Saturday February 20, 2010 Regular Finished Celtic Park
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Celtic v Dundee United: LIVE
Celtic face Dundee United at Celtic Park hoping to make up ground on title rivals Rangers, who are threatening to run away with the SPL. More
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Live Commentary
Time:90'- Celtic
- Dundee United
FT And there is the final whistle of this match with a 1-0 win for Celtic closing the gap back down to 7 points on Rangers, who had their clash postponed earlier on today- 90+2 Celtic, bizarrely, choose to play the ball back towards the sideline and away from goal and absolutely nothing comes of it, not even a shot on goal
- 90+1 Samaras goes down in the area and tries to claim it should be a penalty but clearly the foul occured outside the box and Celtic have a free kick accordingly
- 89' Boruc is called into late action as he finds himself one-on-one with Daly, and bravely comes well out of his area to clear the ball. He was fairly comfortably ahead of Daly in the end though and clears without any trouble
86' Keane thinks he's doubled Celtic's lead as he finds himself alone in the area and in acres of space. But the flag is up and the reason no-one is there is because they've all seen it. The fans included!
82' Robbie Keane finds himself in Craig Thomson's book for dissent after fairly clearly being held back by Webster. He did make a lot of it though!
80' Fortune is taken off for Celtic, who bring on Georgios Samaras instead
79' Jon Daly had the perfect chance to level for the visitors! Daly is left in acres of space just to the left of the penalty spot and fires goalward. But Boruc blocks and his centre-backs combine to clear the danger- 78' Zheng tries his luck again, this time from distance, but his shot drifts wide and once again the visitors escape unscathed
- 75' Ooo! Once again it should have been 2-0 Celtic as Zheng was in the perfect spot to score off Ki's corner. But the substitutes first touch was too heavy and Dundee United clear
- 74' N'Guemo very nearly makes it two (how many times have we said that) and forces a great save from Pernis (ditto), who turns the whipped left-to-right shot behind for a corner
- 73' Zheng makes his first foray into the box before laying the ball back for Keane. It would have been a neat move if his pass hadn't ended up behind Keane. Celtic still have the ball though
- 71' Celtic get in on the substitutions act as they bring on Zheng Zhi in place of Diomansy Kamara
- 70' Myrie-Williams almost has a cracking impact for Dundee United as he whips a shot across goal from the right edge of the area and narrowly past the left post. That was almost the visitors first shot on target!
- 67' Dundee United make a double substitution as David Goodwillie and Jennison Myrie-Williams come on to replace Damian Casalinuovo and Daniel Swanson
- 66' Dundee United have a corner but Conway swings it too close to Boruc, who punches away with relative ease to clear the danger!
- 62' KEANE FOR HIS DOUBLE! Not quite, as Pernis again flings himself towards his post, this time his left, to catch a great shot from the right edge of the area from Keane
- 60' Brown is the latest to try his luck, from the left of the area after the ball is just taken away from Keane by the toe of Webster. But the ball goes over and this time Pernis is not challenged
- 59' KAMARA! Ooo! That was another great chance for Celtic to put make this match safe but once again it is Pernis who keeps Dundee United in it as he tracks across to his right to save a long range shot from Kamara
- 57' Ki's corner finds an unmarked Rogne on the penalty spot but he heads down into the ground and Pernis dives onto the ball to collect and save the chance
- 56' Pernis does brilliantly well to just get enough on Scott Brown's cross to take it up into the air and turn it behind for a corner. Both Keane (on the penalty spot) and Fortune (at the far post) were approaching fast and unchecked and either one could have turned that into the back of the net
- 55' Much better from Dundee United as they enjoy a period of possession in Celtic terrority. But again the final shot isn't on target (that stat is still a whopping 0 for the visiting side) as Daly sends his attempt wide
- 52' Buaben tries his luck from 30 yards out, a sure sign Dundee United are getting frustrated by their lack of opportunities, and drills the ball well over the cross bar, failing to draw a save out of Boruc
- 50' Fortune should have made it two! The Celtic striker receives a great ball from Keane on the right and goes for the sideways bicycle kick. He had plenty of time to let the ball drop at his feet and then shoot but he went for it earlier instead and ended up scuffing his kick straight into the arms of Pernis, and not at speed. Another lucky escape for Dundee United
- 48' Celtic seem to have picked up exactly where they left-off by pinning Dundee United back deep within their own half
46' Celtic get the match back underway for the second half ...- HT Dundee are far from out of this though. One flowing attack from the visitors and they could easily level to turn this match around
- HT There is the half-time whistle at Celtic Park though and Celtic could easily be leading by more than just the one goal.
- 45' Kamara works his way into the area from the left before seeming to run out of pitch. And the Celtic midfielder looks as surprised as anyone when what should have been an easy muscle out of play by Kenneth sees the Dundee defender completely miss his tackle. But no-one is close enough to help Kamara out and Dundee eventually clear
- 43' Dillon is booked for his second foul on Fortune in as many minutes. But it's not going to cost Dundee too much as the free kick is not in a particularly threatening area
- 41' Fortune whips a right-footed shot in from the edge of the area which Pernis does well to collect on the ground. Keane was rapidly approaching there and it would have been an easy tap-in for the loan man had Pernis spilled the ball
- 39' Celtic are all over Dundee at the moment as Brown this time goes close to extending the hosts lead. Keane is the one to take the ball into the box before squaring it for Fortune. Fortune's first touch is a little heavy and his shot is blocked before Brown's has a go. But the midfielder also sees his shot blocked
- 36' Rogne goes close for Celtic as his header from the penalty spot, off Ki's corner from the right, drifts just wide of the left post
- 35' Celtic go for a change of tack with the set peice this time as Kamara plays the ball along the ground to Scott Brown near the edge of the area. Brown tries to flick the ball goalward with his first kick but there's far too many bodies in the way and unsurprisingly his shot is blocked
- 34' The first yellow card of the day goes to Garry Kenneth as he hacks down Fortune on the egde of the area to the right of goal. And the way he's shoving people around on the penalty spot, as they jostle for position before the free-kick, he'll be lucky not to get a second here!
- 31' Oooo! Keane wins a free kick just on the left wing and Dundee are incredibly lucky not to be two down as Kenneth very nearly smacked that back into his own net, off Sung-Young Ki's free kick, as he came charging in and just headed over the bar! It would have been very emphatic if it had gone in, albeit in the wrong net!
- 29' Once again though the set-peice looks like it hasn't been practiced at all as Braafheid's ball only just reaches the first Dundee head in the box and is knocked away into clear territory
- 28' Corner Celtic as Braafheid looks to find Keane in the area with a squared cross from the right
- 24' Oooo! That was close for Dundee but Daly could not quite control his header as he came charging in from the edge of the area. In the end the ball ends up well wide of the left post, but Daly was unchallenged and he really should have at least forced a save from Boruc
- 23' Great work on the back-line from Brown as he stays goalside of Webster to block the cross. He does concede a corner in the process though
21' GOAL CELTIC! It's been threatening pretty much right from the start and fittingly it is Keane who converts. Kamara feeds the man on loan from Spurs, who is right in line with the back four just in side the half-way line. Keane takes the ball well with his first touch before keeping just ahead of his defender and slotting the ball past Pernis and into the back of the net just right of centre- 18' Not a great effort once again as they ball falls messily in the area and is eventally hacked away by a Dundee boot, before the visitors eventually escape when Braafheid runs out of pitch just to the right of the goal
- 17' It's a bit of a shocker from Braafheid though as he lands the ball right on the head of a Dundee defender before earning himself a second go when he was brought down on the right wing after the ball was returned to him
- 16' Celtic earn themselves a free kick right on the edge of the area on the right as Buaben brought down Brown, who looks like he could have sustained an injury in the process
- 15' Dundee are beginning to get a little more time on the ball now but so far it's pretty much all been in the middle third of the pitch barring that one chance a couple of minutes ago
- 12' Boruc is called into action for the first time in the match but it's a fairly easy ball for the Celtic keeper to come out and collect as it's a wayward cross and miles away from the heads of any of the Dundee attacking players!
- 10' Fortune works his way in from the right before laying off a cross towards the penalty spot but Kenneth is charging it and some speed and turns it behind, not far past his right post, for a corner
- 8' Keane picks up the ball on the halfway line and does well to work his way basically to the back line before being muscled off the ball by Garry Kenneth and watching frustratedly as it goes for a corner
- 5' The first corner of the day falls to Celtic and is a testing one from Braafheid right into the melee of players on the penalty spot. But through the mass of heads, Pernis does well to fight his way through and punch the way away clear
- 4' Fortune again is the lone man up front for Celtic as he takes the ball on the left side of the area and lays it off square with a solid cross along the ground. The ball is just begging to be tapped into the back of the net but there is absolutely no-one there for Celtic and the ball runs through untouched
- 2' Celtic earn themselves an early free-kick on the half-way line when Keane is hauled down, and the home side use it to launch their first attack of the afternoon. But Fortune is basically on his own up front and his first touch isn't good enough with the ball running through in the end for an easy take for Pernis
1' Dundee get the match underway on a sunny day at Celtic Park ...- 14:57 Still, Dundee look like this today: Pernis, Kovacevic, Webster, Kenneth, Dillon, Swanson, Buaben, Gomis, Conway, Casalinuovo, Daly. Subs: Banks, Dods, Myrie-Williams, David Robertson, Shala, Goodwillie, McCord
- 14:54 A win for Dundee though, could see them leapfrog Hamilton in third, although they have been struggling of late with just two wins in their last five matches.
- 14:51 Celtic drew 4-4 with Aberdeen last weekend but won their previous two clashes before that, against Dunfermline and Kilmarnock and line-up like this: Celtic: Boruc, Hinkel, Thompson, Rogne, Braafheid, Brown, Ki, N'Guemo, Kamara, Keane, Fortune. Subs: Zaluska, Naylor, Samaras, Rasmussen, Wilson, Crosas, Zhi
- 14:51 With Rangers match against St Johnstone having been called off earlier on today due to a partly frozen pitch, Celtic have a chance to make up ground on the SPL leaders, who with 10 points in hand, are threatening to run away with the title
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Summary
- 79' Jon Daly had the perfect chance to level for the visitors! Daly is left in acres of space just to the left of the penalty spot and fires goalward. But Boruc blocks and his centre-backs combine to clear the danger
- 75' Ooo! Once again it should have been 2-0 Celtic as Zheng was in the perfect spot to score off Ki's corner. But the substitutes first touch was too heavy and Dundee United clear
- 74' N'Guemo very nearly makes it two (how many times have we said that) and forces a great save from Pernis (ditto), who turns the whipped left-to-right shot behind for a corner
- 62' KEANE FOR HIS DOUBLE! Not quite, as Pernis again flings himself towards his post, this time his left, to catch a great shot from the right edge of the area from Keane
- 59' KAMARA! Ooo! That was another great chance for Celtic to put make this match safe but once again it is Pernis who keeps Dundee United in it as he tracks across to his right to save a long range shot from Kamara
- 56' Pernis does brilliantly well to just get enough on Scott Brown's cross to take it up into the air and turn it behind for a corner. Both Keane (on the penalty spot) and Fortune (at the far post) were approaching fast and unchecked and either one could have turned that into the back of the net
- 50' Fortune should have made it two! The Celtic striker receives a great ball from Keane on the right and goes for the sideways bicycle kick. He had plenty of time to let the ball drop at his feet and then shoot but he went for it earlier instead and ended up scuffing his kick straight into the arms of Pernis, and not at speed. Another lucky escape for Dundee United
- 39' Celtic are all over Dundee at the moment as Brown this time goes close to extending the hosts lead. Keane is the one to take the ball into the box before squaring it for Fortune. Fortune's first touch is a little heavy and his shot is blocked before Brown's has a go. But the midfielder also sees his shot blocked
- 36' Rogne goes close for Celtic as his header from the penalty spot, off Ki's corner from the right, drifts just wide of the left post
- 31' Oooo! Keane wins a free kick just on the left wing and Dundee are incredibly lucky not to be two down as Kenneth very nearly smacked that back into his own net, off Sung-Young Ki's free kick, as he came charging in and just headed over the bar! It would have been very emphatic if it had gone in, albeit in the wrong net!
- 21' GOAL CELTIC! It's been threatening pretty much right from the start and fittingly it is Keane who converts. Kamara feeds the man on loan from Spurs, who is right in line with the back four just in side the half-way line. Keane takes the ball well with his first touch before keeping just ahead of his defender and slotting the ball past Pernis and into the back of the net just right of centre
Team Line-up & Ratings
CelticManager: Tony Mowbray
Dundee UnitedManager: Peter Houston
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Line-up
Live Team Line-Up
Starting line-up
- A. Boruc
- A. Hinkel
- J. Thompson
- T. Rogne
- E. Braafheid
- S. Ki
- L. N'Guemo
- S. Brown
- D. Kamará
- R. Keane
- M. Fortuné
Subs
- L. Naylor
78′ - Z. Zheng 72′
- G. Samaras 80′
- M. Crosas
- L. Zaluska
- M. Wilson
- M. Rasmussen
Starting line-up
- D. Perniš
- M. Kovacevic
- A. Webster
- G. Kenneth
- S. Dillon
- P. Buaben
- M. Gomis
- D. Swanson
- C. Conway
- D. Casalinuovo
- J. Daly
Subs
- S. Banks
- J. Myrie-Williams 68′
- D. Dods 83′
- D. Goodwillie 68′
- D. Robertson
- R. McCord
- A. Shala
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