Scottish Premiership: Celtic Leave It Late While Hibernian Add To Dundee’s Woes

Luke McCowan’s deflected onslaught earned Celtic a 1-0 triumph successful their Premiership opener aft St Mirren had disappointment nan champions for 87 minutes astatine Parkhead.

The substitute collected Daizen Maeda’s quadrate walk connected nan separator of a crowded punishment container and fired a changeable which appeared to rotation disconnected Mark O’Hara’s limb and nestle into nan bottommost area of nan net.

Celtic had earlier deed nan framework of nan extremity done Benjamin Nygren, Reo Hatate and Adam Idah, while Callum McGregor had a extremity disallowed aft a VAR intervention.

Brendan Rodgers was pleased that his broadside were capable to find a measurement done and prime up each 3 points. “It is simply a reliable crippled and I thought it was an fantabulous win,” he said. “They are a very good organised team. We conscionable had to enactment persistent and we were capable to do that.”

Kieron Bowie struck a first-half double arsenic Hibernian overcame their European exertions to inflict much early-season woe connected nan caller Dundee manager, Steven Pressley, pinch a 2-1 triumph astatine Dens Park.

The Scotland guardant scored doubly successful nan abstraction of 3 minutes to springiness nan distant broadside nan initiative. Dundee, bidding to ignite immoderate positivity aft a demoralising Premier Sports Cup group-stage exit that included defeats by Airdrie and Alloa, deed backmost swiftly done Finlay Robertson.

But Hibs – who arrived connected Tayside connected nan backmost of a gruelling 120-minute brushwood pinch Midtjylland successful nan Europa League connected Thursday – were capable to spot retired nan 2nd half successful comparatively comfortable fashion.

David Gray praised his Hibernian players for making ray of their European endeavours and securing each 3 points. “I’m delighted because aft everything nan players put successful Thursday night, everybody would beryllium looking astatine today’s crippled wondering would location beryllium a hangover,” he said. “The players reacted successful nan champion imaginable measurement pinch a existent master performance. I thought we controlled nan crippled from commencement to finish.”

Newly promoted Falkirk came from down doubly to tie 2-2 pinch Dundee United successful an entertaining lucifer astatine Falkirk Stadium.

The location fans watched nan Championship emblem being unfurled connected nan transportation earlier nan game, marking their return to nan apical formation aft a 15-year absence but against nan wide tally of play Max Watters scored his first United extremity successful nan 39th infinitesimal pinch a terrific volley from 14 yards.

Dylan Tait levelled successful nan 50th infinitesimal pinch a good decorativeness but Ivan Dolcek restored nan Tannadice side’s lead successful nan 71st infinitesimal only for location defender Ethan Ross to level pinch a deflected onslaught 2 minutes later.

The Falkirk manager, John McGlynn, believes nan consequence showed that his squad are fresh for nan apical flight. “A batch of these players person played successful League One, they’ve stepped up to nan Championship, dealt pinch that, and coming I deliberation they looked for illustration Premiership players against Premiership players,” he said.