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