Scottish Premiership: Celtic Close Gap After Hearts Held By Dundee United

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Kieran Tierney scored his first Celtic extremity successful 7 years arsenic nan Premiership champions trim nan spread connected leaders Hearts to 7 points pinch a 4-0 location triumph against Kilmarnock. The left-back, who scored connected his last Arsenal quality successful May, drilled successful from 25 yards to double Celtic’s lead six minutes into nan 2nd half. It was nan 28-year-old’s first Celtic extremity since a Europa League triumph against RB Leipzig connected 8 November 2018.

Johnny Kenny had opened nan scoring successful nan 10th infinitesimal pinch his 4th extremity successful 4 matches nether nan interim guidance squad of Martin O’Neill and Shaun Maloney. Daizen Maeda missed respective bully chances for Celtic and Kilmarnock deed nan crossbar done Bruce Anderson earlier Tierney struck. The location broadside struggled to build connected nan cushion but precocious goals from Maeda and Arne Engels, from nan spot, added a flattering sheen to nan scoreline.

Luca Stephenson equalised conscionable earlier half-time arsenic Hearts were held to a 1-1 tie astatine location by Dundee United. The leaders, who started nan time 9 points clear astatine nan top, went successful beforehand successful nan 25th infinitesimal erstwhile Alexandros Kyziridis’ changeable rebounded from a station and ricocheted complete nan statement disconnected United keeper Yevheni Kucherenko. But Stephenson headed nan visitors level, and nan location broadside – incapable to break them down aft nan break – were forced to settee for a 2nd tie successful 3 matches.

Dundee United’s Luca Stephenson equalises against Hearts astatine Tynecastle

The Hearts manager, Derek McInnes, said nan tie felt for illustration a defeat, though he conceded his squad did not warrant thing more. “I thought we didn’t merit immoderate much than nan constituent we got,” he said. “It’s difficult to beryllium excessively captious of nan truth that we’re 12 games in, we’ve deed 30 points already, we’re successful nan 2nd week of November and we’re still unbeaten.

“But there’s nary doubting that we came present pinch precocious expectations to get 3 points and I’ve sewage to judge that we weren’t bully capable to get nan 3 points today.”

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Saturday roundup: VAR symptom for St Mirren successful Hibs defeat

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St Mirren head Stephen Robinson expressed doubts complete nan accuracy of VAR aft seeing 2 much goals disallowed for offside successful their 3-0 conclusion by Hibernian.

Saints had seen 2 goals disallowed for offside successful their 3 erstwhile Scottish Premiership matches, arsenic good arsenic losing 2 players to reddish cards aft VAR reviews. On Saturday, marginal calls denied Marcus Fraser an early headed opener and prevented Dan Nlundulu claiming an equaliser early successful nan 2nd half.

Robinson said: 'We equalise, we spell successful front, it changes nan crippled completely, truthful whether they're onside aliases not, you dream VAR's sewage it right. Which would beryllium a astonishment to beryllium fair.' The St Mirren head did judge that nan visitors 'deserved to win' after goals from Josh Mulligan, Chris Cadden and Miguel Chaiwa.

There was much VAR contention arsenic bottommost nine Livingston earned a tie astatine Falkirk. Livi skipper Danny Wilson's precocious header earned nan visitors a point, but head David Martindale was unhappy that his broadside conceded a penalty.

Calvin Miller's area struck nan elbow of Livingston striker Stevie May aft 4th of an hour, pinch referee Grant Irvine awarding nan spot-kick aft checking nan pitchside monitor. Brian Graham smashed location nan punishment to put fifth-placed Falkirk successful front.

'I deliberation it's really harsh,' Martindale said. 'The referee doesn't deliberation it's a punishment and it goes to VAR. He gives nan penalty, truthful I felt a spot difficult done by then.' PA Media

The caller Rangers manager, Danny Röhl, enjoyed a 3rd successive Premiership triumph pinch nan 3-0 triumph astatine Dundee moving them to wrong 12 points of Hearts pinch a crippled successful hand. Nico Raskin headed location a ninth-minute area and nan lead was doubled by Mikey Moore’s first extremity since joining connected indebtedness from Tottenham. Djeidi Gassama coiled location nan 3rd successful nan 90th minute.

Röhl took nan acclaim of nan Rangers fans aft nan crippled and responded successful kind, saying: “I effort to ever person a bully narration pinch our fans. Respect for them, they recreation everywhere. I spot a batch of togetherness much and more. It is good. I person awesome support from my unit and my coaches, and nan players are listening and if we tin bring this together pinch our fans past we are each going successful 1 guidance and we tin build thing here.”

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Nico Raskin climbs supra nan Dundee defence to caput Rangers into nan lead successful nan ninth minute

Aberdeen and Motherwell battled to a stock of nan spoils pinch a 1-1 tie astatine Pittodrie arsenic nan location continued to climb nan table. Motherwell enjoyed nan amended of nan possession but fell down to Jesper Karlsson’s superb 25-yard onslaught successful nan 61st minute, earlier levelling almost instantly done Elijah Just.

The Aberdeen manager, Jimmy Thelin, praised goalscorer Karlsson aft nan match. “Jesper has this expertise to find his teammates and from set-plays, and of people erstwhile he gets nan opportunity to sprout he is ever dangerous.”

Thelin’s Motherwell counterpart, Jens Berthel Askou, conceded a tie was a adjacent result. “When you look astatine nan statistics, nan tie is fair. We tried to predominate and thrust nan crippled guardant from commencement to finish. We are disappointed that we weren’t capable to nutrient much large chances and moments wherever we could person tipped nan crippled into our hands.”