SPL - Celtic top with last-gasp win over Hearts

Eurosport - Mon, 21 Sep 07:40:00 2009

Glenn Loovens headed home a last-gasp winner for Celtic as they came from behind to snatch a 2-1 Scottish Premier League victory over Hearts at Celtic Park.

FOOTBALL Celtic's Glenn Loovens is mobbed by his teammates as they celebrate his winning goal against Hearts during their Scottish Premier League match at Celtic Park - 0

The game looked destined for a draw before the hosts won a controversial corner deep in stoppage time and Loovens headed past Janos Balogh from six yards.

Hearts had taken an early lead when Suso Santana was allowed to run 40 yards before shooting past Artur Boruc, but Chris Killen levelled 10 minutes after the break and Loovens snatched all three points late on.

The hosts made a sluggish start and looked to be suffering from a European hangover following their midweek defeat at the hands of Hapoel Tel-Aviv.

They were trailing within five minutes as Suso twisted and turned on the edge of the hosts' box before rifling a right-footed drive into the bottom corner that seemed to catch Boruc off-guard.

Celtic looked sluggish from back to front and the early goal served only to encourage Hearts rather than wake the hosts from their slumber.

But although Tony Mowbray's side were second best, they still had chances to turn the clash in their favour with Aiden McGeady skimming a post on 16 minutes and Shaun Maloney rattling the crossbar with a powerful free-kick midway through the half.

But the visitors would have gone in at the break with a two-goal advantage had Boruc not pulled off a fine save from Andrew Driver who broke through the middle four minutes before the interval.

Whatever Mowbray said at half-time seemed to do the trick as Celtic came out after the break all guns blazing.

Maloney had an effort cleared off the line within three minutes of the restart before Killen drew the Hoops level with a powerful header following a good cross from Maloney.

McGeady struck the crossbar with a 25-yard drive while the upright came to Hearts' rescue with 20 minutes remaining as McDonald struck a post and Killen horribly miscued the rebound wide of goal.

Both sides had penalty appeals turned down by referee Dougie McDonald as the seconds ticked away, but the visitors' hopes of leaving Celtic Park with a point were dashed when Loovens headed home at the death.

Toby Davis / Eurosport

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  1. good point ginger but i bet he doesnt answer untill­ rangers win again mate

    From paul, on Wed 23 Sep 7:28PM

  2. 81 - NO BIGOTED COMMENTS / OVERTONES?..

    Point 74 -­ your favourite word is used on TWO occasions, that word­ being TARRIER. If it was not intended as being bigoted,­ kindly define what you meant when you used that word.­ Just because it does not define a person's colour,­ or religious beliefs, does not make it any less­ offensive!

    From Singin' Ginger!!, on Wed 23 Sep 1:57PM

  3. there was no facts mate you said ceptic were lucky and­ i proved you wrong ceptic won the game easy and yes­ your coments are 9 out of 10 bigoted towards your team­ the old firm will always dominate the spl but thats­ nothing to do with king billy or the ira yes most­ people love the banter but your comments go passed the­ score there are other teams that make up the spl­ rangers at the moment are playing shocking and celtic­ aint much better but if ever there was a season to­ split the old firm this is it but in truth i dont think­ any team will take a chance to do it so if you made­ some comments which werent bigoted or a load of sh**­ then maybe people would listen and maybe not think you­ are a complete a*** hole

    From paul, on Wed 23 Sep 12:45PM

  4. PAUL FACTS FACTS FACTS OH AND MORE FACTS AND IF U READ­ MY COMMENT NO BIGOTED OVERTONES U HALFWIT

    From n.haig123, on Wed 23 Sep 12:18AM

  5. PAUL FACTS ALWAYS GET TA U LOT COS U DONT LIKE IT.­ BIGOTED FACTS MY FRIEND NOT BIGOTED FACTS. MUST HAVE­ HIT A NERVE WITH THE TRUTH AS USUAL

    From n.haig123, on Wed 23 Sep 12:14AM

  6. top of the league - enjoy ur chase

    From Ryan, on Tue 22 Sep 7:10PM

  7. #7 CHAMPIONEES,CHAMPIONEES,Septic playin catch up,now­ & for ever more!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We R the­ people!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    From METZ, on Tue 22 Sep 3:28PM

  8. pt75 haigy you realy are a waste o space celtic won­ that game easy and could have won by 4 or5 goals you­ are just jelouse that rangers are so pish this season­ and cant afford new players and you are so much of a­ prat that you should just go and die we wouldnt notice­ cause your coments are always bigoted

    From paul, on Mon 21 Sep 7:02PM

  9. 76 - TOUCHE!!

    From Singin' Ginger!!, on Mon 21 Sep 5:43PM

  10. WHERE WAS YOUR 4IN A ROW YOU DELUDED INBREDS

    From n.haig123, on Mon 21 Sep 5:39PM

  11. LUCKY LUCKY LAST MINUTE WINNER HEARTS DID NOT DESERVE­ THAT AND YOU TARRIERS SAY RANGERS GET ALL THE DECISIONS­ AND TIME ADDED ON MY ERSE DO WE. YOU TARRIERS GET MORE­ THAN YOUR FAIR SHARE. WHAT WAS THE SCORE AGAINST THE­ MIGHTY TEL AVIV THATS RIGHT THAT SUPERPOWER MMMMM YOUR­ TEAM ARE RANK AND SOONER YOUR OUT A EUROPE THE BETTER­ AND ENJOY BEING TOP U WONT BE THERE FOR LONG

    From n.haig123, on Mon 21 Sep 5:38PM

  12. 74 - Jenny, have you no' had yer shytter pumped­ yet? That's 3 times today you've advertised on­ here, and still no takers! Maybe you should wipe your­ arse first, ya clatty midden!!

    From Singin' Ginger!!, on Mon 21 Sep 5:26PM

  13. john get a LIFE for f.... sake

    From the azzurri, on Mon 21 Sep 4:50PM

  14. ENGLISH BAM - please at least try to be original with­ your "supposed" insults. If I had a penny for­ every time I heard the same tired old trash, the Sultan­ of Brunei would be on the phone, trying to tap me for­ money!

    From Singin' Ginger!!, on Mon 21 Sep 4:30PM

  15. 70 - first off, my wife is NOT a transexual. Secondly,­ she has not, and never will be, deported as she has­ been given Final Leave to Remain (FLR-M) in the UK. As­ for your comment about chocolate boxes - I'm­ diabetic, so chocolate's a bit of a no-no. As for­ your kind offer of getting a rentboy for myself -­ what's your rates, and specialities? Do you do­ anal-fisting the same as your gay partner?

    From Singin' Ginger!!, on Mon 21 Sep 4:26PM
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    so what are you going to do minging ginger now that­ your transexual wife has been deported are you going to­ get another lady boy from the far east as your house­ keeper at least it will give your chocalate box a rest­ or maybe you can bring round a rent bhoy for a bit of­ pleasure gay bhoy/ENGLISH SAM

    From john, on Mon 21 Sep 3:47PM

  17. Pt67...UB I thought we played well yesterday

    From Stuart, on Mon 21 Sep 2:28PM

  18. Have UEFA, not already stated that there must be 5­ english based players in a squad of 20

    From Stuart, on Mon 21 Sep 2:28PM

  19. WELL DONE BIG GLENN WITH THE LATE WINNER,,,,WORTHY­ POINTS IN THE END,,,,MORE 2 COME

    From UB40,LOCHEE, on Mon 21 Sep 2:28PM

  20. 65 - Jenny, if you're partial to a wrinkly old­ sausage between your beef curtains, please look­ elsewhere for it!!.. Maybe your local butcher's­ shop??

    From Singin' Ginger!!, on Mon 21 Sep 2:26PM
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