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• Huns lose 1-0 to Inv Caley at home, so we go back 3pts in front but 2 behind now on Goal difference. long way to go.
• One of our strikers finally scored!!!! took around 4 games...
• O'Dea at left-back with Naylor out injured.
  

Review

Well, what a night.

First thirty minutes we were un playable and if we were carrying a little more luck would have been four to the good.
Their goal is what you get when you play a defender out of position - round holes and square pegs only work for a while.
Felt when we were playing well Sammy was showing signs of his old self but when he was really needing to step up to the plate he seemd to bottle it.
Skippy showed tremendous character to finish both the moves that led to his goals but I felt that everyone played well and special mentions to Caldwell, hinkel Crosas Naka and Brown.

Delighted ICT got a result - who knows mibbe Killie could go down this season.

As an aside, I thought the treatment dished out by the Killie hammer throwers was a disgrace. Late, heavy tackles and the incident McGeady got booked was almost a replica of a tackle on him a minute beforehand. I was very disappointed in the ref - I'm normally a fan of his but he let way too much go tonight.

Still a happy evening was had by all.
(by PDGM of KStreet)

Teams

Kilmarnock: Combe, Clancy, Hay, Ford, Lilley, Bryson, Pascali, Hamill, Invincibile (Taouil 86), Fernandez (Sammon 57), Kyle.
Subs Not Used: Rascle, Skelton, O'Leary, Flannigan, Anson.
Booked: Hamill, Ford.
Goals: Invincibile 36.
Celtic: Boruc, Hinkel, O'Dea, Caldwell, McManus, Scott Brown, Crosas, Nakamura, McGeady, Samaras (Hutchinson 78), McDonald.
Subs Not Used: Fox, Loovens, Hartley, Flood, Conroy, Millar.
Booked: McGeady, O'Dea.
Goals: McDonald 27, 81.
Att: 6,712
Ref: C Thomson

Articles

• Match Report

Kilmarnock manager Jim Jefferies:
"I thought we were terrific, but I was disappointed at their first goal because McDonald is their main striker and he was on his own. "We had two great chances, from David Fernandez and Connor Sammon.
"David should have stuck it away, and Connor should have chested it down, but in the end it was a complete fresh-air header.
"But how could you fault our team tonight?
"Normally we like to get the ball down and pass it, but I said to the players to knock it in behind them, and when we did that we always gave them problems.
"I can fault my players for the first goal, but the second was piece of magic from McDonald - it took a class goal like that to beat us tonight."

Celtic manager Gordon Strachan:
"We said a couple of weeks ago there would be twists and turns and I'm sure that's not it finished yet. "I thought we were absolutely fantastic, we couldn't have started any game better than we did tonight.
"The players were terrific, they could have panicked after Kilmarnock got the goal back, but they kept playing the right game.
"Kilmarnock hung in there, showed good determination, and the guys up front were always a threat with the longer ball they were playing.
"For his second goal Scott was twisting and turning and we were thinking 'lay it off', and then we thought 'no - keep going'.
"But I think it's going to be an exciting run-in for the title."

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Stats

KILMARNOCK v CELTIC

Possession

49%

51%

Shots on target

5

8

Shots off target

2

12

Corners

6

8

Fouls

9

12