.happy with what you thought was a lack of width from Hearts. Was it
:46:55. > :46:59.the wrong formation? Not so much the wrong formation. These are the areas
:47:00. > :47:06.that you want to explore, in behind the full-backs. Three players, none
:47:07. > :47:09.of them offering any real penetration. It allows Inverness to
:47:10. > :47:14.have the game played in front of them. When it gets out why, you have
:47:15. > :47:20.four Inverness players covering. He is 40 yards from the byline, so the
:47:21. > :47:24.width is too deep, forces everything into the field, and it is in front
:47:25. > :47:28.of Inverness, where they are comfortable. Inverness were well
:47:29. > :47:32.setup, structured, and made it difficult for Hearts. The build-up,
:47:33. > :47:38.too slow. Going back the way. Nothing on. It is predictable. Yes,
:47:39. > :47:48.and look at this, back to the goalkeeper, kicks it out, and it
:47:49. > :47:56.ends with a throw in. Try to pull the full-back in to create space. It
:47:57. > :48:01.is predictable. David Raven sees that going on. When they picked the
:48:02. > :48:05.ball up again, this backline is in place. They are not penetrating at
:48:06. > :48:12.all, and this ends up with a poor cross. The move fritters out.
:48:13. > :48:18.Inverness deserve credit. They do. Look at this one. Perfect example.
:48:19. > :48:23.Inverness are allowed to defend narrow. There is no penetration. It
:48:24. > :48:27.means that when you are trying to play through those narrow areas, you
:48:28. > :48:34.have a narrow back four which makes it more difficult. Tynecastle is a
:48:35. > :48:40.small park. It is 25% smaller than many of the Scottish ones. The game
:48:41. > :48:45.they will play midweek at Easter Road, it is almost 25% smaller than
:48:46. > :48:51.that. 22%. You have been working on that. When you are playing a style
:48:52. > :48:54.that is forcing things into the middle of the park, when the picture
:48:55. > :49:01.is already small, it is very difficult. Coupled with the poor
:49:02. > :49:06.surface, I think they really need to look at it. You need to get that
:49:07. > :49:13.measuring tape out! What was the Sportscene take on this? A stunned
:49:14. > :49:18.silence when Tremarco scored. It is a poor goal to lose. Here is where
:49:19. > :49:23.he should've been, but right at the start of this move, he gets a little
:49:24. > :49:31.nudge from Louis Laing. If he goes back into the area where we
:49:32. > :49:34.showed... He just stops, though. He doesn't judge the flight of the ball
:49:35. > :49:37.very well, but as a centre-half, you have to drop with the rest of your
:49:38. > :49:46.backline and try to head the ball away. Hearts created a lot of
:49:47. > :49:51.chances, and on to win 1.5 matches. What was your take on the Hearts
:49:52. > :49:55.equaliser when it finally came? It was a good one. You can see, they
:49:56. > :49:58.are working the ball wide, not a great ball from Perry Kitchen, but
:49:59. > :50:04.he gets the overlap and more than makes up with it -- for it with a
:50:05. > :50:08.wonderful cross. Djoum makes a good late run into the box to get the
:50:09. > :50:16.girl. I don't agree with Ian Castro that they made enough chances to win
:50:17. > :50:24.1.5 games. It was a great cutback and then the cross. You see Draper
:50:25. > :50:33.trying to head it. He is worried about touching it in crazy scores an
:50:34. > :50:38.own goal. Briefly, who is going through in the midweek game for
:50:39. > :50:40.Hearts? Difficult to call. Hopefully a better game than the first leg.
:50:41. > :50:42.Finally for tonight, Partick Thistle up against
:50:43. > :50:51.Hoping for some thrills, John Barnes.
:50:52. > :51:05.Hamilton make four changes. Gary Woods replaces Renny Matthews in
:51:06. > :51:24.goal. Redmond swings in the corner kick. A
:51:25. > :51:39.close one there for Aki 's -- Accies. That one had Tomas Cerny
:51:40. > :51:41.scrambling to his left-hand post. That is the best early effort of
:51:42. > :52:03.this second period. Brophy, turning away from Lindsay.
:52:04. > :52:08.Not a bad effort from Eamonn Brophy. And it certainly produced a good
:52:09. > :52:12.save from Tomas Cerny on his 200th appearance in Scottish football. And
:52:13. > :52:29.he is trying to ensure he marks it with a clean sheet. Booth to the
:52:30. > :52:33.near side. Better play from Thistle. That is the first real shot from
:52:34. > :52:42.Thistle on target, but it was straight at Gary Woods.
:52:43. > :52:49.Thistle are unbeaten in the last ten games against Hamilton. He was
:52:50. > :52:55.Doolin, away from Watson. What is the decision? A yellow card, says
:52:56. > :52:58.the referee, for Craig Watson. It could easily have been a red card.
:52:59. > :53:07.It was a wild swipe after Dylan was away from him. Booth with the free
:53:08. > :53:13.kick. There is Devine. What a good save from Gary Woods, but the follow
:53:14. > :53:20.up from Liam Linsey, he really should have buried it. Good reaction
:53:21. > :53:31.save from the goalkeeper, but not the best of follow-ups from Lindsay.
:53:32. > :53:45.Good running by Erskine. It is Dylan rising to head that one in. The
:53:46. > :53:52.breakthrough comes in the 68th minute, and it is the substitutes
:53:53. > :53:57.who combine - Erskine with the cross, and Doolan peeling off his
:53:58. > :54:00.marker. A terrific header for his seventh goal of the season. Barton
:54:01. > :54:23.with the header away. Booth, to Doolan. It is Dylan at the
:54:24. > :54:28.double! -- Doolan. This time, it was Booth with the cross, and Doolan was
:54:29. > :54:35.unmarked as he dispatched that beyond Gary Woods.
:54:36. > :54:48.The free kick swings in. It just isn't going to be Accies' day, as
:54:49. > :54:58.that goes flying wide of Tomas Cerny's post. It was a massive game
:54:59. > :55:03.and a massive three points. Because of what was at stake, sometimes the
:55:04. > :55:08.quality goes out, but we were delighted to get the goals. It
:55:09. > :55:15.wasn't a good game of football and I didn't enjoy watching it. It is
:55:16. > :55:25.pretty much -- the two goals were pretty much identical. We have our
:55:26. > :55:29.natural centre-backs out. It is where we are at the minute. We have
:55:30. > :55:32.to dig deep, get through this and hopefully start to get somebody's
:55:33. > :55:38.back and give ourselves an opportunity to go and win games. We
:55:39. > :55:48.didn't pass the ball as well as we wanted to and didn't use our shape.
:55:49. > :55:51.We tweaked the shape. The game opened up when Chris Erskine came
:55:52. > :55:59.on, and thankfully, he came up with the goods. Once again, the
:56:00. > :56:04.substitutes playing a huge part. Kris Doolan once again coming up
:56:05. > :56:17.with the goods. He is a talisman for them. A great run in behind by
:56:18. > :56:21.Erskine. Poor marking from Hamilton. A quality goal all-round, for a team
:56:22. > :56:26.that hasn't scored in four games, it was vital that this man kept
:56:27. > :56:31.producing for them. Booth on the left-hand side was excellent as
:56:32. > :56:37.well, shoving his power and pace. But this is terrible defending. You
:56:38. > :56:42.cannot leave him unmarked in the middle of the box. There is no pace
:56:43. > :56:45.on the ball, and it is hard to get direction on a header when there is
:56:46. > :56:50.no pace, and that is a clever header. You can see space down the
:56:51. > :56:54.left-hand side for Partick to exploit. You heard Martin Canning
:56:55. > :56:59.say they are lacking natural defenders. A huge, gaping hole down
:57:00. > :57:05.the right-hand side. In the middle, the two centre-half is left far too
:57:06. > :57:13.big a gap along the six yard box for Doolan to get his head. In terms of
:57:14. > :57:18.Hamilton, Stephen, you have a bleak prognosis for the rest of the
:57:19. > :57:23.season. They had not won away from home all season. They play Celtic
:57:24. > :57:27.next week away from home, and then their next games, Aberdeen, Rangers
:57:28. > :57:36.and Hearts are coming up. I worry for them. Kris Doolan getting his
:57:37. > :57:39.chance and getting goals, if he can start scoring, it gives Partick
:57:40. > :57:43.Thistle a real chance to be confident in the second half of the
:57:44. > :57:50.season. That has been the problem for so long - a lack of goals and
:57:51. > :57:53.consistent goal-scoring in the side. If they can bring that to the game,
:57:54. > :57:58.they have more than enough in the rest of their side to be safe and
:57:59. > :58:00.competitive in the Premiership. Thank you very much, guys. It has
:58:01. > :58:03.been fun, as always. After all that, the Ladbrokes
:58:04. > :58:19.Premiership table looks like this. Celtic have a gargantuan lead of 24
:58:20. > :58:25.points. Dundee are into the top six after that win over Rangers today.
:58:26. > :58:27.And that is your lot from another rich and varied weekend
:58:28. > :58:30.in Scottish football, the gift that keeps on giving.
:58:31. > :58:31.More riches next weekend, undoubtedly.
:58:32. > :58:34.Until then, from all of us on the Sportscene team, goodnight