SPL Weekend Review

Saturday Fixtures:

Dunfermline 3 - 3 Inverness

Dunfermline vs. Inverness BBC Video

Inverness picked up their first point of the season in a thrilling draw with Dunfermline at East End Park. Andy Kirk gave the hosts the opener with a good right footed finish before a deflected shot from Greg Tansey looped over Paul Gallacher in the Pars goal to equalise. A second goal from Andy Kirk put Dunfermline back into the lead, his powerful header beating Ryan Esson. Johnny Hayes brought the scores back level at 2-2, after Paul Gallacher couldn’t deal with a Jones shot. Inverness then took the lead for the first time in the match with a few minutes remaining, Tansey appearing at the back post to head home from yards out. However, there was a final twist to come as Martin Hardie curled home a superb free kick in injury time to deny Inverness the win and give both teams a share of the spoils.

Dundee United 1 - 1 St. Mirren

Dundee United vs. St. Mirren BBC Video

Both teams continued their unbeaten start to the season with a hard fought draw at Tannadice. There was an horrific incident to the start of the game, with an innocuous challenge by Jim Goodwin on Scott Severin seen the former Aberdeen man be stretched off with a triple leg break. Steven Thompson got his first goal after returning St. Mirren after good work by Nigel Hasselbaink on the wings set him up for an easy finish. Hasselbaink then turned into the villian of the piece, striking Sean Dillon with a flailing arm after beating the Irishman for pace. Hasselbaink deservedly seen red, and St. Mirren were down to ten men. An onslaught against the St. Mirren goal soon followed, and United were eventually rewarded for their pressure with a Jon Daly goal after smart work by Scott Allan.

Sunday Fixtures:

Aberdeen 0 - 1 Celtic

Aberdeen vs. Celtic BBC Video

Celtic made it two wins from two with a close victory at Aberdeen. Like the Dundee United game previously, the game started with another horrible injury. Last seasons player of the year Emilio Izaguirre breaking his ankle after a good tackle by Peter Pawllet saw the Honduran land very badly on his right ankle. The only goal of the game came in the second half, Anthony Stokes stealing the ball from Aberdeen captain Ricky Foster, before playing a neat one-two with Kris Commons and then finishing past Gonzalez in the Aberdeen goal.

Motherwell 1 - 0 Hearts

Motherwell vs. Hearts BBC Video

Hearts continued their bad start to the season, a defeat by Motherwell leaving them sitting ninth in the table. After a very even first half, he game sparked into life in the second, with an over the top challenge by Jambos midfielder Ian Black on Keith Lasley which seen the ex Inverness player see red. Motherwell finally took advantage of the numbers are returned to the top of the SPL with a Jamie Murphy goal. A good ball by Lasley sending Nicky Law free and his squared ball to Murphy was finished off by the ‘Well striker to give his side the three points.

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