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Celtic

Motherwell

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  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Celtic
    • Motherwell
    • 93' And that's it! Boos reverberate around the stadium as Motherwell hang on for a dogged point!
    • 93' The ball's cleared but it's pumped back in to McGeady - who heads wide! He had to score!
    • 92' Celtic force a corner.
    • 91' Scott McDonald gets on to a cross at the far post but heads over! That could, maybe should, have been a last-gasp winner!
    • 90' There's three minutes of added time to come.
    • 88' The ball comes to Patrick McCourt after the corner, he drives a shot at goal. It's deflected - but only into John Ruddy's grateful arms.
    • 87' Another corner to Celtic. Massive pressure on the Motherwell goal now.
    • 87' McGeady miskicks in the area after being fed by Maloney. Three and a half minutes to go!
    • 86' The ball comes to McGeady after a bit of a scramble, but his low effort is saved by Ruddy. Fans are streaming out of Celtic Park.
    • 85' Celtic win a corner.
    • 84 Lee Naylor goes so, so close with a lovely, curling shot from distance! So close to the breakthrough there!
    • 83' John Sutton - brother of former Bhoys favourite Chris - replaces Lukas Jutkiewicz up front for Motherwell.
    • 82' Giles Coke becomes only the second player to go into the ref's notebook for a foul on McGeady, who beat him for pace.
    • 80' Ten minutes to go and Celtic are heading for a very disappointing home draw.
    • 79' Scott McDonald has a go at goal...but it flies over the crossbar.
    • 77' A last throw of the dice by Tony Mowbray: Patrick McCourt replaces Mark Wilson.
    • 76' Maloney shoots but it's blocked clear by a Motherwell man.
    • 74' Motherwell replace Humphrey with Jordan Halsman.
    • 74' McGeady shoots from the edge of the box - but it's wide of the right-hand post. The frustration grows still further...
    • 71' Zheng Zhi curls a shot from 20 yards out, but it's straight at Ruddy, who saves with ease.
    • 69' Celtic make another change: Robson is replaced by Zheng Zhi.
    • 67' Scott McDonald does brilliantly to make room for the shot, but he fires wide! Great play by the Aussie and that's probably the best opening of the afternoon so far.
    • 64' Ross Forbes with a shot from a really good position, but a Celtic man gets back to block it away.
    • 63' Once again Motherwell clear. Celtic's set-pieces have been poor, and they're hardly likely to get better with Samaras taken off.
    • 62' Hately puts a McGeady cross behind for a Celtic corner.
    • 59' Celtic make the first change of the match: Maloney replaces Samaras in attack.
    • 58' Caldwell heads clear. But Motherwell win the second ball and cross - but McManus gets his head on it to clear this time.
    • 57' Celtic clear. But moments later Samaras is forced to put the ball behind for another corner to the visitors.
    • 56' Lee Naylor clears for another corner.
    • 55' Lukas Jutkiewicz shoots after a Motherwell counter, but Boruc palms it behind for a corner.
    • 54' But Motherwell deal with this one more easily and clear their lines.
    • 54' Ruddy puts it behind for another corner.
    • 53' Celtic win a corner.
    • 52' Robson fires an effort over Ruddy's crossbar.
    • 50' Barry Robson's running things for Celtic, who are dominating possession.
    • 47' McGeady whips it in, but 'Well keeper John Ruddy collects the ball well.
    • 46' Celtic win a corner.
    • 46' And we're up and running again. Can Celtic produce more in this second half? As it stands they would remain behind Rangers in the SPL standings.
    • - The players are back out for the second half.
    • - A frustrating 45 minutes for Celtic, but Motherwell more than deserve to be level at the break. Having said that, McGinn really should have scored for the hosts late on in the half. Join us in 15 minutes or so for the second half - here's hoping there's a goal or two to shout about.
    • 45' But Celtic fail to cause any trouble with the set-piece, and a few boos ring out at Celtic Park as the ref brings the first half to a close.
    • 44' Robson shoots from range, but it's deflected off a Motherwell player for a corner.
    • 42' McGinn has a great chance to score from eight yards out with a header, but the Irishman heads well wide after being teed up well by Samaras. That should have been the breakthrough.
    • 38' ...McGinn feeds McGeady, who picks out McDonald inside the box - but the striker is offside! And Ruddy saves his goal-bound effort in any case. Great counter-attack by the home side though.
    • 37' Forbes takes, but Gary Caldwell clears and Celtic break...
    • 36' Barry Robson is forced to put the ball behind for a Motherwell corner.
    • 35' Tony Mowbray looks very unhappy with his side's efforts in the opening 35 minutes.
    • 34' McManus is booked for a horrible tackle - it's the sort of tackle that could have seen the Celtic skipper sent off.
    • 32' McGinn shoots from the edge of the box, but 'Well keeper Ruddy saves comfortably.
    • 29' Motherwell are more than a match for Celtic so far.
    • 27' Robson tries to pick out Samaras with a high ball into the visitors' area from the corner, but it's too high and drifts over everyone and out for a goalkick to Motherwell.
    • 27' And Jutkiewicz puts it behind for the third corner in quick succession.
    • 26' Celtic win another corner.
    • 25' Robson takes, but Motherwell deal with it easily enough.
    • 24' Celtic force their first corner of the afternoon.
    • 21' Boruc collects a header from his team-mate McManus in the area as Celtic survive a period of pressure from Motherwell, who really aren't afraid to attack their illustrious opponents.
    • 18' Half-chance for the visitors. Humphrey fires in a shot from the edge of the box. It deflects off Jutkiewicz, but Boruc scrambles to make the save.
    • 16' Motherwell win corner number four. Once again Celtic clear their lines from the set-piece though.
    • 15' Samaras whips in a cross from out wide, but McDonald fails to get on the end of it and the ball rolls out for a goalkick.
    • 14' Still goalless, and Motherwell will be delighted with their start.
    • 12' Now Samaras shoots over from closer in.
    • 11' McGeady shows a great turn of pace to create a shooting opportunity from range - but his effort goes high, wide and handsome.
    • 10' Celtic defend the latest corner well.
    • 9' Boruc tips the deep delivery behind for another corner.
    • 8' Motherwell win another corner.
    • 6' And Motherwell enjoy a little spell of possession themselves. Confident start from the visitors.
    • 4' Saunders gets his head on to the delivery, but he heads it over.
    • 3' But Motherwell win the first corner of the match.
    • 2' Celtic dominating possession in the early exchanges.
    • 1' And we're under way...
    • - Celtic make four changes from the side which lost to Rangers a fortnight ago.
    • - The teams are filing out of the tunnel at Celtic Park.
    • - Welcome to LIVE coverage of Celtic-Motherwell from the SPL. Kick-off's around five minutes away. The pressure's on the Bhoys after Rangers' 2-1 win away to St Johnstone in the early kick-off, which puts the Gers on top of the table.

  • Summary

    • 93' The ball's cleared but it's pumped back in to McGeady - who heads wide! He had to score!
    • 91' Scott McDonald gets on to a cross at the far post but heads over! That could, maybe should, have been a last-gasp winner!
    • 86' The ball comes to McGeady after a bit of a scramble, but his low effort is saved by Ruddy. Fans are streaming out of Celtic Park.
    • 84 Lee Naylor goes so, so close with a lovely, curling shot from distance! So close to the breakthrough there!
    • 67' Scott McDonald does brilliantly to make room for the shot, but he fires wide! Great play by the Aussie and that's probably the best opening of the afternoon so far.
    • 55' Lukas Jutkiewicz shoots after a Motherwell counter, but Boruc palms it behind for a corner.
    • 42' McGinn has a great chance to score from eight yards out with a header, but the Irishman heads well wide after being teed up well by Samaras. That should have been the breakthrough.
    • 18' Half-chance for the visitors. Humphrey fires in a shot from the edge of the box. It deflects off Jutkiewicz, but Boruc scrambles to make the save.
    • 15' Samaras whips in a cross from out wide, but McDonald fails to get on the end of it and the ball rolls out for a goalkick.
    • 11' McGeady shows a great turn of pace to create a shooting opportunity from range - but his effort goes high, wide and handsome.

Team lineup & ratings

  • Lineup

    Live Team Line-Up

    • Celtic

      Manager: Tony Mowbray

      Starting line-up

      • A. Boruc
      • M. Wilson Substitution Out (76′)
      • G. Caldwell
      • S. McManus Yellow Card
      • L. Naylor
      • B. Robson Substitution Out (68′)
      • S. Brown
      • N. McGinn
      • A. McGeady
      • S. McDonald
      • G. Samaras Substitution Out (58′)

      Subs

      • S. Maloney Substitution In58′
      • Z. Zheng Substitution In68′
      • P. McCourt Substitution In76′
      • M. Crosas
      • L. Zaluska
      • P. Caddis
      • J. Thompson

    • Motherwell

      Manager: Jim Gannon

      Starting line-up

      • J. Ruddy
      • Y. Moutaouakil
      • S. Saunders
      • M. Reynolds
      • S. Hammell
      • G. Coke Yellow Card
      • R. Forbes
      • C. Humphrey Substitution Out (73′)
      • T. Hateley
      • J. Murphy Substitution Out (87′)
      • L. Jutkiewicz Substitution Out (83′)

      Subs

      • K. Lasley
      • J. Sutton Substitution In83′
      • R. McHugh
      • S. Jennings Substitution In87′
      • S. Craigan
      • S. Kosiorowski
      • J. Halsman Substitution In73′

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  1. just to let you know im a tim and proud of it hail hail

    From GORGE S, on Mon 19 Oct 9:23AM

  2. Susan!!.. Where are you? I got the doughnuts in!! LOL!!

    From Singin' Ginger!!, on Sun 18 Oct 8:56PM

  3. you be tired tonigh Ginger, 14hour shift, you deserve­ the night off, looks like the clowns are off tonight.

    From Gary S, on Sun 18 Oct 8:56PM

  4. 336 - Don't worry, Gary!!. Scientists are working­ on a cure for it!!

    From Singin' Ginger!!, on Sun 18 Oct 8:53PM

  5. lol Ginger, yep sure am, well just!!

    From Gary S, on Sun 18 Oct 8:52PM

  6. Howdy-doody, Gazza!! Still supporting that load o'­ pish fae Govan, are you? LOL!!

    From Singin' Ginger!!, on Sun 18 Oct 8:49PM

  7. BEETROOT - you're another idiot that wants to wind­ his neck in!!

    From Singin' Ginger!!, on Sun 18 Oct 8:47PM

  8. Im guessing the pair of idiots are ashamed of there­ comments over the wkend.

    From Gary S, on Sun 18 Oct 8:42PM

  9. BEETROOT - you're another feckin' NAE-NECK!!­ Get it wound in, ya hauf-wit!!

    From Singin' Ginger!!, on Sun 18 Oct 8:40PM

  10. ARRKIN - have you always been an idiot, ot did you­ study to become one at the Open University, mate!! Get­ a grip of yourself!! And no - I don't mean reach­ under your bed for a porno mag and the kleenex!!

    From Singin' Ginger!!, on Sun 18 Oct 8:36PM

  11. 291 - Don't worry, Susan - Brian Wilson and The­ Beach Boys will be at the next home game!

    From Singin' Ginger!!, on Sun 18 Oct 8:28PM

  12. BRIAN D - I'm just catching up on the posts from­ last night, and I think you have yet to learn that­ there's a fine line between BANTER and VITRIOL.­ Tone it down, pal!!

    From Singin' Ginger!!, on Sun 18 Oct 8:22PM

  13. Brian D - I had 4 hours' sleep last night, and just­ put in a 14 hour shift, and I see you're­ "kicking off"..!! Stick to BANTER, pal!!­ Vitriolic bile is NOT NICE, whichever side of the fence­ you're on!!

    From Singin' Ginger!!, on Sun 18 Oct 8:16PM

  14. 325, Ian i think you need more than a good striker,­ maybe a manager that has a clue would be a start,

    From Gary S, on Sun 18 Oct 7:18PM

  15. just another load off @#$% at home we need a good­ striker and thats it

    From ian, on Sun 18 Oct 7:09PM
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    BRIAN, ARE YOU GAY?

    From beetroot1972, on Sun 18 Oct 6:44PM
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    IN GOD OUR TRUST. LAMH DEARG ABU, YA TOTTIE HOWKIN­ SLAVES. GIRFUY.

    From beetroot1972, on Sun 18 Oct 6:16PM
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    BRIAN D you think you're witty behind a keyboard,­ ye dont even know how to communicate in the­ queen's english, remember this ya stupid­ misinformed british citizen, WE ARE THE PEOPLE.

    From beetroot1972, on Sun 18 Oct 5:37PM

  19. Brian d, a see you still no washed your mouth out yet,

    From Gary S, on Sun 18 Oct 5:24PM

  20. well, goodnight to all my fellow TIMS and to all thse­ who cant take a laugh (huns) without grassing on other­ folk - get a grip and wise up!!!! - keep yer biggot­ cr*ap for your own personal use!!!

    From arrkin.2009, on Sun 18 Oct 5:24PM
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