:00:00. > :00:18.This could be something quite sensational! Right out of the top
:00:19. > :00:31.drawer. The shot is an absolute beauty! Oh, yes! A goal of true
:00:32. > :00:38.quality. Unbelievable, unbelievable! Absolutely sensational. What a
:00:39. > :00:45.strike! What a finish! Right here, right now, this is history! Welcome
:00:46. > :00:51.to Sportscene. Its wake and the three of the Premier season. Lucky
:00:52. > :00:58.for some and it is for us tonight. Goals, controversy, we got the lot.
:00:59. > :01:04.The story of the weekend about to unfold. And sitting contrary, Steven
:01:05. > :01:07.Thompson and Michael Stewart. We start in Perth, St Johnstone had
:01:08. > :01:11.picked up where they left off last season. But they faced Brendan
:01:12. > :01:20.Rodgers' Celtic, playing fearsome football.
:01:21. > :01:27.Tommy Wright is without defensive rock Steven Anderson.
:01:28. > :01:49.Brendan Rodgers resisting the urge to rest players.
:01:50. > :01:56.Celtic were so impressive in the midweek. They will try to carry on
:01:57. > :02:02.for where they left off at their victory.
:02:03. > :02:08.Scott Sinclair made such an impressive start to his Celtic
:02:09. > :02:19.career and he was causing all kinds of consternation. Lovely free kick
:02:20. > :02:23.from Sinclair. St Johnstone with a draw against Aberdeen and a win
:02:24. > :02:33.against Motherwell. Came from behind. A good start but this is a
:02:34. > :02:38.good start by Celtic in this game. He ran out of pitch and the keeper
:02:39. > :02:47.came to meet him. A great run by the Australian. Too easy, though. The
:02:48. > :02:59.challenge on Griffith breaks to a team-mate. Now tinny, has this thing
:03:00. > :03:11.been taken out of this attack? It doesn't seem like it has, the
:03:12. > :03:17.birthday boy does it! He felt it was in the script. It normally is, to be
:03:18. > :03:25.fair. It will touch of Fortune because this is taken a deflection
:03:26. > :03:33.on its way in. But Rogers' men are one up.
:03:34. > :03:37.This free kick... Is not bad and Gordon has tipped that over. That
:03:38. > :03:49.would have been a great, immediate riposte by St Johnstone. Griffiths,
:03:50. > :04:02.Downey goes. It's a yellow for diving. Well, Foster planted his
:04:03. > :04:06.foot in the deck just before we got Griffiths. The referee decides
:04:07. > :04:18.that's a dive and a yellow for the Celtic striker. Griffiths is not
:04:19. > :04:26.eventually renowned for diving, to be fair to him. They chant Sarah,
:04:27. > :04:33.not once, but twice. Scott Sinclair was there on the third attempt. --
:04:34. > :04:40.big chance here, not once but twice. It is 2-0 to the champions. Man as
:04:41. > :04:44.did all he could, the second save in particular from the two occasions
:04:45. > :04:56.are dropped, it drops to a Celtic player. Much to ponder for Wright
:04:57. > :05:01.and Davidson. It has been a total half -- a half of total domination
:05:02. > :05:09.by Celtic as it was in midweek in the Europa League. They are looking
:05:10. > :05:17.to get another! Terrific James Forrest. Tommy Wright will not be
:05:18. > :05:24.happy with the defending. But James Forrest still had work to do. Having
:05:25. > :05:41.been denied by Alan Manus before, Forrest gets Celtic's third.
:05:42. > :05:54.Rogic not far away from making it four. A shake of the head from
:05:55. > :06:00.Rogic. Tierney, who has had another excellent game. And that just
:06:01. > :06:11.flashes past the head of. . An own goal is not the way you want to mark
:06:12. > :06:20.your debut. -- the head of. . I hereby Rogic. Just goes past. They
:06:21. > :06:28.have not been quite as good in the second-half, Celtic, but still, a
:06:29. > :06:33.threat. That has come through to Swanson. Swanson... That's a
:06:34. > :06:42.penalty! It was Henderson on Swanson. Eight minutes to play and
:06:43. > :06:48.again, no doubt about that, a definite penalty. Tricky play by
:06:49. > :06:52.Danny Swanson. He is going to take this himself. Six goals already this
:06:53. > :07:02.season. Danny Swanson is a man reborn. Tries for his seventh, which
:07:03. > :07:11.she gets! Consolation only, you would imagine, for Danny Swanson who
:07:12. > :07:18.spoils Craig Gordon's afternoon. This is Paul Payton, the final
:07:19. > :07:29.minutes of the 19. That's Maclean, it's gone in! Sometimes, this game,
:07:30. > :07:36.this board amazes you. For the second time in the space of a few
:07:37. > :07:40.days, Celtic have seen a 3-0 lead evaporate to 3-2. And St Johnstone
:07:41. > :07:50.have a chance of getting something from this now. Incredible. They
:07:51. > :07:55.would want any goal of the season contenders -- it won't win any goal
:07:56. > :08:00.of the season contenders, but that strike is given St Johnstone a
:08:01. > :08:04.chance which seems so unlikely. Henderson, well into the three
:08:05. > :08:12.minutes of stoppage time, Ryan Christie can finish it, and dials!
:08:13. > :08:19.The three boys are going to Celtic. -- the three points are going to
:08:20. > :08:25.Celtic. And three wins out of three for the champions in their quest for
:08:26. > :08:31.six in a row. It big talking point, Lee Griffiths
:08:32. > :08:35.going down in the box, he got a card from the referee. What was your
:08:36. > :08:42.view? I don't comment on that. Maybe Scott wants to comment on that, he
:08:43. > :08:46.seems to know more about it than me. But the referee has given his
:08:47. > :08:53.decision, and that's it. We gave away a soft penalty, which was a
:08:54. > :08:59.penalty. And then we concede a goal when they get down to ten men. So a
:09:00. > :09:05.game that you are in totally in control of, and that's how football
:09:06. > :09:10.swings, goes to 3-2. But the reaction of the players was good. We
:09:11. > :09:15.controlled the game again, got a fourth goal. So very, very pleased.
:09:16. > :09:19.A notoriously difficult place to come, they tell me. I can see why.
:09:20. > :09:27.But to play to that level for the majority of the game was very
:09:28. > :09:39.pleasing. You were particularly struck by the
:09:40. > :09:41.play of hearing Tierney. Yes, brilliant, but Tierney, his
:09:42. > :09:49.combination play with Scott Sinclair on the left-hand side was fantastic.
:09:50. > :09:54.Tierney overlapping Scott Sinclair who plays normally over as a winger
:09:55. > :09:58.but was drifting around allowing Tierney to overlap. This happened on
:09:59. > :10:03.countless occasions. Tierney must have got about 12 or 15 crosses into
:10:04. > :10:07.the box in the first half. This will lead to nothing but this is an
:10:08. > :10:12.example of what I'm talking about. If I pause it you can see that Scott
:10:13. > :10:16.Sinclair is thinking about moving into the page. He will engage in
:10:17. > :10:22.Richie Foster, who is marking him. They are trying to create the space
:10:23. > :10:30.here in behind the St Johnstone defence. You will see exactly that
:10:31. > :10:37.happens. Sinclair moves in, fantastic movement. But Tierney
:10:38. > :10:43.chooses not to cross. He sends in a pass and the player shoots wildly
:10:44. > :10:47.over the bar. But for Celtic's first goal, you can see Tierney's desire
:10:48. > :10:52.to get up and support as he did all day. He wants to get into this area
:10:53. > :10:57.here as we have highlighted. He has the ball here ended Tierney does not
:10:58. > :11:01.make this pass, it probably turns into a bunch of St Johnstone bodies.
:11:02. > :11:09.But you can see Tierney and outlet as he was all day. He gets the ball.
:11:10. > :11:14.You make the most of the pass. A sensational cross across the six
:11:15. > :11:18.yard box. I think it should be a penalty because I think Brad Mackay
:11:19. > :11:23.handled the ball. Seven St Johnstone players in the ball, we know it was
:11:24. > :11:29.a makeshift back full force and Johnsen, but it is poor defending.
:11:30. > :11:35.As this ball breaks here, yes time to take a good touch and rifles it
:11:36. > :11:41.in the top bend. You know that one player you don't give time to is
:11:42. > :11:47.Scott Sinclair. This commendation will be a big part of Celtic's
:11:48. > :11:52.success. It was Lee Griffiths's birthday and he got a card from the
:11:53. > :11:59.referee. Did he dive? Echoes of Jamie Walker? There was absolutely
:12:00. > :12:03.no doubt that Lee Griffiths diets. In this reverse angle, you can see
:12:04. > :12:07.clearly that he is already going down. He tries to make the motion
:12:08. > :12:15.into Richie Forster. Grey Thompson is a very good position to see that,
:12:16. > :12:19.hence why he gets the decision right with a yellow card and no penalty.
:12:20. > :12:23.You talk about Jamie Walker, the difference is that the referee calls
:12:24. > :12:28.it right. The other will Jamie Walker one was not called right, it
:12:29. > :12:36.was a penalty. This time, spot on from the referee. He described Jamie
:12:37. > :12:42.Walker as a cheat, what will he be did -- be describing Lee Griffiths
:12:43. > :12:46.as? He won't use the same terminology, but there is contact
:12:47. > :12:52.initiated by Lee Griffiths. He leans in to make sure contact is
:12:53. > :12:58.initiated. But he's on his way down before the contact is made. Full
:12:59. > :13:02.marks to the referee. Another play looking Transformers James Forrest.
:13:03. > :13:08.Why is that? We have tapped into psychology year. He knows his
:13:09. > :13:14.manager really likes him. He was doing this all day, driving our
:13:15. > :13:18.players. He cuts in on his left hand side, and the keeper thinks he will
:13:19. > :13:23.go to that side, but he manages to reverse it into the near post, wrong
:13:24. > :13:28.footing the goalkeeper. A wonderful finish from a player high in
:13:29. > :13:34.confidence. There was a late rally by St Johnstone. What was your
:13:35. > :13:36.report card for them? First off was not good enough. Second half they
:13:37. > :13:45.improved, but that was because Celtic became complacent. They went
:13:46. > :13:49.after they got 3-1, to get the third goal, and in so doing, they gave up
:13:50. > :13:57.the fourth goal. Huge match for Celtic on Thursday
:13:58. > :14:02.night, they are up so how should they tackle the second leg? They
:14:03. > :14:05.will tackle it as they do every game under Brendan Rodgers. Make sure
:14:06. > :14:10.they are tight, not giving anything away. They always pose a threat on
:14:11. > :14:14.the attack. They have given themselves a great cushion with a
:14:15. > :14:17.3-goal advantage. They have got all the tools in the box to go and cause
:14:18. > :14:19.the Israeli team problems. Rangers with the the chance to go
:14:20. > :14:25.top of the table, if they could The last time Motherwell
:14:26. > :14:44.were at Ibrox they came away Rangers global signing of Preston's
:14:45. > :14:52.Joe Garner is complete, but not in time for this one. This is the team
:14:53. > :14:56.that won at last weekend. Motherwell also lost last weekend at home to St
:14:57. > :15:03.Johnstone but the same starting XI is being given the chance to bounce
:15:04. > :15:09.back. Jordan Rossiter, picking out James
:15:10. > :15:16.ta veneer. A good ball headed away by Ben Hennigan. But Motherwell
:15:17. > :15:24.can't keep away. Dangerous from Emsworth, Kenny Miller! Worth a
:15:25. > :15:37.chance to fire in. Lovely stuff from Ainsworth. Almost a gift. Making a
:15:38. > :15:51.nuisance of himself and then, Ainsworth! Disappointing. He wasn't
:15:52. > :15:58.working the goalkeeper. Martin Johnsen looks to make something
:15:59. > :16:03.happen. Turning away and deflection of Kieren and Scott McDermott
:16:04. > :16:13.strikes in the 19th minute. At Ibrox. Motherwell in front. Johnsen
:16:14. > :16:31.the creator. And finished off by MacDonald. MacDonald, that's Johnsen
:16:32. > :16:36.and clay! Well, they are creating plenty of opportunities, Motherwell.
:16:37. > :16:48.They are ahead and threatening to extend their advantage. Joey Barton.
:16:49. > :16:52.The cross allowed to get in and Ben Hennigan with the header over his
:16:53. > :17:07.own crossbar. Andy Halliday reckoned he was fouled. The cross and
:17:08. > :17:20.McDonald's, great save. McDonald's thinking he might just have scored
:17:21. > :17:23.again. Great delivery from Halliday. So inviting. And throwing himself up
:17:24. > :17:39.at the header was Danny Wilson. The teenage Rossiter and off the
:17:40. > :17:51.bench, Nico grandeur are looking to have an impact, certainly has now,
:17:52. > :18:06.Miller denied, but not Forrester! On terms, midway through the second
:18:07. > :18:13.half. Lovely set up from Krancjar. It quickly taken corner kick. To
:18:14. > :18:19.hide with the effort. And disappointed because the opportunity
:18:20. > :18:32.certainly opened up for him. He is Ainsworth for Motherwell. Jo
:18:33. > :18:35.charmers. Marvin Johnsen. The keeper flying across to make the save.
:18:36. > :18:53.Certainly on target. Oh it's the side netting. McManus
:18:54. > :19:10.doing pretty well there to narrow the angle. For the Rangers striker.
:19:11. > :19:16.Krancjar having a big influence and invited to have a shot at goal.
:19:17. > :19:28.Motherwell backing off. Maybe not a great idea in the end. To live.
:19:29. > :19:33.Tavernier twisting away, great ball in. Great defending from McManus.
:19:34. > :19:41.But given away by MacDonald. Lovely turn from Krancjar. The shot from
:19:42. > :19:48.O'Halloran blocks, but Kenny Miller strikes in stoppage time! To surely
:19:49. > :19:52.win this game for Rangers. And its Forrester and Miller who got the
:19:53. > :20:03.goals last weekend, they get the job done again. Stoppage time winner for
:20:04. > :20:08.Rangers as they get the job done again. Was it deserves? Yes, at the
:20:09. > :20:15.end of the 90 minutes, they dominated the game,. But had
:20:16. > :20:19.finished 1-1, Motherwell would be saying that their tactics and worked
:20:20. > :20:23.a treat in terms of sitting back and being defensive and having the
:20:24. > :20:27.threat on the counter. Fair to say that the midfield remain the main
:20:28. > :20:32.issue for Rangers? The conundrum for Mark Warburton is to get the right
:20:33. > :20:37.mix. It's not quite working. We saw that yesterday with the way the game
:20:38. > :20:42.panned out. This is just one of the clips in terms of a little bit slow
:20:43. > :20:48.and laboratories in their build-up. They have three guys there, Barton,
:20:49. > :20:51.Rossiter and Halliday. You see the Motherwell defence stepping out but
:20:52. > :20:57.instead of putting in the forward pass, Rossiter blazing wires. The
:20:58. > :21:04.opportunity to fire it into feet is last and the momentum is lost.
:21:05. > :21:07.Mackay has the opportunity to get penetration but Motherwell defended
:21:08. > :21:13.really well and credit to them because they were difficult to break
:21:14. > :21:19.down. They were resolute and that is what means that Rangers have to play
:21:20. > :21:25.with more pace in their attack. There is nobody penetrating the back
:21:26. > :21:30.line from Motherwell. It just peters out. This incident was when they
:21:31. > :21:33.actually managed to penetrate Motherwell's midfield. It's Halliday
:21:34. > :21:40.and it is not somebody was comfortable driving at that space.
:21:41. > :21:45.And the move pages out of nothing. A substitution made, Krancjar comes on
:21:46. > :21:50.and he can penetrate. World-class, great run from Kenny Miller and he
:21:51. > :21:54.gets the side 1-1. This is going to be the real nub of it forward
:21:55. > :22:13.button. How does he get those aged players into three positions I would
:22:14. > :22:21.say that the current mixes to to defensive. Not often that a losing
:22:22. > :22:26.manager is fulsome with his praise but Mark McGhee genuinely happy. As
:22:27. > :22:30.11 draw at the end of 90 minutes, Mark McGhee would have been saying
:22:31. > :22:35.that their tactics have worked perfectly. But full credit to
:22:36. > :22:39.Rangers who broken down eventually. Joe Garner has arrived from Preston
:22:40. > :22:45.North End, the sea is up Kenny Miller upfront? If he has come in
:22:46. > :22:50.for ?1.7 million, you would presume he is going to play. But Kenny has
:22:51. > :22:53.scored the winner two weekends in a row. He will not just at the side
:22:54. > :22:55.for Joe Garner. It will be interesting to see how that works
:22:56. > :22:56.out. there's a programme
:22:57. > :23:00.you simply must see this week. Thursday night, 9 o'clock,
:23:01. > :23:02.BBC One, Scotland's Game. The start of a new series
:23:03. > :23:18.documenting the past 30 years He'd say, don't worry, your P 45 is
:23:19. > :23:24.in the post. His idea of taking over the club was disastrous. It's a
:23:25. > :23:30.football club, not a toy. I'm not a guy with no money. I think to
:23:31. > :23:32.perform you have to have a tremendous amount of self belief and
:23:33. > :23:39.we are short of that. It's certainly been an eventful 30
:23:40. > :23:42.years, and we continue an eventful Last week on this show,
:23:43. > :23:46.our very own Michael Stewart described Hearts style
:23:47. > :23:50.of play as "industrial". So, what sort of product
:23:51. > :23:52.would Hearts serve up against Inverness Caley Thistle -
:23:53. > :24:15.a side so far unable to manufacture Robbie Neilson brings in the
:24:16. > :24:33.American to take the place -- take a place in the midfield.
:24:34. > :24:40.Hearts have won only one of their last ten meetings in -- with
:24:41. > :24:46.Inverness in league and cup encounters. Here's kauri! What a
:24:47. > :24:52.whopping goal that is from Cowie, wearing the captain's armband. He
:24:53. > :24:57.courses first goal for the Tynecastle club and it comes against
:24:58. > :25:03.one of his old teams. -- he scores his first goal. Lovely movement.
:25:04. > :25:10.Here is more rainy. Trying to step away from Rossi. And Stephen Maclean
:25:11. > :25:19.says that there is a dive from the Cali Thistle player. A yellow card.
:25:20. > :25:27.Sammon licking well with -- linking well. Phone Williams having to react
:25:28. > :25:39.after the initial shot rebounded onto Warren's chest. Paterson.
:25:40. > :25:48.Lovely skills again from the former Celtic player, what macro. -- Watt.
:25:49. > :25:59.Carry with a cross, their Sammon! 'S 2-0. -- Cowie with a cross. Sammon
:26:00. > :26:09.celebrating his second goal of the season. Sammon with a leap that was
:26:10. > :26:16.perfect to beat Fon Williams. Concern for the manager already.
:26:17. > :26:24.DiMarco finding Polwarth. Good linkup play from Cali Thistle. Not
:26:25. > :26:44.the best of execution of the shot there. Rossi. From Sammon to carry!
:26:45. > :26:52.Another brilliant piece of play from the Tynecastle side of and Cowie
:26:53. > :26:57.claims a double! Sammon once more after receiving that pass from Watt
:26:58. > :27:11.at the same corner but with the right foot this time for form carry.
:27:12. > :27:21.-- Cowie. Raven looking for options. Get it back, though. Raven again.
:27:22. > :27:27.It's Fisher, he's only on the pitch a few seconds. An acrobatic effort
:27:28. > :27:33.and a good save from Jack Hamilton. The new boy, Johnsen, a Norwegian
:27:34. > :27:44.American, taking the place of, Sammon. International clearance has
:27:45. > :27:51.come through. Johnsen giving it to his team-mate. Johnsen again, a neat
:27:52. > :28:00.backheel. Nicholson! What a strike that is from Sam Nicholson! And what
:28:01. > :28:04.an introduction to the hearts fans for Johnsen. In a bitter skill there
:28:05. > :28:14.to release Nicholson and that powerful effort -- a neat bit of
:28:15. > :28:20.skill. And that could not be stopped by the keeper. Hearts are flying at
:28:21. > :28:25.the moment. Here is kauri. Battling hard, he has released Nicholson, he
:28:26. > :28:34.is in behind, it's two for Nicholson within the space of 90 seconds. And
:28:35. > :28:41.hearts go 5-0 up. Another assist from the hearts captain. And we have
:28:42. > :28:54.got less than ten minutes left to play.
:28:55. > :29:02.Tansey released by Draper. In this cake by Draper which is founded way
:29:03. > :29:06.into the back of the net, but nothing more than a consolation for
:29:07. > :29:15.Cali Thistle. Paterson trying to stop it on the line.
:29:16. > :29:22.There was a little trip, but play on said the referee. They were looking
:29:23. > :29:26.for that, but it will not come. We thought the performance was very
:29:27. > :29:32.good, I said previously the last three have been good, just we have
:29:33. > :29:35.not find it, the teams have caused problems, but today the performance
:29:36. > :29:40.was good and we scored goals, which we were pleased about. We have too
:29:41. > :29:47.many players not performing. I should take most of the blame if not
:29:48. > :29:50.all of the blame, I picked the team, tactics, tactics, and these players
:29:51. > :29:55.have proven they are top players, I'm not getting the best out of
:29:56. > :30:02.them, I will take the blame. Two calls from Don Cowie but playing the
:30:03. > :30:08.captain's Bartow there? Yes, he had problems with his cars. You can see
:30:09. > :30:11.the quality he's got. -- two calls from Don Cowie, playing the
:30:12. > :30:18.captain's part. We were looking forward to this.
:30:19. > :30:21.Michael, you described Hearts as industrial, but nothing industrial
:30:22. > :30:26.about yesterday's performance. Certainly wasn't. I was referencing
:30:27. > :30:30.the fact that for me the team had moved away from the style of play
:30:31. > :30:34.she would yesterday to our more industrial style. And what had
:30:35. > :30:38.happened previously, you can take away, it was poor performances, not
:30:39. > :30:44.particularly great, use what happened yesterday which to me is
:30:45. > :30:50.much more akin to what I would regard as Robbie Neilson style.
:30:51. > :30:54.Perry Kitchen holding midfield, allowing the other players to go,
:30:55. > :31:00.but look at the passing and movement, it is one and two touch,
:31:01. > :31:05.quick, and this ball into the front man, great step over from Don Cowie,
:31:06. > :31:11.and lovely layover from corner salmon, what everyone wants to see,
:31:12. > :31:15.seven minutes into the game come out then in the second half, looking to
:31:16. > :31:23.turn the opposition, but look at the number of bodies up there. Tony Watt
:31:24. > :31:29.picking it up, slaves into Sammon, lay off, then for Don Cowie, it is
:31:30. > :31:35.quick attacking football. But there was not much pace last
:31:36. > :31:38.week, better yesterday. But wouldn't you concede that Robbie Neilson is
:31:39. > :31:44.in control of team selection tactics? I was suggesting that the
:31:45. > :31:51.style had moved away from what I think is naturally what Robbie wants
:31:52. > :32:00.to do. Robbie is in complete control of picking. That was never for
:32:01. > :32:05.debate. OK. In terms of Inverness, it was terrible from their point of
:32:06. > :32:09.view. But he took the blame, and we did a false light? He has taken the
:32:10. > :32:13.blame, but his senior players need to step up. He still has a lot of
:32:14. > :32:16.players over the last two or three years that have been very
:32:17. > :32:22.successful. All leaders on the bench. He's not got a big squad.
:32:23. > :32:28.He's not got a lot of strength in depth, he had only five substitutes,
:32:29. > :32:33.and some huge blows to the club, three defeats, and the manner, to
:32:34. > :32:36.lose 5-1 yesterday, it is not acceptable and has to improve, but
:32:37. > :32:42.things Borussia Monchengladbach leaders, like Draper, need to step
:32:43. > :32:45.up to the plate. -- but with leaders, like Draper.
:32:46. > :32:49.You have to go all the way back to 2003 for the last time
:32:50. > :32:50.Partick Thistle emerged from Pittodrie Stadium
:32:51. > :32:53.They started the day ahead of Aberdeen in the table,
:32:54. > :32:56.with Derek McInnes side still looking to score their first
:32:57. > :33:01.Two 0-0 draws so far. Commentary from Paul Mitchell.
:33:02. > :33:12.Bad news for Aberdeen as Ryan Jack Mrs due to injury. Also some
:33:13. > :33:15.dropouts. -- he is missing due to injury. Four changes for Partick
:33:16. > :33:29.Thistle. Reynolds will have to play that,
:33:30. > :33:36.looking very strong. Tries to flick it away. Reynolds again struggling.
:33:37. > :33:46.It is turned away, that chance for Thistle.
:33:47. > :33:54.It is going to be taken to buy Pollitt. Good save. From the
:33:55. > :33:58.goalkeeper's point of view, three people could take that. Niall
:33:59. > :34:23.McGinn. Gets away from Gordon. That was careless! He had to stay on
:34:24. > :34:33.his feet. Yellow card for Abdul Osman, regular occurrence last
:34:34. > :34:37.season. Free kick to Dons. Brilliant goal from Aberdeen, their
:34:38. > :34:42.first league goal of the season and worth waiting for. Absolute beauty
:34:43. > :34:43.from Niall McGinn! Thomas flew across, but was not keeping that
:34:44. > :34:58.out. Free kick. Edwards just getting too
:34:59. > :35:03.involved there. Reynolds gets it forward quickly.
:35:04. > :35:18.The ball comes across, no slave! -- now slide! He had calls for his time
:35:19. > :35:24.against Partick Thistle. But that one was rather slow.
:35:25. > :35:39.Dons unbeaten in the last six at home. Four wins and two draws
:35:40. > :35:46.against Partick Thistle. And a chance for Miles Storey, 2-0! But
:35:47. > :35:54.was caught short. And beautifully dispatched by Miles Storey. Lindsay
:35:55. > :36:09.getting his foot caught, Miles Storey showing no mercy.
:36:10. > :36:20.Mee to 2-0 up and cruising. Opportunity for Adam Rooney! --
:36:21. > :36:25.Aberdeen 2-0 up. Rooney had that chance he loves. Good set up play by
:36:26. > :36:35.Barnes. Rooney quick with the spin but could not guide it on target.
:36:36. > :36:40.That was going to be a fool. Abdul Osman did not think so. Clumsy with
:36:41. > :36:47.that yellow card. -- going to be file. John Beaton, the referee
:36:48. > :36:54.stepping into this. Administering the yellow card. Sean Welch was
:36:55. > :36:59.telling him he got it wrong, the referee will not like that, the
:37:00. > :37:04.referee has given the yellow card, going to the top, it is red, Sean
:37:05. > :37:08.Welsh is gone. Yellow for the file, second one for complaining. You may
:37:09. > :37:13.have got the ball, but he fell through when the man, yellow card
:37:14. > :37:20.for enough, but the abuse to the assistant Wes Burns and the referee
:37:21. > :37:24.meant it was a red card. Thistle down to ten men, Sean Welsh sent off
:37:25. > :37:33.for the first time in three and a half years. Thistle haven't scored
:37:34. > :37:41.at Pittodrie since September 2000 three. Almost closed there.
:37:42. > :37:50.Erskine getting the good first touch. With the chance. How is that
:37:51. > :37:53.for the finish! Chris Erskine, regular goal-scorer already this
:37:54. > :37:59.season, does not celebrate in any way and it should have done, that is
:38:00. > :38:06.a fabulous goal, his fourth of the season, and Thistle have a goal in
:38:07. > :38:11.stoppage time. It was comfortable for Aberdeen, nervous moments now.
:38:12. > :38:17.But the header deflected. Kenny McLean scented wide. This all nearly
:38:18. > :38:23.got a point at Pittodrie. A lot of teams we have had recently,
:38:24. > :38:28.everyone jostling interposition. Sometimes taking the freshest team
:38:29. > :38:31.rather than your best, be mindful of that, but everybody now has to try
:38:32. > :38:36.and fight for position to get in there. I think that the team in
:38:37. > :38:41.general, some strong performances, one or two still to get to where we
:38:42. > :38:45.need them to be, but without influential players, we managed to
:38:46. > :38:51.get a good job done today. Delighted with the lads keeping going. The
:38:52. > :38:55.manner we lost the goal, a bit of a lull after that, then we let the
:38:56. > :39:01.game petered out, dilated with the fightback especially after the
:39:02. > :39:05.sending off. Pittodrie things overdrive, that's
:39:06. > :39:09.for sure. It was a result needed, Aberdeen, given the expectation is
:39:10. > :39:14.on Derek McInnes this season. I agree. Big result and deserved win
:39:15. > :39:20.overall. But scoring goals has been a problem. Creating more chances
:39:21. > :39:26.yesterday, looking like more of a threat especially against the Hearts
:39:27. > :39:31.game last week, but the goals coming from a set piece. But this one,
:39:32. > :39:35.fantastic technique, outstanding finish into the top corner. At
:39:36. > :39:40.creating more from open play in this match. This one was a mistake. I
:39:41. > :39:46.think the plate is passing that bike to the goalkeeper, but getting it
:39:47. > :39:50.wrong. Miles Storey still a lot to do, very neat finish. I think that
:39:51. > :39:54.will go the way back to the keeper if he leaves it. I would not like to
:39:55. > :39:59.be receiving that pass as a centre-half myself with two men on
:40:00. > :40:05.me, he should have kicked it out of the park. Aberdeen deserved the win.
:40:06. > :40:09.Plenty of good moments, but this was not one of them from Aberdeen, from
:40:10. > :40:16.Sean Welsh, did he deserve to get sent off? I don't do about you,
:40:17. > :40:20.Steven, but that is a booking to begin with. He does win the ball.
:40:21. > :40:25.You can see his frustration, remonstrating with the linesman, who
:40:26. > :40:32.is only two feet away, the linesman should see he gets a touch of the
:40:33. > :40:37.ball. But he goes back to give more to the linesman. But what this angle
:40:38. > :40:41.here. He gets the touch on that ball, it looks as if the linesman is
:40:42. > :40:48.lagging for the through in. I would agree. Some confusion from the
:40:49. > :40:52.officials, so you can understand his upset. But you cannot keep doing the
:40:53. > :40:57.remonstrating. He had a noble on the linesman,
:40:58. > :41:01.probably feeling just might, but you cannot go to the referee and back to
:41:02. > :41:06.the linesman and in the end that got him sent off. Plenty of doubts about
:41:07. > :41:10.Partick Thistle's chances this season, but a lot of signs, even
:41:11. > :41:14.losing yesterday, in that match and others that they could do well this
:41:15. > :41:18.season? They look like they've gone back to what they were first light
:41:19. > :41:22.when promoted, in terms of good attacking style of play, and
:41:23. > :41:26.somebody that keeps possession well. You've seen that at the beginning of
:41:27. > :41:30.this season and they've got a bit more attacking threat, Erskine
:41:31. > :41:32.coming back with the fantastic goal, all of the tools to be successful.
:41:33. > :41:35.Ross County had spent the week enjoying bragging rights after that
:41:36. > :41:37.Highland Derby defeat of Inverness last weekend.
:41:38. > :41:39.They faced a Kilmarnock side with yet more new faces
:41:40. > :41:57.in the ranks. Commentary from Rory Hamilton.
:41:58. > :42:05.There is no Richard Foster or Brian Graham appeal following their
:42:06. > :42:12.selling. One change from last weekend Haas Highland Derby as Chris
:42:13. > :42:16.returns to the starting XI. Charlie Adams and Luke Hendrie going
:42:17. > :42:20.straight into the side after signings. The club still awaiting
:42:21. > :42:30.international clearance for the right-back.
:42:31. > :42:39.That has worked, nicely wide for Jones. Green fired across, good
:42:40. > :42:42.defending. He was under pressure. Kris Boyd was looking to score for
:42:43. > :42:53.the second week running after netting that Hamilton -- netting at
:42:54. > :42:56.Hamilton Accies last week. Up against the new boy, Luke Hendrie,
:42:57. > :43:02.and he goes down, blocked off by the man on loan from Birmingham City.
:43:03. > :43:12.Nick Walsh awarding the free kick. Martin Woods. Swung in with the left
:43:13. > :43:17.foot, a little too much on it. Andrew Davies, he would have been up
:43:18. > :43:24.for the aerial challenge, having to retrieve the ball. And forward it
:43:25. > :43:34.comes again. And struck! And not too far away. A total of 15 new recruits
:43:35. > :43:42.this summer for Lee Clark. Still just looking to gel. It will take
:43:43. > :43:50.time. Boyce did well there, using his shrink to hold the ball up. He
:43:51. > :43:56.has options. He picks up his strike partner in Curran. Boyce again! Some
:43:57. > :44:02.space on the left-hand side, swung across, it for Boyce. He needs now
:44:03. > :44:10.second invitation to hammer in the opening goal. Inside half an hour!
:44:11. > :44:15.It was a hat-trick last week down the road at Inverness in the Derby.
:44:16. > :44:23.And Liam Boyce now has four goals in his last two games.
:44:24. > :44:33.Woods has done well. Picks out the past. And it is halted by the flag
:44:34. > :44:40.up on the far side. It looked to be a tight call for the visuals. Woods'
:44:41. > :44:43.pass, that is very close indeed, Curran eventually tucked the ball
:44:44. > :44:46.into the empty net, but it will not count. -- tight call for the over
:44:47. > :45:00.shall. Curran won it. Then Franks. Led by
:45:01. > :45:07.Boyce. Then struck, ensures away from the second. Ross County looking
:45:08. > :45:12.for back-to-back victories for the first time in the league since
:45:13. > :45:21.December. Fighting away, it slipped into Boyd. He was asking the
:45:22. > :45:23.question of referee Walsh. Quinn and Boyd, shoulder to shoulder, are in
:45:24. > :45:39.arm, no penalty. -- are in arm. Swung into the middle, routine, may
:45:40. > :45:47.get another opportunity to maintain the attack for Ross County, gets the
:45:48. > :45:50.header back from Boyce, but eventually squeezed out of the
:45:51. > :46:00.opportunity. Good defending in the end. Jim McIntire's side targeting
:46:01. > :46:09.top six finish again this year. And here is Alex, the substitute, two
:46:10. > :46:14.boys. Second chance! -- in two Liam Boyce. He fires in his second of the
:46:15. > :46:24.game. Liam Boyce in fine goal-scoring form. The first effort
:46:25. > :46:28.was this head. No doubt about the second. -- the first effort missed.
:46:29. > :46:39.That is five in two games for the man from Northern Ireland.
:46:40. > :46:42.Taking the ball forward. Liam Boyce, on a hat-trick? He went for it, but
:46:43. > :46:55.couldn't hurt the target. Quinn with the ball forward. Alex
:46:56. > :47:03.has caused all manner of problems since he came on, with his running.
:47:04. > :47:11.Teed up now for Wood. It comes back to the Dutchman.
:47:12. > :47:19.She is just wide of the target. But it will be back-to-back victories
:47:20. > :47:23.for Ross County. I thought it was a scrappy game and
:47:24. > :47:27.once we got the goal we played better football, we should have
:47:28. > :47:31.scored a couple of others in the second half, some great chances, we
:47:32. > :47:35.just feel to hit the target. The work rate and effort from the boys,
:47:36. > :47:40.deservedly got them the three points today. We haven't given the service
:47:41. > :47:52.to the strikers that there is God. And we have -- that there is had
:47:53. > :47:55.got. I think it is probably a fair assessment to see that the game was
:47:56. > :48:00.won and lost in the centre-back areas.
:48:01. > :48:07.What a start to the season for Liam Boyce. And last week, I thought I
:48:08. > :48:13.said 4-4- two went out of fashion, but both sides playing with
:48:14. > :48:20.contrasting outcomes? Very contrasting. Some atrocious
:48:21. > :48:27.crossing. Last week, we highlighted some good support, up to the
:48:28. > :48:33.players, but it ended up being some good play. But he wanted a midfield
:48:34. > :48:37.player to give the ball to. Then he gives a good play to the left-hand
:48:38. > :48:42.side. We highlighted last week, playing Kris Boyd up front on his
:48:43. > :48:47.own, making the substitute that made a big difference, but this week,
:48:48. > :48:51.delivering from two is terrible, you can't have to guys standing up
:48:52. > :48:57.there, expecting them to do anything, then this at the other
:48:58. > :49:02.end, defensively. It is abysmal. Terrible. It is far too easy being
:49:03. > :49:10.sold the dummy. This is just schoolboy. Ross County are in behind
:49:11. > :49:16.them. Poor tackle and challenge. Laid. Gets two bites of the jelly,
:49:17. > :49:21.maybe Liam Boyce was lucky, but such bad offending from Dalmarnock.
:49:22. > :49:24.And impressive from Ross County, when arguably they have weakened
:49:25. > :49:29.with the loss of Brian Graham and Richard Foster. -- bad defending
:49:30. > :49:34.from Kilmarnock. With Liam Boyce, he has five goals, 17 last year, well
:49:35. > :49:39.on course to repeat that. OK! The Friday night lights were
:49:40. > :49:42.switched on at Dens Park this week. The Premiership weekend kicking off
:49:43. > :49:44.with Dundee at home to Hamilton Accies.
:49:45. > :49:54.Commentary from John Barnes . Dundee are without Paul McGowan and
:49:55. > :50:00.Michael Duffy through illness and injury, so Nick Ross comes into
:50:01. > :50:08.midfield. Hamilton manager made one change.
:50:09. > :50:19.That is Danny take the place of Greg, who drops to the bench.
:50:20. > :50:32.Knocked away by Matthews. Good constructive play, and the
:50:33. > :50:36.goalkeeper up to the task there. Dundee have three points from their
:50:37. > :50:38.opening two games, Hamilton two points less. Vincent with the
:50:39. > :50:57.clearance. McKinnon taking out Longridge, then
:50:58. > :51:04.McKinnon again. What a strike that is from Darren Lyne! It is his first
:51:05. > :51:09.goal for the Hamilton Accies top team and what a way to do it.
:51:10. > :51:16.Blistering shot there. From 25 yards! Top corner! There was no way
:51:17. > :51:32.Scott was going to get to that one. Mark O'Hara, the corner of
:51:33. > :51:45.Gillespie. Danny Williams to take it. And Mark O'Hara! Dundee are back
:51:46. > :51:51.level. Four minutes after going behind, equalising, and it is Mark
:51:52. > :51:55.O'Hara, two goals in two games for the former Kilmarnock man, not
:51:56. > :51:59.picked up there that that set piece, then uses the past finish. -- users
:52:00. > :52:13.that pass to finish. He likes to have a shot from
:52:14. > :52:16.distance of anywhere around the 18-yard box, 30 goals last season
:52:17. > :52:35.for Dunfermline for him. Darian MacKinnon! They were
:52:36. > :52:47.expecting him to school there. But he is directed it wide. Crawford,
:52:48. > :52:54.with the free kick. Taking it infield. Good blocking challenge
:52:55. > :53:04.their from Kevin. Danny McGrain on with another opportunity -- McKinnon
:53:05. > :53:11.with another opportunity. Mark O'Hara, Vincent in the middle.
:53:12. > :53:13.Matthews is there to make the save. Mark O'Hara trying to be the creator
:53:14. > :53:28.once more. Then the follow-up shot. Williams with the corner again.
:53:29. > :53:41.Trying to get the header in, Tyson. Back for Williams. Williams again!
:53:42. > :53:48.He is getting closer. Good football again by the home team.
:53:49. > :53:57.Crawford's Connor. -- corner. Then at the back post, but could not get
:53:58. > :54:15.on the end of that knock-down. Switching it, trying to pick him
:54:16. > :54:19.out, and he has! Gillespie for pace! Looking at a penalty. Kevin Clancy
:54:20. > :54:30.says no. Was that a charge on the shoulder or more to it? Off of the
:54:31. > :54:37.line by Nick Ross. He was under pressure, but Ross did well.
:54:38. > :54:42.We started well, we can't do anything about the goal, fantastic
:54:43. > :54:45.straight, but we got back into the game, but second half did not
:54:46. > :54:51.perform. We didn't pass the ball well, didn't create enough angles,
:54:52. > :54:57.not enough football for me, forcing too many long balls, using beekeeper
:54:58. > :55:01.too much, overall not acceptable. Really frustrating. Turning on
:55:02. > :55:06.performance. We should have seven points. We dominated last week.
:55:07. > :55:11.Today we have dominated large part, creative enough to win the game. For
:55:12. > :55:14.the players, we should be sitting on seven points but we have to and we
:55:15. > :55:21.need to make sure of opportunity now.
:55:22. > :55:26.The draw for Dundee, Hamilton pleased, but too many draws last
:55:27. > :55:31.season as well. Hamilton Accies at their best when in your face and
:55:32. > :55:35.swarming over the opposition? Yes, disappointed, taking the lead in all
:55:36. > :55:40.the games played this year, but their high pressing yesterday was
:55:41. > :55:43.superb. You look at the stake here, forcing beekeeper to take long, and
:55:44. > :55:55.when he does, every Hamilton player locks onto a player. Everyone needs
:55:56. > :55:59.to move in the team. Trigger points, the midfielder goes, forcing Dundee
:56:00. > :56:05.to kick long again, this was the theme of the match. This occasion
:56:06. > :56:09.again, you can see him in gauging, forcing the goalkeeper into kicking
:56:10. > :56:17.long. Paul Hartley said there about how playing the goalkeeper too much,
:56:18. > :56:24.playing the long bail too much. But it was impressive. But credit to
:56:25. > :56:31.Darren Lyne, what a strike. And for your first goal, and an amazing one
:56:32. > :56:38.as well. And a player who has excited lots, can he make the step
:56:39. > :56:44.up from League 1? For me, yes, picks the ball up the, fires it back, then
:56:45. > :56:48.get themselves into the box, it is a striker with an instinct to sniff
:56:49. > :56:52.out goals, lovely bit of skill to roll the defender. Driving at the
:56:53. > :56:56.heart of defence and causing problems for opposition. He was
:56:57. > :57:00.playing League 1 football but he has a football brain, a bit of
:57:01. > :57:04.everything, that instinct to get into the box and cause problems and
:57:05. > :57:10.links the game up well. You see again dropping deep, linking it up,
:57:11. > :57:14.he scored 30 goals last year for Dunfermline, I'm surprised there
:57:15. > :57:18.weren't not more suitors apart from Dundee. I would agree. He was on
:57:19. > :57:25.trial at Blackburn, I'm surprised no one else took a gamble on him. He is
:57:26. > :57:36.two divisions below, but he has great stuff. I suppose the question
:57:37. > :57:41.is, could he get the goals to replace the departing players? It
:57:42. > :57:47.will be a hard task. The 20 legal is last year was fantastic. -- 20
:57:48. > :57:51.league goals. He has some fantastic players to follow. Time will tell,
:57:52. > :57:57.but he has the attributes to do a good job for Dundee.
:57:58. > :58:00.With week three of the Premiership season complete, time for a first
:58:01. > :58:02.glimpse of the table on Sportscene this season.
:58:03. > :58:04.And it's Rangers on top with seven points.
:58:05. > :58:07.Celtic and Ross County next best on six, although Brendan Rodgers
:58:08. > :58:12.Celtic, in fact, the only team not to drop a point thus far.
:58:13. > :58:14.Inverness at the bottom the only side still to pick up a point.
:58:15. > :58:20.The first three weeks of this season have raced by.
:58:21. > :58:26.Week 4 will be here before you know it.
:58:27. > :58:28.Remember Scotland's Game, Thursday night 9pm BBC One Scotland.
:58:29. > :58:32.And next weekend, Sportscene moves to our new regular slot of 6pm
:58:33. > :58:37.Until then, from all of us, goodnight.