Victor Wanyama scored the only goal of this game after 72 minutes, a postage stamp corner cracker from outside the box, but the 90th minute created most drama as Fraser Forster saved an Eggert Jonsson penalty to secure the points.
Celtic were forced into yet more injury changes as third choice right back, Cha Du-Ri, was drafted in, in the absence of Adam Matthews and long-term absentee, Mark Wilson. With Emilio Izaguirre and Joe Ledley both close to returning to action Charlie Mulgrew played left back, giving Celtic a physical looking formation but they struggled to impose themselves in the opening 30 minutes.
Gary Hooper and Anthony Stokes offered little up front all day but Hooper had two gilt-edged chances before the break. James Forrest hooked an awkward cross in from the right which the Hearts defence failed to deal with, allowing Hooper to shoot from inside the six yard box but he tame effort missed the target. Minutes later Hooper was again presented with a chance inside the box after Georgios Samaras hit the goal-line on the left but the striker failed to get his feet in gear.
Anthony Stokes connected well with a shot from 25 yards which tested Kello, the only real effort either keeper had to deal with in the first half. Stokes came close again after the break but he couldn’t quite get high enough to above James Forrest’s cross and his header rebounded off the bar.
Charlie Mulgrew struggled with his delivery from free kicks and corners all afternoon but the ball broke to Victor Wanyama on 23 yards out after one Mulgrew free kick. The Kenyan brought his foot from right to left across the ball, injecting a devilish degree of swerve to leave Kello rooted to the spot as the ball flew into the net.
With the clock running down Fraser Forster failed to deal with a corner and Wanyama was penalised in the resulting melee inside the box resulting in the penalty. With Jonsson ready to take the kick Georgios Samaras stood over the ball insisting it was not correctly on the spot, taking a clear opportunity to unnerve the kicker. Jonsson refused to re-spot the ball until the referee moved it clearly away from its initial position and insisted it was placed again.
When Jonsson eventually took his kick he struck it well enough but Fraser Forster dived quickly to his left and turned the ball behind. The winning run continues.
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Vmhan
I would love nothing better than to see the young guys come through and push for a place in the 1st team. No disrespect to the guys in the 1st team squad at the moment and i wont say names but i think there is alot of guys in the under 19s who would do a better job.
Forrest along with any of the younger boys who have started or come on as subs this season have proved they have what it takes so great credit to the Club the youth system looks in fine shape.
RE McCoist and Jelavic – I (Obviously) forgot to add that the player is presently estimated to be worth 650 trillion pounds. Possibly more in Euros. I foolishly assumed everyone in the world already knew Jelavic is presently estimated to be worth 650 trillion pounds and possibly more in Euros.
U
Was talking to my cousin in the shop yesterday,her son is with Sunderland.has been on the bench for the last few weeks but hasn’t got on yet..He played for the reserves midweek v Man Utd,they beat man U 6-2 and He played a big part in some of the goals.Martin o’Neil was at the game..so hope he done enough to catch his eye and get a run out..lad is called James mc Clean..
Sandman Is Neil Lennon says:
11 December, 2011 at 00:17
Bitter, battered-bawbag-faced hurting Hun Ian McColl says…
http://youtu.be/ivUff0nSOEE
Sammi says…
http://i43.tinypic.com/majcpv.jpg
Boo Hoo,
Dontcha just love a hurtin hun, think he wants big Sammi flogged within an inch of his life.
The pressure is building on watties fat tea boay it`s only a matter of time.
TIC TOC fat man.
On another note get big Vic67 on a bumper deal this Bhoy will be a legend and when he does eventually move
lets get some decent cash for him.
Makes sense tae me.
I see Norwich now sitting at 9th place in the EPL, well done to Paul Lambert
tommytwists / The Exiled Tim –
Carlos Puyol——
If I understood the commentator correctly —–then —–
Puyol didn’t play in Barca’s last 7 defeats.
He hasn’t lost a game in 19 months .
Great player !
Great shift too from Sanchez —– 4 th goal in 3 games. One more player from Udinese’s find them , buy them cheap, develop them , sell them for big money production line.
Torje [ ” The Romanian Messi ” ] is the next player that Udinese will make serious money from.. Thankfully he is ineligible for Europe , he will not play against Celtic.
Ally has a short memory.
He forgets the night that McLuskey was one of only two inside Ibrox who saw di Canio as being off side.
Even worse, impairing his own integrity, McCluskey failed to attend and explain his decision at the off the record post match press conference that were then the norm. Of all the whistling chancers, McLuskey was the kingpin. At leat McCoist got that bit right.
ulysses mcghee says:
11 December, 2011 at 12:18
RE McCoist and Jelavic – I (Obviously) forgot to add that the player is presently estimated to be worth 650 trillion pounds. Possibly more in Euros.
Latest news is that Jelavic will be sold and that half the money will be used to clear national debt of Greece, Portugal. Spain and Italy ….. but not enough to help the Irish, it seems.
Was at a wedding yesterday so missed the game but results like that win titles
Haven’t looked back over the blog so apologies if this has already been discussed
It is well known to all and sundry that Calum Murray is a Hearts supporter, so why is he allowed to referee games involving them?
I see the opportunity to compete with Zheng Zhi and Du Wei has proven irresistable for Nicolas Anelka, who has apparently agreed to join Shanghai Shenhua in January.
“It will be my decision whether Jelavic leaves or not”
The words of Fat Sally
I didn’t stop laughing for about 10mins
I’m getting paid to think & write about Celtic. This is ridiculous. Only 1 week to go, You lot will be sick of me by next weekend (if not already!!)
Just need more Tims to stay up late or get up earlier next week, was talking to myself on here for an hour about Amir Khan!!!
Eyes Wide Open: 11 December, 2011 at 11:58
The Huns like to paint themselves as victims in the same ludicrous manner that Israel does.
They know they get away with blue murder and revel in the fact (we only have to go back to the scene at Hampden when the smirking Sleekit, Bougherra and Diouf left their hearings after their antics at Celtic Park) but as soon as they are punished they come out with paranoid nonsense and attempts to blame everyone else.
All this is done with the full knowledge that the Scottish media will back them to the hilt.
Tim Malone Will Tell says:
11 December, 2011 at 12:15
Looking at some of the headlines over the last few days about the reluctance of the SPL and SFA to intervene of behalf of Hearts players – the thought occurs to me that maybe Scotlands authorities are quietly kacking themselves that any intervention and resultant penalties imposed on Hearts might set a precedent for the situation at Ibrox?
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2010 Never Again
Indeed….and perhaps the Establishment are waiting for Hearts to go pear shaped which appears to be imminent full well knowing the Huns will join them.
The point of this being….that we will then be told by all and sundry that Scottish Football cannot afford 2 of the 3 biggest clubs in the land to be banished to the nether regions of Scottish Football. Thus a phoenix-ing with the both of them continuing in the SPL.
Call me cynical…just don’t call me Bruce
TBB@12:28
At £120k a week, i wouldn’t mind competing alongside Zheng Zhi + Du Wei :)
quonno says:
11 December, 2011 at 12:24
Ally … forgets the night that McLuskey was one of only two inside Ibrox who saw di Canio as being off side.
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Was that the same game when McCluskey failed to award us a penalty after Gough kicked di Canio to the ground six yards from goal? McCluskey later claimed he was applying the ‘advantage’ rule.
Kojo says:
10 December, 2011 at 23:18
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What about Good Night Tajikistan?
the hooped crusader says:
11 December, 2011 at 12:23
Nothing better than listening to a ragin’ hun, in that respect i kinda miss beelin’ Jim Jeffries, he was always good for a laugh!!
Mc Call tough luck mate..
i’m listening to ‘Crock of Gold’ by Shame Macgowan and the Popes – I hadn’t realised that he had produced a new album (or maybe its an old one) – would recommend it – very good..
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No the ‘Sammi Penalty’ Debate Again..:O)
If We Win this League by 1 Point it Will be the ‘Sammi Penalty’ that WON Us it..
Summa
*Shane
Maybe this is a stupid idea but does anyone think we should have the under 19’s in the 1st division? No promotion & No relegation regardless of placing.
Personally i think we would win it but it would be good for the players development to be playing at that standard every week rather than against other under 19 teams.
possibly a stupid comment i dont know it’s been a long day already.
I’d imagine McCoist was genuinely shocked by the Aluko appeal verdict partly because of the Gary O’Connor precedent.
I think that someone pretty close to this ‘compliance’ thingy said, after the O’Connor debacle, ‘That’s it. Do that again and I’m out.’ Hence the Aluko/Coisty fun began.
I’ve enjoyed a few last minute goals againt the purple huns in my time but a last minute penalty save is right up there with many of those moments.
Well done Sammy in delaying the kick and Foster for saving the first penalty in a long time…
Will the Lothian and Borders match supervisor mention the hun singing yesterday? Surely the press are chomping at the bit on this one.
starry plough says:
11 December, 2011 at 12:39
Big butcher the other week with the comment about ambulances if wee Lenny made that crack he would be doing time for
inciting a riot.
Yet we are the one`s painted as paranoid!!! only in Scotland do the media get away with their hunnguffery.
I love it, it`s means we are getting to them. Their worse nightmare come to pass a wee norn irn catholic
holding aloft the spl trophy and the establishments tax dodgers down the grubber owing millions.
Carlsberg don`t do title run in`s but if they did………
Gary Hooper insists there’s a “real buzz” about Celtic at the moment as he continues to help them put pressure on Rangers at the top of the Scottish Premier League.
The former Scunthorpe striker scooped the SPL player of the month award for November after bagging five goals, including a hat-trick against St Mirren, while the Hoops have now won their last six league games following Saturday’s 1-0 victory over Hearts.
Hooper, who netted 20 times in just 26 league games in his first season at Parkhead, has maintained his magic touch this campaign with 13 goals in all competitions so far – but believes his superb run of form is also down to his team-mates.
He told skysports.com: “The team are playing really well at the moment and the award is for them as much as me.
“We’ve been playing some great football over the last month and we’re just taking each game as it comes.”
Buzzing
The 23-year-old has enjoyed a meteoric rise to prominence having started his career with Grays Athletic in the English non-leagues before moving on to Southend, Scunthorpe and now Celtic.
Hooper is enjoying the whole experience and having tasted Scottish Cup glory back in May, he’s now focused on delivering the SPL title back to the club’s passionate supporters for the first time since 2008.
Hooper said: “I’m really enjoying life at Celtic, it’s a fantastic club and at the moment a real buzz about the place.
“The fans are the best in the world and it’s a special place to play football.”
South of Tunis/TET – always like to hear the different viewpoints from your respective parts of the world, keep it up bhoys.
HH
TTTT
SoT
IMO Carlos Puyol is the best defender I have ever seen.
Imatim
I think the problem they are going to have is that if Hearts go tits up first then it is harder to make the case for instant resurrection. Could get interesting…
THE EXILED TIM says:
11 December, 2011 at 13:04
SoT
IMO Carlos Puyol is the best defender I have ever seen.
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Not as good as Franco Baresi, but up there.
And last night after Madrid scored he was superb – geeing his team up, getting their heads back in the game. I think he actually shoved someone to turn him round and face up to the impending kick-off again. Brilliant use of his experience.
TET
Did you ever see Baresi ?. Cannavarro also far better. Puyol was a full back before center half (just for info)
Sandman
Good minds ….and all that
Ha ha…prick Nevin on 5-live says MON phoned him and gave him a bollicking for 45 minutes after he continually criticised his team’s style of play!
Did anyone ever post the footage of David Tanner at the penalty yesterday?
Sandman
Aye Franco was some player, but opinions and football, makes for blogs like this :>)
I watched the game in the bar last night, must have been 200 there with 75% at least supporting Real, at the end of the game there were a few of them in tears, all good stuff, no bother whatsoever, magic stuff, the way watching football should be.
Mr Stimpson
I would nt hold your breath waiting on that report
Fingers in ears syndrome was the order of the day yesterday !!
G64-When Terry Christie was boss at Stenny he wrote to all teams in the league telling them not to put the ball out for an injured player,as his players would not do it for the opposition,due to abuse of the “rule”