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Coverage of the Scottish Premiership match at Easter Road. The teams have claimed a 2-1 away win apiece in the previous league meetings between the teams this term, with the other contest ending in a goalless draw at Celtic Park
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00:15Negrim
00:16up to 20 goals
00:22scales
00:34just up to 10 points
00:36they're passing, Celtic is all a little
00:38bit too slow
00:42those quick switches of play are going to
00:44be key
00:50right in front of the referee David Dickinson
00:53Don Mcrobertson is on VAR duty
01:04Celtic have got over their Easter Road hoodoo which lasted a while
01:08they've won on three of their last four visits
01:11having won on just two of their previous 12
01:29Kanayo Megua who certainly put in a shift when he came on in the Edinburgh Derby
01:35immediately got involved in everything
01:43David Gray
01:45has won two of his ten games against Celtic as a manager
01:48Jordan Smith
02:00Dyson Mider chasing him down and here he is again Mider he's got to it as well
02:06setting up Jan for something here
02:08pulled back for Negrim
02:09a root block but an early warning for Hibs as Dyson Mider became Dyson Mider
02:19first of all shutting Smith to goalkeeper down
02:22and then Airedale
02:25just too slow there brilliant from Mider I don't think the pass is great from Yang
02:31and Negrim there has to dig out the shots just behind him on his right foot
02:35that's an important block from Mardi Boshiri
02:43heads have taken more points off Celtic in post split fixtures than any other team
03:07trustee who was sent off in the last league meeting between the teams
03:13two red cards for him this season three for Hibs in their last two matches
03:21and then Elden racing towards Scales
03:29Chaiwa
03:30pressing from Hibs out really locked onto Celtic
03:33press them high and
03:36and the ball back
03:38and now Madraga over the top here there's no flag yet against Dyson Mider
04:03there's no finish either
04:08yeah
04:08yeah well
04:09space in behind he'll make those runs that's his danger
04:12McGregor time on the ball and he's onside I think Megua is playing him on
04:18that's not a great first touch
04:20second one okay and then
04:23the finish wayward
04:25Celtic have had a couple of decent half chances in these opening seven minutes
04:35well it's been a turbulent season at Celtic but Martin O'Neill has kept them in the title race
05:02trustee
05:05popped back by Iredale for Newell
05:10and that's a foul by Newell
05:12and that's a foul by Newell
05:14and a chance for Hibs to put the ball into the Celtic box
05:17without hitting that
05:18has to be
05:20amazing
05:22low
05:28then
05:31and
05:32low
05:39Nicky Cadden, Jamie McGrath with a free kick, Boshiri, O'Hora, Ayodeo all in there.
05:49And Martin Boyle will send that back across, it's cleared by Mida.
05:54Here's Nicky Cadden though, and he's way off target.
05:58He's under pressure, wasn't he, Nicky Cadden?
06:00He's got a wand of a left foot, but he didn't get his shot on target.
06:11Sean Maloney, who was briefly Eves' manager for just 19 games.
06:21More than some.
06:25From Scotland.
06:48Turned away from O'Hora.
06:51No one held him a little bit late on Tierney, who was typically straight back on his feet.
06:59Chaiwa.
07:01McGregor steps in.
07:11Johnston for Yang.
07:27Jamie.
07:32Scales.
07:35Took the shot on.
07:36That would have been a story.
07:39Yeah, it would.
07:40The space was there for Liam Scales to step in, just really indecisive.
07:47Lack of belief, right?
07:50Smile there from him.
08:06So it's a goal of an early goal.
08:09And would certainly welcome one here.
08:13Benjamin Negrim.
08:14Who is going searching for that.
08:16Tenepti's cross, intercepted by Bashiric.
08:21Good again from Bashiric.
08:24Taking up a...
08:25An important position there.
08:26In that near post space.
08:28Tate's in mind, they're lurking behind him.
08:34And at Engels, who recently returned to action after a spell out.
08:46A crowd forming in that six-yard box, awaiting this corner.
08:52It's Engels to take it.
08:54Scales away by Bashiric, but only to McGregor.
09:00Tierney.
09:05Engels.
09:25Celtic's throw again.
09:27Tierney.
09:29Tenepti for Scales.
09:31Scales.
09:46Scales now for Tierney.
09:48Trusty.
10:02Trusty.
10:03That's a lovely ball over the top for Yang.
10:07Hyerdale with him.
10:08Mider.
10:10Nothing doing there as Jordan Smith challenged.
10:13Negrim.
10:14Might get a second go at this.
10:20McGregor.
10:22McGregor.
10:23Engels.
10:25That's a free kick.
10:27In a good place.
10:29A decent position for Celtic.
10:32Always going back on the inside.
10:39It's going to be maybe a look-up.
10:45Maybe a possible penalty claim for Celtic and Dazen Mider.
10:49It's across the goalkeeper.
10:53Doesn't appeal, Dazen Mider.
10:57It is being looked at by Don Robertson on VAR.
11:02Hence, there will be a delay whilst we await news from VAR HQ.
11:11There's Yang who's trying to find him and then...
11:16Let's have a look here.
11:18Mider gets the ball.
11:19Is he already on his way down?
11:21There is contact.
11:22I mean, Dazen Mider doesn't appeal.
11:25I mean, if I felt I was wrong there, I would be going berserk.
11:30The check is complete.
11:33There won't be a penalty.
11:34There will be a free kick.
11:42Benjamin Negrin.
11:45Scored from a similar position at Tynecastle.
11:50Yeah, big wall, isn't it?
11:53For Hibbs.
11:55Need some technique to get this up and over.
11:58His free kick at Hearts was there.
12:00First from a free kick in years as well.
12:02Now he's targeting one against Hibbs.
12:07Negrin against the wall, though.
12:30He took four points away from Celtic Park this season.
12:36A win in February and a 0-0 where they were mostly defending.
12:43But their defending was admirable that day.
12:51Here's Nicky Cadden.
12:52He was sacrificed in the Edinburgh derby when Raphael Salanger was sent off.
13:00Hard in Boyle there with a long ball over the top.
13:03That's Hard in Boyle's game there.
13:06Jan Negrin gets Jan again and Jordan Smith gathers.
13:13Getting a bit of joy down there.
13:16Celtic right.
13:18Good keeping from Smith.
13:20Decisive.
13:22Needham now just drifted into an offside position.
13:25But good goalkeeping nonetheless.
13:37Defeat to Hearts here was their first loss at home in the Premiership in ten matches.
13:49It's a couple of years since they lost.
13:52It's been a couple of years since they lost.
13:54It's been a couple of years since they lost.
14:21Scales, Timmy.
14:28Just looking for the run of Dazer Mider.
14:31Uncle Bashiri just using his body and easing Mider out.
14:47Engel's moved in, Tonecti now, trapped by Chaiwa, Tinney, Bashiri gets a touch, Mider was waiting to pounce, Johnson.
15:09It's going to be a yellow guard for Jamie McGrath.
15:15I think he knows, doesn't he, Jamie McGrath, that's a daft challenge.
15:22Johnson always going to get onto that ball.
15:24Oh, Alistair Johnston just back and the VAR having a look at this also, just in case it's deemed serious
15:39foul play.
15:42He's never going to get there, McGrath.
15:45I mean, he does take him above the ankle there.
15:52That's a wild challenge.
15:53I think he's going to go, you know, looking at that second time round.
15:56I mean, it's above his ankle.
16:01That's just a wild challenge.
16:02I mean, initially I thought it looked, you know, daft a little bit late, but that's a red card for
16:08me.
16:09Well, there is going to be an on-field review and Hibs could be looking at another red card.
16:14After one at Aberdeen and two in the Edinburgh derby.
16:19It could be Jamie McGrath's turn to walk here.
16:27Yet another red card for Hibs is in the offing, and this is why.
16:34It's just a wild challenge, and it hasn't been that type of game.
16:39It's come out of nowhere.
16:40You see Alistair Johnston gets there first, and that's, I mean, it's an easy decision, I think, this one, for
16:46the referee to make.
16:49You don't need to look at that too many times.
16:51Hibs, no, Hibs rather, keep shooting themselves in the foot.
16:55This has been a familiar sight in Hibs matches lately, and Jamie McGrath is sent off 20 minutes in to
17:05this clash with Celtic.
17:07Four red cards in the last three games.
17:11Yeah, and talk about shooting yourself in the foot, I mean, it was just out of nowhere, wasn't it?
17:18He's had a good season, Jamie McGrath, but he's let his team down, and his manager down on that occasion.
17:27Needless, pointless.
17:30No, all this must have a great be thinking.
17:35Juan Hanley sent off at Aberdeen.
17:39Saringer, Paswat, sent off in the Edinburgh Derby.
17:42And now Jamie McGrath walks.
17:46Johnston looks all right.
17:48Last thing he needed after the season he's had.
17:55Engels.
17:57Yang.
18:02Negren's effort is diverted for a corner.
18:05The set wasn't great from Yang to Negren.
18:09Didn't allow him to take that first time.
18:11Should have just taken the pace off that, Yang.
18:19Left foot of Kieran Tierney will present this corner.
18:28In by Tierney.
18:30Met by O'Hara.
18:32And again.
18:34Martin Boyle skies it.
18:51Well, Hearts ended up playing against a nine-man, Hibbs, last week.
18:56Celtic are playing against, at the moment, ten men.
19:06McGregor catching Newell.
19:10Two captains.
19:14He's holding, winning the first ball.
19:17And Newell taking a bit of a poor touch.
19:20McGregor onto him, but...
19:24An option now for Hibbs-Mashiri going forward.
19:30You normally see teams try and create a bit of an angle.
19:37It's across the ball in.
19:45So, Nicky Cadden.
19:48Might be given a better angle here.
19:51He is indeed.
19:53But that's going straight through to Sinisala.
20:01Yan.
20:02That is a pass.
20:04Dyson-Mainers on to it!
20:07And puts it wide.
20:09Well, he's been in fine form, but...
20:13His finishing has always been a bit suspect.
20:18And you can see, he's onside there, has that pace to get him behind.
20:22Bashiri actually...
20:24does well not to bring him down, but...
20:28in the touch and the finish, always going wide.
20:34And Celtic...
20:35in this opening 23, 23 and a half minutes, have just not been ruthless enough.
20:44Exquisite pass from Yang.
20:49Trusty one there.
20:51Out by Bashiri.
20:54In the air from Chayla.
21:01The ball's coming down soon.
21:07Scales.
21:11Tenecti.
21:12Tini.
21:19Tini.
21:25Yang.
21:28Negrin.
21:34Tenecti.
21:35Kieran Tierney.
21:36Didn't waste any time there, but it's cleared by...
21:38O'Hora.
21:45Scales.
21:47Tenecti.
21:51Tenecti floating a lovely cross.
21:53Yang trying to get there.
21:57Good wing play, that from...
21:59Tenecti.
22:02Just facing...
22:03Nelding up.
22:05On the Celtic left.
22:07And the hip centre forward.
22:09Tries to get the block in, but...
22:11doesn't do enough.
22:13Got to stop the cross there.
22:15Good little shift.
22:26Well, hips find themselves...
22:29in a familiar position...
22:30without the full complement of 11 players.
22:35An extraordinary sequence of rec cards in...
22:38recent matches.
22:44I mean, that's...
22:45Yeah.
22:47It's amazing, isn't it?
22:48That, really.
22:50All coming at once.
22:59Trustee.
23:02Johnson.
23:04Yang.
23:09McGregor.
23:10Away by Bashiri.
23:12Comes back to the Celtic captain.
23:15Scales now for Tenecti.
23:23Tierney.
23:26Bashiri onto that.
23:27Go, go, go, go!
23:29Go, go, go!
23:31Go, go, go, go!
23:33Go, go, go, go!
23:35Go, go, go, go!
23:35Go, go, go, go!
23:39Go, go, go, go, go!
23:52Johnston.
23:54Yang.
23:58Alistair Johnston.
24:01It comes to Tenecti.
24:05Negrin.
24:06Saved by Smith.
24:07Smith, Jack Eidel takes that away from Maida.
24:15Yep, Smart from Smith down to his left-hand side.
24:19You can try to find that left-hand side of the goal.
24:26Quite safe with the effort, though.
24:30Tomekty.
24:32Engels.
24:35Tierney is having some season for goals and assists.
24:39Six goals and 11 assists.
24:43Celtic, that is.
24:52There's a cross and Tomekty just feeds Negrin there.
24:58Yeah, he telegraphs that, wraps his foot round it.
25:03Good pass from Tomekty.
25:07Uncomfortable for Smith.
25:12That was the first shot on target in the game.
25:17He's running down!
25:19Here is the double pass.
25:21Yeah!
25:23Ah!
25:24A18!
25:42A18!
25:43A18!
25:46tucks
25:47yeah
25:52McGregor he'll go for the hit
25:55Oh and Eldon back inside his own box, not sure where he's heading here
25:59There's been doubt
26:03He did enough, did well in the end
26:19Timmy, Tenekti
26:23That's a goal kick
26:26Excellent defending from McGregor, it's a good run from Tenekti
26:31Just coming short and spinning in
26:37In the correct decision there
26:48Previous suspended players watching on
27:03Josh Mulligan there too, who's been out for a while
27:06and fitted in quickly into this Hibs team after his move from Dundee
27:21Nyang
27:23Negrin
27:28Now Johnston
27:32Hyderdale in the way
27:36Johnston makes sure of a corner
27:43Kieran Tenney will come across
27:55Scales and trusty in the mix of course
28:01Engel's shoving
28:02Eldon
28:04Tierney then sends it in
28:06Boshiri's clearance goes
28:09only to Tenekti
28:13Tierney's still over there
28:15and trying again
28:17Trusty puts it behind
28:27Well it's a massive weekend as every weekend seems to be
28:30Maybe a bit more this weekend because tomorrow
28:33it's Hearts against Rangers
28:34Five o'clock
28:35Sky Sports Football
28:38Hearts still on top
28:42Scotland
28:43Scotland manager
28:44Taking in this game
28:49There's a Kilmarnock yesterday
28:53It's
28:54whole club
28:57Yang is going to get to this
29:03It's another corner
29:04Really good early ball there from Alistair Johnston
29:08Really good early ball there from Alistair Johnston
29:16Trusty
29:20Scales
29:27Trying to find a way through Alistair Johnston
29:29He felt it took a deflection but David Dickinson did not
29:40Just allowed to drive a yard or two
29:46Not so sure
29:50Celtic have scored 62 goals in the Scottish Premiership this season at this stage of last season they had 102
30:03As stats go that's incredible isn't it
30:0840 goals down
30:18Johnston
30:20Johnston
30:26Celtic needs someone to step forward against the ten men of Hibs
30:31Jamie McGrath sent off for a wild challenge on Johnston
30:40trustee
30:41trustee
30:48Douglas Ross one of the assistant referees today
30:53Mixing politics with football a big week ahead for both
31:00How do you think you'll get on?
31:03Let me think about that question
31:05First
31:23Negro
31:25Johnson
31:26remain
31:35Scales.
31:43Cirasalo virtually on the halfway line.
31:55Tenecti.
31:59Ten minutes to go in this first half.
32:04Johnston.
32:05Maida.
32:09Yang.
32:13Yang still going, but cleared by Basiri.
32:18Just that final ball with Yang, isn't it?
32:21It's frustrating at times.
32:23I like his directness.
32:27It's the end product, which is sometimes lacking.
32:35Change of corner kick taker.
32:37Change of idea with Anna Engels' right foot.
32:48Engels.
32:50I'm not sure that worked on the training ground.
32:57McGregor.
33:04Tenecti for Tierney.
33:13Engels.
33:14Tenecti.
33:19Engels.
33:20Came through to Yang.
33:22Oh, and Eldon with a crucial connection there.
33:28Here's Yang.
33:31Migran.
33:33Engels.
33:34Nicky Cannon away.
33:36Getting in each other's way there.
33:38Engels and Yang.
33:51Migran.
33:58Looking for somewhere to go.
34:00Tierney.
34:01Scales for McGregor.
34:04Yang
34:16Kieran Terry
34:19Yang Migram
34:25Yang Sir Johnston
34:34There is an element of Celtic here
34:37They're just trying to walk the ball in
34:40Trusty
34:41That's quite tame
34:42Might as well go for Broke there
34:44Hibs problem, they just cannot get up the pitch
34:49Numerical disadvantage
34:50But it's just wave after wave of Celtic
34:54The Hibs defending the box very well
34:59At least Boston Trusty fancied a shot
35:04If that's what you call it
35:10Yang
35:11Engles have made a run
35:12But McGregor picks up
35:16This is good for McGregor
35:18But it sails over
35:23Good awareness
35:24So from Callum McGregor lovely touch
35:27Drives the inside
35:30Can't keep his shot down
35:51And just wait with Rocky Pesirid
35:54He's thought his race is out
35:58And Celtic will be back at Hibs now
36:02And Celtic will be back at Hibs now
36:04Johnston
36:05Yang
36:10McGregor
36:12Scales
36:16To next
36:17Against McGregor
36:21And then McGregor blocks the cross
36:23It will be another Celtic corner
36:26Look for a moment
36:27Like he's going to overrun it
36:46This is corner kick number six for Celtic
36:48Can they make one count?
36:56Engles right in there
36:57Taken away by Elding
37:00McGregor
37:05Final five minutes of the first half
37:08No way through for Celtic yet
37:10Despite their dominance
37:11With an extra man
37:16Ternetti
37:26Trosty
37:27For Yang
37:35Johnston
37:39Negrin
37:39Johnson across
37:41Dyson Mider offside
37:43The flag goes up
37:45To deny Celtic an opener
37:52Well let's have a look
37:54Dyson Mider
37:55He's not happy about that decision
37:57Alistair Johnson
37:58Has well worked
38:02It's a close one isn't it
38:03Has he just
38:06Drifted in and off
38:09It's very tight it is
38:15Really good from Alistair Johnson
38:17On that
38:17Right hand side
38:19Clever little
38:20Give and go
38:23Well they are drawing
38:25The lines
38:28VAR HQ
38:29David Dickinson
38:30Waiting to hear
38:31From
38:31Don Robertson
38:37Yeah that's
38:38I mean
38:40From that angle
38:41He looks
38:41On
38:43You look
38:44At the cut
38:45Of the grass
38:48This is going
38:49To be a goal
38:50For Celtic
38:51Dyson Mider
38:52Is about to find out
38:56Well he's
38:57Found some form
39:28At the best possible time
39:28And then
39:30And then
39:31Finding Mider
39:32From two yards
39:33And
39:34He's not going to miss that
39:37And now Hibbs
39:38David Gray
39:39He's got a lot of thinking
39:40To do because
39:41It's okay so
39:42They're hanging on in there
39:45And now his team
39:46Need to offer a threat
39:49And here comes Celtic again
39:51And they've got their goal
39:53They're after a quick second
39:54To Necti
39:57Engels
39:58Deflected away
39:59For another Celtic quarter
40:09Tires of Mider's
40:11Goal crucial in the timing
40:12Just before the break
40:13It was all a little bit laboured
40:16Prior to that
40:16But
40:18He's well and truly
40:20Back amongst the goals
40:28Engels
40:29Send that corner
40:30Right in there
40:34Still no way out
40:35For Hibbs
40:37Engels
40:37Tries again
40:38With a swirl up
40:44Well Dyson
40:45Mider has scored
40:46More goals
40:48Against Hibbs
40:49Than any other team
40:50Nine in
40:52Eighteen matches now
40:53Yep and in
40:54Between the sticks
40:55Finding form
40:57At the right time
41:06So
41:07As it stands
41:08Celtic will be back
41:09Level on points
41:11With Hearts
41:12And four clear
41:14Of Rangers
41:14Ahead of Hearts
41:16Rangers
41:16Tomorrow
41:18And the Old Firm
41:19Next weekend
41:20Yeah it's
41:22It's about landing
41:23That first blow
41:24When you
41:25First up
41:26And Celtic
41:28Have still
41:28Not plenty of work
41:30To do
41:44Shane
41:44Next week
41:44Celtic could do
41:45With improving
41:46Their goal difference
41:51Martin Boyle
41:52On to that
41:53To clip it away
41:53though looks like there will be three minutes added on to this first half yeah
41:59I think Martin O'Neill maybe we'll be thinking along those lines but I think
42:06first in his thoughts will be just just win this game three points
42:11to neck team
42:28you can't confronted him I just wonder whether David Grail change things up at
42:34half time in terms of going with the back four and with the five hasn't allowed
42:40them to get up the pitch at all
42:46to neck T
42:49gets it back from Tierney
42:52yeah I'm looking to get to this but actually steered his header away
43:10go up and a man up after yet another red card for hips
43:25it's going to be a big ask of hips here although it's a situation that they might
43:29be getting used to after the shift they put in against hearts with nine men
43:47scales
43:52there's Eldink
43:56it's going to be a free kick
43:59well it's a daft one to give away because it allows hips to put a ball into the Celtic box
44:05got to say Liam scales
44:08how sloppy was that
44:15Mickey Cadden will come across to take this and hips could certainly do with a quick reply in the final
44:22minute of the half
44:25without wishing to jinx him he usually provides a decent delivery
44:33floated in of the ninth while we're doing with the third and we have to catch the ball in the
44:42final minute of the day
44:50and we have to get it down to the middle of the day and make it up
44:59made it move early
44:59Hang on, half-time, have an equaliser.
45:03Never to mention Celtic shooting themselves in the foot.
45:09That all came from, first of all, a poor pass from Liam Scales,
45:12and then...
45:16And then keep giving a free kick away.
45:19And Hibs just keep it alive.
45:23It was all the way through.
45:24Negrin just heads the ball back across, and then...
45:29It's a sharp finish from Joe Newell.
45:33It's Negrin who heads the ball back across.
45:35Doesn't hit the arm of Joe Newell.
45:42I just wonder whether it touches the arm.
45:47And I think it does hit his right arm, actually.
45:50And he pops it in.
45:53Let's have a look here.
45:57I think it does hit his arm.
45:59And, of course, if it does, the goal should be disallowed.
46:04Well, another lengthy VAR check for Don Robertson.
46:09Joe Newell hasn't scored since the first half of last season.
46:16I think they're looking at that handball rather than the offside.
46:22Yeah, look, it hits...
46:24Yeah, they are now checking handball.
46:26This should be disallowed.
46:28It hits his arm.
46:34And Celtic can count themselves lucky.
46:40I'd be shocked if this was awarded.
46:43You can see it.
46:45Brushes his right arm.
46:48Well, Hibbs thought they were back in the game.
46:54But the handball check continues at VAR headquarters.
47:00And Celtic's lead might be intact.
47:04They did check offside first.
47:05Now they're on the handball.
47:07And David Dickinson is awaiting instruction from Don Robertson.
47:12And it's supposed to be going on a while, this.
47:16I don't know how long they need to look at this.
47:19I really don't.
47:20This is why football fans get frustrated.
47:25I mean, everybody can make their mind up to themselves over the pictures.
47:30But it shouldn't take this long.
47:33Hits him on the arm.
47:40Joe Neal pointing to where it hit him.
47:43But that was after it came off the arm.
47:47Oh, the goal is going to stand.
47:49The goal is given.
47:51And Joe Neal has scored an equaliser for Hibbs.
47:58Well, I've got to say, I'm really surprised at that.
48:03But it does hit him on the arm.
48:04And the goal is awarded.
48:06And I can't imagine Martin O'Neill being overly happy with that.
48:11Oh, well.
48:12An extraordinary end to the half.
48:15Celtic have been plugging away for quite a while.
48:18Just Dyson-Majda, based on his form in the last few games,
48:22to step forward and score.
48:24But then Joe Neal equalised in stoppage time.
48:28Celtic might have been expecting it to be ruled out by VAR,
48:32but it's been given.
48:33And so, at the break at Easter Road,
48:36it's Hibernian 1.
48:38Celtic 1.
48:40Celtic 1.