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Welcome to Sportscene. It's been a landmark weekend for players, clubs, | :00:56. | :01:02. | |
even countries. And it's always a landmark weekend when we have guests | :01:03. | :01:05. | |
of this calibre joining us. Pat Nevin and the St Mirren striker | :01:06. | :01:08. | |
Steven Thompson in the studio tonight. | :01:09. | :01:11. | |
Before we get to the Premiership action, the draw for the Euro 2016 | :01:12. | :01:15. | |
qualifiers was made in France earlier today. Scotland have been | :01:16. | :01:19. | |
drawn in Group D. These are our group rivals standing in our way. | :01:20. | :01:26. | |
Germany, the Republic of Ireland, Poland, Georgia and Gibraltar who | :01:27. | :01:29. | |
are in the tournament for the very first time. This was the reaction of | :01:30. | :01:33. | |
the Scotland manager Gordon Strachan. Excited. I think that's | :01:34. | :01:41. | |
the one thing you can say about this group. All those might be a bit | :01:42. | :01:49. | |
mundane, but this one, you have got one of the best teams ever, the | :01:50. | :01:54. | |
German side, a new nation in the tournament as Gibraltar, and then | :01:55. | :01:57. | |
you have got four other teams who are all possible to get the second | :01:58. | :02:05. | |
place. So that's exciting. Scotland's first fixture, away to | :02:06. | :02:08. | |
Germany, on September seven. What chance to start -- Scotland have? I | :02:09. | :02:14. | |
like it, I think we got a great chance. If we play in our potential, | :02:15. | :02:21. | |
we can finish second. The games against Ireland and Ireland will be | :02:22. | :02:28. | |
pivotal. The manager of Gibraltar saying he is targeting third-place, | :02:29. | :02:32. | |
which would mean Gibraltar is in the play-off places, what does that say | :02:33. | :02:35. | |
about what he expects from the likes of us? It is a number of things, you | :02:36. | :02:38. | |
think he has got a problem with reality! He probably thinks Germany | :02:39. | :02:45. | |
will be forth! We have done well to get here. Gibraltar, I talked to | :02:46. | :02:49. | |
some people over there, and they say they should be in it now but they | :02:50. | :02:57. | |
have no chance. The likes of Poland, they have got very good players, but | :02:58. | :03:02. | |
I think they are past their best. Ireland I think will be the team, if | :03:03. | :03:07. | |
we can get a home win and a draw away, we have chance. Quietly | :03:08. | :03:12. | |
confident? Absolutely. On with the action. We start at Firhill and | :03:13. | :03:16. | |
despite being at the tail end of February, Partick Thistle were still | :03:17. | :03:19. | |
to win a league match at home this season. High-flying Aberdeen were | :03:20. | :03:22. | |
the visitors this weekend. Surely not? Commentary comes from John | :03:23. | :03:23. | |
Barnes. Partick Thistle may have lost in a | :03:24. | :03:34. | |
seven goal lead to Motherwell last week but he starts with the same | :03:35. | :03:40. | |
starting A-level. Two changes to the Aberdeen line-up -- starting with | :03:41. | :03:42. | |
the same 11. Looking for Adam Rooney. He is taken | :03:43. | :03:57. | |
down, the referee says yes. Penalty to Aberdeen. A yellow card for Paul | :03:58. | :04:04. | |
Gallico, the official feeling he is impeded by the goalkeeper. -- Paul | :04:05. | :04:12. | |
Gallacher. He makes a great save! Rooney with the follow-up! And | :04:13. | :04:17. | |
again, Gallacher is alert to the situation. A terrific double save by | :04:18. | :04:19. | |
the keeper. Another collision between Rooney and | :04:20. | :04:34. | |
Gallacher. The goalkeeper is incensed. The striker looks for a | :04:35. | :04:36. | |
penalty. That is a good delivery, Rooney with | :04:37. | :04:50. | |
the header. And Gallacher with the save. It is becoming a contest | :04:51. | :04:56. | |
between those two. And the goalkeeper is winning. | :04:57. | :05:01. | |
13 home games without a league win for his side. | :05:02. | :05:12. | |
A header from an Anderson, but Partick Thistle get it away. | :05:13. | :05:21. | |
Desperate defending from the home side. But they stood firm. | :05:22. | :05:32. | |
A good effort, and an excellent stop. And Thistle just can't put it | :05:33. | :05:39. | |
away. Kallum Higginbotham, teasing as | :05:40. | :05:52. | |
ever. He has done well to get the crossing. Conrad Balatoni! And | :05:53. | :06:00. | |
Partick Thistle have the lead, just before the hour mark. Lovely first | :06:01. | :06:08. | |
touch by the big centre-half and an excellent finish to put his side in | :06:09. | :06:09. | |
front. Thistle taking a boost from that | :06:10. | :06:21. | |
goal. Good delivery, Lyle Taylor, and it | :06:22. | :06:35. | |
is 2-0 Partick Thistle! Terrific striker's play there. Getting in | :06:36. | :06:41. | |
front of his marker, Russell Anderson. And turning it home for | :06:42. | :06:43. | |
his fourth goal for Thistle. The referee says Callum Paterson -- | :06:44. | :06:58. | |
Kallum Higginbotham fouled the Aberdeen player. The free kick, in | :06:59. | :07:05. | |
towards Rooney, and a header for Adam Rooney puts Aberdeen back in | :07:06. | :07:11. | |
the game. Eventually the striker has beaten Paul Gallacher and it is his | :07:12. | :07:13. | |
fourth goal in five games. Good control. Excellent strike there | :07:14. | :07:33. | |
from Taylor. It's his second of the afternoon. Partick Thistle's third. | :07:34. | :07:37. | |
And now, surely, they are on course for their first home league victory | :07:38. | :07:47. | |
of the season. Taylor's this goal, his second double since signing. -- | :07:48. | :07:49. | |
fifth goal. He has clashed, chance for the | :07:50. | :08:03. | |
Patrick! And Jamie Lange field is there to get his total that one, to | :08:04. | :08:06. | |
steer it wide. It has been a good alpha -- | :08:07. | :08:27. | |
afternoon so far for Paul Gallacher, and Partick Thistle. I thought with | :08:28. | :08:35. | |
the second penalty, it was penalty every day of the week. I am bemused | :08:36. | :08:40. | |
as why that has not been given. Paul Gallacher came out to Adam Rooney | :08:41. | :08:44. | |
without touching the ball, the clear goal-scoring opportunity, the last | :08:45. | :08:48. | |
man, he has already been booked for the first challenge. That was a big | :08:49. | :08:51. | |
decision. I think we don't get the first penalty, I think we would have | :08:52. | :08:55. | |
got that one. It was not just a good result, it was a fantastic | :08:56. | :09:00. | |
performance from Partick Thistle, a thoroughly deserved victory finally? | :09:01. | :09:06. | |
Yes, finally, definitely the second half performance, the first half we | :09:07. | :09:09. | |
were poor and we did not show belief. The second half was much | :09:10. | :09:12. | |
more like us, we put in a good performance and wish but in belief. | :09:13. | :09:20. | |
How much of a needed a player like Lyle Taylor? They have needed a | :09:21. | :09:28. | |
goal-scorer. Watch this, I love this. His positioning there, I think | :09:29. | :09:34. | |
Anderson gets close, there are four positions between him, he gets the | :09:35. | :09:37. | |
timing income he is magnificent. Funny, this is the best touch of the | :09:38. | :09:42. | |
weekend. I like his first touch, but what he does now is even better. He | :09:43. | :09:47. | |
draws Russell in, slows down after he takes the touch, his first touch | :09:48. | :09:52. | |
is a great pass. His first touch is perfect but watch where he slows | :09:53. | :09:56. | |
down. And then he has passed him with a change of pace in the finish. | :09:57. | :10:01. | |
There is great elegance about the way he plays. He will be gutted by | :10:02. | :10:05. | |
two of the best tackles of the week, that is great, this is better. You | :10:06. | :10:14. | |
kind of should not laugh. But that is magnificent. He has made a huge | :10:15. | :10:20. | |
difference and he is growing into it as well. We all know that Partick | :10:21. | :10:24. | |
Thistle, they have played well this season but they have collapsed so | :10:25. | :10:25. | |
many times. Was this a penalty in the first | :10:26. | :10:42. | |
half? If the keeper dives like that, you have to make sure you get some | :10:43. | :10:45. | |
ball. He comes flying out, it is hard to tell whether he touches | :10:46. | :10:50. | |
him. He said he did not touch him. He would want him to be taking -- | :10:51. | :10:57. | |
taking the penalty. It is a blitz double save especially for a man of | :10:58. | :11:03. | |
his age. When he gets down, to render safe, getting back up for the | :11:04. | :11:07. | |
second. Was this a penalty? McInnis thought it was. I thought it was, he | :11:08. | :11:15. | |
does not get the ball, and Derek is right, he runs straight into Rooney. | :11:16. | :11:20. | |
At much pace, it is hard to say. Rooney gets a touch there, it was | :11:21. | :11:25. | |
not deliberate. It may well be that Derek is right, had the first | :11:26. | :11:29. | |
penalty not been given, they would have got that one. But at match | :11:30. | :11:33. | |
pace, it is tough, the referee cannot give it unless he is 100% | :11:34. | :11:37. | |
what will the result do for Partick Thistle, in terms of the confidence? | :11:38. | :11:45. | |
It is a massive bounce for them, to get the monkey off their backs, a | :11:46. | :11:48. | |
first home victory. Derek says after the match, they did not play well in | :11:49. | :11:53. | |
the first half but the confidence they got in the goal, going to | :11:54. | :11:56. | |
happen is up, you could see the belief in the players getting off | :11:57. | :12:02. | |
that bottom spot. So a huge win for Partick Thistle. How would that | :12:03. | :12:05. | |
effect the race to avoid the play-off place? Two other sides in | :12:06. | :12:08. | |
the mix came face to face. Ross County and St Mirren. It would be | :12:09. | :12:12. | |
tasty for all sorts of reasons. Commentary from Rob Maclean. | :12:13. | :12:16. | |
Filip Kiss, unknown, has made a quick impact and he is back after | :12:17. | :12:28. | |
suspension. -- he is on loan. One change in the St Mirren team. | :12:29. | :12:40. | |
Kenny McLean lining up the shot. And that was a good one. It was moving | :12:41. | :12:47. | |
in the air from the field. And it had to be watched carefully by Mark | :12:48. | :12:53. | |
Brown. Both Derek Adams and Danny Lennon keen to avoid the second | :12:54. | :12:54. | |
bottom spot. Did well to get that game, it is | :12:55. | :13:11. | |
another opportunity. It is the man on loan from Blackburn, Yann | :13:12. | :13:17. | |
Songo'o. In this queue on the header. -- and this queue on the | :13:18. | :13:20. | |
header. Saved by Marian Kello, and he was | :13:21. | :13:31. | |
concerned there for a moment where that was going to end up. A powerful | :13:32. | :13:40. | |
hit from Jordan Slew, spitting up to the top of the net. | :13:41. | :13:49. | |
Ingo 's Goodwin, and down goes Kiss, holding his head. And the Ross | :13:50. | :13:58. | |
County fans did not like that challenge and that is why. | :13:59. | :14:05. | |
Was there a target at the shirts? No free kick. And you ran our claim's | :14:06. | :14:22. | |
header is in! It is the Frenchman's first goal in five games. -- | :14:23. | :14:27. | |
Arquin's header was in. He has made a very positive first impression. | :14:28. | :14:37. | |
Michael Tidser was the supplier, and the looping header over the top of | :14:38. | :14:44. | |
Marian Kello. Jordan Slew is powerful, pacey and away from Darren | :14:45. | :14:48. | |
McGregor. A great ball in, it is Arquin! Saved by Marian Kello, | :14:49. | :14:53. | |
played by Goodwin. Well, he took a touch, and he is now wishing he had | :14:54. | :14:58. | |
taken the first time. It was a great chance for a second goal. | :14:59. | :15:07. | |
Lovely ball, powering away. It is saved, it is Arquin again. Cannot | :15:08. | :15:22. | |
believe he has not added to that opening goal. This was the big | :15:23. | :15:28. | |
chance and he fluffed his lines. Danny Lennon is happy to be only one | :15:29. | :15:33. | |
goal down. Gregg Wylde's corner kick. John McGinn lining up the | :15:34. | :15:42. | |
shot, it is a beauty! I think Brian McLean was thinking he was playing | :15:43. | :15:48. | |
John McGinn onto his weak side. No weakness here. That is a powerful | :15:49. | :15:58. | |
strike with his right foot, from the young John McGinn. Mark Brown was | :15:59. | :16:00. | |
not stopping this. It is 1-1. Jim Goodwin on Melvin De Leeuw. | :16:01. | :16:19. | |
Derek Adams was on the pitch. An argument breaks out with his | :16:20. | :16:23. | |
opposite number. That looks like a painful clash of heads. The referee | :16:24. | :16:30. | |
has some sorting out to do here, and you can tell he is indicating that | :16:31. | :16:35. | |
both managers should head for the stand. | :16:36. | :16:48. | |
Arquin brushes aside Jim Goodwin. Real opportunity here. It is Melvin | :16:49. | :17:01. | |
De Leeuw. 2-1. It is a great goal for Ross County. Jim Goodwin | :17:02. | :17:09. | |
outmuscled. When the chance came his way, this was a really cool and | :17:10. | :17:15. | |
Cameron: Nicole -- cool and clinical finish. It was a difficult one to | :17:16. | :17:21. | |
take. I felt we came out of the traps well. Then we lost our way, | :17:22. | :17:28. | |
and Ross County came in, I felt a 30 minute we lost that. I thought we | :17:29. | :17:35. | |
were brilliant from start to finish, we passed the ball really well. The | :17:36. | :17:40. | |
amount of chances we created over 90 minutes was outstanding and we | :17:41. | :17:43. | |
should have scored a lot more goals. Over the 90 minutes, a terrific | :17:44. | :17:48. | |
display from the players. We will talk about those incidents shortly | :17:49. | :17:52. | |
but it was a great victory for Ross County. How instrumental work Arquin | :17:53. | :18:03. | |
and Melvin De Leeuw. Superb. He gets turned a little bit too easily but | :18:04. | :18:08. | |
they are showing the pace and power from the start. They are willing to | :18:09. | :18:12. | |
look for each other all the time and linkup. Here is both of them, moving | :18:13. | :18:20. | |
into the middle. He goes straight for the goal every time he gets a | :18:21. | :18:28. | |
chance, and I have to say, Arquin all through the game is going. He | :18:29. | :18:32. | |
has not touched the ball but he is already looking for his mate. He has | :18:33. | :18:37. | |
gone by, great pace, another loop, and a fourth look. Arquin should | :18:38. | :18:41. | |
actually score at that point but that really impressed me, when you | :18:42. | :18:45. | |
get strikers wanting to linkup. They look like a partnership. It is | :18:46. | :18:50. | |
brilliant when you get that relationship with the striker. The | :18:51. | :18:56. | |
one that sticks in my mind was Michael Chop write-down at Cardiff. | :18:57. | :19:03. | |
You get a telepathic understanding. You can see his pace and composure, | :19:04. | :19:10. | |
he lays this on a plate. Were Ross County deserved winners? If you look | :19:11. | :19:14. | |
at the chant is the created, it was definitely more than us. We have to | :19:15. | :19:18. | |
talk about Jim Goodwin not for the first time this season. Any doubt in | :19:19. | :19:23. | |
your mind about this elbow being intentional? Intentional, only he | :19:24. | :19:29. | |
will know if it is intentional or not. In simple terms, you do not | :19:30. | :19:36. | |
lead with your arm. To be fair, it is very difficult. It does not look | :19:37. | :19:42. | |
good for Jim. I can see that he is protecting his face from getting | :19:43. | :19:47. | |
hit. I am not going to defend him but I think his arm is up to protect | :19:48. | :19:53. | |
his face. In this instance, his arm is not up and it is a very nasty | :19:54. | :19:58. | |
head knock. He has a very nasty lump on his head. Years not using his | :19:59. | :20:07. | |
elbow. I think Derek Adams exacerbated the situation. That is a | :20:08. | :20:11. | |
nastier clash of heads. Is he not protecting his own player? He is not | :20:12. | :20:18. | |
being rash, he has gone up for a header and got a head knock. I would | :20:19. | :20:22. | |
say it was definitely header and got a head knock. I would | :20:23. | :20:24. | |
say it was rash but not deliberate. Any player who tries to go for | :20:25. | :20:31. | |
another player... He's not doing that, so I don't think it is | :20:32. | :20:36. | |
deliberate, but he is rash, he is not controlled, and that is what has | :20:37. | :20:42. | |
upset Derek Adams. In the end, it is quite simple. Only a complete fool | :20:43. | :20:44. | |
would go on headbutt somebody in the head. I cannot give him any excuse | :20:45. | :20:52. | |
for the first one. The major focus before the lunchtime kick-off | :20:53. | :20:55. | |
between Hearts and Celtic was on Fraser Forster. Would he break Bobby | :20:56. | :21:07. | |
Clark's record? Hearts are unbeaten in four games and Gary Locke can | :21:08. | :21:12. | |
bring back Kevin McCarthy from suspension. Also back is Callum | :21:13. | :21:21. | |
Paterson. Emilio Izaguirre has not made it for Celtic but Charlie | :21:22. | :21:24. | |
Mulgrew is back into the fray for Celtic. | :21:25. | :21:29. | |
15th league win in a row, Fraser Forster looking for a 13th clean | :21:30. | :21:37. | |
sheet in a row as that ball comes in towards Leigh Griffiths. To get off | :21:38. | :21:44. | |
the mark for Celtic. He is not popular around here. | :21:45. | :21:53. | |
Decent delivery in, Fraser Forster spills it and grabs it from Callum | :21:54. | :21:58. | |
Paterson at the second attempt. Westbrook to beat the record of | :21:59. | :22:01. | |
Bobby Clark. -- desperate. They will get the corner here, as | :22:02. | :22:26. | |
Anthony Stokes drove for goal, Hearts clinging on. They were 5-0 | :22:27. | :22:30. | |
down last time Celtic were here at this point. Fraser Forster has that | :22:31. | :22:35. | |
Scottish record, he has beaten Bobby Clark. | :22:36. | :22:44. | |
Leigh Griffiths. Given the treatment from the stands, as he would have | :22:45. | :22:55. | |
expected, I'm sure. Kris Commons has a dig. He got a hat-trick in the | :22:56. | :23:07. | |
fourth round as Celtic won 7-0. Neil Lennon will be quite happy sitting | :23:08. | :23:08. | |
in his seat right now. Jamie MacDonald is there to deny | :23:09. | :23:23. | |
Anthony Stokes. He has been brilliant for Hearts this season, | :23:24. | :23:27. | |
Jamie MacDonald. No frills from Efe Ambrose. Jamie | :23:28. | :23:33. | |
Hamill loses out to Anthony Stokes. Good play from Leigh Griffiths. The | :23:34. | :23:54. | |
man in the Heart of Midlothian fans love to hate is back to want them. | :23:55. | :24:01. | |
This time in green and white hoops, his first for the club and it is | :24:02. | :24:06. | |
classic Leigh Griffiths, twisting and turning Danny Wilson inside out. | :24:07. | :24:21. | |
Hearts are unbeaten in four coming into this one, the second-best run | :24:22. | :24:24. | |
in the league. Scott Brown gave Sam Nicholson a | :24:25. | :24:33. | |
little shove. Jamie MacDonald touch that onto the | :24:34. | :24:53. | |
bar. Another great save, that came off Dylan MacGowan before it reached | :24:54. | :25:00. | |
Jamie MacDonald's hand. It is missed by Fraser Forster, but it does not | :25:01. | :25:04. | |
fall kindly for Danny Wilson who was waiting on the line. | :25:05. | :25:10. | |
Fraser Forster completely missed that. Rightly praised but that was a | :25:11. | :25:13. | |
real error. Teemu Pukki will finish it here. He | :25:14. | :25:38. | |
does. It is just a fifth of the season for Teemu Pukki. Scored on | :25:39. | :25:40. | |
his debut here. The school end at Tynecastle is | :25:41. | :25:52. | |
profitable for him again. I thought we had good control of the game, | :25:53. | :25:57. | |
good composure in midfield and particularly the back four, and I'm | :25:58. | :26:02. | |
very proud, we have broken a record today, 43 years in the making, and | :26:03. | :26:07. | |
it is very difficult so it has been a great day for the club. I think we | :26:08. | :26:12. | |
have got to look at the positives, the last time Celtic played us here | :26:13. | :26:15. | |
there was no contest, you have seen how far some of the young players | :26:16. | :26:19. | |
have come, for a long spells we matched the best team in the | :26:20. | :26:22. | |
country, so there is lots to be positive around. I am delighted, | :26:23. | :26:27. | |
firstly it was about getting the point and keeping that run going. | :26:28. | :26:32. | |
The clean sheet is a real bonus and we are delighted to have kept it. | :26:33. | :26:35. | |
Massive credit to everyone throughout the club, everyone has | :26:36. | :26:40. | |
played a part. We have defended and attacked as a team. Massive credit | :26:41. | :26:46. | |
goes to the goalkeeping coach. Landmark weekend for Fraser | :26:47. | :26:49. | |
Forster, he breaks Bobby Clark's record. It is now 1215 minutes. He | :26:50. | :26:57. | |
will now be looking for Edwin van decide's record. How big an | :26:58. | :27:04. | |
achievement is it? It is fantastic. People will snake at it and say it | :27:05. | :27:09. | |
is easy to compare to what has gone past, you can only do what is | :27:10. | :27:14. | |
possible, and nothing has gone by him. I think he should be England's | :27:15. | :27:23. | |
number one goalkeeper. It was a landmark weekend for a Leigh | :27:24. | :27:31. | |
Griffiths, getting his first goal. Bernie and -- Hibernian will tell | :27:32. | :27:33. | |
you that he was a one-man forward line. Celtic fans will enjoy this. | :27:34. | :27:40. | |
There are three defenders and a goalkeeper. Maybe the defender | :27:41. | :27:43. | |
should go and help but to be honest, you should not score from there. It | :27:44. | :27:49. | |
was written in the stars for him to score at Tynecastle. You know that | :27:50. | :27:54. | |
he had wanted it on his left foot, he got it and whenever he hits it | :27:55. | :28:00. | |
with his left boot he always gets it on target across the keeper. It will | :28:01. | :28:07. | |
be the first of many for Celtic. It has been difficult for Teemu Pukki. | :28:08. | :28:11. | |
He got one yesterday, a goal, but was there any controversy in the | :28:12. | :28:17. | |
build-up? Gary Locke was a bit disappointed. At this point Hearts | :28:18. | :28:23. | |
were chasing, they were only 90 minutes -- one goal down. I have to | :28:24. | :28:32. | |
mention him. This sums it up. Was this a file? No. You've got to be | :28:33. | :28:39. | |
strong. A lot of the time people are going down as soon as they feel | :28:40. | :28:46. | |
anything. I don't think he has done anything wrong other than being a | :28:47. | :28:50. | |
strong forward. I don't think they've got any complaints about | :28:51. | :28:53. | |
that. Having said that, I think they did well. Nice finish from Teemu | :28:54. | :29:00. | |
Pukki. There has been a lot of paper talk about Neil Lennon potentially | :29:01. | :29:06. | |
moving at some point, he has been at Celtic for almost four years. | :29:07. | :29:09. | |
Norwich City have been mentioned. How credible is this? It is credible | :29:10. | :29:15. | |
because he is a very good manager and he has done well in Europe. | :29:16. | :29:18. | |
There will be teams down in England looking at him. It would be a shame | :29:19. | :29:23. | |
if he goes because he is doing a great job and I think he will | :29:24. | :29:26. | |
continue to do a great job at only one man will make a decision like | :29:27. | :29:31. | |
that, it is Neil Lennon. I hope he stays. St Johnstone are fighting to | :29:32. | :29:36. | |
stay in the top six of the Premiership. They welcomed Inverness | :29:37. | :29:41. | |
yesterday. They have Fraser right back in central defence. | :29:42. | :29:48. | |
St Johnstone have been a bogey team for Inverness in recent years. They | :29:49. | :29:55. | |
have only one victory in recent years. | :29:56. | :30:04. | |
Inverness Caley Thistle would ask the first half, Gary -- Garry Warren | :30:05. | :30:14. | |
going close a flavour of things to come. Next to try his luck, the more | :30:15. | :30:19. | |
regular source of call -- goals, Billy McKay, denied by Alan Mannus. | :30:20. | :30:28. | |
With just past the post. -- it whistled just past the post. Despite | :30:29. | :30:33. | |
the good start from Inverness, say Johnson almost took the lead with | :30:34. | :30:42. | |
Nigel Hasselbaink. Stevie May, so often the scorer of goals for | :30:43. | :30:47. | |
Saints, can also act as playmaker. Nigel Hasselbaink again denied, made | :30:48. | :30:56. | |
gently -- Made gently suggesting he might have cut it back. Done at the | :30:57. | :31:00. | |
other end, he Caley Thistle players were doing their best to conjure up | :31:01. | :31:04. | |
a clear chance for Billy McKay. Again, Alan Mannus on hand to stop | :31:05. | :31:10. | |
it. And then, just before half-time, the highest of up and unders caused | :31:11. | :31:15. | |
chaos in the Saints defence and there was Garry Warren to nod | :31:16. | :31:19. | |
Inverness Caley Thistle into the lead. And the big defender, with his | :31:20. | :31:30. | |
third goal of the campaign. So 1-0 Caley Thistle in half-time. In the | :31:31. | :31:36. | |
second half, on came the striker, famous for listing -- and missing a | :31:37. | :31:43. | |
chance against Norway, possibly overshadowed by this mess from Nigel | :31:44. | :31:49. | |
Hasselbaink from six yards. Stevie May then opted to try his luck for | :31:50. | :31:57. | |
36 yards, at least his effort was on target. Credits to Nigel | :31:58. | :32:05. | |
Hasselbaink, despite his mess, he kept trying but it was not his or St | :32:06. | :32:11. | |
Johnstone stage. I think The Times, we could have been -- the first | :32:12. | :32:14. | |
half, we could have been a couple of goals up. We are just delighted to | :32:15. | :32:21. | |
come to a tough venue, St is a team trying very hard to get in the top | :32:22. | :32:24. | |
six and pick up some points. The second half was a lot better, more | :32:25. | :32:30. | |
pressure, we controlled huge part of the games. I do not think we had a | :32:31. | :32:38. | |
save to make. Garry Warren is suggesting that Inverness Caley | :32:39. | :32:44. | |
Thistle are not out of the race completely from second spot, do you | :32:45. | :32:47. | |
buy that? Yellow macro I agree with that. Two games in hand, and if you | :32:48. | :32:52. | |
-- if they win that, it takes them to the same point as Motherwell have | :32:53. | :32:58. | |
got. They are marry well organised, great team spirit, they have got a | :32:59. | :33:04. | |
great pairing and you have got Billy Mackay upfront. Still to come, | :33:05. | :33:11. | |
Motherwell sample of Friday night out in Dundee up against United. | :33:12. | :33:17. | |
Next to two sides scrambling around the lower half of mid-table, | :33:18. | :33:24. | |
Kilmarnock and Hibs. Kilmarnock at home, just the one defeat in their | :33:25. | :33:28. | |
last six games at Rugby Park. A familiar look to the side at the | :33:29. | :33:30. | |
moment. Mark O'Hara came in for Jackson | :33:31. | :33:34. | |
Irvine. Plenty of exciting youngsters in the Killie side as | :33:35. | :33:37. | |
well including Rory Mckenzie, Robbie Muirhead and Craig Slater. Plenty of | :33:38. | :33:41. | |
exciting young talent in the Hibs starting eleven as well including | :33:42. | :33:44. | |
Sam Stanton who'd scored in both the last two games. Alex Harris also | :33:45. | :33:47. | |
found a place in the starting eleven as Terry Butcher went with the same | :33:48. | :33:51. | |
side that beat Ross County last weekend. Brian Mclaughlin has the | :33:52. | :33:52. | |
story of the match. Kilmarnock had not collected all | :33:53. | :34:02. | |
three points at home to Hibernian since August 2011 but they were | :34:03. | :34:06. | |
given a perfect start after 20 minutes. Rory McKenzie latching onto | :34:07. | :34:11. | |
Kris Boyd's pass, a neat finish by the 20 old. His third of the | :34:12. | :34:17. | |
campaign. Boyd with an inch perfect pass. Giving the youngster and ideal | :34:18. | :34:21. | |
opportunity to score. Hibernian were keen to get back on | :34:22. | :34:35. | |
level terms quickly. Sam Stanton said Danny handling, his effort was | :34:36. | :34:45. | |
easily saved. And when the Kilmarnock defence failed their | :34:46. | :34:51. | |
lines, that gave Danny Haynes an opportunity to shoot the goal, but | :34:52. | :34:55. | |
his effort was wide of target. 11 minutes into the second half, Danny | :34:56. | :35:01. | |
Haynes was defined -- was to find the back of the net. Sam Stanton | :35:02. | :35:05. | |
with the cross, a terrific header by Danny Haynes. Hibernian were back on | :35:06. | :35:12. | |
level terms. Samson had no chance with the header. Sam Stanton had | :35:13. | :35:22. | |
scored two free kicks in his last two games. On this occasion, just | :35:23. | :35:23. | |
over. Tom Taiwo scored a winner last week | :35:24. | :35:35. | |
against Ross County but there was no way through against Craig Samson. | :35:36. | :35:42. | |
And it is not too often you can criticise Kris Boyd for his ball | :35:43. | :35:45. | |
control inside the box. On this occasion, though, it deserted him. | :35:46. | :35:50. | |
One final chance for Hibernian, a mix-up in the home defence gave | :35:51. | :35:55. | |
Danny Haynes a chance. A vital block by the captain manual is Carly, | :35:56. | :36:05. | |
leaving -- Manuel Pascali, leaving a point apiece. We are disappointed | :36:06. | :36:07. | |
not to get three points. We have got to be making sure we winning our | :36:08. | :36:12. | |
home games. We have an opportunity over the next few weeks to build on | :36:13. | :36:22. | |
second-half, we delighted again. Sam Stanton and Tom Taiwo were | :36:23. | :36:26. | |
excellent. We got the goal, I thought we were going to be the win | :36:27. | :36:30. | |
but we could not get the second goal. | :36:31. | :36:34. | |
You are a keen Hibernian watch, do you see them overhauling St | :36:35. | :36:39. | |
Johnstone in terms of the final equation of the top six? It could | :36:40. | :36:44. | |
come down to a couple of layers, doesn't Stevie May keep on scoring? | :36:45. | :36:49. | |
But for Hibs, it is the youngsters. Can Harris come back as good as the | :36:50. | :36:58. | |
has? But Sam Stanton, he has been stunning, every single game he | :36:59. | :37:04. | |
plays, people talk about him. Even Terry mentioned him. If the Hibs | :37:05. | :37:07. | |
youngsters keep on improving the way they are just now, they have got a | :37:08. | :37:10. | |
really good chance of overhauling them. Stephen, you have got | :37:11. | :37:14. | |
Kilmarnock next weekend, a massive much in terms of the play-off | :37:15. | :37:20. | |
scramble. Absolutely, they are only three points ahead of us. If we can | :37:21. | :37:24. | |
win on Saturday and go to equal points with them, it will be a huge | :37:25. | :37:28. | |
boost for us and Saturday is a must win for them. -- for us. | :37:29. | :37:34. | |
The Friday night game was at Tannadice as two top end of the | :37:35. | :37:37. | |
Premiership sides, Dundee United and Motherwell, got the weekend off to a | :37:38. | :37:40. | |
flying start. Commentary from Paul Mitchell. | :37:41. | :37:46. | |
Gavin Gunning is recalled for Dundee and a starting berth for Ryan Dow. | :37:47. | :37:57. | |
An unchanged side named by Stuart McCall for Motherwell. | :37:58. | :38:14. | |
Can it get there? It was John Rankin who hit the shot. May have grazed | :38:15. | :38:27. | |
against the midfielder. John Rankin sliding in and Nielsen was | :38:28. | :38:28. | |
struggling there. United having the better of things | :38:29. | :38:40. | |
so far. Hutchinson, he has made a mess. Here is a chance for Ryan Dow! | :38:41. | :38:47. | |
And he takes it. 1-0 to United, 20 minutes played. And a first league | :38:48. | :38:52. | |
goal for the season for Ryan Dow. It was a mistake by Sean Hutchinson, | :38:53. | :38:57. | |
presented with a chance. And the young man who has been off the bench | :38:58. | :39:01. | |
in the last three games starting tonight. It shows why he should be | :39:02. | :39:03. | |
playing. Iain Vigurs products it across and | :39:04. | :39:17. | |
dieting -- Dundee United go clear. They keep their lead thanks to the | :39:18. | :39:24. | |
goalkeeper, great first touch from Iain Vigurs, the second was good, | :39:25. | :39:29. | |
strong hands from the keeper. That is Gavin Gunning and that is to have | :39:30. | :39:38. | |
there! Nadir Ciftci flicked it on and a simple tap in for Gavin | :39:39. | :39:43. | |
Gunning. He felt he was being held but simple touch from the defender. | :39:44. | :39:49. | |
That was a poor pass back, it has bounced away from Iain Vigurs, it is | :39:50. | :39:56. | |
Gavin Gunning coming across. They want a penalty and they are not | :39:57. | :40:00. | |
getting one. They have got a really strong case here. Gunning surely | :40:01. | :40:10. | |
fouled Iain Vigurs, came across him, did not play the ball, no | :40:11. | :40:11. | |
penalty given. Deflected and in! It is the second | :40:12. | :40:23. | |
of the evening for Gavin Gunning. The defection came off James | :40:24. | :40:27. | |
McFadden. They had not scored this season coming into tonight. He is | :40:28. | :40:32. | |
celebrating twice, this hits McFadden and takes it away from | :40:33. | :40:36. | |
Gunnar Nielsen. Dundee United to three ahead with 47 minutes played. | :40:37. | :40:38. | |
A tough night so far. It is over, Motherwell want hand | :40:39. | :40:49. | |
ball, it is a penalty. It has been given by Bobby Madden. And Nadir | :40:50. | :40:57. | |
Ciftci is about to be booked. Well, McFadden played it in, it is a clear | :40:58. | :41:01. | |
handball from Nadir Ciftci. A good spot from the referee. John Sutton | :41:02. | :41:06. | |
to bring Motherwell back in the match, they are there, they have a | :41:07. | :41:12. | |
lifeline from the spot. And John Sutton takes it, the booing rings | :41:13. | :41:17. | |
around Tannadice but when the United fans see it they will know it is a | :41:18. | :41:23. | |
stickler. It is a fixture that has been dominated by the away side in | :41:24. | :41:27. | |
recent times, United are looking for a fourth, Armstrong. It was | :41:28. | :41:33. | |
initially Armstrong that had the chance. It is good goalkeeping for | :41:34. | :41:38. | |
Gunnar Nielsen. Gavin Gunning was wrestling, was | :41:39. | :41:55. | |
there a suspicion of handball? It was not spotted. In the end it was | :41:56. | :42:00. | |
not given. I thought we passed well, we caused problems. I thought we | :42:01. | :42:08. | |
could have scored a few more goals. Getting the third goal after | :42:09. | :42:12. | |
half-time settled us down. They got a lift with the penalty, and it | :42:13. | :42:17. | |
became a bit frantic. And not very pretty at times. But we got there in | :42:18. | :42:22. | |
the end. It would be easy to crumble after losing the third goal straight | :42:23. | :42:26. | |
after half-time of the deflected free kick but we showed a lot of | :42:27. | :42:29. | |
spirit and got a good second half. We know we did not well play in the | :42:30. | :42:34. | |
first half. We cannot afford to give a side like United 2-goal start. | :42:35. | :42:39. | |
That is what we want, a fantastic game jam packed full of juicy | :42:40. | :42:45. | |
incidents. Was this a foul and should they have stopped the play? | :42:46. | :42:50. | |
There is an argument that some would say something about that. I figured | :42:51. | :42:54. | |
was just a bit of strife in the midfield. It was composed finish. | :42:55. | :43:00. | |
You'll agree this is poor marking. Hutchinson should be goal side. What | :43:01. | :43:08. | |
I like about this if he gets in self outside the goal. He makes this goal | :43:09. | :43:16. | |
bigger. A foul as well. Gunning plays like a centre forward there, | :43:17. | :43:21. | |
getting the second ball, sniffing around the penalty side. This is not | :43:22. | :43:29. | |
good side of him. Is this a penalty? I think so, he is not going for the | :43:30. | :43:33. | |
ball. It is an wipe-out from the NFL! And what is handball | :43:34. | :43:40. | |
International? I think Gavin Gunning has gone to head the ball got it | :43:41. | :43:43. | |
wrong. I do not dig it is intentional. You have given | :43:44. | :43:46. | |
penalties given for that. Can you see Dundee United finishing second? | :43:47. | :43:56. | |
I don't know, it reminds me about December when they were playing in | :43:57. | :43:59. | |
credible football. It has been a strange weekend in a way. Aberdeen | :44:00. | :44:03. | |
and Motherwell have been going great guns, then suddenly both teams lose | :44:04. | :44:08. | |
and Inverness and Dundee United look a bit more revitalised. I am not | :44:09. | :44:12. | |
complete the shocked. I look at the teams sometimes and there is not | :44:13. | :44:17. | |
much training. -- there is not much between them. Before we go away from | :44:18. | :44:23. | |
Dundee United, they were the better side. We have gone to 70 incidents, | :44:24. | :44:27. | |
they played well. There was one particular thing, if Arsenal had | :44:28. | :44:32. | |
done it in a Premier League game, we would be coming over it. They were | :44:33. | :44:36. | |
back to their best. It was a fantastic performance and a great | :44:37. | :44:39. | |
game to watch. And after all that the Scottish Premiership table looks | :44:40. | :44:41. | |
like this. Celtic now 24 points clear at the | :44:42. | :44:48. | |
top of the table. 12 games to go. Can they do it unbeaten? Dundee | :44:49. | :44:55. | |
United and Caley Thistle move to within six points of Motherwell. | :44:56. | :45:00. | |
Inverness with two games in hand on United. Hibs now level on points | :45:01. | :45:05. | |
with St Johnstone. St Mirren now second bottom in that play-off place | :45:06. | :45:09. | |
as a result of that defeat to Ross County and Partick Thistle's | :45:10. | :45:15. | |
landmark victory. Hearts 18 points adrift. | :45:16. | :45:21. | |
Thanks to Steven and Pat. The last major tournament Scotland qualified | :45:22. | :45:27. | |
for was held in France. So too is Euro 2016. In Gordon we trust. From | :45:28. | :45:32. | |
all of us here at Sportscene, goodnight. | :45:33. | :45:35. |