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2008-09-21: Kilmarnock 1-3 Celtic, SPL
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A good victory after the dirge in midweek, but played in front of a near ghost crowd with empty seats galore at Killie Park due to the £25 price. Anyhow, a penalty miss by Maloney was our second in a week, but he more than made up for it with a fine goal a few minutes later. After that, the plaudits go to Samaras who is getting better as a player and must be causing McDonald some concerns. Samaras' second was a fabulous run down the right-wing from the half-way line to score what will go down as one of the goals of the season.Game marred by Caldwell's sending off for handling on the line (but his own fault) and came after a great peformance by him. Killie scored the resulting penalty but too little too late for them.
Trivia
Teams
Kilmarnock: Combe, Fowler, Wright, Ford, Hay (Hamill 71), Pascali, Bryson, Skelton (Sammon 31), Invincibile, Fernandez (Simmonds 71), Taouil. Subs Not Used: Rascle, Lilley, Flannigan, Cox.Booked: Fernandez.
Goal: Taouil 89 pen.
Celtic:
Boruc,
Wilson, McManus, Caldwell, Naylor,
Scott Brown, Crosas (Hartley 74), Nakamura, Maloney (McGeady 61),
Samaras, Vennegoor of Hesselink (Loovens 90).
Subs Not Used: Mark Brown, McDonald, O'Dea, Caddis.
Sent Off: Caldwell (87).
Booked: McManus, Maloney. Goals: Maloney 26, Samaras 56, 82 pen.
Att: 8,111
Ref: M McCurry
Articles
- Match Report
- Celtic manager Gordon Strachan: "That's as good as we have started against Kilmarnock here. We controlled the game from the very start. "There were some good performances. Nakamura keeps getting hit and keeps getting back up. "
- Samaras was terrific. People forget he's just a young man because of his size - he feels part of the squad and he's definitely helping us right now."
- Kilmarnock manager Jim Jefferies: "Celtic played well in the first half and really got on top of us and when we got the ball we were so sloppy. "I think because of the way things are going, the players think it will just happen for them. "The second half was better, I thought they competed but then Samaras comes up with a goal."
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KILMARNOCK - CELTICPossession
| 36% | 64% |
| 2 | 5 |
| 0 | 4 |
| 6 | 5 |
| 14 | 15 |
Samaras hits two as Celtic stay in touch.
22 September 2008
Provided by: Irish Times SCOTTISH PREMIER LEAGUE: Kilmarnock 1 Celtic 3: A DOUBLE from striker Georgios Samaras helped Celtic to a comfortable 3-1 win over Kilmarnock at Rugby Park yesterday and took them back in to second place behind arch-rivals Rangers in the Scottish Premier League.
Earlier in the afternoon, Steven Davis and Nacho Novo both claimed their first goals of the season as Rangers saw off Motherwell 3-1. Both players struck in the second half before David Clarkson pulled a goal back with a few minutes remaining.
Celtic midfielder Shaun Maloney curled home the opener on 25 minutes after missing a penalty after he had been tripped in the box by defender Garry Hay.
Samaras scored a wonderful solo goal 10 minutes after the break and an 80th-minute penalty before Killmarnock midfielder Mehdi Taouil scored a consolation from the spot after Celtic defender Gary Caldwell was sent off for handling a Simon Ford header on the line.
The champions looked the more threatening and in the 19th minute Hay clumsily tripped Maloney inside the box to concede a penalty. In the absence of dropped Barry Robson, Maloney took the kick but blasted wide of the target.
In the 25th minute Maloney made up for his mistake when he put the visitors ahead with a fine goal which owed everything to technique.
Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink battled with a ruck of defenders at the edge of the box and, when the ball broke to Maloney, he curled it first time in to the top corner.
The Parkhead men doubled their lead on 55 minutes with a fine solo goal from Samaras.The former Manchester City player took a Crosas pass and drove down the right flank leaving Kilmarnock centre-back Frazer Wright trailing before cutting in to the box and drilling the ball past Combe.
In the 81st minute Celtic were awarded their second penalty when Kilmarnock midfielder Craig Bryson pulled back Nakamura inside the box, Samaras scoring with the penalty but only after goalkeeper Alan Combe had got a hand to his shot.
With five minutes to go Caldwell handled the ball on the line to keep out a Ford header and the Celtic defender was sent off before Taouil scored from the spot-kick.
However, there was no danger of a comeback from the home side.
(c) 2008, The Irish Times.
Irish Times
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