SPL - Hearts stun Celtic

Eurosport - Wed, 28 Oct 21:45:00 2009

A Michael Stewart penalty was enough for Hearts to knock Celtic out 1-0 in their Co-operative Insurance Cup quarter final clash at Celtic Park.

FOOTBALL Michael Stewart Hearts - 0

The 58th minute strike from the spot stunned Celtic, for whom substitute Gergios Samaras could have had a hat-trick but for some wasteful finishing.

The hosts ended a pulsating affair with 10 men as Stephen McManus saw red in stoppage time.

Once ahead, Hearts defended manfully and enjoyed their share of fortune as Celtic twice rattled the woodwork and went close with several other chances.

Hearts could have scored in the very first minute of the match when Christan Nade sprung the Celtic offside trap and the defender who played him on - Andreas Hinkel - recovered well to make a clearance from almost on his own goal line.

A sublime pass with the outside of Nade's foot found Ian Black in space on the right of the Celtic penalty box with 35 minutes gone.

Shortly afterwards, a first time flick over the advancing Lukasz Zalusca should have led to a goal for Hearts, but Black hesitated and the chance was gone.

David Obua then attacked down the right wing and put a great cross in that Ismael Bouzid should really have done better with than fire wide.

Moments later Zheng Zhi worried Janos Balogh in the Hearts goal with a shot that whistled past the keeper's right hand post.

A goalmouth scramble on 42 minutes almost resulted in Celtic taking the lead, but Balogh was able to get in the way of Killen's close range effort and tip it over the bar.

Celtic substitute Patrick McCourt hit the bar with his first contribution, seven minutes into the half, before Danny Fox brought down Nade for a penalty that Stewart (pictured) stepped up to take.

The skipper's effort wasn't the most cleanly struck, but it crept under Zalusca to give Hearts a lead that they somehow kept until the final whistle.

Samaras saw an effort smothered by Balogh moments before the striker thought he had scored with a deft chip, which came back off the post as Samaras wheeled away to celebrate

The Greece striker then missed an outstanding chance when he somehow put wide with his head on 79 minutes, and McManus saw a header cleared off the line before his last-gasp dismissal for a crude hack on Andrew Driver.

Sean Calvert / Eurosport

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  1. Awful game ,bad result Striker needed .

    The north­ atlantic league seems to be the best option out of this­ downward spiral.
    Celtic maybe rangers if they survive­ from scotland ,four dutch teams, four french teams two­ danish,two swedish,two belgium,and maybe two swiss­ teams to start with. Then the winners of all these­ leagues play of for entery the following season with­ bottom team in the new league relagated to play again­ in its national league.The idea of entery into the new­ league would spice up interest in all the involved­ national leagues

    From thetwotoedsloth, on Thu 29 Oct 10:07PM
  2. Football in Scotland is poor....because we don't­ import nearly as many foreign talent as the­ "English" clubs do. Cannae wait for 2010 when­ England once again get mugged by a nation where most of­ their players play in your own "English­ League".

    From seaniebhoy163, on Thu 29 Oct 6:01PM
  3. Hey why are the old firm so hot under the collar! I­ know its because you dont get your own way now. There­ are 3 teams that will give both teams a good run for­ their money. Money I hear you say, yes money that­ rangers haven't got and money that celtic waste on­ dud players. No change there then:-)

    Anyway lets be­ serious about all this rubbish I read every day on this­ site! Both clubs are in a right mess, yes, I mean both­ clubs not just the blue side!! I also know they will­ never get into the English Premiership, why? because­ this is a different country thats why. Now settle for­ what we have or move away to some sort of place­ (England) and watch all the forign players strutt their­ stuff down south. How many English players were­ playing in the Arsenel v Liverpool game last night? ­ The money is to good down south, when it dries up they­ will all fly awayyyy.

    From Midnight, on Thu 29 Oct 4:40PM
  4. Pt81...U said when we won it last year it was a mickey­ mouse cup along with loads of ur rankers pals ya fookin­ idiot...

    From Stuart, on Thu 29 Oct 4:34PM
  5. Played by englishmen????? What league you talkin about.­ Cant be the EPL. Take a look at the starting teams for­ last nights arsenal v liverpool and see how many­ enlishmen played out of 22!!!!!!

    From Gavin C, on Thu 29 Oct 12:49PM
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    I cant believe that THE OLD FIRM got their @#$% kicked­ real good and solid last night, can someone please tell­ me if football will continue to be a sport in SCOTLAND­ in 2010, maybe they should close shop once and for all,­ come down south and support the greatest league in the­ world, ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE! spend the little money­ you have on watching great football played by great­ ENGLISHMEN!

    From What-a-Load-of-Rubbish-U-Lot, on Thu 29 Oct 12:33PM
  7. Funny how its only a mickey mouse cup when a mickey­ mouse team kicks you out of it eh. You might have some­ money but look at the dud in charge of spending it!!­ Money doesnt buy talent, that was proved when your­ filth came to Ibrox and got humped yet again.
    And you­ laugh about Rangers going into administration. If we do­ then its bye bye Ceptic, bye bye SPL coz the old firm­ is the only thing keeping scottish football running.­
    Oh and learn to spell you @#$%. Fail Fail kiddy­ fiddling terrorist supporting scum.

    From Gavin C, on Thu 29 Oct 12:04PM
  8. give him time but am goin to qusetion his man­ management skills.we all know the squad is not good so­ why come and slate the team to the media,he should have­ chose his words carefully about slating the team cause­ they did need a kick up the backside but theres ways of­ doin that.theres nothing we can until jan and next­ summer so ul have to work with wot uve got,get the self­ belif back into the players.u say we deserve better­ quailty players but we deserve our manager to do his­ job aswell.wot if u bring in ur own players and they­ are poor,or u goin to keep buyin and sellin players­ till u get it rite,no u should be able to man manage­ these players into better ones

    uve lost the dressin­ room already it seems

    but get ur finger out everyone­ one at the club

    From Kevin, on Thu 29 Oct 11:51AM
  9. OOT AGAIN HAHAHAHAHAHAHA C'MON THE JAM TARTS

    From css, on Thu 29 Oct 11:47AM
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    GAVIN C
    R YOU DYSLEXCICT
    WE DONT SLAGG rangers FOR NOT­ SPENDING
    WE SLAGG rangers COS THEY CANT SPEND

    WE GOT­ BEAT BY THE MINI HUNS LAST NIGHT NO BIG DEAL( MICKEY­ MOUSE CUP

    BUT WE STILL HAVE MONEY IN THE BANK

    NOT THE­ BANK IN THE BOARDROOM
    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

    HI­ HO HI HO
    ITS INTO ADMIN WE GO
    ITS A SHAME BUT WE GOT NO­ DOUGH
    HI HO HI HO HI HO HI HO
    HAIL HAIL THE BUNNET

    From greamewilson17, on Thu 29 Oct 11:12AM
  11. Good to see the attacking style of football is paying­ off lol. You all laugh at Rangers for not spending but­ i'd rather not spend than waste millions on duds!!­
    So much for the best fans in the world. 20,000 in a­ 60,000 seater dump and thats including the hearts fans.­
    You slate Rangers for playing defensive football but­ even with 3 goalless draws in 9 games we are still­ equal on goal difference!!
    Rangers maybe in trouble­ but at least we aren't in denial about it!

    From Gavin C, on Thu 29 Oct 10:53AM
  12. The problem is thus: Mowbray has publicly slated his­ players as being "no-users", whereas Strachan­ says they were a joy to work with. Mowbray Knew what he­ was taking on when he came in, so to state now that the­ board need to make serious money available in January­ is a bit rich. Strachan took over from MON, and­ O'Neill's team had all but disappeared with­ him, hence Strach had to "put on an­ Elastoplast" and we know what happened against­ Artmedia! Artmedia was Strachan's wake-up call, but­ from last night's performance (poor finishing,­ garbage defending, etc) I suspect Mogga must be­ comatose. I supported your appointment, Tony.. Because­ I had faith and belief in your abilities. I don't­ like people to let me down so badly, so time to buck­ up, or move on! BTW: even if we beat rangers 7-0 in the­ next OF game, I will judge you on the team's­ performance, not the result!

    From Singin' Ginger!!, on Thu 29 Oct 10:45AM
  13. Shocking crowd last night, but a great win for the­ Hearts. We didn't play well, but didn't need to­ really, we got what most teams don't as Parkhead, a­ bit of luck. I was still expecting as per usual to lose­ a couple of injury time goals, but fair play to the­ team, they took a lot of stick for the draw against­ Falkirk and came out with a win. We will get Rangers in­ the semi, beat them, then get cuffed off St Mirren or­ St Johnstone in the final. The joy of being a Hearts­ fan.

    From davidsmart14, on Thu 29 Oct 10:16AM
  14. HA HA SAMARAS AGAIN FINGER IN THE AIR THINKIN HE SCORED­ AHAHA F.UCKIN HELMETS PURE @#$% N LOOKS LIKE FREDDY­ MERCURY

    From Craigy, on Thu 29 Oct 9:32AM
  15. Oh and i forgot about Captain Calamity Mcmanus, That­ tackle was an embarrassment and an utter disgrace !!

    From aztectrooper35, on Thu 29 Oct 8:52AM
  16. Samaras !!! What a striker !!

    From aztectrooper35, on Thu 29 Oct 8:45AM
  17. WEE THE OLD FIRM ON THIS SITE ARE BECOMMING SAD­ PEOPLE;IF 1 GETS BEAT.the othere slaggs 1 and is­ happy,lets face it wee are both in a bad way on the­ park, last night celtic again should have scored a­ barrow-load but did not,the fans were behind the team­ all the game,gers on the other hand look very poor and­ not many apart from nacho novo look interested.yes im­ fed up now its the year 2009,wee have both been taken­ advantage of and i mean the hard-core fans for­ 2long.but hey 1 minute lets praise the rest of the­ splers for there efferts,wee will be in scotland for a­ long time now...ps CELTIC YOU BETTER GET YOUR STRIKERS­ MORE THAN READY TO GAIN POINTS IN HAMBURG NEXT­ WEEK::::PS SEE U ALL THERE IN THE SANT PAULI­ PARTY;"the usual suspects" tommy burns R:I:P­ X

    From UB40,LOCHEE, on Thu 29 Oct 7:39AM
  18. WEE THE OLD FIRM ON THIS SITE ARE BECOMMING SAD­ PEOPLE;IF 1 GETS BEAT.the othere slaggs 1 and is­ happy,lets face it wee are both in a bad way on the­ park, last night celtic again should have scored a­ barrow-load but did not,the fans were behind the team­ all the game,gers on the other hand look very poor and­ not many apart from nacho novo look interested.yes im­ fed up now its the year 2009,wee have both been taken­ advantage of and i mean the hard-core fans for­ 2long.but hey 1 minute lets praise the rest of the­ splers for there efferts,wee will be in scotland for a­ long time now...ps CELTIC YOU BETTER GET YOUR STRIKERS­ MORE THAN READY TO GAIN POINTS IN HAMBURG NEXT­ WEEK::::PS SEE U ALL THERE IN THE SANT PAULI­ PARTY;"the usual suspects" tommy burns R:I:P­ X

    From UB40,LOCHEE, on Thu 29 Oct 7:36AM
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    What a load of rubbish in these comments. You would­ think that both Rangers and Celtic had quality football­ teams. No chance for them in the Premiership or the­ Championship come to that. Come on be sensible and­ recognise that football in Scotland is of a low­ standard compared with other European leagues and stop­ hanging on to the thought that Religion is the deciding­ factor as to which team you support.

    From Steve J, on Thu 29 Oct 7:05AM
  20. ITS GREAT TO BE A RANGERS SUPPORTER !! WATP

    From William, on Thu 29 Oct 6:32AM
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