Celtic surrendered their lead at the top of the Clydesdale Bank Premier League to Old Firm rivals Rangers after failing to break down Motherwell in a goalless draw at Fir Park.
Rangers' win at St Johnstone earlier in the day had taken the Ibrox side two points clear but the Hoops failed to respond.
Niall McGinn headed wide just before the break in an afternoon of squandered chances.
In the 10th minute Hoops midfielder Aiden McGeady easily skipped past Well right-back Yassin Moutaouakil inside the Motherwell box before firing his angled shot wide of the far post, moments before Georgios Samaras drove over from the edge of the box.
Meanwhile, Motherwell clocked up the corner count albeit with little threat to Artur Boruc's goal although in the 20th minute the Celtic keeper had to move smartly down to his right to save Chris Humphrey's shot from distance which had been deflected by Fir Park striker Lucas Jutkiewicz.
With the game having nudged past the half-hour mark, McGinn finished off a driving run with a right-footed shot from just inside the box but that was saved with ease by Motherwell keeper John Ruddy.
Two minutes from the break McGinn missed a great chance, heading wide of the target from Samaras' pin-point cross.
Celtic stepped up the pace at the start of the second half but to no real effect. Barry Robson fired over from 30 yards to end one Celtic move while moments later McGinn drew a decent save from Ruddy with a low drive from 25 yards.
Motherwell were camped in their own half but in their first effort of the second period, Boruc had to concede a corner from Jutkiewicz's 20-yard shot which may have sneaked in at the post.
The Parkhead side swarmed around the Motherwell goal, but continued to squander decent chances, Scott McDonald heading over from close range in injury time and McGeady then heading wide from a similar position to cap a frustrating afternoon.
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Tony Mowbray has a good philosophy on football but is a whole lot harder to put into practice!Especially when you simply dont have the talented players needed to play that brand of football!The team is under performing and is ultimately down to him! He must go now for the sake of the club and its reputation!3 years ago we were a champions league team now we are europa league also rans!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
sack mowbray bring in lubo and larsson mowbray has done nowt but blow our budget on @#$% we lost naka hartley donati venegoor and odea on loan and he buys nobody decent spent the lot on cost a fortune sack him now he doent know wat hes doing
WEE MUST GET THE FINGER OOT ON THURSDAY;OR ITS HAMBURGERS ALL ROUND;;;NOT HAPPY MEALS;;;COMON THE HOOPS X:
hahahahahahahahaha look up hahahahahahahahahahahaha
cmon mowbray get your team winning again or the huns will win league again get your money out in january celtic board
As much as I admire Celtic, I don't think Tony Mowbray is made of the right stuff. He's 100% football and an honest man, but not the 'Right Stuff'. I can't see Celtic winning the SPL Title this season. They really should be seeing off teams like Motherwell at home.
I hope Celtic do not end up sacking Tony Mowbray, but the board need to be a little more realistic.
Shhhh they only sing when they are winning..fair weather supporters at Septic Park ever since Reid got on the board hes doing the grand job of stuffing it full of cronies and humping the fans same as hed done for the other Tony ,Tony Blair...he must stay on ...Mowbry D-i-c-k as well..
So the old firm want to go to England-Rangers struggle agianst St Johnstone and Celtic cannae score against a s***e Motherwell side. Perhaps we all need to calm down a wee bit eh!!!
Thats 2 games on the bounce without a win,you startin to worry yet bhouys???
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