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Data spectacular opening goal in the Dali. And the shot was an absolute

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beauty. It's in. What a finish. And that is it, I would imagine.

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Good evening and welcome to Sportscene on this wintry weekend.

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The good news is that all six matches in

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Coming up tonight, a weekend of football

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to warm even the coldest of hearts.

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Michael Stewart and Stuart McCall bring their expertise to bear

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We start with Celtic's trip to Inverness.

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It had already been a bad week for Ronny Deila - now he was visiting

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There was a massive boost for Caley Thistle in the shape of Gary Warren

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Andros Draper. Starting for the first time since the August and

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October. Josh Meekings at right back. Ronnie Deila can again call on

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midfielders Stefan Johansen and Nir Biton. They were both banned for the

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Ajax came in the Europa League in mid week. Callum McGregor keeps his

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place in the starting line-up after impressing. It is not just the

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European game on Thursday that Celtic are trying to bounce back

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from. They drew with Kilmarnock last weekend. That goalless draw. Ronnie

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Deila wants a reaction to that as well, you would imagine. Here comes

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Callum McGregor. He scores himself, and why not? That is wonderful from

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McGregor. He only ever seems to score in the first ten minutes of

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matches, and he scores two in two, having scored against the Dutch side

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the other night. Wonderful goal again from Callum McGregor. Warren.

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Craig Gordon saved that. Not that he knew much about it. Back in by

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Vincent. Josh Meekings. A good shuffle and not a bad effort. The

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diving header from Gary Warren was saved by Craig Gordon. Josh Meekings

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was not far away with that curling effort. Anthony Stokes had plenty to

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say on social media this morning. Restoration boiling over. Rarely

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gets a look in these days. Ronnie Deila accusing him of being

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disrespectful to his team-mates before the game. Lovely touch

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initially from Storey and it is 1-1. This was all about the first touch

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for Miles Storey. It took Dedryck Boyata out of the equation, and

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Simunovic could not get at him, and Miles Storey made no mistake from

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the rebound. Caley Thistle are level. Celtic did not win here last

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season. Inverness causing them problems again. Josh Meekings. Given

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away by Greg Tanzi to Armstrong. It falls to Nir Biton. He has such a

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good hit from that kind of distance. It just swerved to the wrong side of

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the post. It twisted well. It was unorthodox. The job of the officials

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is hard enough. You don't want to be missing goals. That hole in the net

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will need to be tied up before the second half gets underway. The

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corner from McGregor. There was appeals inside the box. Simunovic

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was involved in this. Tangled with Danny Devine. He certainly had his

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Jersey pulled. Ryan Christie watching, out on loan, back at Caley

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Thistle from Celtic. Being treated at Celtic. An interested spectator,

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today. Even Stevens on the scoresheet. 2-1, Leigh Griffiths!

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And the lead is restored. This is great play initially by Scott

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Allan, teeing up Kieran Tierney. The substitute finding the left-back who

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has impressed so often since breaking into this Celtic side.

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Scott Allen had a cameo against Ajax in midweek. Getting a bit longer

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today in the second half. Leigh Griffiths is just one shy of the 20

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goal mark and we are not out of November. He was his own worst

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critic after the Ajax game in midweek. It will feel a lot that, as

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will Ronnie Deila, as Celtic go back in front. At last, a debut for car

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and call, replacing Tom Roberts. -- Carlton Cole. Replacing Tom Rogic.

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Vincent, active Ian Vigurs. Shout for handball against Stefan

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Johansen. It was the effort from Ian Vigurs. And there it was. Vigurs

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losing out in the middle to Nir Biton. McGregor. He's been patient.

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Cole! Probably should have scored. That would have been some impact for

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the former England international, testing Owain Fon Williams with

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this. Again, Callum McGregor creating the chance. The corner kick

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from Tansey cleared off the line by Johannson. The Scottish Cup

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holders' best chance of the second half. We have had all four seasons

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in the Highland capital today. Sunshine across the Moray Firth all

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of a sudden. Griffiths. He has it on the left. A big chance here. And it

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has gone in! Well, that will be game over. They are claiming handball

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against Carlton Cole. This is not going to win any goal of the season

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awards. That is for sure. But it has secured three precious points for

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Celtic. It has got to go down as an own goal, surely. Carlton Cole took

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an eternity to get it under control, didn't really in the end, it comes

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off Danny Devine, but did it come off the hand of Carlton Cole? It

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appears as though it did. But it is 3-1, Celtic, and the points secured.

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Griffiths. McGregor. This was an important game for

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Celtic. Carlton Cole, looking for a fourth. On the back of the

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Kilmarnock game and the Ajax game, this has been a worthy three points

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for the champions. It is always very difficult when you have played two

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and a half days ago, the travelling as well. And they played good as

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well. Inverness always have a lot of energy and try to play. Very pleased

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with three points and with the performance. You could see

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everything behind it. We wanted to control more with the ball than we

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did today. We did OK for 60 minutes. We were as good as Celtic. It is all

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right a good footballing side and we still have to win games and keep

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clean sheets. That is what we need to work on. The football side is not

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bad. But we need to be a little bit more ruthless in the way that we

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defend. Valuable win for Celtic. Extending the lead at the top to

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seven points. Callum McGregor first into the limelight and he is seizing

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his chance. He certainly is. He came into the game on Thursday against

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Ajax through mist necessity because of the lack of numbers. And he took

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his chance. Almost made himself on drop a ball. In the game here today,

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doing fantastically well, early on, with a great strike. Again, similar

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to the goal that he got against Ajax. Not real power on it, but his

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accuracy is what put it in the back of the net. He is a good distance

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out. You think that the goalkeeper should maybe get to it because it is

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not a rocket of a shot, he gets it right in the corner, as you see. It

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was important that Celtic made that bright start after the

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disappointment against Ajax. But again you see the fragility in the

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Celtic defence in this match as well. It is something they seem not

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to be able to fix at the moment. Again, conceding two goals in

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Europe. Routine is a big thing in management. The goal, it is a little

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bit soft in the middle. And right through the heart of the defence.

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Trying to play a little bit of football and they get caught. But it

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is like a knife through butter, if you watch it. It is too easy. It

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does not look good. When you see the first angle, Celtic want to play

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football but the two centre halves are very wide. But the bit of

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defensive instinct and knowledge to see that he's getting back into

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position quicker and seeing off the danger, good defenders like Virgil

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van Dijk and Jason Denayer would get it snuffed out before it gets into

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the box. We saw on Thursday night that it was about fine margins that

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went against Celtic. Today, they got the rub of the green at times. You

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can see here, it is given as offside. It is very tight. Watch

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Simunovic. Why step out? Just match the run. He's dicing with a big

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chance here. And it goes up the other end, great goal from Celtic to

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go 2-1 up, but taking a chance at the back and they could have been

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2-1 down. Good finish from Leigh Griffiths. After the other night, I

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felt for him. Was this a handball? I think to myself, why is your hands

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and putting his arm out's he's giving the referee decision to make.

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And look at this, another handball, not intentional. Look at the Stefan

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Johansen one, he has thrown his arm out and it could have been a

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penalty. This is not intentional but it ends up in the back of the net.

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It does not sit easily with me when there's been a handball that leads

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to a goal. He gets a bad touch. Interesting on Twitter from Anthony

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Stokes. It went down very badly with his employers, buzzing to be up to

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Inverness to sit in the stands and lovely weather for it as well. He

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apologised later. The think that he has played his last game for

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Celtic? When was the last time he played? That the perils of social

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media. Stay off it. The question still remains, do you think this

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management team at Celtic will be given another crack at European

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competition? That is a big call for the board to make. I think it is a

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real stick or twist. I think they have two twist because I do not see

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any progress being made in Europe. To Rugby Park next where Kilmarnock

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welcomed Partick Thistle. Now, if the League had started

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in October Thistle would lie fourth Fair to say their stock is

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on the rise. Straight up to Firhill, there has

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been another goal. Partick on their way to the first winner of the

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season. Steven Lawless, what a strike! Ryan Stevenson's Cross has

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gone all the way in. Thistle have one again. Come on mate just one

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change from the side that drew nil nil at Celtic Park. Greg Kilty

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coming in for the injured Rory McKenzie. Partick Thistle make two

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changes from the win over Inverness with Robbie Muirhead and Stewart

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Hannigan coming into the starting XI. Steven Lawless. Gets the ball

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through. The flag stays down and Partick Thistle take the lead

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through Doohan. It was a great ball from Lawless. It was certainly

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tight. Doohan kept his cool. He finds the net for the fourth time

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this season, his third goal against Kilmarnock. Gary Fraser with a free

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kick to the back post. It is Doohan, it is 2-0, and two goals for Chris

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Doohan. He has scored twice against Kilmarnock back in August and scored

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twice against, not again. Such a tight angle. You have to ask, where

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was the Kilmarnock defence's, Mike need to find a way back into the

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match. And they are back into the match. Who else but the Northern

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Ireland international? His eighth goal of the season. It was Balatoni

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with the ball into the box and a sweet finish from Josh Magennis.

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Robbie Muirhead with the ball into the box. Kilmarnock have not dealt

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with this, and Gary Fraser has, and Partick Thistle have squawked --

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have restored their two goal advantage in this match. In these

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wild weather conditions. Kilmarnock all at sea. Gary Fraser kept his

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cool. Good composure from Fraser. Partick Thistle make it 3-1. The

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ball played on. What a chance that was for the hat-trick from Micron.

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It is not dealt with again. And this time, McDonnell makes the save.

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Desperate for the hat-trick and getting plenty of chances thanks to

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this lack of defending from Kilmarnock. The ball comes out wide.

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Robbie Muirhead, former, like player. What a strike from Robbie

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Muirhead! That has to be three points from Partick Thistle. Robbie

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Muirhead does it in style from 30 yards. What a finish that is. The

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beat goalkeeper of that quality from that range, it has to be a good

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strike and it is a fantastic strike. Smith with the ball into the box.

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Swirling into the box. And their header from Connelly has found the

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back of the net. And the captain scores. Looks like it will be a

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consolation goal. It looks over the top of Sculli. He got his bearings

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wrong. The condition is not helping. It is not going to be enough for

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Kilmarnock in this match, surely. Good skill from booth. And again.

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Partick Thistle carving open Kilmarnock. A chance form your head.

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And it is 5-2. -- a chance for Robbie Muirhead. Partick Thistle,

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who struggled to score in the early part of the season, have got five

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goals in Ayrshire. Why does it always rain on me, thinks Gary

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Locke? And the header back of the post. Almost 64 Partick Thistle. An

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abysmal day for the Kilmarnock defence. You're not going to win

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games losing the goals that we lost today. Apart from Robbie Muirhead's

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strike from 35 yards out, but all of the other goals were preventable if

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we do other jobs and unfortunately for us today, too many players did

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not do that. We call from the set play as well. Kilmarnock were

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rattled because after the goal they struggled for ten minutes. Then it

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was a great performance in the second half. It was a scintillating

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display from Partick Thistle, leapfrogging Kilmarnock in the

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table. They went from struggling to score to suddenly this deluge of

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calls. You can see it in terms of the form table. They would actually

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be for. It shows the turnaround that Alan Archibald has engineered. You

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can face it back to when they beat Dundee United to leapfrog them. They

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put Dundee United bottom. Since then Dundee United to leapfrog them. They

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they have gone on a good run. Scoring goals. I like Doolin. He

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should have had a hat-trick. Looking at the attacking personnel, you have

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got Steven Lawless as well, Robbie Muirhead. Partick Thistle should be

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scoring goals. Yesterday was special for them. Partick Thistle have

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always been an attacking side. But goals change games. They make such a

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huge difference. That was obviously what they were struggling to do at

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the start of the season. And when you get goals, it breeds confidence.

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When you have someone capable of doing something like that, that was

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a fantastic strike. When you have got somebody that can do that, out

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of nothing, it puts real confidence into the side. They have gone from

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strength to strength. Interesting to see where Partick Thistle can take

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this. But how can a site that goes to Celtic Park and grind out a 0-0

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draw then concede five goals at home to a site that is below them in the

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league's as a manager, you do not see that coming. But the fantastic

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result. As you say, 0-0 at Celtic Park. Then to lose five yesterday,

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and it could have been more. They have a big game at home to Dundee

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United next week. A lot of work to be done on the training ground this

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week. To Pittodrie now. Aberdeen with just

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the one win from their last 8 matches.

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They faced a Ross County side with just one away win in the league all

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season. Commentary from Rob MacLean. Aberdeen centre-back as Taylor is

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drop by Derek McInnes. Graeme Shinnie goes into midfield. Just one

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change to the Ross County team which beat Motherwell. Jonathan Franks

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replaced by Stuart Madoc. The Dingwall team looking for a second

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win of the season against Aberdeen. Andrew Davis with the challenge

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against Adam Rooney. The home side looking for a free kick.

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Davis with the header away. Mr by Willo Flood. Hesitation by Reynolds.

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And on goes Liam Boyce with options on either side. Through four Craig

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Curran, and he has squeezed in! The opening goal. After 40 minutes at

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Pittodrie. -- 14 minutes. It was sloppy their way Aberdeen gave away

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possession and there's the punishment. Leaving neither

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goalkeeper or Che Logan on the goal-line able to stop him scoring.

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Free kick given. Taken by Logan. Johnny Hayes leaving Liam Boyce in

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his tracks. Foster, blocking the shot. And it was Andrew Conser dying

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in the end who saw a shot saved by Ross County keeper, Gary Woods. In

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from Niall McGinn. Rooney. Stooping to try to head that in. Just failing

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to make contact with the free kick from Niall McGinn. Aberdeen were

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booed off at the end of the first half, looking to better after the

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interval. Good play from Niall McGinn. His shot appeared to strike

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the arm of Marcus Fraser. Aberdeen screaming for a penalty. The ball

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retained by Rooney. Now it is Maclean and McGinlay spins away from

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the full-back, Fraser. It is in front of Rooney and it is 1-1. A

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much better showing from the Dons. Since the interval. They had to get

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better. And they have just level things up. Six minutes after the

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restart. Niall McGinn with the setup. And the really good finish.

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Graeme Shinnie. Now considering. -- Considine. And across from Johnny

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Hayes has gone in! And it is 2-1. It has been completely turned around.

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Fortune favouring Johnny Hayes. There is no greater area than when

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the ball clips the post on it's way into the back of the net from one

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down, to 2-1 ahead, Aberdeen. Graeme Shinnie loses out. Now Jonathan

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Franks to try to set something up. Liam Boyce. What a save from Danny

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Ward. The flying header from Liam Boyce produces a reflex stop. Put

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away by Considine. Lovely play from Rooney. Niall McGinn, stamps are the

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goal which surely Seals the points were Aberdeen. -- stabs home. It is

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3-1. Ten minutes from time, and the comeback is surely complete after a

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much improved second-half showing. No way back, it seems, for Jim

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McIntyre's Ross County. But they have not given up. It is off the

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line from Craig story. The youngster in the right place at the right

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time. The first half was more nervous than it should have been

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because of the goal, we lost people goal. We had 45 minutes to do

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something about it and the players did it. They deserve credit the

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matter what anybody says to them. The goalkeeper has had a great save

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from Liam Boyce with his header at the crucial point which would have

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made 2-2, and then Aberdeen got their tails up after that. It was

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poor play defensively, the goals that we give away were

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disappointing. You know that you have to defend well when you come

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here, which we certainly did in the first half. The classic game of two

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halves. Did that second-half performance reenergise Aberdeen?

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They are now where I would expect them to finish. They have too strong

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a squad, good individuals and good team players in there as well and a

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lot of quality, always score goals. The first half, disappointing, then

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Derek got the reaction and they will probably now keep on with the

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quality they have in the squad. In the first half it felt like Ross

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County bullied Aberdeen. Niall McGinn such an important player for

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them. Initially, he found it a bit tricky, finding the route to goal.

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Ross County have done that to lots of teams this season. They have

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outmanoeuvred and bullied a lot of teams. But the change in the second

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half was quite clear to see. And no more so than through Niall McGinn,

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who is a big player for Aberdeen. Great finish from Rooney as well.

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When you get" I Johnny Hayes and Adam Rooney, when they are on form,

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top form, then undoubtedly, that makes Aberdeen click. A bit of good

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fortune, but no surprise it is the three of them that end up scoring.

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This is a great run from Niall McGinn. A brainless winger by just

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continue the run down the outside but he notices a space on the inside

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and makes the inside run and ends up with the ball in the back of the

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net. Still with the chance of challenging Celtic to an extent? I

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wouldn't have thought so, but they will have a good competition with St

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Johnstone and with hearts going for second place. It is a bit up and

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down for Ross County. Back in Dingwall to begin. It is a tough one

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against St Johnstone. St Johnstone are team that is historically very

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resolute, much like Ross County are at the moment. There's not a great

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deal to pick between them. But, up in Dingwall, they have started to

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make that a difficult race for teams to go. 1-1!

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We're celebrating 40 years of Sportscene this season

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and we've delved into the archives for some nostalgia.

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34 years ago this weekend, Dundee United took on Rangers

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The Tannadice side looking to win it for the third season in a row.

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Lots of hands up asking for the ball. That was a very poor free

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kick. And Milne has it at his feet. Jardine going across in. Great goal,

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1-0, Dundee United. He tries to chip in, and he does, he scores! Cooper.

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Cooper with it. Hegarty. He tries the chip and it is there from

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Redford. Two minutes ago. -- to go. There was Friday night football

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at McDiarmid Park. High-flying St Johnstone welcomed

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draw specialists Dundee. The home side's form of late has

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been impressive and the fans, it's It has been going brilliantly again.

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And we are scoring goals, which has never happened before. Unbelievable!

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It is nice to get a system that the players enjoy playing and playing

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for the manager. The ten men have come from behind. They have got

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great spirit this team. Michael Halloran has been amazing this

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season. Halloran scores for the person picked -- third consecutive

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game. It is only half away, it is Craig and it is 3-1. You have a lot

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of experienced boys in the team and good management team behind us. They

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never get too carried away when it is going well and we didn't get down

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at the start of the season when we were not doing as well as we would

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have liked. They have grounded out victory when reduced to ten men

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three times this season. Speaking to Kevin Thompson, he has had a few red

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cars in his career. It is like anything. If you are injured and

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suspended, you kick every ball and you want to be involved. The main

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thing is that the team wins again. -- wins the game.

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McGavin trying to get it through to Stewart. It is in towards King

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Hemmings. He does well to turn on and try to get the shot away. Good

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early opening from the visitors. The shot saved by Alan Mannus. Lovely

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turn by Stewart, releasing King Hemmings. And Dundee have the early

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breakthrough. Only played three minutes. And King Hemmings has put

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Dundee in front. Neat flick and interchange between Stewart and

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Hemmings. And he picks his spot in the bottom corner for his sixth of

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the season. In towards Wotherspoon. That is the equaliser. They were

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only behind for ten minutes. Great pace from Michael O'Halloran end the

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wide right area. Sets it up nicely for Wotherspoon. And make no

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mistake. Goal number three of the season for Wotherspoon. Maclean,

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keeps it moving. David Wotherspoon. Good play from Wotherspoon. He tried

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to curl it to the far corner. Already with one goal this evening.

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Coming close to two there. Colder again. St Johnstone backing. It is

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Stewart. Not enough power to beat Alan Mannus. You're always

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disappointed when you don't win, but we picked up a point and we kept the

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unbeaten run going, so the players are pleased with that. We have built

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on back safely on Monday and then it is back to work. It was a fantastic

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start, a great goal between Stewart and Hemmings, a great finish and I

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felt that we looked comfortable for the first period of the game. I

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thought we could have dealt better with St Johnstone's first attack. It

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was a good cup I can the great finish. It was a fair result. Dundee

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had a great start getting a good goal, but our response was excellent

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and I felt that we finished the half stronger. In the second half,

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probably never created as much chances as we would have liked. I

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think that point for both teams was probably fair in the end. The fourth

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1-1 draw for Dundee in a row. That is incredible in itself. Stewart has

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been involved in a lot of goals for Dundee. He has impressed you over

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the last couple of years. He was short listed for Player of the Year

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last season. He was terrific last season. This is a really good goal,

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with good movement. He has done well from the lower levels, getting Rory

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Loy and King Hemmings. He has been playing in wide areas.

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His movement is very good. Put it in. And a good goal. But that front

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three is a problem for most sites. The lads that they have brought in

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have done well for Dundee. He goes round the goalkeeper and schools.

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Rory Loy and Hemmings have done that very well, for Dundee. Greg Stewart

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has done better than anybody would have expected at Dundee last season

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at has continued it this season. An impressive run of five straight wins

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for St Johnstone brought then. But still one point. How much of a

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threat as a Christmas party? It is more for the staff than the players,

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I have got to tell you. St Johnstone score so many goals, fantastic to

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watch. If this changed days for them. You can hear the fans talking

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about them, that it is great to see the team scoring so many goals.

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Don't think Tommy Wright would be able to explain what has changed in

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the site. It is not as if there's been a huge turnaround in personnel.

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But it is no surprise to find them up at the higher end of the league.

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At the end of the season, Sam Johnstone have a chance of Europe

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yet again. Interesting to see where they can go this season.

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Signs of improvement for Dundee United last weekend but this

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weekend, Hamilton Academicals the visitors at Tannadice. Commentary

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from John Barnes. Miixu Paateleinen sticks by the same

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starting line-up as last week. Billy Miixu Paateleinen sticks by the same

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Mackay leads the attack, the only player to have scored under the new

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manager. Hamilton make one change with the fit again Alex Crawford

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returning to the midfield after one month out. Greg Doherty drops to the

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bench. No wins in the last six games for Hamilton. Good covering from

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Ziggy Gordon. Making sure that Mackay was not getting close. The

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linkup play with Billy McKay I and Souttar and Dundee United are in

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front. Meet football by the Tannadice side with the touch from

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Souttar, to Mackay. It was great all-round team played. Good block by

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Michael McGovern from Blair Spittal. Coming to the rescue for Hamilton

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Accies. Mackay with the flick. And McGovern denying Spittal. Mackay.

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Trying it himself. And it was the Accies goalkeeper with a fingertip

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save once more. To keep out Billy Mackay. Tagliapietra. And the slack

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pass from McKinnon. United have wasted the opportunity. Billy Mackay

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had the chance to set up Spittal but he chose McGavin rather than playing

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it square left. Spittal. Rankin. And another fine stop my Michael

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McGovern. The danger is still not over. Billy Mackay should have

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buried that one. Rankin with the emission -- initial effort. It was

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Paul McGowan who got in the way of emission -- initial effort. It was

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Billy Mackay and put him off. Spittal, Billy Mackay should finish

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it this time. Another fine save by Michael McGovern. It just will not

:40:16.:40:32.

go for Mackay. Sliding challenge by Durnan. Ali Crawford with the

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corner. And that is Gavin Dunning with the header, and he has put it

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in his own net, would you believe it? It looked like an easy clearance

:40:45.:40:52.

but he somehow directed it into the bottom corner, then he collided with

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Sendles-White. The referee was concerned. He just went past him.

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Gavin Dunning tried to sort of hit out at him. Crawford. Accies have

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got their tails up. Blocked away. Crawford. The clearance from Sean

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Dillon, and Ziggy Gordon, and Accies are front! Two goals in nine minutes

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and they have turned this game around. Ziggy Gordon with his first

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goal of the season. Quick reactions from the full-back. Rankin, finding

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Dixon. Dunning. That is a lovely pass. Mackay again, and he is

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thwarted by his Northern Ireland team-mate Michael McGovern, great

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goalkeeping. Astonished how we lost that game. Scored a wonderful goal.

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The game was under control. No problem. Then after going 1-0 up we

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create clear cut opportunities, one on one with the goalkeeper and we do

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not put them away. If you pay the consequences. You are asking for

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trouble is. It was that good conditions, but the lads' character

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came out, they never know when they are beaten, and they continued to

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work. It was probably not our best performance but in conditions like

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that up here, difficult game, it was never going to be easy and it was

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great to get the result. Great win for Hamilton Accies but for the

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second week in a row, Dundee United relinquishing a winning position and

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losing. That is eight defeats from their last nine games. How do they

:42:55.:43:00.

get out of this downward spiral? Encouragement from the opportunities

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that they have created. In another game, Mackay would have got a

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hat-trick. The worrying thing is, for all the chances created, they

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have lost the ball and once they lose a goal, with Gavin Dunning

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heading in like that, as a manager, you cannot foresee that happening.

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They were in control of the game but then they became a little bit

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brittle, and confidence is a massive factor. The worrying factor for

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Dundee United is that since August 39th in the league, no other player

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has scored except for Billy Mikhail. -- Billy Mackay. They have brought

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in Pongolle in the head that he can add some goals. And it is not as if

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Billy Mackay has banged in a hatful in that time, either. They had been

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through one on one with the goalkeeper on a number of occasions

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and if you don't put those away, you are asking for trouble and Dundee

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United paid the ultimate price. Great win for Hamilton, but they

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have brought in Gavin Dunning and he has played two games. And he scores

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a non-goal yesterday. If you watch here, Gavin is not picked up. He is

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in the six yard box to go and attack the ball. He does go and attack it.

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If you try to do that again, it would be impossible for him to do

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it. In control of the game. And when you're down there, those things go

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against you. Credit to Accies, they continue to defy the odds. Yes, they

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have turned it round at the back end of last season and continued this

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done to them. -- continued this season, so well done to them.

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Firhill has been far from a happy hunting ground

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They haven't beaten Motherwell on the road

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Hearts were also wearing their special third strip,

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which bore the names of the 8,000 fans who helped

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Back after a ban for hearts is the top scorer, Juanma, with Prince

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Buaben demoted to the bench. Scott McDonald. Looking to spark

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something. Aleksander is in trouble. And Motherwell go ahead

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inside 90 seconds. Hearts looking for the free kick which was not

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coming their way. That was judged to be a fair challenge from Moult. So

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of new CDs given. It is an eight goal of the season for Moult. And it

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is an aerial challenge that the hearts goalkeeper should have one,

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but nothing wrong with the challenge, 1-0, Motherwell. Kennedy

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is in trouble against Osman Sow. He threads the ball through for Juanma.

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And it is 1-1. Delightful finish. That is number nine of the season

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for hearts' Spanish striker. It is poor, defensively from Motherwell

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but a really good finish. Nine minutes played, two goals already.

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1-1. Swanson. The ball, spinning back in the direction of Kennedy.

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Dangerous backpass. Osman Sow, with a real chance. He could have turned

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this game completely around. Has to be disappointed he didn't do more

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with this. Credit to Connor Ripley for the save. Danny Swanson's free

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kick. That was a glaring miss. I don't think he needs to be told he

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should have been scoring here, Rossi. Well picked out, great free

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kick. Missed opportunity. Again from Swanson, again a chance, and

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Patterson this time, with an angled header. It produces a good stop from

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Ripley. Johnson with a touch. Martin Johnson get it back. Having a look

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at what's on. McDonald, and the great save from Neil Alexander. That

:48:08.:48:16.

is a crucial factor and a scrap for possession close to the goal line.

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Great wing play from Johnson. The faintest of touches to McDonald.

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Good save. Swanson. Juanma. I think Ripley got a touch to divert that.

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The long ball from Hamill. Dangerous from Rossi. And he flies into a

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challenge against McDonald. And Marvin Johnson is racing away, and

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is a second goal for Motherwell, with a great hit of composure within

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the penalty box. You cannot say that about the defending from Hearts.

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They messed up badly. There's the punishment. Johnson on the mark. On

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65 minutes, 2-1. Prince Buaben, off the bench. Osman Sow. Hammers home

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the equaliser for hearts. A spectacular strike. It has gone

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right over the top of Connor Ripley. The Motherwell goalkeeper

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bemused and beaten. There goes Prince Buaben again. A powerful

:49:42.:49:44.

addition to the midfield, picking his way through, Juanma looks with a

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shot, this lot, saved by Ripley, and Sam Nicholson blazes that over the

:49:54.:49:57.

top. And he cannot get a look. A hat-trick of chances for Hearts to

:49:58.:50:03.

turn one point into three, looks like it is going to end, 2-2. I

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thought the performance was terrific. We had enough chances to

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win the game. I was pleased with it. But both sets of players, in the

:50:18.:50:22.

conditions, coped with it well. Disappointed to drop two points. We

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came here to win, but we will accept a point, we worked hard. All in all,

:50:28.:50:37.

on a day like today, with the conditions we will take a point. It

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is fair to say we will all glad to see that goal from Louis Moult

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stand. Even you, a former hearts captain, Michael Stewart. You see

:50:49.:50:53.

goalkeepers get far too much protection. I think it is a fair

:50:54.:50:59.

challenge. Well played, Steven McLean, allowing the chance to go

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unpunished. He just jumped up. It hits his head as he has got a tap in

:51:06.:51:09.

into the back of the net. Neil Alexander has got to do better. It

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amazes me the number of times you see goalkeepers jumping with their

:51:15.:51:17.

hands in the air, and they can be beaten with a guy who was just using

:51:18.:51:20.

his head. It was good to see that one standing. Good point for

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Motherwell, but they need to improve, Stuart. The good thing

:51:26.:51:30.

yesterday, they had Stevie Hamill back. They were good defensively.

:51:31.:51:36.

And the fantastic goal from Johnson. He needs to be at his best,

:51:37.:51:41.

Ainsworth, they have got some good forward players. But Hearts had some

:51:42.:51:45.

good opportunities as well. It was a good point. I think Motherwell and

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the teams down the can still look to climb the table with a couple of

:51:53.:51:57.

victories. Hearts talking about how they can still get Celtic to the

:51:58.:52:02.

title. I am not sure what Robbie Neilson thought about that. He was

:52:03.:52:07.

not so please. It was a missed opportunity. Let's look at the goal

:52:08.:52:10.

from Osman Sow. It was a real belter. Was it better than Robbie

:52:11.:52:15.

Muirhead's goal earlier from Partick Thistle? Both of them are fantastic

:52:16.:52:21.

strike. It is a position that Osman Sow picks up a lot. That Number Ten

:52:22.:52:28.

position. The end product, it is something that he lacks at times,

:52:29.:52:31.

but certainly not here. Better than Robbie Muirhead? I think both of

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them are fantastic. I give it to Osman Sow, because it got his team a

:52:39.:52:43.

point, whereas Robbie Muirhead's was irrelevant, at the end of the day. I

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will give it to Robbie Muirhead, because it cost Motherwell two

:52:48.:52:49.

point! Two great strikes. And after all that the

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Ladbrokes Premiership table looks Celtic remain on top,

:52:55.:52:56.

seven points clear of Aberdeen. Hearts in third place,

:52:57.:53:00.

just a point behind. The faint embers

:53:01.:53:02.

of a title race perhaps. And then a bunch

:53:03.:53:06.

of teams congested in mid-table. At the bottom Dundee United,

:53:07.:53:11.

now seven points adrift. Congratulations to Scotland's women

:53:12.:53:14.

after their 10-0 victory over Macedonia today, and also to Andy

:53:15.:53:19.

Murray and the rest of Team GB after

:53:20.:53:22.

making history in the Davis Cup. We're back next weekend with another

:53:23.:53:25.

slice of Scottish football history. Until then, from all of us here,

:53:26.:53:30.

goodnight.

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