Scottish Premier League - Round-up: Celtic top

Eurosport - Thu, 05 Mar 09:07:00 2009

Celtic returned to the top of the table as they won 2-1 at Kilmarnock and Rangers lost 1-0 to bottom club Inverness.

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Rangers started the night at the summit by virtue of their superior goal difference but they were stunned by Ian Black's late penalty at Ibrox.

Rangers have been in fine form at home this season but they were unable to break the deadlock in the first half of their clash with Inverness.

The frustration continued after the break and things went from bad to worse in the dying seconds of the game when David Weir was shown a red card.

Black stepped up to score from the penalty spot to take Inverness above Falkirk and off the foot of the table.

Celtic, fresh from a 7-0 victory over St Mirren, opened the scoring at Rugby Park courtesy of a Scott McDonald strike in the 27th minute.

Kilmarnock, without a win in their previous eight SPL fixtures, responded quickly as Danny Invincible equalised on 36 minutes.

However, Celtic were not to be denied and secured all three points when McDonald grabbed his second of the evening nine minutes from time.

Hearts extended their unbeaten run to four games with a 2-1 win against Motherwell, while Hibernian beat Hamilton 1-0.

There was nothing to choose between the sides in the first half at New Douglas Park as the score remained goalless.

It looked as though the stalemate would continue until full-time but Steven Fletcher popped up in the 80th minute to seal three points for the visitors.

Motherwell have climbed to sixth place on the back of a nine-match unbeaten run but they found themselves 1-0 down at Tynecastle as Andrew Driver netted for Hearts in the 50th minute.

Mark McGhee's men drew level at 1-1 with 14 minutes to go as Stephen Hughes slotted a shot past Janos Balogh.

However, they missed out on a point when Ruben Palazuelos fired home a winner in the 90th minute.

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  1. funny englanders..th epls a one team league !!

    From zzgus f, on Fri 6 Mar 1:31AM
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    so the celts go top of the tin pot league big deal they­ will get humped in the champions league away from home­ as per usual next season/ENGLISH SAM

    From john, on Thu 5 Mar 3:45PM

  3. Well do CELTIC Rangers should spend some money­ improving the state of ibrox pitch!

    From Gary Murray, on Thu 5 Mar 3:11PM

  4. the Queens loyal english subjects stuffed by the­ Highlanders, so goog

    From w.meechan2, on Thu 5 Mar 2:02PM

  5. WHERS THE POND LIFE THE DAY THEN CHEUCHTERS 1 POND LIFE­ 000000000000000

    From arkaig, on Thu 5 Mar 1:33PM
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    Who cares about the shi tiest league in Europe..

    From Half A Brain, on Thu 5 Mar 9:11AM

  7. for nevt61, you're an @#$%

    From mervs2000, on Thu 5 Mar 8:32AM

  8. Only one Krisse Boyd....keep up the stupid comments fat­ bhoy......YNWA

    From shivylb, on Thu 5 Mar 8:02AM

  9. bottle is given it a shot..not playing a four four one­ with th chance to go top !!

    From zzgus f, on Thu 5 Mar 2:29AM

  10. must be a masonic nite out..? th bile will be out by­ sunrise..big up for th butcher..

    From zzgus f, on Thu 5 Mar 2:00AM

  11. good job hoops , al i can say about the gers well­ haahahahahahahahaahahaha liverpool and celtic fans­ YNWA!!!!

    From Alex Z, on Thu 5 Mar 12:06AM

  12. Steven J. I see you haven't had any success on that­ da t ing site yet. Why not try removing your p hoto

    From debbieh76, on Thu 5 Mar 12:02AM

  13. nevt61. Nice chatting with you. Better be off to bed­ now or we'll not be up in time for school

    From debbieh76, on Wed 4 Mar 11:59PM

  14. SUPER CALEY,WHAT GOES ROUND COMES ROUND,COMMON THE­ HOOPS.

    From hoopsfan1964, on Wed 4 Mar 11:50PM

  15. nevt61. So eloquent and quick witted. You're mum­ and dad must be so proud

    From debbieh76, on Wed 4 Mar 11:41PM

  16. OH THE RANGERS ARE SHOITE

    From offmymash, on Wed 4 Mar 11:27PM

  17. It must be a proud time for Glasgow folk. Having two­ teams doing so well.

    From debbieh76, on Wed 4 Mar 11:19PM

  18. sad pathitic tim scvm, as a tim myself im ashamed to be­ one and as a rangers fan to im sickto be one after­ there preformance tonight, to all u celt fans saying­ theyll win with points to spare, did unot all say that­ at xmas then ended up secon, thats not good, BUT, as of­ tonight i can only say congrats to celtic in keeping­ there spirits alive and looks to me like its 4 in a row­ for the green and whites

    From David M, on Wed 4 Mar 11:15PM

  19. GET A LIFE ITS ONLY FOOTBALL STOP ALL THIS SECTARIAN­ PISH

    From jim, on Wed 4 Mar 11:00PM

  20. celtic to win treble com you boys

    From mary, on Wed 4 Mar 10:30PM
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