0:00:08 > 0:00:10This could be something quite sensational!
0:00:10 > 0:00:18What a goal! That is outstanding!
0:00:18 > 0:00:29What a brilliant strike that is! Oh! Yes!
0:00:29 > 0:00:33Oh! Yes! Oh, it's unbelievable! Unbelievable!
0:00:33 > 0:00:39What a finish
0:00:39 > 0:00:40Oh, it's unbelievable! Unbelievable! What a finish!The season of their
0:00:40 > 0:00:42dreams.
0:00:44 > 0:00:46With the international break out of the way,
0:00:46 > 0:00:48it's all about the chaotic countdown to Christmas now.
0:00:48 > 0:00:50A bulging fixture list, challenges aplenty for every side
0:00:50 > 0:00:51in the Ladbrokes Premiership.
0:00:51 > 0:00:54And speaking of challenges, we're joined by these two.
0:00:54 > 0:00:56As always, poised and ready to upset the apple cart -
0:00:56 > 0:00:57Steven Thompson and Michael Stewart.
0:00:57 > 0:01:00We start at Ibrox.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03Hamilton Academical without a win there in the league since 1926.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06Rangers interim boss Graeme Murty looking for a third win in a row
0:01:06 > 0:01:08since taking the reigns for a second time.
0:01:08 > 0:01:11Commentary comes from John Barnes.
0:01:16 > 0:01:20COMMENTATOR: Rangers make one in forced change from the side that
0:01:20 > 0:01:23beat Partick Thistle a fortnight ago, Declan John is ill, so Lee
0:01:23 > 0:01:28Hodson comes in to take his place. Hamilton manager Martin Canning
0:01:28 > 0:01:31sticks by the same starting line-up that drew with Aberdeen last time
0:01:31 > 0:01:37out as they look to extend a three-game unbeaten run.
0:01:37 > 0:01:44Warm reception for the former Rangers player Fernando Rixon as he
0:01:44 > 0:01:54takes his place inside the stadium. He is still battling motor neuron
0:01:54 > 0:01:56He is still battling motor neuron disease -- Fernando Ricksen.
0:01:56 > 0:02:07Kenny Miller through to Windass. A good delivery for Morelos. He really
0:02:07 > 0:02:13should have scored there. He got the header all wrong.
0:02:13 > 0:02:25Windass looking very lively. Another powerful run releases Morelos. Still
0:02:25 > 0:02:29Alfredo Morelos... I think Gary Woods got a fingertip to that one.
0:02:29 > 0:02:33Denying the Colombian striker.
0:02:35 > 0:02:40Rangers looking to make it three league wins in a row for the first
0:02:40 > 0:02:47time since last December. Alex Scott ditch -- Gogic getting a yellow
0:02:47 > 0:02:58card. A bit of pulling on Morelos. Bit of a soft one.
0:02:58 > 0:03:09Candeias with the corner. Way by Woods. Morelos... And back off the
0:03:09 > 0:03:15bar! McCrorie can't not in the rebound. Another glorious chance for
0:03:15 > 0:03:19Rangers. Two chances, in fact.
0:03:21 > 0:03:27McCrorie, he didn't look up. His past is intercepted by David
0:03:27 > 0:03:35Templeton, and he rounds the goalkeeper.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38goalkeeper. The former Rangers player David Templeton scores for
0:03:38 > 0:03:44Hamilton Accies three games in a row. His fourth of the season. He
0:03:44 > 0:03:50was composed as he rounded Foderingham. And despite the efforts
0:03:50 > 0:03:54of Hodson, he couldn't prevent it going in.
0:04:00 > 0:04:05Mackinnon. In towards Templeton, he's having another pop... He
0:04:05 > 0:04:09certainly is lively this afternoon, David Trimble done. He certainly
0:04:09 > 0:04:16regains his fitness from the start of the season. -- David Templeton.
0:04:20 > 0:04:28Tavernier, in towards Candeias. Here is Morelos... And away at the back
0:04:28 > 0:04:36post. Morelos didn't get enough contact on the back
0:04:36 > 0:04:40contact on the back flick. Taking a chance, Kenny Miller putting it
0:04:40 > 0:04:45through to Morelos with a chance... Another glorious opportunity wasted
0:04:45 > 0:04:53by the Rangers striker. He seemed to get right underneath that one.
0:04:56 > 0:05:04Jack with the cross in. Hamilton happy to get it clear.
0:05:04 > 0:05:07happy to get it clear. Here's Bingham, holding it up well for Greg
0:05:07 > 0:05:12Docherty. Getting away from Tavernier. In towards Lyon! 2-0 to
0:05:12 > 0:05:20be Accies! On the counterattack, the sucker punch. Darren Lyon's first
0:05:20 > 0:05:27goal of the season. He was one time in the youth ranks at Rangers. This
0:05:27 > 0:05:31afternoon, he is delivering for Accies's senior team.
0:05:33 > 0:05:45Still won't turn for Herrera. Candeias to Tavernier. Header at the
0:05:45 > 0:05:54back post from Windass. Touched away by Woods. Superbly saved.
0:05:54 > 0:06:00Another corner for Rangers. The header from Wilson! And it's off the
0:06:00 > 0:06:08crossbar again! It's just not Rangers's day. Jack with the effort
0:06:08 > 0:06:15from the rebound, and a frustrating afternoon for Graeme Murty and his
0:06:15 > 0:06:20team. Here is a chance for Herrera. Blocked by the boot of Gary Woods
0:06:20 > 0:06:31this time. The Accies defence stands firm. Tavernier, Hardie tripped by
0:06:31 > 0:06:36Gogic. It's going to be a second yellow card for the Accies defender,
0:06:36 > 0:06:44and that means red. Reduced to ten men in stoppage time.
0:06:46 > 0:06:56WHISTLE That is full-time, and the
0:06:56 > 0:06:58That is full-time, and the boos ring around, Hamilton Accies celebrate as
0:06:58 > 0:07:03they picked up their first league win at Ibrox the 91 years. Rangers
0:07:03 > 0:07:040- two Hamilton.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12Hamilton's first win over Rangers in 1987, how much of a support is was
0:07:12 > 0:07:17was that?When you talk about so many years since
0:07:17 > 0:07:18was that?When you talk about so many years since they have beaten
0:07:18 > 0:07:23Rangers and 91 years since they have won at Ibrox, you think, yes, but
0:07:23 > 0:07:29when you have players of the quality of David Gordon, you see Rangers
0:07:29 > 0:07:32making the stakes. They are architects of their own downfall.
0:07:32 > 0:07:37David Templeton has so much quality. He leaves Templeton the dead.
0:07:37 > 0:07:41Fortunate that Hodson... He doesn't know he is getting back.Great
0:07:41 > 0:07:46composure to round the keeper like that and slide it in against his
0:07:46 > 0:07:50former club. When you have players of that quality, you always have a
0:07:50 > 0:07:55chance, and the desire. Look at the desire from Hamilton Accies. Doherty
0:07:55 > 0:08:01is up in support, driving forward. Lyon at the back post, the desire to
0:08:01 > 0:08:06get in and score the goal, unfortunately for Rangers yesterday,
0:08:06 > 0:08:12it was lacking in their performance. For Hamilton, they had it in spades.
0:08:12 > 0:08:13Brilliant counterattacking
0:08:13 > 0:08:13For Hamilton, they had it in spades. Brilliant counterattacking football.
0:08:13 > 0:08:17Hamilton have not had the best of seasons, but never write off the
0:08:17 > 0:08:21Accies.They have been decent of late, especially yesterday.Great
0:08:21 > 0:08:24result for them. In terms of Graeme Murty, it had been going well for
0:08:24 > 0:08:28him in terms of being made into ring boss at Rangers, but Rangers had
0:08:28 > 0:08:32plenty of chances yesterday. Morelos hasn't
0:08:32 > 0:08:33plenty of chances yesterday. Morelos hasn't scored in nine games
0:08:33 > 0:08:37now. He scored eight in his first nine games. He has gone off the
0:08:37 > 0:08:41boil. He has a confidence issue, if you ask me. He does nothing
0:08:41 > 0:08:48specifically good in terms of movement. I think you have got to
0:08:48 > 0:08:51hit the target. That is the one prerequisite as a striker and you
0:08:51 > 0:08:56four yards out with a header. Look at the defending again from
0:08:56 > 0:08:59Hamilton, Gogic shown away from goal, he hesitates and allows them
0:08:59 > 0:09:05to skip past him. You have two hit the target. Morelos, again, his
0:09:05 > 0:09:08opportunity at the back post, free header. Kenny Miller is free as
0:09:08 > 0:09:19well. They are going to a possession and create opportunities. Xavier
0:09:19 > 0:09:24Tomas watches it go past him. It doesn't come off for Morelos. A
0:09:24 > 0:09:33terrific defensive header from Tomos. This was harder, he is under
0:09:33 > 0:09:37pressure. As I have repeated 2-3 times, hit the target. He skips it
0:09:37 > 0:09:42over. This is emblematic of Rangers' day in terms of chances and missing
0:09:42 > 0:09:47with the header. In the dying seconds, Herrera with the spin. You
0:09:47 > 0:09:50can't take anything away, yes, Rangers were profligate, don't take
0:09:50 > 0:09:52anything away from
0:09:52 > 0:09:52Rangers were profligate, don't take anything away from Hamilton, a
0:09:52 > 0:09:56remarkable performance and result. Where does it leave us in the terms
0:09:56 > 0:09:59of searching for a new Rangers manager? Graeme Murty user, didn't
0:09:59 > 0:10:04have a chance long-term, but he wasn't helped by yesterday's result,
0:10:04 > 0:10:11does this mean Rangers speed up the process?The need for the board to
0:10:11 > 0:10:16act, they are in transition, they need leadership, Rangers, but I an
0:10:16 > 0:10:23surprise they have waited a month. In the meantime, what we have got is
0:10:23 > 0:10:25Ibrox used to be a fortress for Rangers, that is not the case any
0:10:25 > 0:10:33more.Looking at the start, the calendar year, 2017, six games out
0:10:33 > 0:10:37of 16 won, not what you expect from a home form for
0:10:37 > 0:10:38of 16 won, not what you expect from a home form for Rangers. It shows
0:10:38 > 0:10:42you that as we said, they have
0:10:42 > 0:10:43a home form for Rangers. It shows you that as we said, they have been
0:10:43 > 0:10:47without a leader. There hasn't been enough real direction and grit at
0:10:47 > 0:10:52the top end of the club. Pedro Caixinha, we know that wasn't as
0:10:52 > 0:10:57excess. We have got to make sure that the next appointment is the
0:10:57 > 0:11:01right one. The gap between them and Celtic is big, and they had to get
0:11:01 > 0:11:07the right man in charge if they want to try to close that.OK.
0:11:07 > 0:11:09Next weekend, Motherwell take on Celtic in the League Cup Final.
0:11:09 > 0:11:10This weekend they'd warm up away to Aberdeen.
0:11:13 > 0:11:17COMMENTATOR: Aberdeen have Graeme Shinnie suspended. Considine comes
0:11:17 > 0:11:21in and skippers the side. Adam Rooney also starts as Greg Stewart
0:11:21 > 0:11:26and Stevie Meade dropped to the bench. Motherwell revert to a back
0:11:26 > 0:11:29four with Richard Tait moving to right back, Liam Grimshaw makes his
0:11:29 > 0:11:33first start of the season, Ryan Bowman returns to partner Louis
0:11:33 > 0:11:38Moult in attack. Aberdeen have won the last five
0:11:38 > 0:11:45league meetings with Motherwell. Here comes Dunn. Aimed towards the
0:11:45 > 0:11:50back post for Roman. It was Considine that managed to get his
0:11:50 > 0:12:01head on that one. Bowman was waiting to pounce.
0:12:01 > 0:12:11to pounce. Arneson with the Aberdeen free kick. Considine.
0:12:11 > 0:12:17Here is Considine. Christie did well to regain composure to get that
0:12:17 > 0:12:24cross in. Rooney with the little flick at the near post.
0:12:27 > 0:12:31Motherwell, of course, with the League Cup in my phonics we can.
0:12:31 > 0:12:39Here is Ryan Christie for Aberdeen. Driving forward there. Just not
0:12:39 > 0:12:49enough power in the shot to beat Trevor Carson. Grimshaw to Moult.
0:12:49 > 0:12:52Now Tait.
0:12:55 > 0:13:00Here's Bowman, using his strength to hold off Considine. Grimshaw with
0:13:00 > 0:13:06the shot. Turned away by Joe Lewis. Grimshaw was in there. Trying his
0:13:06 > 0:13:13luck with the shot. Signed from Preston in the summer.
0:13:14 > 0:13:25Here's Dunn. In towards Moult. Grimshaw's there. Rose with the
0:13:25 > 0:13:32shot. Lewis making the save. Andy Rose off his right foot there.
0:13:32 > 0:13:42Grimshaw again. McHugh picking it up. Aberdeen can't get it clear at
0:13:42 > 0:13:49the moment. The wind is not helping them either. Louis Moult teeing it
0:13:49 > 0:13:53up for Rose. Lewis had to make the save again. Andy Rose has had a
0:13:53 > 0:13:58couple of efforts in the last few minutes, but the Aberdeen keeper's
0:13:58 > 0:14:06up to the task.
0:14:06 > 0:14:09up to the task. Here's McLean. Given the break still
0:14:09 > 0:14:14going, McLean. Too high with that effort.
0:14:17 > 0:14:24A wee bit of good fortune favouring Kenny Mclean.
0:14:24 > 0:14:30Here's Tansey under pressure from Grimshaw. A handball from Andy
0:14:30 > 0:14:36Considine. An opponent was trying to get away from him. That will be a
0:14:36 > 0:14:42yellow card for the Aberdeen skipper for the day. Here's Richard Tait.
0:14:42 > 0:14:48It's Louis Moult...
0:14:48 > 0:14:49It's Louis Moult... It's 1-0 Motherwell! It's that man Louis
0:14:49 > 0:14:59Moult again! Rising unchallenged. The long, diagonal free kick, and
0:14:59 > 0:15:06Moult picked his spot. His 13th of the season.
0:15:08 > 0:15:16Tait finding Cadden, up against McKenna. Still Chris Cadden. Into
0:15:16 > 0:15:20Moult... That's brilliant! Outstanding finishing from Louis
0:15:20 > 0:15:31Moult! It's a double for the Motherwell marksman. He was the
0:15:31 > 0:15:34scourge in the League Cup earlier this season, and he is delivering
0:15:34 > 0:15:43again this afternoon.
0:15:43 > 0:15:47Steve May has two harbours, looking for support. No one arrive in quick
0:15:47 > 0:15:55enough. Here is Mackay-Steven. The Aberdeen fans claiming for a
0:15:55 > 0:15:58penalty. They felt it came off an arm, but I think we will fight it
0:15:58 > 0:16:05did come off the chest of the Motherwell full-back.
0:16:07 > 0:16:14McHugh in there.
0:16:14 > 0:16:16McHugh in there. Here's Kenny Mclean. Looking for Wright. The
0:16:16 > 0:16:24substitute delivering it. Stevie May. Turned away by Trevor Carson,
0:16:24 > 0:16:30good handling by the Motherwell keeper. Positive stuff from
0:16:30 > 0:16:32Aberdeen, but they can't find the breakthrough.
0:16:34 > 0:16:37The standard the play is set in terms of performance work today.
0:16:37 > 0:16:41They are aware of that.We spoke at length after the game in the
0:16:41 > 0:16:44dressing room, and sometimes you have a bad day, that was a bad day
0:16:44 > 0:16:47today and we need to pick the bones of that and make sure we are better
0:16:47 > 0:16:51for the next performance, and make sure we are more competitive. We
0:16:51 > 0:16:54have do make sure we can hopefully impose our game plan on opposition,
0:16:54 > 0:16:58which we didn't do today. To a man, we were terrific. The
0:16:58 > 0:17:03energy, we played a different way today. They bought into it, I can do
0:17:03 > 0:17:07whatever I want technically, but if they do apply and put their minds to
0:17:07 > 0:17:11it, it is worth nothing. We were excellent today.
0:17:11 > 0:17:15A big win for Motherwell. Steven Thomson, you were there, was a
0:17:15 > 0:17:20deserved?Yeah, it was deserved. As poor a performance from Aberdeen,
0:17:20 > 0:17:25but full credit to Motherwell, they started with a surprise
0:17:25 > 0:17:26but full credit to Motherwell, they started with a surprise formation,
0:17:26 > 0:17:294-4-2 diamond formation. It had them flummoxed in the opening 20 Mehmet.
0:17:29 > 0:17:38They created a number of chances, Motherwell. A decent snapshot.
0:17:38 > 0:17:41Aberdeen were completely at sea the 15-20 minutes. They change their
0:17:41 > 0:17:47formation. Rose and the keeper don't know much about it. They changed
0:17:47 > 0:17:49their formation to deal with how much they were under siege, they
0:17:49 > 0:17:54went to a back three. It helped them stemmed the flow a wee bit. Another
0:17:54 > 0:17:58save from Joe Lewis. Aberdeen made the
0:17:58 > 0:18:00save from Joe Lewis. Aberdeen made the change and it stemmed the tide a
0:18:00 > 0:18:05wee bit, but Aberdeen were so, so poor.Motherwell outstanding. The
0:18:05 > 0:18:07perfect warm up for the League Cup final for Motherwell. Full Louis
0:18:07 > 0:18:09Moult in this kind of
0:18:09 > 0:18:11final for Motherwell. Full Louis Moult in this kind of form, will
0:18:11 > 0:18:15Motherwell beat Celtic?They certainly have a guy that knows
0:18:15 > 0:18:19where the back of the net is in Louis Moult. We have do analyse this
0:18:19 > 0:18:26goal, Ocon not looking at the ball, in-flight. It is the first time he
0:18:26 > 0:18:30checks to see where it was, it is on top of him. He loses Louis Moult and
0:18:30 > 0:18:34it is a fantastic finish to drop over the top of Joe Lewis. This one
0:18:34 > 0:18:37as well, this is a really great finish. When the ball makes contact,
0:18:37 > 0:18:43it's behind him. To scoop that around and find the top corner, that
0:18:43 > 0:18:44it's behind him. To scoop that around and find the top corner, that
0:18:44 > 0:18:47is a fantastic goal. Unbelievable. Will they have a chance against
0:18:47 > 0:18:53Celtic? I don't think they will be them.I think Celtic will win it,
0:18:53 > 0:18:58but with Louis Moult in the team, anything is possible. 50 goals in 95
0:18:58 > 0:19:03appearances. I will chuck a stab at you.What went wrong for Aberdeen?
0:19:03 > 0:19:07Everything. They were poor defensively, their passing was
0:19:07 > 0:19:07Everything. They were poor defensively, their passing was so
0:19:07 > 0:19:11slack, they were toothless in attack. The delivery from wide areas
0:19:11 > 0:19:15was a problem for them. In the wide areas, it was his weaker foot, but
0:19:15 > 0:19:19kicks it over the bar. This one coming in from Chez Logan, again
0:19:19 > 0:19:24hitting the first man. Low quality in the delivery. That was the story
0:19:24 > 0:19:29of the day. Ryan Christie, he had 4-5 corners that hit the first man.
0:19:29 > 0:19:33This would into the second half, Considine, his weaker foot, but it
0:19:33 > 0:19:37goes out for a throw in. It shows you examples of wide area
0:19:37 > 0:19:41opportunities, the crossing is so bad.You look at Bees does guys,
0:19:41 > 0:19:46Niall McGinn and Johnny Hayes, that is pinpoint. Real desire to get in.
0:19:46 > 0:19:53The second one, Hayes to McGinn, there was talk of him potentially
0:19:53 > 0:19:57going back to Aberdeen. There is no doubt, with two of them out of the
0:19:57 > 0:19:59doubt, with two of them out of the team, it has weakened them, that
0:19:59 > 0:20:06they are second in the table. They have found a way to win games.
0:20:06 > 0:20:10McGinn is the biggest assist maker in the league, Niall McGinn
0:20:10 > 0:20:14converted most of the chances from Johnny Hayes. They have lost those
0:20:14 > 0:20:18players, a big miners, but they are finding ways to get results, which
0:20:18 > 0:20:22is a positive.We have spoken a lot about Derek McInnes in recent weeks,
0:20:22 > 0:20:27especially with the speculative linking him with the register. You
0:20:27 > 0:20:31love this question, doing the post match interview, it was Doherty
0:20:31 > 0:20:41instead, it is it unsettling things Aberdeen?Iden think so.
0:20:41 > 0:20:43Aberdeen?Iden think so. You can't put the poor performance
0:20:43 > 0:20:47down to being asked that question. Is he still going to get it?Is he
0:20:47 > 0:20:50still going to get it? I am not as confident as I was, but it that way.
0:20:50 > 0:20:56He might not be the next Rangers manager.Backtracking! He is
0:20:56 > 0:21:01reversing, it is official.Nobody knows!Using adamant a few weeks
0:21:01 > 0:21:06ago.I was spectating, all right?! Let's wrap it for the moment.
0:21:06 > 0:21:08A terrible run for St Johnstone.
0:21:08 > 0:21:11Six games without a goal as they headed to take on Hibs.
0:21:11 > 0:21:12The Easter Road side flying, on a run of four straight wins.
0:21:16 > 0:21:20COMMENTATOR: Hibs looking for the fourth considered of win, making one
0:21:20 > 0:21:22change to the side that beat Dundee a couple of weeks back. Incomes
0:21:22 > 0:21:29Anthony Stokes. St Johnstone are in contrasting form, six games without
0:21:29 > 0:21:38a victory, three changes, income Davidson, O'Halloran and Liam Craig.
0:21:38 > 0:21:45O'Halloran steps away from David Gray. Looked like he was taken down,
0:21:45 > 0:21:48the referee saw nothing. It gives Hibs a chance to come forward. Boyle
0:21:48 > 0:21:53lays it into the path of Anthony Stokes. That was an opportunity for
0:21:53 > 0:22:00Hibernian. Anthony Stokes knows it. Always rising. Neil Lennon trying to
0:22:00 > 0:22:04get some instructions on as his side have a bit of defending to do. Liam
0:22:04 > 0:22:10Craig, former Hibs player.
0:22:10 > 0:22:12Craig, former Hibs player. O'Halloran, Austin takes over and
0:22:12 > 0:22:22tries to feed it O'Halloran. All a bit scrappy.
0:22:22 > 0:22:27bit scrappy. Back to O'Halloran, and it is off the crossbar! Fabulous
0:22:27 > 0:22:32save from Marciano to deny Liam Craig, who is still in possession.
0:22:32 > 0:22:36Eventually Martin Boyle gets the challenging. Fantastic reactions
0:22:36 > 0:22:42here from Ofir Marciano to keep out Liam Craig's shot. Barker has looked
0:22:42 > 0:22:46right in the opening exchanges. Wraps the likeliest player to create
0:22:46 > 0:22:54something for Hibs. There is Martin Boyle with a swerving shot. ,
0:22:54 > 0:22:59forcing is on the club into a say. A lot of movement on the ball --
0:22:59 > 0:23:00perhaps the likeliest player.
0:23:04 > 0:23:08Still looking for a first goal in seven games, Steven Anderson
0:23:08 > 0:23:16climbing, breaks back to him. The volley cleared off the line by John
0:23:16 > 0:23:24McGinn, it was. Great defending from the centre-back.
0:23:24 > 0:23:26the centre-back. McGinn's pars is blocked. St Johnstone might threaten
0:23:26 > 0:23:33here on the counterattack. It's Forster. He has O'Halloran. Men in
0:23:33 > 0:23:37the middle, goes for gold himself and Marciano forced to make the
0:23:37 > 0:23:45save. It was a tight angle, but he hit the target, O'Halloran. Neil
0:23:45 > 0:23:51Lennon and code trying to plot a way through. Martin Boyle with an
0:23:51 > 0:23:55opportunity, breaks for Ambrose... Good save, is on the Clark! He saw
0:23:55 > 0:24:00that one late, it went through the legs of Simon Murray. He may have
0:24:00 > 0:24:04just got a touch on it. Clerks picking out a boot.
0:24:07 > 0:24:11Ambrose giving it away. Steven MacLean is in. Is this the goals and
0:24:11 > 0:24:19Johnstone have been waiting for? Still, it won't come.
0:24:19 > 0:24:22Still, it won't come. O'Halloran now, Maclean to gay heavy first a
0:24:22 > 0:24:30chair. Forcing it wide. Getting a shot away. St Johnstone have carved
0:24:30 > 0:24:36out the better opportunities in the match. Here is Maclean. Foster now.
0:24:36 > 0:24:46Flights it towards the back post. Davidson arriving.
0:24:46 > 0:24:50Davidson arriving. They have waited so long. The 23rd of September, they
0:24:50 > 0:24:54last scored, Murray Davidson got that one. Here he is again at Easter
0:24:54 > 0:25:01Road to make the breakthrough.
0:25:04 > 0:25:10A bit of the game to go as McGinn flashes one in. That was not far
0:25:10 > 0:25:17away. Getting a better look at it here. Inches wide from McGinn. Still
0:25:17 > 0:25:24Hibs press. Pressing for an equaliser, trying to preserve an
0:25:24 > 0:25:28unbeaten run that stretches back four games. This is Boyle. Was he
0:25:28 > 0:25:33taken down there? It is a penalty kick, Craig Thomson indicating a
0:25:33 > 0:25:41handball by Joe Shaughnessy. It was rushed in, the ball came off his
0:25:41 > 0:25:44arm, it may look harsh, but Hibs have a chance to score the equaliser
0:25:44 > 0:25:51in injury time. Hibs now have surely salvaged a point. Anthony Stokes's
0:25:51 > 0:25:57ninth goal of the season, coolness personified. St Johnstone denied a
0:25:57 > 0:25:59victory.
0:26:00 > 0:26:06It looked like they were going to end that winless streak. Here we go.
0:26:06 > 0:26:11They might yet have the opportunity to come back. O'Halloran running at
0:26:11 > 0:26:18Stephenson. The cross and Davidson again. Steven MacLean surely! He has
0:26:18 > 0:26:26won it for Saints! Incredible scenes at Easter Road. Marciano kept out
0:26:26 > 0:26:30the first effort, couldn't do it again. And Steven MacLean wins it
0:26:30 > 0:26:31for St Johnstone.
0:26:34 > 0:26:38A Paul Golding concede with the last kick of the game. We need to be more
0:26:38 > 0:26:41streetwise. We have shown a lot of it this season, there was a flatness
0:26:41 > 0:26:45today, and I understand it is a momentum break. St Johnstone know
0:26:45 > 0:26:50how to play the game. Streetwise, like I said before the game. We
0:26:50 > 0:26:55didn't take them lightly, but there was a lack of urgency about us in
0:26:55 > 0:26:58the final third. Great team performance and I am
0:26:58 > 0:27:07really proud of them. We have had a tough few weeks. It
0:27:07 > 0:27:10tough few weeks. It is the case that people doubt you on those runs, but
0:27:10 > 0:27:13surely come I never doubted them, and the staff have never doubted
0:27:13 > 0:27:20them. Overall, we probably deserved it.
0:27:20 > 0:27:24620 minutes of goalless football finally comes to an end for St
0:27:24 > 0:27:30Johnstone. The drought is over. Yeah. It was a marked
0:27:30 > 0:27:30Johnstone. The drought is over. Yeah. It was a marked difference
0:27:30 > 0:27:33yesterday from St Johnstone. It was only just before the international
0:27:33 > 0:27:37break we were talking about the lack of conviction in the final third.
0:27:37 > 0:27:41This is a chance that eventually Liam Craig hits of the crossbar.
0:27:41 > 0:27:46Look at the bodies. Five bodies in the box as he strikes that. They
0:27:46 > 0:27:51weren't getting bodies forward. They worked on getting bodies forward.
0:27:51 > 0:27:59Look at that, six players desperate to get up and attack and counter on
0:27:59 > 0:28:06Hibs. Michael O'Halloran has the strike. The desire to get forward
0:28:06 > 0:28:11and put Hibs under pressure, it was noticeable all afternoon. Steven
0:28:11 > 0:28:16MacLean, and Cummins as well, they get the ball, but it is a poor touch
0:28:16 > 0:28:19from Steven MacLean. Normally, you expect him to get that under control
0:28:19 > 0:28:25quickly. At that point, it was still 0-0. Just watch Murray Davidson
0:28:25 > 0:28:30here. We have tagged him. He makes the deep lying run into the box,
0:28:30 > 0:28:34times it really well to get on the end of it, but Marciano has got to
0:28:34 > 0:28:39come and clean that out. He has got his hands to deal with that. As I
0:28:39 > 0:28:42said, all afternoon, the hunger and desire to get forward, look at that.
0:28:42 > 0:28:49Four bodies inside the box. This is the last minute. Murray Davidson
0:28:49 > 0:28:53again, and Steven MacLean, just after being pegged back to 1-1 in
0:28:53 > 0:28:56injury time. St Johnstone weren't going to settle for the point
0:28:56 > 0:28:57injury time. St Johnstone weren't going to settle for the point away
0:28:57 > 0:29:00from home. They wanted to get that win. And a marked difference from a
0:29:00 > 0:29:04couple of weeks ago. Full credit to them, because it takes character to
0:29:04 > 0:29:09do that.We don't mind speculative on the show, as we demonstrated with
0:29:09 > 0:29:14the Derek McInnes chat early on, but good timing, this victory for St
0:29:14 > 0:29:17Johnstone. The Northern Ireland job might be coming up, should Michael
0:29:17 > 0:29:22O'Neill decide to join us in Scotland?Do you want me to say
0:29:22 > 0:29:26Tommy Wright will get it? If he was asked, I don't think he could say
0:29:26 > 0:29:30no. It would be a massive honour for him.Would you go along with that?I
0:29:30 > 0:29:36think so. He has done a wonderful job at St Johnstone. He said
0:29:36 > 0:29:40himself, it is a dream job, and if offered it, I would be surprised if
0:29:40 > 0:29:48he knocked it back. I go back to the point, St Johnstone were pegged back
0:29:48 > 0:29:50with the penalty to make it 1-1 late on, but
0:29:50 > 0:29:52with the penalty to make it 1-1 late on, but they had the desire.Let's
0:29:52 > 0:29:59look at this. Was it a penalty?Not for me. Not for me.Craig Thomson
0:29:59 > 0:30:05signals handball.There is no way he can get out of the way.Look at the
0:30:05 > 0:30:10tackle.Are you saying the referee got it wrong but it is still a
0:30:10 > 0:30:14penalty?He got it wrong but got it right.I think that is a penalty for
0:30:14 > 0:30:20the challenge that Shaughnessy goes in with his hybrid.It is not a
0:30:20 > 0:30:25handball Ben?Definitely not.I think it is a penalty for the
0:30:25 > 0:30:26challenge.A
0:30:26 > 0:30:27think it is a penalty for the challenge.A flat performance from
0:30:27 > 0:30:30Hibs?Neil Lennon touched on it, the international break came at a bad
0:30:30 > 0:30:35time. The opposite can be said for St Johnstone. The international
0:30:35 > 0:30:40break gave them time to work on things that were wrong. They put it
0:30:40 > 0:30:44into practice yesterday with a determined professional performance.
0:30:44 > 0:30:44Next to Dens Park.
0:30:44 > 0:30:46Five straight defeats for Dundee,
0:30:46 > 0:30:48Neil McCann desperate to stop the rot against a Kilmarnock side
0:30:48 > 0:30:50unbeaten in their last five away matches.
0:30:54 > 0:30:59Dundee playing in their third kit. Three changes made by Neil McCann
0:30:59 > 0:31:07after the loss at Easter Road.
0:31:07 > 0:31:08after the loss at Easter Road. Kilmarnock name an unchanged side
0:31:08 > 0:31:14from the team that won at Murrayfield.
0:31:19 > 0:31:26Out to Kammy curve. Battling for it with Deacon. Forward onto Jordan
0:31:26 > 0:31:32Jones. Got good acceleration. Jones, with one thing on his mind. Inside
0:31:32 > 0:31:37two players. Lifts it over the bar of parish. A couple of goals this
0:31:37 > 0:31:42season, Jordan Jones very quick. Have to cut back inside on the right
0:31:42 > 0:31:45peg, away from O'Hara.
0:31:48 > 0:31:56Onto Deacon, good linkup play from Dundee. Deacon against Burke, back
0:31:56 > 0:32:04inside to Kamara. Kamara lifts it up well.
0:32:04 > 0:32:09well. Interesting lift of the foot there. Decent header from Haber.
0:32:14 > 0:32:21Kilmarnock with the long ball, not dealt with by O'Dea. Stephen
0:32:21 > 0:32:25O'Donnell, linking again with Jones. Sends it through for McKenzie.
0:32:25 > 0:32:30McKenzie had to get it back. Kris Boyd was running it well. The
0:32:30 > 0:32:34acknowledgement all it could have been. Again, decent play, down the
0:32:34 > 0:32:40right-hand side from Kilmarnock. Dundee scored only three goals in
0:32:40 > 0:32:45their last five games. Finding it a struggle to find the back of the
0:32:45 > 0:32:52net. That looked very heavy and O'Dea will see the yellow card,
0:32:52 > 0:33:01unsurprisingly. Taking out Brophy. The yellow card, he needs to be
0:33:01 > 0:33:07checked as well. Brophy took it well. Shoulder into the chest.
0:33:11 > 0:33:18O'Donnell, good trade. Aurtenetxe reads it well and goes on the drive.
0:33:18 > 0:33:25Very experienced player in the La Liga, trying to make something
0:33:25 > 0:33:28happen for the home side. That's a great little ball, very quick off
0:33:28 > 0:33:36his line was MacDonald.
0:33:36 > 0:33:38his line was MacDonald. Aurtenetxe, great little pass in and that's a
0:33:38 > 0:33:45great block from the keeper. The corner, easily dealt with. Miss read
0:33:45 > 0:33:51by Kamara.
0:33:51 > 0:33:54by Kamara. Erwin is through, this is the opportunity that they wanted.
0:33:54 > 0:34:00Kilmarnock with a chance. Well, Elliott Parish came out to present
0:34:00 > 0:34:05the target and did just enough, but Jones played through Lee Erwin and
0:34:05 > 0:34:10this is the kind of chance you want and you have to say at the very end
0:34:10 > 0:34:17it was pretty tame. He knew it. McKenzie has made a great run.
0:34:17 > 0:34:23That's going to be a red card. He's been booked already. It's a second
0:34:23 > 0:34:28yellow. The red card for O'Dea, sent off with seven minutes to go. Second
0:34:28 > 0:34:34red card of the season. Sent off against St Johnstone with seven
0:34:34 > 0:34:38minutes to go, as he takes down number seven, which is not lucky for
0:34:38 > 0:34:45him, and Dundee are down to ten.
0:34:45 > 0:34:47him, and Dundee are down to ten. Alan Power, had a little bit of it
0:34:47 > 0:34:51but too straight, and easy takes for Elliott Parish. Dundee seeking their
0:34:51 > 0:34:58first clean sheet in the league this season. Under pressure now. McKenzie
0:34:58 > 0:35:03plays it in, Brophy, hits the crossbar and Gordon Greer goes up.
0:35:03 > 0:35:07The goalkeeper yelling for it to be cleared. Brophy almost winning it
0:35:07 > 0:35:14for Kilmarnock. Henry is furious that the defending. He got himself
0:35:14 > 0:35:16free, but rattled the frame.
0:35:16 > 0:35:18that the defending. He got himself free, but rattled the frame.Today
0:35:18 > 0:35:22gave us a good point against a side that have gone away from home to
0:35:22 > 0:35:25some of the biggest grounds that we've got to offer and picked up
0:35:25 > 0:35:29points, so I'm pleased with it. Always want three points, but I
0:35:29 > 0:35:32can't be too harsh on them, particularly when you are down to
0:35:32 > 0:35:37ten men and they are pushing, so overall it's uneven night.The first
0:35:37 > 0:35:41half was pretty much a nonevent. The second half opened a bullet orbit
0:35:41 > 0:35:46and obviously we're disappointed that we missed one great 111 near
0:35:46 > 0:35:49the end and Brophy came off the bench and had a good header that hit
0:35:49 > 0:35:53the crossbar. We may be feeling a bit hard done by, that we could have
0:35:53 > 0:35:57mixed the three points.I like to talk up Scottish football but
0:35:57 > 0:36:00probably the worst game I've seen so far this season. Neil McCann won't
0:36:00 > 0:36:05care because after five straight defeats he finally gets a point.
0:36:05 > 0:36:08Yeah, it wasn't a classic but they can take positives from the game.
0:36:08 > 0:36:21They got a clean sheet and stopped the rot and after losing five
0:36:21 > 0:36:23the rot and after losing five games in a row, any point will do, no
0:36:23 > 0:36:24matter how you get
0:36:24 > 0:36:24in a row, any point will do, no matter how you get it.
0:36:24 > 0:36:24in a row, any point will do, no matter how you get it.Brophy and
0:36:24 > 0:36:27the substitutes almost made the day. You heard Steve Clarke saying there
0:36:27 > 0:36:30will be a little bit disappointed but keep an eye on the Erwin that
0:36:30 > 0:36:33wins the header at the near post and he drives all the weight of the
0:36:33 > 0:36:37park. No challenge whatsoever from the Dundee players. Scott Allan
0:36:37 > 0:36:40eventually tracks it back. Get the good first touch. A little bit of
0:36:40 > 0:36:46composure, slide in between the legs. This is literally after that
0:36:46 > 0:36:51move, he then gets a second chance, but he chokes his shot a little bit.
0:36:51 > 0:36:55Right after the sending off, there is a meant Brophy with the chance.
0:36:55 > 0:37:05He's marked here, Kammy care gets blocked off by runners. He has to do
0:37:05 > 0:37:09better.It doesn't get any easier for Dundee. The
0:37:09 > 0:37:11better.It doesn't get any easier for Dundee. The next match is at
0:37:11 > 0:37:14home to Rangers. Admittedly Rangers lost this weekend but stalled off
0:37:14 > 0:37:20and there's a huge on the McGann's hands.Exactly, but they will fancy
0:37:20 > 0:37:24themselves against Rangers at home. Hamilton beat them, so there's no
0:37:24 > 0:37:28reason they can't go and win the game.As for Kilmarnock, they are on
0:37:28 > 0:37:33a great run. We've raged about -- we have raved about Steve Clarke's
0:37:33 > 0:37:41changes. His only defeat has been at home.He's had five games, four away
0:37:41 > 0:37:46from home. It's an historical problem that Kilmarnock had, that
0:37:46 > 0:37:49they've not been able to pick up enough points at home and I'm pretty
0:37:49 > 0:37:53sure that's something he will be desperate to overturn in the next
0:37:53 > 0:37:58few games he has at Rugby Park.One thing you've say about Kilmarnock,
0:37:58 > 0:38:02they have had this good run of form and they have a very subtle starting
0:38:02 > 0:38:07XI. That will help them.It did, they looked very organised, clean
0:38:07 > 0:38:10sheet for them is a bonus in the last 15 or 20 minutes they looked
0:38:10 > 0:38:16the more likely team to score.
0:38:16 > 0:38:18Now to the match that kicked the weekend off.
0:38:18 > 0:38:20The Celtic bandwagon rolling into Dingwall.
0:38:20 > 0:38:22Could Owen Coyle's Ross County do anything to resist
0:38:22 > 0:38:23Brendan Rodgers' invincibles?
0:38:23 > 0:38:25Commentary from Liam McLeod.
0:38:25 > 0:38:27Commentary from Liam McLeod.
0:38:27 > 0:38:33Ross County were made to sweat. Owen Coyle more than content to send out
0:38:33 > 0:38:41the same team. Same again for Celtic, two is the aim in the Uefa
0:38:41 > 0:38:47domestic chart, in what would be a 64th successive match without loss.
0:38:47 > 0:38:53Up towards Dembele, who hit a hat-trick for Lee Fitch's U21 side
0:38:53 > 0:38:59during the break against their Slovenian counterparts. Here's
0:38:59 > 0:39:05Keilor-Dunn, a nice little ball through. The former Celtic trainee
0:39:05 > 0:39:12trying to get on it, made Gordon looked lively. Just one Ross County
0:39:12 > 0:39:19win in 19 league meetings, with Celtic.
0:39:19 > 0:39:26Celtic. It's Keilor-Dunn. Not the worst effort in the world. Could
0:39:26 > 0:39:29potentially have taken a touch here.
0:39:38 > 0:39:44A lovely ball. Callum McGregor. It is taken away from him, just as he
0:39:44 > 0:39:51was pulling the trigger. Not too many appeals for a penalty, though
0:39:51 > 0:39:58McGregor is having a word with the referee here.
0:39:58 > 0:40:02referee here. Routers with the final touch on the Celtic player and he
0:40:02 > 0:40:03may feel hard done by --
0:40:07 > 0:40:10Celtic of won all six of their away Premiership matches so far.
0:40:10 > 0:40:17Conceding just once, Alexander Gogic, a consolation goal for
0:40:17 > 0:40:23Hamilton. Dembele putting pressure on McCarey. Adomah Carey was
0:40:23 > 0:40:31deceived by its, got no man's land, that's for sure. In four McGregor
0:40:31 > 0:40:42and its loose. Helped end 60 years of Italian World Cup qualification
0:40:42 > 0:40:49at the weekend, with Sweden. No advantage given by Nick Walsh. It's
0:40:49 > 0:40:55Dembele and it's comfortable for McCarey. Dundee were the last team
0:40:55 > 0:41:02to keep Celtic out domestically, a 0-0 draw on the 5th of April, 2016.
0:41:02 > 0:41:05Owen Coyle at the moment is doing a fine job of frustrating the
0:41:05 > 0:41:12champions. It's Routis with the free kick. Easy enough for Craig Gordon.
0:41:18 > 0:41:30Gardyne, a nice flick away. He's chipped it through here for Schalk.
0:41:30 > 0:41:36There was a controversial spot the last time these two men met here.
0:41:36 > 0:41:43The clock continuing to kick down. Armstrong is tripped by O'Brien and
0:41:43 > 0:41:53Celtic have a free kick in a very testy position. It's Griffiths.
0:41:53 > 0:41:59Griffiths
0:41:59 > 0:42:04Griffiths like -- Griffiths! Just when Celtic needed a touch of class,
0:42:04 > 0:42:10Leigh Griffiths provides it, with a trademark free kick. Shades of
0:42:10 > 0:42:20England in June. And it's 1-0 to the champions. McGregor must have
0:42:20 > 0:42:25thought his team was going to pull something out of the bag. Suddenly,
0:42:25 > 0:42:32Celtic were going to finish this off.
0:42:32 > 0:42:38off. I mentioned Dembele's hat-trick against Slovenia, Olivier Ntcham
0:42:38 > 0:42:44scored a free kick for the French team in the other match. County just
0:42:44 > 0:42:50can't keep clean sheets. Haven't managed one at home yet this season.
0:42:50 > 0:43:00Scott Sinclair. He's going to get it back. They haven't been at their
0:43:00 > 0:43:05free-flowing best, Celtic. It looks as though it's going to be enough.
0:43:05 > 0:43:18Brendan Rodgers will soon turn his attention to the Paris St-Germain.
0:43:18 > 0:43:20attention to the Paris St-Germain. Olivier Ntcham got the flick onto
0:43:20 > 0:43:29it. Can count Ji conjure up an equaliser? Defensively, they deserve
0:43:29 > 0:43:31it, but they've not really threatened Craig Gordon about the
0:43:31 > 0:43:38other end. Celtic have lost the ball. I shout for hand ball against
0:43:38 > 0:43:42Boyata. Nick Walsh has turned a blind eye to it.
0:43:42 > 0:43:44Boyata. Nick Walsh has turned a blind eye to it.We performed ever
0:43:44 > 0:43:51so well during the game, tactically very disciplined and they are
0:43:51 > 0:43:54wonderful team, carrying all before them, but we had a very good shape
0:43:54 > 0:43:58against the ball and when we broke out we carried the thread. We feel
0:43:58 > 0:44:04disappointed not to have had a point from the game and it's taken, let's
0:44:04 > 0:44:07be honest, a bit of magic to beat us.When you come back after an
0:44:07 > 0:44:12international break it's never going to be what you would like and the
0:44:12 > 0:44:16conditions, the pitch and what of, it was a difficult pitch today. It
0:44:16 > 0:44:21made that fluency in the game not as good as what we have been in a lot
0:44:21 > 0:44:25of our games, however you have to get a result and you have to get out
0:44:25 > 0:44:29of performance and I thought the players did that today and that bit
0:44:29 > 0:44:33of magic and quality came through in the end.The big question for all
0:44:33 > 0:44:37the other sides in the Premiership, how do you solve a problem like
0:44:37 > 0:44:42Celtic? How did you rate Ross County's approach?I thought they
0:44:42 > 0:44:45were excellent, tactically when they went on position they looked very,
0:44:45 > 0:44:46very good I is.
0:44:46 > 0:44:47went on position they looked very, very good I is. They made it hard
0:44:47 > 0:44:51for Celtic to break them down. They kept small gaps in the defence and
0:44:51 > 0:44:54midfield and whenever Celtic got the ball in the final third they were
0:44:54 > 0:44:58put under massive pressure. They pressed extremely well. A number of
0:44:58 > 0:45:02examples. This is early on in the game. The amount of bodies that Ross
0:45:02 > 0:45:06County have back behind the ball in the final third, here you see Celtic
0:45:06 > 0:45:11probing for gaps, Dembele once it but Andrew Davis, as it's rolled
0:45:11 > 0:45:15down, he's right on top of him, note space, no time, that's good
0:45:15 > 0:45:20defending. Another example, Dembele, give me it, I'll get it on the half
0:45:20 > 0:45:24term, as soon as he takes the stretch those three of them on him.
0:45:24 > 0:45:29They did it ever so well throughout the whole game. Celtic lacked a bit
0:45:29 > 0:45:33of wit and imagination. Because the middle lane was so crowded they
0:45:33 > 0:45:36needed the overlapping wide player, to force it in the middle with a
0:45:36 > 0:45:40number of bodies and eventually a lot of attacks fizzled out because
0:45:40 > 0:45:44of how difficult and compact Ross County were making it for them.
0:45:44 > 0:45:49That's Lustig, the right back, he has to give summary players from
0:45:49 > 0:45:53Ross County, they want them to try and go down the middle and they kept
0:45:53 > 0:45:57trying that and Ross County set up really well. A lot of credit to Ross
0:45:57 > 0:46:01County, that takes concentration and when you get tired you expect
0:46:01 > 0:46:07eventually Kent Iqbal open up and they didn't. It was from set play.
0:46:07 > 0:46:08Credit to Celtic,
0:46:08 > 0:46:09they didn't. It was from set play. Credit to Celtic, they always find a
0:46:09 > 0:46:15way. It seems recently we were cheering Leigh Griffiths, those last
0:46:15 > 0:46:23free kick goals, until yesterday. He's a master at these free kicks,
0:46:23 > 0:46:2730 yards out. The thing that impressed me was the depths he got
0:46:27 > 0:46:32on it. The highest point of the ball is around, if it ever rolls in,
0:46:32 > 0:46:37yeah, 12 beat in the air. It dips. It doesn't have a lot of pace on it
0:46:37 > 0:46:46but it dipped. That is technique, a lot of dip.How high are the goals?
0:46:46 > 0:46:51Eight feet.Fantastic. It's a big week for Celtic, pretty much full
0:46:51 > 0:46:55strength side against Ross County. They have Paris St-Germain, midweek,
0:46:55 > 0:46:59and the League Cup final next weekend. Presumably he will play his
0:46:59 > 0:47:03strongest side in always matches. That is the thing they have got,
0:47:03 > 0:47:06they've got a fantastic starting XI, but also strength and depth and
0:47:06 > 0:47:10that's been shown at the weekend. Leigh Griffiths has lost his
0:47:10 > 0:47:14starting place, comes on and Bruce is worth. They've got a great squad
0:47:14 > 0:47:25and that's what they need for all
0:47:33 > 0:47:36these big games coming up.It will be a gruelling week.No doubt about
0:47:36 > 0:47:38it.Paris St-Germain and a Cup Final, it's hardly gruelling!How
0:47:38 > 0:47:41fresh will they be?They will want to give a good account of themselves
0:47:41 > 0:47:44in Paris. What more could you want as a player?How much trepidation
0:47:44 > 0:47:47would you feel is a fan?I think the game at Celtic Park, Paris
0:47:47 > 0:47:49St-Germain, it's probably one of the best performances I've ever seen. I
0:47:49 > 0:47:52think they will be a real challenger for the champions title. Of course
0:47:52 > 0:47:56it's going to be difficult. There's no doubt about it. But that's why
0:47:56 > 0:48:00Brendan Rodgers has to come up with a game plan, to mitigate the
0:48:00 > 0:48:05strengths of PSG.I would prioritise my selection for Sunday's game
0:48:05 > 0:48:09rather than the midweek game. For me it's nothing game in the Champions
0:48:09 > 0:48:15League, whereas Sunday...Nothing game? I thought you said it was
0:48:15 > 0:48:17mouthwatering.You don't want an embarrassing result.Winning the
0:48:17 > 0:48:24home game, it's the one we need to do, even drawing that to qualify for
0:48:24 > 0:48:28the Roper, where as if they win on Sunday I would suggest a Cup Final.
0:48:28 > 0:48:30Now to today's match at Tynecastle.
0:48:30 > 0:48:32After all the doubt and speculation, the safety inspection was passed
0:48:32 > 0:48:34and the new main stand unveiled.
0:48:34 > 0:48:36A new era for a great old stadium.
0:48:36 > 0:48:38Would it see a Hearts victory over Partick Thistle?
0:48:38 > 0:48:40Commentary comes from Liam McLeod.
0:48:44 > 0:48:48The old place has had a makeover, a safety certificate finally arrived
0:48:48 > 0:48:53late yesterday evening and after months of graphed the new £12
0:48:53 > 0:48:57million Main Stand is ready and it's an impressive stand. A real step
0:48:57 > 0:49:02forward for Heart of Midlothian. Who bring back veteran Alan Hughes
0:49:02 > 0:49:06today, after becoming Brittain's most capped defender during Northern
0:49:06 > 0:49:09Ireland's play-off heartbreak. There is a welcome return for Diouf as
0:49:09 > 0:49:13well in the middle. Chris Erskine returns from injury for the Jags and
0:49:13 > 0:49:17replaces Conor Sammon, who can't play against his training club. This
0:49:17 > 0:49:24will have an won here since 2014. -- Partick Thistle haven't won here
0:49:24 > 0:49:30since 2014. A bit too much pressure from the Portuguese and Hearts have
0:49:30 > 0:49:40free kick in a very promising area. Lafferty and Goncalves are over it.
0:49:40 > 0:49:43A comfortable save for Cerny.
0:49:49 > 0:49:52Just one Thistle win in the last eight meetings between these two
0:49:52 > 0:50:03sides. If it comes from Brandon. Here's Lafferty. He had his back to
0:50:03 > 0:50:10goal, he got the shot away. Perhaps just lost his bearings a bit there
0:50:10 > 0:50:14did Lafferty, who played Northern Ireland's first leg, Aaron Hughes
0:50:14 > 0:50:21played the second. A clean sheet but ultimately the point in Switzerland.
0:50:21 > 0:50:22ultimately the point in Switzerland. -- ultimate disappointment in
0:50:22 > 0:50:29Switzerland. That's Berra's header, off the line but referee wasn't
0:50:29 > 0:50:37happy with the clambering of Christophe Berra. And Adam Bogdan.
0:50:37 > 0:50:41Christophe Berra. And Adam Bogdan. -- Barton will stop a late goal
0:50:41 > 0:50:46denied this all the points in their last visit here at the end of April.
0:50:46 > 0:50:51Lafferty losing out, a bit of afters which is going on out of vision
0:50:51 > 0:51:00right now. Hearts want it back. Mrs Milinkovic. In he goes. -- this is
0:51:00 > 0:51:04Milinkovic. In he goes. He's been brought into the starting XI for
0:51:04 > 0:51:13Hearts today. Goncalves.
0:51:13 > 0:51:15Hearts today. Goncalves. Away by Devine. Hughes has lost sight of it
0:51:15 > 0:51:21and here goes Storey. Not quite. Aaron Hughes heaves a big sigh of
0:51:21 > 0:51:27relief. Miles Storey has pasted back. He didn't have the finish to
0:51:27 > 0:51:28match though.
0:51:34 > 0:51:44Hearts know a win would take them back into the top six.
0:51:44 > 0:51:48back into the top six. It's a boost to have a Cameroonian back. It's
0:51:48 > 0:51:54Gonsalves, it's into the far corner and the new Main Stand feeds its
0:51:54 > 0:52:01first goal, scored by the man who scored at the old stand at the end
0:52:01 > 0:52:08of last season and perhaps that is fitting, as Gonsalves scores a goal
0:52:08 > 0:52:13similar to the one he scored against Kilmarnock. A couple of defeats
0:52:13 > 0:52:16across the railway at Murrayfield, before returning to their spiritual
0:52:16 > 0:52:24home. A hand ball by Adam Barton, who has already been booked.
0:52:24 > 0:52:28Deliberate hand ball, right in front of the referee. He clearly gave the
0:52:28 > 0:52:36free kick for that offence. Barton perhaps can feel a little fortunate
0:52:36 > 0:52:44that the referee hasn't booked him for that one as well. In from Cowie.
0:52:44 > 0:52:51The Jags managed to spoon it away. That's Brandon. He's got it in
0:52:51 > 0:52:56forward, the Gonsalves. It's three defeats on the bounce for Hearts
0:52:56 > 0:53:04right now. The derby across the city before the defeats at the home of
0:53:04 > 0:53:11Scottish rugby. Desperate for three points. A hand ball. Against
0:53:11 > 0:53:14Stockton.
0:53:17 > 0:53:25In towards the final five minutes of the game at Tynecastle. Thistle try
0:53:25 > 0:53:32and smell out a point. Doolan! And it's 1-1!
0:53:38 > 0:53:42This all really need a goal, it's normally Kris Doolan vaped turn two
0:53:42 > 0:53:48and you can see why -- when Partick Thistle need a goal. So deadly in
0:53:48 > 0:53:49and you can see why -- when Partick Thistle need a goal. So deadly in
0:53:49 > 0:53:52that kind of position.I'm disappointed, obviously out like to
0:53:52 > 0:53:56have won the match today. I thought we did enough to win it without
0:53:56 > 0:54:00being brilliant. Then when I got back in afterwards and saw the goal
0:54:00 > 0:54:04was offside and also it's a hand ball, then that makes me feel even
0:54:04 > 0:54:07more miserable.I thought we'd get another chance, we have the best
0:54:07 > 0:54:15chance in the first half. I felt the starting position was very good and
0:54:15 > 0:54:20cut a lot of things out, but we kept them at arm's links for most of the
0:54:20 > 0:54:23game.After all the build-up about this game, safety inspections, all
0:54:23 > 0:54:31the rest of it, the match itself was a bit of a damp squib?I think the
0:54:31 > 0:54:33romantic notion of them being returned to Tynecastle and
0:54:33 > 0:54:37everything being Rosie fell flatter bit, it was a chance to go sixth in
0:54:37 > 0:54:41the league if they'd won and it was a pretty uninspiring performance.It
0:54:41 > 0:54:44was pretty uninspiring and suddenly a goal
0:54:44 > 0:54:46was pretty uninspiring and suddenly a goal for Hearts, but should it
0:54:46 > 0:54:51have stood?It's a wonderful finish from Gonsalves as he cuts in here,
0:54:51 > 0:54:54but I think Kyle Lafferty is just slightly offside and he's in
0:54:54 > 0:55:02front... You can understand how the officials don't give it, totally,
0:55:02 > 0:55:08because it's so tight, but he's in front of Cerny, so is he offside?
0:55:08 > 0:55:10Marginally, but completely understandable why it wasn't given.
0:55:10 > 0:55:17That's the last three games, Hearts's goals have come from
0:55:17 > 0:55:20moments of magic. It's not as if they are opening teams up and
0:55:20 > 0:55:24creating lots of chances, but they are scoring very good goals, but you
0:55:24 > 0:55:29can't expect that every week.Still initially the style of play.The
0:55:29 > 0:55:33game was pretty poor, no doubt about that and everything is not going to
0:55:33 > 0:55:38just fix itself by going back to Tynecastle. More fundamental...I
0:55:38 > 0:55:43the pitch, nobody should be on that pitch. The pitch looked dodgy.There
0:55:43 > 0:55:48were a couple of lines on it but Tynecastle now is a fantastic
0:55:48 > 0:55:51stadium. It looked tremendous and once the stadium is fully finished
0:55:51 > 0:55:57they've got a tremendous home, Hearts.Let's talk about Hearts more
0:55:57 > 0:56:02in a second, what about the equaliser, Kris Doolan's goal?
0:56:02 > 0:56:05Hearts are going to feel aggrieved, you heard Craig Lavigne talking
0:56:05 > 0:56:09about a potential hand ball. It is difficult to say definitively what
0:56:09 > 0:56:14happens. There are so many players looking at off but it looks as if it
0:56:14 > 0:56:21comes off Devine's elbow. It's a wonderful finish.I don't think you
0:56:21 > 0:56:25knows anything about it, if the ball is going to break in the box. A
0:56:25 > 0:56:28great point for Partick Thistle, a much better point for them than for
0:56:28 > 0:56:33Hearts.A string of matches coming up at Tynecastle for Hearts but no
0:56:33 > 0:56:37immediate bounce in terms of this Tynecastle effect but I suppose
0:56:37 > 0:56:41everybody at Hearts was looking for. You would hope that you get a number
0:56:41 > 0:56:46of games at home, that things will pick up but I've seen it before, if
0:56:46 > 0:56:50the football is so poor and you are not creating chances than it could
0:56:50 > 0:56:54actually be the reverse, where a nervousness from the stands that
0:56:54 > 0:56:58feeds on the park. Hearts are not in a great position at the moment on
0:56:58 > 0:57:06the pitch. Off the park things are going fantastic. They need
0:57:06 > 0:57:08going fantastic. They need to get a better style, some more results on
0:57:08 > 0:57:10the pitch.I don't experienced a week in
0:57:10 > 0:57:11the pitch.I don't experienced a week in Scottish football where so
0:57:11 > 0:57:14much attention is focused on on safety expections! How much of a
0:57:14 > 0:57:18farce has this been?It seems as if Altima cleaves been left up to the
0:57:18 > 0:57:22council and Hearts and they are quite happy to leave it as long as
0:57:22 > 0:57:26possible, they want the game on. -- it seems as if ultimately it's been
0:57:26 > 0:57:32left up to the Council of hearts. The lead should have -- the league
0:57:32 > 0:57:37should have stepped in, it seemed to drag on and on. The game has gone
0:57:37 > 0:57:42ahead.15 minutes late.15 minutes late but when you look at the bigger
0:57:42 > 0:57:46picture it's a great stadium, the game has gone ahead and that's the
0:57:46 > 0:57:52most important thing.Why didn't Partick Thistle play in yellow and
0:57:52 > 0:57:58red?You did say why were they wearing...Mischief maker! And you
0:57:58 > 0:58:02very much indeed.
0:58:02 > 0:58:04All that leaves the Ladbrokes Premiership table looking like this.
0:58:04 > 0:58:07Celtic extend their lead at the top of the table to six points.
0:58:07 > 0:58:09Motherwell two points behind Rangers.
0:58:09 > 0:58:16Dundee remain bottom of the table.
0:58:16 > 0:58:17The football story never ends.
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0:58:24 > 0:58:27Until then, from all of us on the Sportscene team, goodnight.