Last night's Ibrox referee Calum Murray made a terrible error when he awarded Inverness a penalty in the dying seconds of a game which was heading for a dismal 0-0 draw. Had he taken the time to properly read the pre-match instructions, delivered to his dressing room before the game by one of his 'brothers', he would have noticed that it clearly stated that in the event of a draw and time running out a penalty was to be awarded to the Gers! Should have gone to Specsavers Calum!
The Subway Loyal might have conceded the title last night but Gordon Strachan isn't about to celebrate four-in-a-row just yet "There will be more twists and turns to come before the end of the season." said the Celtic boss. "It was a great performance from us with terrific players on their best form. I'm pleased for McDonald because his first goal was terrific and the second even better."
two outstanding goals
" We played well enough to be the team at the top of the league and that's where the players deserve to be." added the boss. "But there was a point when I thought their goalkeeper might defy us all night. He had to make a series of terrific saves"
Aiden McGeady's rash tackle on Jamie Hamill caused a bit of an affray on the touchline. Darren O'Dea joined Aiden in the referee's notebook when he braved the swinging handbags to rush to his team-mate's defence. Meanwhile Killie's Italian midfielder Manuel Pascali remonstrated with the Celtic bench. "There's one foreign player who always seems to go looking for a fight when we play here." said Strachan. "I had a word with Aiden and I said to him, 'You can stay on and win the game for us or you can come off'. Aiden deserved his yellow card but he was also one of those players who got us flowing again."
Even glum Killie manager Jim Jefferies was full of praise for Scott McDonald's winning strike. "McDonald pulled Celtic out of it and he's good at that." said the jovial Killie boss. "At least Celtic had to produce a goal of real quality to beat us. It was always going to take something extraordinary to get the better of us and McDonald certainly provided that. But I told them before the game that if you're going to beat Celtic then you have to take the chances that come your way and we didn't do that. "