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This could be something quite

sensational!

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What a goal!

That is outstanding!

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What a brilliant strike that is!

Oh! Yes!

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Oh! Yes!

Oh, it's unbelievable! Unbelievable!

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What a finish

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Oh, it's unbelievable! Unbelievable!

What a finish!

The season of their

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dreams.

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With the international break

out of the way,

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it's all about the chaotic countdown

to Christmas now.

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A bulging fixture list,

challenges aplenty for every side

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in the Ladbrokes Premiership.

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And speaking of challenges,

we're joined by these two.

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As always, poised and ready

to upset the apple cart -

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Steven Thompson and Michael Stewart.

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We start at Ibrox.

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Hamilton Academical without a win

there in the league since 1926.

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Rangers interim boss Graeme Murty

looking for a third win in a row

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since taking the reigns

for a second time.

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Commentary comes from John Barnes.

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COMMENTATOR: Rangers make one in

forced change from the side that

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beat Partick Thistle a fortnight

ago, Declan John is ill, so Lee

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Hodson comes in to take his place.

Hamilton manager Martin Canning

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sticks by the same starting line-up

that drew with Aberdeen last time

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out as they look to extend a

three-game unbeaten run.

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Warm reception for the former

Rangers player Fernando Rixon as he

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takes his place inside the stadium.

He is still battling motor neuron

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He is still battling motor neuron

disease -- Fernando Ricksen.

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Kenny Miller through to Windass. A

good delivery for Morelos. He really

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should have scored there. He got the

header all wrong.

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Windass looking very lively. Another

powerful run releases Morelos. Still

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Alfredo Morelos... I think Gary

Woods got a fingertip to that one.

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Denying the Colombian striker.

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Rangers looking to make it three

league wins in a row for the first

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time since last December. Alex Scott

ditch -- Gogic getting a yellow

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card. A bit of pulling on Morelos.

Bit of a soft one.

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Candeias with the corner. Way by

Woods. Morelos... And back off the

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bar! McCrorie can't not in the

rebound. Another glorious chance for

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Rangers. Two chances, in fact.

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McCrorie, he didn't look up. His

past is intercepted by David

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Templeton, and he rounds the

goalkeeper.

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goalkeeper. The former Rangers

player David Templeton scores for

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Hamilton Accies three games in a

row. His fourth of the season. He

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was composed as he rounded

Foderingham. And despite the efforts

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of Hodson, he couldn't prevent it

going in.

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Mackinnon. In towards Templeton,

he's having another pop... He

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certainly is lively this afternoon,

David Trimble done. He certainly

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regains his fitness from the start

of the season. -- David Templeton.

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Tavernier, in towards Candeias. Here

is Morelos... And away at the back

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post. Morelos didn't get enough

contact on the back

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contact on the back flick. Taking a

chance, Kenny Miller putting it

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through to Morelos with a chance...

Another glorious opportunity wasted

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by the Rangers striker. He seemed to

get right underneath that one.

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Jack with the cross in. Hamilton

happy to get it clear.

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happy to get it clear. Here's

Bingham, holding it up well for Greg

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Docherty. Getting away from

Tavernier. In towards Lyon! 2-0 to

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be Accies! On the counterattack, the

sucker punch. Darren Lyon's first

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goal of the season. He was one time

in the youth ranks at Rangers. This

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afternoon, he is delivering for

Accies's senior team.

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Still won't turn for Herrera.

Candeias to Tavernier. Header at the

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back post from Windass. Touched away

by Woods. Superbly saved.

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Another corner for Rangers. The

header from Wilson! And it's off the

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crossbar again! It's just not

Rangers's day. Jack with the effort

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from the rebound, and a frustrating

afternoon for Graeme Murty and his

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team. Here is a chance for Herrera.

Blocked by the boot of Gary Woods

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this time. The Accies defence stands

firm. Tavernier, Hardie tripped by

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Gogic. It's going to be a second

yellow card for the Accies defender,

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and that means red. Reduced to ten

men in stoppage time.

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WHISTLE

That is full-time, and the

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That is full-time, and the boos ring

around, Hamilton Accies celebrate as

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they picked up their first league

win at Ibrox the 91 years. Rangers

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0- two Hamilton.

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Hamilton's first win over Rangers in

1987, how much of a support is was

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was that?

When you talk about so

many years since

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was that?

When you talk about so

many years since they have beaten

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Rangers and 91 years since they have

won at Ibrox, you think, yes, but

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when you have players of the quality

of David Gordon, you see Rangers

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making the stakes. They are

architects of their own downfall.

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David Templeton has so much quality.

He leaves Templeton the dead.

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Fortunate that Hodson... He doesn't

know he is getting back.

Great

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composure to round the keeper like

that and slide it in against his

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former club. When you have players

of that quality, you always have a

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chance, and the desire. Look at the

desire from Hamilton Accies. Doherty

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is up in support, driving forward.

Lyon at the back post, the desire to

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get in and score the goal,

unfortunately for Rangers yesterday,

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it was lacking in their performance.

For Hamilton, they had it in spades.

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Brilliant counterattacking

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For Hamilton, they had it in spades.

Brilliant counterattacking football.

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Hamilton have not had the best of

seasons, but never write off the

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Accies.

They have been decent of

late, especially yesterday.

Great

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result for them. In terms of Graeme

Murty, it had been going well for

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him in terms of being made into ring

boss at Rangers, but Rangers had

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plenty of chances yesterday.

Morelos hasn't

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plenty of chances yesterday.

Morelos hasn't scored in nine games

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now. He scored eight in his first

nine games. He has gone off the

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boil. He has a confidence issue, if

you ask me. He does nothing

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specifically good in terms of

movement. I think you have got to

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hit the target. That is the one

prerequisite as a striker and you

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four yards out with a header. Look

at the defending again from

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Hamilton, Gogic shown away from

goal, he hesitates and allows them

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to skip past him. You have two hit

the target. Morelos, again, his

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opportunity at the back post, free

header. Kenny Miller is free as

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well. They are going to a possession

and create opportunities. Xavier

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Tomas watches it go past him. It

doesn't come off for Morelos. A

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terrific defensive header from

Tomos. This was harder, he is under

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pressure. As I have repeated 2-3

times, hit the target. He skips it

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over. This is emblematic of Rangers'

day in terms of chances and missing

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with the header. In the dying

seconds, Herrera with the spin. You

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can't take anything away, yes,

Rangers were profligate, don't take

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anything away from

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Rangers were profligate, don't take

anything away from Hamilton, a

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remarkable performance and result.

Where does it leave us in the terms

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of searching for a new Rangers

manager? Graeme Murty user, didn't

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have a chance long-term, but he

wasn't helped by yesterday's result,

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does this mean Rangers speed up the

process?

The need for the board to

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act, they are in transition, they

need leadership, Rangers, but I an

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surprise they have waited a month.

In the meantime, what we have got is

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Ibrox used to be a fortress for

Rangers, that is not the case any

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more.

Looking at the start, the

calendar year, 2017, six games out

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of 16 won, not what you expect from

a home form for

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of 16 won, not what you expect from

a home form for Rangers. It shows

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you that as we said, they have

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a home form for Rangers. It shows

you that as we said, they have been

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without a leader. There hasn't been

enough real direction and grit at

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the top end of the club. Pedro

Caixinha, we know that wasn't as

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excess. We have got to make sure

that the next appointment is the

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right one. The gap between them and

Celtic is big, and they had to get

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the right man in charge if they want

to try to close that.

OK.

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Next weekend, Motherwell take

on Celtic in the League Cup Final.

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This weekend they'd warm

up away to Aberdeen.

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COMMENTATOR: Aberdeen have Graeme

Shinnie suspended. Considine comes

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in and skippers the side. Adam

Rooney also starts as Greg Stewart

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and Stevie Meade dropped to the

bench. Motherwell revert to a back

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four with Richard Tait moving to

right back, Liam Grimshaw makes his

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first start of the season, Ryan

Bowman returns to partner Louis

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Moult in attack.

Aberdeen have won the last five

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league meetings with Motherwell.

Here comes Dunn. Aimed towards the

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back post for Roman. It was

Considine that managed to get his

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head on that one. Bowman was waiting

to pounce.

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to pounce. Arneson with the Aberdeen

free kick. Considine.

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Here is Considine. Christie did well

to regain composure to get that

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cross in. Rooney with the little

flick at the near post.

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Motherwell, of course, with the

League Cup in my phonics we can.

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Here is Ryan Christie for Aberdeen.

Driving forward there. Just not

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enough power in the shot to beat

Trevor Carson. Grimshaw to Moult.

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Now Tait.

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Here's Bowman, using his strength to

hold off Considine. Grimshaw with

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the shot. Turned away by Joe Lewis.

Grimshaw was in there. Trying his

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luck with the shot. Signed from

Preston in the summer.

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Here's Dunn. In towards Moult.

Grimshaw's there. Rose with the

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shot. Lewis making the save. Andy

Rose off his right foot there.

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Grimshaw again. McHugh picking it

up. Aberdeen can't get it clear at

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the moment. The wind is not helping

them either. Louis Moult teeing it

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up for Rose. Lewis had to make the

save again. Andy Rose has had a

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couple of efforts in the last few

minutes, but the Aberdeen keeper's

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up to the task.

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up to the task.

Here's McLean. Given the break still

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going, McLean. Too high with that

effort.

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A wee bit of good fortune favouring

Kenny Mclean.

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Here's Tansey under pressure from

Grimshaw. A handball from Andy

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Considine. An opponent was trying to

get away from him. That will be a

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yellow card for the Aberdeen skipper

for the day. Here's Richard Tait.

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It's Louis Moult...

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It's Louis Moult... It's 1-0

Motherwell! It's that man Louis

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Moult again! Rising unchallenged.

The long, diagonal free kick, and

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Moult picked his spot. His 13th of

the season.

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Tait finding Cadden, up against

McKenna. Still Chris Cadden. Into

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Moult... That's brilliant!

Outstanding finishing from Louis

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Moult! It's a double for the

Motherwell marksman. He was the

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scourge in the League Cup earlier

this season, and he is delivering

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again this afternoon.

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Steve May has two harbours, looking

for support. No one arrive in quick

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enough. Here is Mackay-Steven. The

Aberdeen fans claiming for a

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penalty. They felt it came off an

arm, but I think we will fight it

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did come off the chest of the

Motherwell full-back.

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McHugh in there.

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McHugh in there. Here's Kenny

Mclean. Looking for Wright. The

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substitute delivering it. Stevie

May. Turned away by Trevor Carson,

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good handling by the Motherwell

keeper. Positive stuff from

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Aberdeen, but they can't find the

breakthrough.

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The standard the play is set in

terms of performance work today.

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They are aware of that.

We spoke at

length after the game in the

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dressing room, and sometimes you

have a bad day, that was a bad day

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today and we need to pick the bones

of that and make sure we are better

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for the next performance, and make

sure we are more competitive. We

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have do make sure we can hopefully

impose our game plan on opposition,

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which we didn't do today.

To a man, we were terrific. The

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energy, we played a different way

today. They bought into it, I can do

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whatever I want technically, but if

they do apply and put their minds to

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it, it is worth nothing. We were

excellent today.

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A big win for Motherwell. Steven

Thomson, you were there, was a

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deserved?

Yeah, it was deserved. As

poor a performance from Aberdeen,

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but full credit to Motherwell, they

started with a surprise

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but full credit to Motherwell, they

started with a surprise formation,

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4-4-2 diamond formation. It had them

flummoxed in the opening 20 Mehmet.

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They created a number of chances,

Motherwell. A decent snapshot.

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Aberdeen were completely at sea the

15-20 minutes. They change their

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formation. Rose and the keeper don't

know much about it. They changed

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their formation to deal with how

much they were under siege, they

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went to a back three. It helped them

stemmed the flow a wee bit. Another

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save from Joe Lewis. Aberdeen made

the

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save from Joe Lewis. Aberdeen made

the change and it stemmed the tide a

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wee bit, but Aberdeen were so, so

poor.

Motherwell outstanding. The

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perfect warm up for the League Cup

final for Motherwell. Full Louis

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Moult in this kind of

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final for Motherwell. Full Louis

Moult in this kind of form, will

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Motherwell beat Celtic?

They

certainly have a guy that knows

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where the back of the net is in

Louis Moult. We have do analyse this

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goal, Ocon not looking at the ball,

in-flight. It is the first time he

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checks to see where it was, it is on

top of him. He loses Louis Moult and

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it is a fantastic finish to drop

over the top of Joe Lewis. This one

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as well, this is a really great

finish. When the ball makes contact,

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it's behind him. To scoop that

around and find the top corner, that

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it's behind him. To scoop that

around and find the top corner, that

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is a fantastic goal. Unbelievable.

Will they have a chance against

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Celtic? I don't think they will be

them.

I think Celtic will win it,

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but with Louis Moult in the team,

anything is possible. 50 goals in 95

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appearances. I will chuck a stab at

you.

What went wrong for Aberdeen?

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Everything. They were poor

defensively, their passing was

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Everything. They were poor

defensively, their passing was so

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slack, they were toothless in

attack. The delivery from wide areas

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was a problem for them. In the wide

areas, it was his weaker foot, but

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kicks it over the bar. This one

coming in from Chez Logan, again

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hitting the first man. Low quality

in the delivery. That was the story

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of the day. Ryan Christie, he had

4-5 corners that hit the first man.

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This would into the second half,

Considine, his weaker foot, but it

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goes out for a throw in. It shows

you examples of wide area

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opportunities, the crossing is so

bad.

You look at Bees does guys,

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Niall McGinn and Johnny Hayes, that

is pinpoint. Real desire to get in.

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The second one, Hayes to McGinn,

there was talk of him potentially

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going back to Aberdeen. There is no

doubt, with two of them out of the

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doubt, with two of them out of the

team, it has weakened them, that

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they are second in the table. They

have found a way to win games.

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McGinn is the biggest assist maker

in the league, Niall McGinn

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converted most of the chances from

Johnny Hayes. They have lost those

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players, a big miners, but they are

finding ways to get results, which

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is a positive.

We have spoken a lot

about Derek McInnes in recent weeks,

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especially with the speculative

linking him with the register. You

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love this question, doing the post

match interview, it was Doherty

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instead, it is it unsettling things

Aberdeen?

Iden think so.

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Aberdeen?

Iden think so.

You can't put the poor performance

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down to being asked that question.

Is he still going to get it?

Is he

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still going to get it? I am not as

confident as I was, but it that way.

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He might not be the next Rangers

manager.

Backtracking! He is

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reversing, it is official.

Nobody

knows!

Using adamant a few weeks

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ago.

I was spectating, all right?!

Let's wrap it for the moment.

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A terrible run for St Johnstone.

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Six games without a goal

as they headed to take on Hibs.

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The Easter Road side flying,

on a run of four straight wins.

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COMMENTATOR: Hibs looking for the

fourth considered of win, making one

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change to the side that beat Dundee

a couple of weeks back. Incomes

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Anthony Stokes. St Johnstone are in

contrasting form, six games without

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a victory, three changes, income

Davidson, O'Halloran and Liam Craig.

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O'Halloran steps away from David

Gray. Looked like he was taken down,

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the referee saw nothing. It gives

Hibs a chance to come forward. Boyle

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lays it into the path of Anthony

Stokes. That was an opportunity for

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Hibernian. Anthony Stokes knows it.

Always rising. Neil Lennon trying to

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get some instructions on as his side

have a bit of defending to do. Liam

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Craig, former Hibs player.

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Craig, former Hibs player.

O'Halloran, Austin takes over and

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tries to feed it O'Halloran. All a

bit scrappy.

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bit scrappy. Back to O'Halloran, and

it is off the crossbar! Fabulous

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save from Marciano to deny Liam

Craig, who is still in possession.

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Eventually Martin Boyle gets the

challenging. Fantastic reactions

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here from Ofir Marciano to keep out

Liam Craig's shot. Barker has looked

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right in the opening exchanges.

Wraps the likeliest player to create

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something for Hibs. There is Martin

Boyle with a swerving shot. ,

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forcing is on the club into a say. A

lot of movement on the ball --

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perhaps the likeliest player.

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Still looking for a first goal in

seven games, Steven Anderson

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climbing, breaks back to him. The

volley cleared off the line by John

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McGinn, it was. Great defending from

the centre-back.

0:23:160:23:24

the centre-back. McGinn's pars is

blocked. St Johnstone might threaten

0:23:240:23:26

here on the counterattack. It's

Forster. He has O'Halloran. Men in

0:23:260:23:33

the middle, goes for gold himself

and Marciano forced to make the

0:23:330:23:37

save. It was a tight angle, but he

hit the target, O'Halloran. Neil

0:23:370:23:45

Lennon and code trying to plot a way

through. Martin Boyle with an

0:23:450:23:51

opportunity, breaks for Ambrose...

Good save, is on the Clark! He saw

0:23:510:23:55

that one late, it went through the

legs of Simon Murray. He may have

0:23:550:24:00

just got a touch on it. Clerks

picking out a boot.

0:24:000:24:04

Ambrose giving it away. Steven

MacLean is in. Is this the goals and

0:24:070:24:11

Johnstone have been waiting for?

Still, it won't come.

0:24:110:24:19

Still, it won't come. O'Halloran

now, Maclean to gay heavy first a

0:24:190:24:22

chair. Forcing it wide. Getting a

shot away. St Johnstone have carved

0:24:220:24:30

out the better opportunities in the

match. Here is Maclean. Foster now.

0:24:300:24:36

Flights it towards the back post.

Davidson arriving.

0:24:360:24:46

Davidson arriving. They have waited

so long. The 23rd of September, they

0:24:460:24:50

last scored, Murray Davidson got

that one. Here he is again at Easter

0:24:500:24:54

Road to make the breakthrough.

0:24:540:25:01

A bit of the game to go as McGinn

flashes one in. That was not far

0:25:040:25:10

away. Getting a better look at it

here. Inches wide from McGinn. Still

0:25:100:25:17

Hibs press. Pressing for an

equaliser, trying to preserve an

0:25:170:25:24

unbeaten run that stretches back

four games. This is Boyle. Was he

0:25:240:25:28

taken down there? It is a penalty

kick, Craig Thomson indicating a

0:25:280:25:33

handball by Joe Shaughnessy. It was

rushed in, the ball came off his

0:25:330:25:41

arm, it may look harsh, but Hibs

have a chance to score the equaliser

0:25:410:25:44

in injury time. Hibs now have surely

salvaged a point. Anthony Stokes's

0:25:440:25:51

ninth goal of the season, coolness

personified. St Johnstone denied a

0:25:510:25:57

victory.

0:25:570:25:59

It looked like they were going to

end that winless streak. Here we go.

0:26:000:26:06

They might yet have the opportunity

to come back. O'Halloran running at

0:26:060:26:11

Stephenson. The cross and Davidson

again. Steven MacLean surely! He has

0:26:110:26:18

won it for Saints! Incredible scenes

at Easter Road. Marciano kept out

0:26:180:26:26

the first effort, couldn't do it

again. And Steven MacLean wins it

0:26:260:26:30

for St Johnstone.

0:26:300:26:31

A Paul Golding concede with the last

kick of the game. We need to be more

0:26:340:26:38

streetwise. We have shown a lot of

it this season, there was a flatness

0:26:380:26:41

today, and I understand it is a

momentum break. St Johnstone know

0:26:410:26:45

how to play the game. Streetwise,

like I said before the game. We

0:26:450:26:50

didn't take them lightly, but there

was a lack of urgency about us in

0:26:500:26:55

the final third.

Great team performance and I am

0:26:550:26:58

really proud of them. We have had a

tough few weeks. It

0:26:580:27:07

tough few weeks. It is the case that

people doubt you on those runs, but

0:27:070:27:10

surely come I never doubted them,

and the staff have never doubted

0:27:100:27:13

them. Overall, we probably deserved

it.

0:27:130:27:20

620 minutes of goalless football

finally comes to an end for St

0:27:200:27:24

Johnstone. The drought is over.

Yeah. It was a marked

0:27:240:27:30

Johnstone. The drought is over.

Yeah. It was a marked difference

0:27:300:27:30

yesterday from St Johnstone. It was

only just before the international

0:27:300:27:33

break we were talking about the lack

of conviction in the final third.

0:27:330:27:37

This is a chance that eventually

Liam Craig hits of the crossbar.

0:27:370:27:41

Look at the bodies. Five bodies in

the box as he strikes that. They

0:27:410:27:46

weren't getting bodies forward. They

worked on getting bodies forward.

0:27:460:27:51

Look at that, six players desperate

to get up and attack and counter on

0:27:510:27:59

Hibs. Michael O'Halloran has the

strike. The desire to get forward

0:27:590:28:06

and put Hibs under pressure, it was

noticeable all afternoon. Steven

0:28:060:28:11

MacLean, and Cummins as well, they

get the ball, but it is a poor touch

0:28:110:28:16

from Steven MacLean. Normally, you

expect him to get that under control

0:28:160:28:19

quickly. At that point, it was still

0-0. Just watch Murray Davidson

0:28:190:28:25

here. We have tagged him. He makes

the deep lying run into the box,

0:28:250:28:30

times it really well to get on the

end of it, but Marciano has got to

0:28:300:28:34

come and clean that out. He has got

his hands to deal with that. As I

0:28:340:28:39

said, all afternoon, the hunger and

desire to get forward, look at that.

0:28:390:28:42

Four bodies inside the box. This is

the last minute. Murray Davidson

0:28:420:28:49

again, and Steven MacLean, just

after being pegged back to 1-1 in

0:28:490:28:53

injury time. St Johnstone weren't

going to settle for the point

0:28:530:28:56

injury time. St Johnstone weren't

going to settle for the point away

0:28:560:28:57

from home. They wanted to get that

win. And a marked difference from a

0:28:570:29:00

couple of weeks ago. Full credit to

them, because it takes character to

0:29:000:29:04

do that.

We don't mind speculative

on the show, as we demonstrated with

0:29:040:29:09

the Derek McInnes chat early on, but

good timing, this victory for St

0:29:090:29:14

Johnstone. The Northern Ireland job

might be coming up, should Michael

0:29:140:29:17

O'Neill decide to join us in

Scotland?

Do you want me to say

0:29:170:29:22

Tommy Wright will get it? If he was

asked, I don't think he could say

0:29:220:29:26

no. It would be a massive honour for

him.

Would you go along with that?

I

0:29:260:29:30

think so. He has done a wonderful

job at St Johnstone. He said

0:29:300:29:36

himself, it is a dream job, and if

offered it, I would be surprised if

0:29:360:29:40

he knocked it back. I go back to the

point, St Johnstone were pegged back

0:29:400:29:48

with the penalty to make it 1-1 late

on, but

0:29:480:29:50

with the penalty to make it 1-1 late

on, but they had the desire.

Let's

0:29:500:29:52

look at this. Was it a penalty?

Not

for me. Not for me.

Craig Thomson

0:29:520:29:59

signals handball.

There is no way he

can get out of the way.

Look at the

0:29:590:30:05

tackle.

Are you saying the referee

got it wrong but it is still a

0:30:050:30:10

penalty?

He got it wrong but got it

right.

I think that is a penalty for

0:30:100:30:14

the challenge that Shaughnessy goes

in with his hybrid.

It is not a

0:30:140:30:20

handball Ben?

Definitely not.

I

think it is a penalty for the

0:30:200:30:25

challenge.

A

0:30:250:30:26

think it is a penalty for the

challenge.

A flat performance from

0:30:260:30:27

Hibs?

Neil Lennon touched on it, the

international break came at a bad

0:30:270:30:30

time. The opposite can be said for

St Johnstone. The international

0:30:300:30:35

break gave them time to work on

things that were wrong. They put it

0:30:350:30:40

into practice yesterday with a

determined professional performance.

0:30:400:30:44

Next to Dens Park.

0:30:440:30:44

Five straight defeats for Dundee,

0:30:440:30:46

Neil McCann desperate to stop

the rot against a Kilmarnock side

0:30:460:30:48

unbeaten in their last

five away matches.

0:30:480:30:50

Dundee playing in their third kit.

Three changes made by Neil McCann

0:30:540:30:59

after the loss at Easter Road.

0:30:590:31:07

after the loss at Easter Road.

Kilmarnock name an unchanged side

0:31:070:31:08

from the team that won at

Murrayfield.

0:31:080:31:14

Out to Kammy curve. Battling for it

with Deacon. Forward onto Jordan

0:31:190:31:26

Jones. Got good acceleration. Jones,

with one thing on his mind. Inside

0:31:260:31:32

two players. Lifts it over the bar

of parish. A couple of goals this

0:31:320:31:37

season, Jordan Jones very quick.

Have to cut back inside on the right

0:31:370:31:42

peg, away from O'Hara.

0:31:420:31:45

Onto Deacon, good linkup play from

Dundee. Deacon against Burke, back

0:31:480:31:56

inside to Kamara. Kamara lifts it up

well.

0:31:560:32:04

well. Interesting lift of the foot

there. Decent header from Haber.

0:32:040:32:09

Kilmarnock with the long ball, not

dealt with by O'Dea. Stephen

0:32:140:32:21

O'Donnell, linking again with Jones.

Sends it through for McKenzie.

0:32:210:32:25

McKenzie had to get it back. Kris

Boyd was running it well. The

0:32:250:32:30

acknowledgement all it could have

been. Again, decent play, down the

0:32:300:32:34

right-hand side from Kilmarnock.

Dundee scored only three goals in

0:32:340:32:40

their last five games. Finding it a

struggle to find the back of the

0:32:400:32:45

net. That looked very heavy and

O'Dea will see the yellow card,

0:32:450:32:52

unsurprisingly. Taking out Brophy.

The yellow card, he needs to be

0:32:520:33:01

checked as well. Brophy took it

well. Shoulder into the chest.

0:33:010:33:07

O'Donnell, good trade. Aurtenetxe

reads it well and goes on the drive.

0:33:110:33:18

Very experienced player in the La

Liga, trying to make something

0:33:180:33:25

happen for the home side. That's a

great little ball, very quick off

0:33:250:33:28

his line was MacDonald.

0:33:280:33:36

his line was MacDonald. Aurtenetxe,

great little pass in and that's a

0:33:360:33:38

great block from the keeper. The

corner, easily dealt with. Miss read

0:33:380:33:45

by Kamara.

0:33:450:33:51

by Kamara. Erwin is through, this is

the opportunity that they wanted.

0:33:510:33:54

Kilmarnock with a chance. Well,

Elliott Parish came out to present

0:33:540:34:00

the target and did just enough, but

Jones played through Lee Erwin and

0:34:000:34:05

this is the kind of chance you want

and you have to say at the very end

0:34:050:34:10

it was pretty tame. He knew it.

McKenzie has made a great run.

0:34:100:34:17

That's going to be a red card. He's

been booked already. It's a second

0:34:170:34:23

yellow. The red card for O'Dea, sent

off with seven minutes to go. Second

0:34:230:34:28

red card of the season. Sent off

against St Johnstone with seven

0:34:280:34:34

minutes to go, as he takes down

number seven, which is not lucky for

0:34:340:34:38

him, and Dundee are down to ten.

0:34:380:34:45

him, and Dundee are down to ten.

Alan Power, had a little bit of it

0:34:450:34:47

but too straight, and easy takes for

Elliott Parish. Dundee seeking their

0:34:470:34:51

first clean sheet in the league this

season. Under pressure now. McKenzie

0:34:510:34:58

plays it in, Brophy, hits the

crossbar and Gordon Greer goes up.

0:34:580:35:03

The goalkeeper yelling for it to be

cleared. Brophy almost winning it

0:35:030:35:07

for Kilmarnock. Henry is furious

that the defending. He got himself

0:35:070:35:14

free, but rattled the frame.

0:35:140:35:16

that the defending. He got himself

free, but rattled the frame.

Today

0:35:160:35:18

gave us a good point against a side

that have gone away from home to

0:35:180:35:22

some of the biggest grounds that

we've got to offer and picked up

0:35:220:35:25

points, so I'm pleased with it.

Always want three points, but I

0:35:250:35:29

can't be too harsh on them,

particularly when you are down to

0:35:290:35:32

ten men and they are pushing, so

overall it's uneven night.

The first

0:35:320:35:37

half was pretty much a nonevent. The

second half opened a bullet orbit

0:35:370:35:41

and obviously we're disappointed

that we missed one great 111 near

0:35:410:35:46

the end and Brophy came off the

bench and had a good header that hit

0:35:460:35:49

the crossbar. We may be feeling a

bit hard done by, that we could have

0:35:490:35:53

mixed the three points.

I like to

talk up Scottish football but

0:35:530:35:57

probably the worst game I've seen so

far this season. Neil McCann won't

0:35:570:36:00

care because after five straight

defeats he finally gets a point.

0:36:000:36:05

Yeah, it wasn't a classic but they

can take positives from the game.

0:36:050:36:08

They got a clean sheet and stopped

the rot and after losing five

0:36:080:36:21

the rot and after losing five games

in a row, any point will do, no

0:36:210:36:23

matter how you get

0:36:230:36:24

in a row, any point will do, no

matter how you get it.

0:36:240:36:24

in a row, any point will do, no

matter how you get it.

Brophy and

0:36:240:36:24

the substitutes almost made the day.

You heard Steve Clarke saying there

0:36:240:36:27

will be a little bit disappointed

but keep an eye on the Erwin that

0:36:270:36:30

wins the header at the near post and

he drives all the weight of the

0:36:300:36:33

park. No challenge whatsoever from

the Dundee players. Scott Allan

0:36:330:36:37

eventually tracks it back. Get the

good first touch. A little bit of

0:36:370:36:40

composure, slide in between the

legs. This is literally after that

0:36:400:36:46

move, he then gets a second chance,

but he chokes his shot a little bit.

0:36:460:36:51

Right after the sending off, there

is a meant Brophy with the chance.

0:36:510:36:55

He's marked here, Kammy care gets

blocked off by runners. He has to do

0:36:550:37:05

better.

It doesn't get any easier

for Dundee. The

0:37:050:37:09

better.

It doesn't get any easier

for Dundee. The next match is at

0:37:090:37:11

home to Rangers. Admittedly Rangers

lost this weekend but stalled off

0:37:110:37:14

and there's a huge on the McGann's

hands.

Exactly, but they will fancy

0:37:140:37:20

themselves against Rangers at home.

Hamilton beat them, so there's no

0:37:200:37:24

reason they can't go and win the

game.

As for Kilmarnock, they are on

0:37:240:37:28

a great run. We've raged about -- we

have raved about Steve Clarke's

0:37:280:37:33

changes. His only defeat has been at

home.

He's had five games, four away

0:37:330:37:41

from home. It's an historical

problem that Kilmarnock had, that

0:37:410:37:46

they've not been able to pick up

enough points at home and I'm pretty

0:37:460:37:49

sure that's something he will be

desperate to overturn in the next

0:37:490:37:53

few games he has at Rugby Park.

One

thing you've say about Kilmarnock,

0:37:530:37:58

they have had this good run of form

and they have a very subtle starting

0:37:580:38:02

XI. That will help them.

It did,

they looked very organised, clean

0:38:020:38:07

sheet for them is a bonus in the

last 15 or 20 minutes they looked

0:38:070:38:10

the more likely team to score.

0:38:100:38:16

Now to the match that

kicked the weekend off.

0:38:160:38:18

The Celtic bandwagon

rolling into Dingwall.

0:38:180:38:20

Could Owen Coyle's Ross County

do anything to resist

0:38:200:38:22

Brendan Rodgers' invincibles?

0:38:220:38:23

Commentary from Liam McLeod.

0:38:230:38:25

Commentary from Liam McLeod.

0:38:250:38:27

Ross County were made to sweat. Owen

Coyle more than content to send out

0:38:270:38:33

the same team. Same again for

Celtic, two is the aim in the Uefa

0:38:330:38:41

domestic chart, in what would be a

64th successive match without loss.

0:38:410:38:47

Up towards Dembele, who hit a

hat-trick for Lee Fitch's U21 side

0:38:470:38:53

during the break against their

Slovenian counterparts. Here's

0:38:530:38:59

Keilor-Dunn, a nice little ball

through. The former Celtic trainee

0:38:590:39:05

trying to get on it, made Gordon

looked lively. Just one Ross County

0:39:050:39:12

win in 19 league meetings, with

Celtic.

0:39:120:39:19

Celtic. It's Keilor-Dunn. Not the

worst effort in the world. Could

0:39:190:39:26

potentially have taken a touch here.

0:39:260:39:29

A lovely ball. Callum McGregor. It

is taken away from him, just as he

0:39:380:39:44

was pulling the trigger. Not too

many appeals for a penalty, though

0:39:440:39:51

McGregor is having a word with the

referee here.

0:39:510:39:58

referee here. Routers with the final

touch on the Celtic player and he

0:39:580:40:02

may feel hard done by --

0:40:020:40:03

Celtic of won all six of their away

Premiership matches so far.

0:40:070:40:10

Conceding just once, Alexander

Gogic, a consolation goal for

0:40:100:40:17

Hamilton. Dembele putting pressure

on McCarey. Adomah Carey was

0:40:170:40:23

deceived by its, got no man's land,

that's for sure. In four McGregor

0:40:230:40:31

and its loose. Helped end 60 years

of Italian World Cup qualification

0:40:310:40:42

at the weekend, with Sweden. No

advantage given by Nick Walsh. It's

0:40:420:40:49

Dembele and it's comfortable for

McCarey. Dundee were the last team

0:40:490:40:55

to keep Celtic out domestically, a

0-0 draw on the 5th of April, 2016.

0:40:550:41:02

Owen Coyle at the moment is doing a

fine job of frustrating the

0:41:020:41:05

champions. It's Routis with the free

kick. Easy enough for Craig Gordon.

0:41:050:41:12

Gardyne, a nice flick away. He's

chipped it through here for Schalk.

0:41:180:41:30

There was a controversial spot the

last time these two men met here.

0:41:300:41:36

The clock continuing to kick down.

Armstrong is tripped by O'Brien and

0:41:360:41:43

Celtic have a free kick in a very

testy position. It's Griffiths.

0:41:430:41:53

Griffiths

0:41:530:41:59

Griffiths like -- Griffiths! Just

when Celtic needed a touch of class,

0:41:590:42:04

Leigh Griffiths provides it, with a

trademark free kick. Shades of

0:42:040:42:10

England in June. And it's 1-0 to the

champions. McGregor must have

0:42:100:42:20

thought his team was going to pull

something out of the bag. Suddenly,

0:42:200:42:25

Celtic were going to finish this

off.

0:42:250:42:32

off. I mentioned Dembele's hat-trick

against Slovenia, Olivier Ntcham

0:42:320:42:38

scored a free kick for the French

team in the other match. County just

0:42:380:42:44

can't keep clean sheets. Haven't

managed one at home yet this season.

0:42:440:42:50

Scott Sinclair. He's going to get it

back. They haven't been at their

0:42:500:43:00

free-flowing best, Celtic. It looks

as though it's going to be enough.

0:43:000:43:05

Brendan Rodgers will soon turn his

attention to the Paris St-Germain.

0:43:050:43:18

attention to the Paris St-Germain.

Olivier Ntcham got the flick onto

0:43:180:43:20

it. Can count Ji conjure up an

equaliser? Defensively, they deserve

0:43:200:43:29

it, but they've not really

threatened Craig Gordon about the

0:43:290:43:31

other end. Celtic have lost the

ball. I shout for hand ball against

0:43:310:43:38

Boyata. Nick Walsh has turned a

blind eye to it.

0:43:380:43:42

Boyata. Nick Walsh has turned a

blind eye to it.

We performed ever

0:43:420:43:44

so well during the game, tactically

very disciplined and they are

0:43:440:43:51

wonderful team, carrying all before

them, but we had a very good shape

0:43:510:43:54

against the ball and when we broke

out we carried the thread. We feel

0:43:540:43:58

disappointed not to have had a point

from the game and it's taken, let's

0:43:580:44:04

be honest, a bit of magic to beat

us.

When you come back after an

0:44:040:44:07

international break it's never going

to be what you would like and the

0:44:070:44:12

conditions, the pitch and what of,

it was a difficult pitch today. It

0:44:120:44:16

made that fluency in the game not as

good as what we have been in a lot

0:44:160:44:21

of our games, however you have to

get a result and you have to get out

0:44:210:44:25

of performance and I thought the

players did that today and that bit

0:44:250:44:29

of magic and quality came through in

the end.

The big question for all

0:44:290:44:33

the other sides in the Premiership,

how do you solve a problem like

0:44:330:44:37

Celtic? How did you rate Ross

County's approach?

I thought they

0:44:370:44:42

were excellent, tactically when they

went on position they looked very,

0:44:420:44:45

very good I is.

0:44:450:44:46

went on position they looked very,

very good I is. They made it hard

0:44:460:44:47

for Celtic to break them down. They

kept small gaps in the defence and

0:44:470:44:51

midfield and whenever Celtic got the

ball in the final third they were

0:44:510:44:54

put under massive pressure. They

pressed extremely well. A number of

0:44:540:44:58

examples. This is early on in the

game. The amount of bodies that Ross

0:44:580:45:02

County have back behind the ball in

the final third, here you see Celtic

0:45:020:45:06

probing for gaps, Dembele once it

but Andrew Davis, as it's rolled

0:45:060:45:11

down, he's right on top of him, note

space, no time, that's good

0:45:110:45:15

defending. Another example, Dembele,

give me it, I'll get it on the half

0:45:150:45:20

term, as soon as he takes the

stretch those three of them on him.

0:45:200:45:24

They did it ever so well throughout

the whole game. Celtic lacked a bit

0:45:240:45:29

of wit and imagination. Because the

middle lane was so crowded they

0:45:290:45:33

needed the overlapping wide player,

to force it in the middle with a

0:45:330:45:36

number of bodies and eventually a

lot of attacks fizzled out because

0:45:360:45:40

of how difficult and compact Ross

County were making it for them.

0:45:400:45:44

That's Lustig, the right back, he

has to give summary players from

0:45:440:45:49

Ross County, they want them to try

and go down the middle and they kept

0:45:490:45:53

trying that and Ross County set up

really well. A lot of credit to Ross

0:45:530:45:57

County, that takes concentration and

when you get tired you expect

0:45:570:46:01

eventually Kent Iqbal open up and

they didn't. It was from set play.

0:46:010:46:07

Credit to Celtic,

0:46:070:46:08

they didn't. It was from set play.

Credit to Celtic, they always find a

0:46:080:46:09

way. It seems recently we were

cheering Leigh Griffiths, those last

0:46:090:46:15

free kick goals, until yesterday.

He's a master at these free kicks,

0:46:150:46:23

30 yards out. The thing that

impressed me was the depths he got

0:46:230:46:27

on it. The highest point of the ball

is around, if it ever rolls in,

0:46:270:46:32

yeah, 12 beat in the air. It dips.

It doesn't have a lot of pace on it

0:46:320:46:37

but it dipped. That is technique, a

lot of dip.

How high are the goals?

0:46:370:46:46

Eight feet.

Fantastic. It's a big

week for Celtic, pretty much full

0:46:460:46:51

strength side against Ross County.

They have Paris St-Germain, midweek,

0:46:510:46:55

and the League Cup final next

weekend. Presumably he will play his

0:46:550:46:59

strongest side in always matches.

That is the thing they have got,

0:46:590:47:03

they've got a fantastic starting XI,

but also strength and depth and

0:47:030:47:06

that's been shown at the weekend.

Leigh Griffiths has lost his

0:47:060:47:10

starting place, comes on and Bruce

is worth. They've got a great squad

0:47:100:47:14

and that's what they need for all

0:47:140:47:25

these big games coming up.

It will

be a gruelling week.

No doubt about

0:47:330:47:36

it.

Paris St-Germain and a Cup

Final, it's hardly gruelling!

How

0:47:360:47:38

fresh will they be?

They will want

to give a good account of themselves

0:47:380:47:41

in Paris. What more could you want

as a player?

How much trepidation

0:47:410:47:44

would you feel is a fan?

I think the

game at Celtic Park, Paris

0:47:440:47:47

St-Germain, it's probably one of the

best performances I've ever seen. I

0:47:470:47:49

think they will be a real challenger

for the champions title. Of course

0:47:490:47:52

it's going to be difficult. There's

no doubt about it. But that's why

0:47:520:47:56

Brendan Rodgers has to come up with

a game plan, to mitigate the

0:47:560:48:00

strengths of PSG.

I would prioritise

my selection for Sunday's game

0:48:000:48:05

rather than the midweek game. For me

it's nothing game in the Champions

0:48:050:48:09

League, whereas Sunday...

Nothing

game? I thought you said it was

0:48:090:48:15

mouthwatering.

You don't want an

embarrassing result.

Winning the

0:48:150:48:17

home game, it's the one we need to

do, even drawing that to qualify for

0:48:170:48:24

the Roper, where as if they win on

Sunday I would suggest a Cup Final.

0:48:240:48:28

Now to today's match at Tynecastle.

0:48:280:48:30

After all the doubt and speculation,

the safety inspection was passed

0:48:300:48:32

and the new main stand unveiled.

0:48:320:48:34

A new era for a great old stadium.

0:48:340:48:36

Would it see a Hearts victory

over Partick Thistle?

0:48:360:48:38

Commentary comes from Liam McLeod.

0:48:380:48:40

The old place has had a makeover, a

safety certificate finally arrived

0:48:440:48:48

late yesterday evening and after

months of graphed the new £12

0:48:480:48:53

million Main Stand is ready and it's

an impressive stand. A real step

0:48:530:48:57

forward for Heart of Midlothian. Who

bring back veteran Alan Hughes

0:48:570:49:02

today, after becoming Brittain's

most capped defender during Northern

0:49:020:49:06

Ireland's play-off heartbreak. There

is a welcome return for Diouf as

0:49:060:49:09

well in the middle. Chris Erskine

returns from injury for the Jags and

0:49:090:49:13

replaces Conor Sammon, who can't

play against his training club. This

0:49:130:49:17

will have an won here since 2014. --

Partick Thistle haven't won here

0:49:170:49:24

since 2014. A bit too much pressure

from the Portuguese and Hearts have

0:49:240:49:30

free kick in a very promising area.

Lafferty and Goncalves are over it.

0:49:300:49:40

A comfortable save for Cerny.

0:49:400:49:43

Just one Thistle win in the last

eight meetings between these two

0:49:490:49:52

sides. If it comes from Brandon.

Here's Lafferty. He had his back to

0:49:520:50:03

goal, he got the shot away. Perhaps

just lost his bearings a bit there

0:50:030:50:10

did Lafferty, who played Northern

Ireland's first leg, Aaron Hughes

0:50:100:50:14

played the second. A clean sheet but

ultimately the point in Switzerland.

0:50:140:50:21

ultimately the point in Switzerland.

-- ultimate disappointment in

0:50:210:50:22

Switzerland. That's Berra's header,

off the line but referee wasn't

0:50:220:50:29

happy with the clambering of

Christophe Berra. And Adam Bogdan.

0:50:290:50:37

Christophe Berra. And Adam Bogdan.

-- Barton will stop a late goal

0:50:370:50:41

denied this all the points in their

last visit here at the end of April.

0:50:410:50:46

Lafferty losing out, a bit of afters

which is going on out of vision

0:50:460:50:51

right now. Hearts want it back. Mrs

Milinkovic. In he goes. -- this is

0:50:510:51:00

Milinkovic. In he goes. He's been

brought into the starting XI for

0:51:000:51:04

Hearts today. Goncalves.

0:51:040:51:13

Hearts today. Goncalves. Away by

Devine. Hughes has lost sight of it

0:51:130:51:15

and here goes Storey. Not quite.

Aaron Hughes heaves a big sigh of

0:51:150:51:21

relief. Miles Storey has pasted

back. He didn't have the finish to

0:51:210:51:27

match though.

0:51:270:51:28

Hearts know a win would take them

back into the top six.

0:51:340:51:44

back into the top six. It's a boost

to have a Cameroonian back. It's

0:51:440:51:48

Gonsalves, it's into the far corner

and the new Main Stand feeds its

0:51:480:51:54

first goal, scored by the man who

scored at the old stand at the end

0:51:540:52:01

of last season and perhaps that is

fitting, as Gonsalves scores a goal

0:52:010:52:08

similar to the one he scored against

Kilmarnock. A couple of defeats

0:52:080:52:13

across the railway at Murrayfield,

before returning to their spiritual

0:52:130:52:16

home. A hand ball by Adam Barton,

who has already been booked.

0:52:160:52:24

Deliberate hand ball, right in front

of the referee. He clearly gave the

0:52:240:52:28

free kick for that offence. Barton

perhaps can feel a little fortunate

0:52:280:52:36

that the referee hasn't booked him

for that one as well. In from Cowie.

0:52:360:52:44

The Jags managed to spoon it away.

That's Brandon. He's got it in

0:52:440:52:51

forward, the Gonsalves. It's three

defeats on the bounce for Hearts

0:52:510:52:56

right now. The derby across the city

before the defeats at the home of

0:52:560:53:04

Scottish rugby. Desperate for three

points. A hand ball. Against

0:53:040:53:11

Stockton.

0:53:110:53:14

In towards the final five minutes of

the game at Tynecastle. Thistle try

0:53:170:53:25

and smell out a point. Doolan! And

it's 1-1!

0:53:250:53:32

This all really need a goal, it's

normally Kris Doolan vaped turn two

0:53:380:53:42

and you can see why -- when Partick

Thistle need a goal. So deadly in

0:53:420:53:48

and you can see why -- when Partick

Thistle need a goal. So deadly in

0:53:480:53:49

that kind of position.

I'm

disappointed, obviously out like to

0:53:490:53:52

have won the match today. I thought

we did enough to win it without

0:53:520:53:56

being brilliant. Then when I got

back in afterwards and saw the goal

0:53:560:54:00

was offside and also it's a hand

ball, then that makes me feel even

0:54:000:54:04

more miserable.

I thought we'd get

another chance, we have the best

0:54:040:54:07

chance in the first half. I felt the

starting position was very good and

0:54:070:54:15

cut a lot of things out, but we kept

them at arm's links for most of the

0:54:150:54:20

game.

After all the build-up about

this game, safety inspections, all

0:54:200:54:23

the rest of it, the match itself was

a bit of a damp squib?

I think the

0:54:230:54:31

romantic notion of them being

returned to Tynecastle and

0:54:310:54:33

everything being Rosie fell flatter

bit, it was a chance to go sixth in

0:54:330:54:37

the league if they'd won and it was

a pretty uninspiring performance.

It

0:54:370:54:41

was pretty uninspiring and suddenly

a goal

0:54:410:54:44

was pretty uninspiring and suddenly

a goal for Hearts, but should it

0:54:440:54:46

have stood?

It's a wonderful finish

from Gonsalves as he cuts in here,

0:54:460:54:51

but I think Kyle Lafferty is just

slightly offside and he's in

0:54:510:54:54

front... You can understand how the

officials don't give it, totally,

0:54:540:55:02

because it's so tight, but he's in

front of Cerny, so is he offside?

0:55:020:55:08

Marginally, but completely

understandable why it wasn't given.

0:55:080:55:10

That's the last three games,

Hearts's goals have come from

0:55:100:55:17

moments of magic. It's not as if

they are opening teams up and

0:55:170:55:20

creating lots of chances, but they

are scoring very good goals, but you

0:55:200:55:24

can't expect that every week.

Still

initially the style of play.

The

0:55:240:55:29

game was pretty poor, no doubt about

that and everything is not going to

0:55:290:55:33

just fix itself by going back to

Tynecastle. More fundamental...

I

0:55:330:55:38

the pitch, nobody should be on that

pitch. The pitch looked dodgy.

There

0:55:380:55:43

were a couple of lines on it but

Tynecastle now is a fantastic

0:55:430:55:48

stadium. It looked tremendous and

once the stadium is fully finished

0:55:480:55:51

they've got a tremendous home,

Hearts.

Let's talk about Hearts more

0:55:510:55:57

in a second, what about the

equaliser, Kris Doolan's goal?

0:55:570:56:02

Hearts are going to feel aggrieved,

you heard Craig Lavigne talking

0:56:020:56:05

about a potential hand ball. It is

difficult to say definitively what

0:56:050:56:09

happens. There are so many players

looking at off but it looks as if it

0:56:090:56:14

comes off Devine's elbow. It's a

wonderful finish.

I don't think you

0:56:140:56:21

knows anything about it, if the ball

is going to break in the box. A

0:56:210:56:25

great point for Partick Thistle, a

much better point for them than for

0:56:250:56:28

Hearts.

A string of matches coming

up at Tynecastle for Hearts but no

0:56:280:56:33

immediate bounce in terms of this

Tynecastle effect but I suppose

0:56:330:56:37

everybody at Hearts was looking for.

You would hope that you get a number

0:56:370:56:41

of games at home, that things will

pick up but I've seen it before, if

0:56:410:56:46

the football is so poor and you are

not creating chances than it could

0:56:460:56:50

actually be the reverse, where a

nervousness from the stands that

0:56:500:56:54

feeds on the park. Hearts are not in

a great position at the moment on

0:56:540:56:58

the pitch. Off the park things are

going fantastic. They need

0:56:580:57:06

going fantastic. They need to get a

better style, some more results on

0:57:060:57:08

the pitch.

I don't experienced a

week in

0:57:080:57:10

the pitch.

I don't experienced a

week in Scottish football where so

0:57:100:57:11

much attention is focused on on

safety expections! How much of a

0:57:110:57:14

farce has this been?

It seems as if

Altima cleaves been left up to the

0:57:140:57:18

council and Hearts and they are

quite happy to leave it as long as

0:57:180:57:22

possible, they want the game on. --

it seems as if ultimately it's been

0:57:220:57:26

left up to the Council of hearts.

The lead should have -- the league

0:57:260:57:32

should have stepped in, it seemed to

drag on and on. The game has gone

0:57:320:57:37

ahead.

15 minutes late.

15 minutes

late but when you look at the bigger

0:57:370:57:42

picture it's a great stadium, the

game has gone ahead and that's the

0:57:420:57:46

most important thing.

Why didn't

Partick Thistle play in yellow and

0:57:460:57:52

red?

You did say why were they

wearing...

Mischief maker! And you

0:57:520:57:58

very much indeed.

0:57:580:58:02

All that leaves the Ladbrokes

Premiership table looking like this.

0:58:020:58:04

Celtic extend their lead at the top

of the table to six points.

0:58:040:58:07

Motherwell two points

behind Rangers.

0:58:070:58:09

Dundee remain bottom of the table.

0:58:090:58:16

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0:58:160:58:17

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0:58:170:58:19

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