Kilmarnock substitute Danny Racchi scored with a thunderous striker after 87 minutes to turn an otherwise pedestrian Celtic victory into a late drama. Georgios Samaras scored a goal either side of half time to give Celtic the platform to secure a victory which moved them to within a point of the top of the table.
Victor Wanyama played in central defence, which left his midfield partner, Beram Kayal, bereft of a solid accomplice in midfield. As a result, Kilmarnock found it easy to run through the Celtic midfield with Paul Heffernan and Dean Shiels causing problems.
Neil Lennon must have been wondering what he would need to do to spark Celtic into action after the break when Cha Du-Ri sprung clear on the right and threw in a high cross which Samaras attacked six yards out and headed into the net in first half stoppage time.
8 minutes after the break Samaras made it 2-0. Gary Hooper collected a through ball on the right and knocked it into the Greek’s path. Samaras looked to have lost the ball, which was caught between his feet, but he recovered, evaded some flaying defenders and cracked a left foot shot into the net from the edge of the area.
Kilmarnock looked well out of the game until Racchi’s late intervention but after they pulled a goal back Celtic looked rattled. Celtic scarcely held possession for the remaining minutes and hardly put two passes together in three minutes added time. Fraser Forster was forced off his line to challenge Heffernan with seconds remaining. The keeper did well to block but the ball broke free to Dayton who failed to convert an excellent change to equalise.
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Cannae wait til Wednesday, I’m staying overnight so a few Arthur Scargills
will be consumed I’m sure.
Huns are bricking it at the thought of meeting us – go get ’em Lenny
Merry Christmas to all CQNers and happy yoda to MWD
Celtic win, Huns lose,sammi scores 2,ex celt scores winner against THEM,1000th kid for The Kano Foundation and a name check from the green brigade.
Carlsberg Christmas!
litenin to today’s BTW
Phil says (at 61mins) Brines told Collum to give the Broadfoot pen
(Brines was 4th official)
Collum miffed that he’s had to take the brunt for that
right, back to Christmas celebration
Ahhhh the real Xmas now
Merry Xmas to paul67 and the rest of the bhoys
Think if all the saints at this time of year
Paul. Peter. Patrick , Simon
And ………………………….
Mirren of course
Enjoy the turkey all
ST
Bundoran
I’m going to try and make next Thursday night and head south on Friday so will maybe catch up with you then mate.
KINGHO
Christmas is mine and Yoda’s favourite time of year.
MWD happy to pray. Just dont need a building and a few others to make it feel right.
Christian till I die.
Kingoh
What was the name check from the GB?
hamiltontim says:
25 December, 2011 at 00:32
Gonna try n make it too, would be good to meet you face to face
Kingho
Well done n merry xmas
HH
After everything that Lenny has been through……..
Get yer Lions sorted. Yer time is now! Go get them!
HT
Banner display by green brigade pre-kick off…” Congratulations, Kano Foundation, Keeping Walfrid’s dream alive”…nice one!
At this time of year as we prepare to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ it is important to remember the various saints, st Michael, st Paul, st Andrew and of course st mirren…….merry Christmas ;)
Bundoran
Face to face?
It’s no pretty :-))
Kingoh
Fantastic gesture and much deserved. Was late arriving so didn’t see it.
hamiltontim says:
25 December, 2011 at 00:37
Ok then, ill wear a bag :p
Usually people wait till the have seen my face to say that :p
courtesy of Sage on KDS
15-1
ha !
http://i.imgur.com/27dSg.png
Bundoran. Merry Xmas delehunt is a Tim
Bundoran
I was told you resembled a certain Tom Cruise whereas I’ve got a coupon that’s launched a 1000 cruise ships :-)
Right that’s all the weans pressies wrapped and maneuvered into large red sacks now just the missus to sort. Is it easy to wrap a Hoover?
HT
It’s Christmas, do her a favour and just plug it in so it’s ready for her in the morning!
Panda Hands
1 in 4 kids in the West Coast will not even have Christmas dinner never mind presents! Shocking statistics. I’m trying to talk the wife into fostering as there is so many kids out there who are not even getting a chance. I was one of them once.
Life’s so hard for so many just now, I am ever so thankful for what I have and it’s not much, but my kids have a Christmas in a loving home.
Well done to Kano and what they have done. The true spirit of Celtic.
God Bless The Glasgow Cektic.
Good night all.
ST
He used to be a Tim now he’s simply a rat who panders to an expectant hun media.
Kingoh
I’ll let her know you suggested that. It will mean she has a use for her other gift…a large frying pan!!
My generosity surpasses my beauty :-)
Just watched the hun game.
A word of caution for Wednesday.
Aluko.
theweegreenman
Your post hit home for personal reasons that don’t need to be discussed here.
Suffice to say that the announcement the other day should greatly increase the number of adoptions taking place therefore drastically reducing the number of children in Scotland who can endure years in care homes.
macjay1
Aluko is 2nd rate.
MIB is our biggest concern mate.
I hope every CQNer is enjoying a happy Christmas with their loved ones.
I was lucky enough to get the perfect present: an unannounced and unexpected visit from my son.
Bugger kept quiet about it and flew in to be here for Christmas.
Add in today and I am a happy chappy.
A wee song to give thanks O Holy Night Martina McBride
Happy Christmas to you and yours Paul. I hope you are able to have all the generations together.
‘GG
Aluko is very dangerous because he will be sent out to win free kicks.
theweegreenman says:
25 December, 2011 at 00:55
M.I.Bs? You`re right.Always were,always will be.
That`s a given
I tell you,though,Aluko looked ” sharp as” today.
Happy Christmas to you and yours,my fellow Tim
hamiltontim says
Hear you mate.
On a personnal note I would love to be able to foster. Been there as well, so appreciate the needs.
I just think that people with a loving stable home have a lot to offer and they just don’t realise it. Need to convince the missus though……….
Merry Christmas!
Sitting with my family, drinking wine, the Huns are pish, life is good.
theweegreenman
It’s a huge commitment I just wish more were prepared to do it. Good luck, if you manage to persuade the missus of course!
Theweegreenman
Lovely thought, I really hope the mrs agrees. I know a girl who is of grandparent
age that packed up her business to do such a thing.
Meet her everyday at my kids school and she says she has never been happier
Good luck if you do, even thinking about doing that tells me all I need
to know about you Hail Hail
theweegreenman says:
25 December, 2011 at 01:03
Never mind the fitba`.
That`s a wonderful sentiment for this day.
Totally in keeping with the best of Celtic traditions.
macjay1
Send the Lions out to score at least 7. We will get 2 chalked off and they will get 2 penalties.
5-2 the good guys.
Simples!
Listen,every time we play the hun there’s one or two danger men,the thing with them is they are our mortal foe,I remember thinkin ‘well if they just get rid a Boyd’,there’s no point in it,they will play out their skins against us,Aluko will pose as much threat as Novo did,shite player but did well against us,we just have to be on our game and were not favourites either,they are a wounded animal just now so we need to keep the heid,their top so were going to have to raise our game.
Just sitting here with a glass or two of wine surveying my living room that currently looks
Like a toy store, feck me I’m already dreading my kids growing up, such
a lovely time for them.
Merry Christmas, Paul67
Merry Christmas, CQN posters & lurkers
Merry Christmas, Mister Neil Lennon
Merry Christmas, Celtic
And many thanks tonight for notthebus & Houl yer wheest’s foray into the undergrowth at FF…
Rangers Imploding
Sad to see its came to this.
Its simply to big for you Ally.
Shimply da best, no ?
My fondest wish is still for their demise, their extinction, them being no more.
Til then I’ll settle for them getting gubbed on Wednesday.
Glasgow’s green and white !
pigalle
Panda Hands says:
25 December, 2011 at 01:11
Savour every moment mate, milk the whole day.
My two daughters are both mothers now and I remember Christmas mornings when they were young, brilliant feeling.
Both are up in Scotland and it feels like a million mile right now. All the best to you and your family.
Night bhoys n ghirls
MERRY XMAS
HH