St Johnstone Vs Celtic 1 half
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00:00and I suppose if the referee felt there was any element of dangerous players or
00:06more than he would have been speaking to trustee for so it's a collision it's a
00:11coming together and you know you talk about in terms of in a football in sense
00:16that happens at times gold's been scored should have been
00:20destroyed I personally don't think that you you disallow that goal there but the
00:25officials have seen fit to disallow the goal well interestingly this week John
00:35Moss has stepped down as Scottish football's VAR manager he's only been in
00:39the position for less than two months so will they call him the head of referees
00:45will be I would assume looking to name a replacement in the coming weeks
00:55you
01:08it's not you know what you when you look at incidents like you wonder whether as
01:13somebody blocked some day has there been a deliberate you know act to tell
01:18somebody it's not it's a collision and a coming together between two players you
01:24see Smith picking up a yellow card lunging in on a as the Johnson there
01:28and the captain Cameron is down as well
01:37so Johnson is able to just huddle the challenge just look like he's holding
01:43his hamstring here Cameron
01:46so just as Graham Carey has recovered from that collision that's involved in
01:55the disallowed goal Kyle Cameron goes down and Andy Kirk has some working out
02:03to do with his team captain down Matt Smith now in the book
02:09well Andy Kirk will be breathing a huge sigh of relief that the goals been
02:15disallowed then he's made I'll be furious of course and he's a he's
02:21emotions are clear for everybody to see
02:25it's a sore one a real sore because it's completely unsighted there Graham
02:30Carey look at that strike from made a wonderful goal I just don't don't see
02:40here Katie was going is there any is there any movement with that arm
02:45towards Kerry from trust I'm trying to look for the reasons why first of all
02:52Alan Muir would ask Don Robertson to have a looked at it well if there was
02:55and they were had seen it as a what they would classes deliberate then you would
02:59be looking at some cars being a look pulled out there probably is but I'll
03:04tell you why because if you're running somewhere and somebody unexpectedly
03:09darts into your path it's a natural reaction to put your arm up a little bit
03:14and try and protect well St. Johnson are gonna have to make a change at the back
03:20here Kyle Cameron will not be able to continue Nikki Clark has taken over the
03:26captain's armband so at the moment St. Johnson defending with 10 that's a blow
03:33to lose the skipper
03:38Spangler's just dropped back in the center of defense at the moment but
03:42you're right as a as a blow for St. Johnston they've not had a great
03:50defensive record this season but the opening half an hour or so they've
03:55defended it pretty well so far
04:07could now just too far in front of Taylor so Maeda can pick it up it finds
04:15Taylor clipped in Ingles was waiting Johnson now plenty time and space on the
04:21edge of the box Bernardo turns and shoots and Sanders can knock it out for
04:26another corner Celtic knocking on the door again well you see this run from
04:31Bernardo in behind Sanders gets really tight great little ball from Alistair
04:36Johnson quite incredible number of think balls we've seen
04:44well Aaron Essel is the man to come on predominantly a midfielder so we'll see
04:49whether he slots in there and Sprangler stays in the back three or whether
04:56there's a change of system required for Andy Kirk
05:02angles this time with the out swinger trusty rises this time can only have
05:10that wide of target well we've seen a wee bit of a trusty so fun I tell you
05:14he's got a great leap see how high he gets up he's almost too high here when
05:19he gets contact because it looks like the balls just a little bit lower he's
05:24not able to get the direction on his his head up even defensively when he's going
05:29up for the ball he's got a great spring
05:34it's obviously taller than he's a countryman Cameron Carter Vickers but
05:39Carter Vickers also very dangerous in the air. Kuhn on to Kiyoko who bears down on
05:44goal this time Celtic find their way through
05:50it's taken a little longer than they'd have liked but Celtic have the lead at
05:55McDermott Park and Kiyoko makes no mistake
06:04I was just talking about St. Johnson so far having defended pretty well as one of
06:08the first occasions where Celtic have been able to spring in behind them when
06:14they've been high up and it just comes simply from a turnover no chance of
06:20being offside I tell you what Kiyoko does brilliantly to get the ball in his
06:26path control and find the back of the net it doesn't really sit pretty for him
06:32bouncing around a little bit but keeps getting the contact in the ball to keep
06:38the ball in front of him and then he slides into the corner really nice
06:44finish there from the Japanese striker three for the season for Kiyoko
06:51coming in the others coming against Rangers and Slobodan Bratislava
06:56when you're running at that pace it's not easy to continue to get the ball in
07:00front of you especially when it's not on the on the ground it was bouncing around
07:04a couple of really nice touches from Kiyoko and then a lovely finish Celtic
07:10just taking advantage of that defensive disruption that St. Johnson have faced
07:20I think it's can you say that it's anything to do with the substitution and
07:25the loss of Cameron difficult to say that definitively but for certain it's
07:33a blow for St. Johnston to lose their captain and now to find
07:37himself one nil down in such a quick succession
07:47Celtic sensing the opportunity to go for more
07:51Kuhn, Kuhn, well they got it all wrong on the left foot high and wide and open up so
07:58nicely for him yeah it really did it's quick incisive play from Celtic you see
08:04down here lovely ball around the corner from Engels a nice flick just when he
08:08cut in here I thought he was going to try and find Kiyoko with a wee slide
08:11drill pass instead try to find that far corner but doesn't get the contact he
08:18would have been looking for Brendan Rodgers will be very happy that he's
08:24side have managed to get themselves one up even though the scoreboard in the far
08:30corner still says nil-nil
08:34well spotted that is another debutant this evening is the new scoreboard in
08:43the far corner at McDermott Park but the time is lurking the score lights
08:50down maybe they're waiting for VAR still
09:00yes couldn't does manage to keep it in
09:07strangler stuck to his task well now the Celtic goal has gone upon the
09:15scoreboard
09:17Oh
09:24I saw Kerry
09:31all up the line from Sanders but scales covering the dangerous Michael finding
09:37Taylor
09:41Oh
09:43Tyson made up launching in with a kick on Graham Carey there he will be
09:49yellow-carded for that looks terrible because there's a full swipe he's
09:56obviously not meant to declutter and carry but he's taking another sore one
10:02and no surprise that yellow cards brandished here but he's just trying to
10:05kick the ball catches Kerry right on the top of the foot there he does just
10:14try to pull out of it at the end
10:20toppled first half for Graham Carey
10:24Oh
10:32you go back defensive job as well Smith
10:41but in Michael and Sprangler on the edge
10:46Oh
10:50good clearance there from killing clears the halfway line with it do up
10:56the part that I just wonder Casper's Michael was unsighted slightly
11:02putting these fists on it to try and punch it away when could he have caught
11:08the ball in Graham Carey's got such wonderful delivery when he whips balls
11:14in comes back to one touch how he's feet whips and dangerously but just think
11:21looking to try and catch that there because the punch wasn't even clear in
11:25the box
11:29and the end to get away with it so it doesn't it doesn't really matter but
11:34didn't look as if he was unsighted it looks if he was able to get a good view
11:39the ball all the way from the cross five minutes to go in the half made up
11:48well done by Trey right defensively Nestle right and it's Johnson's turn to
11:55try and play out from the back one fizzed into Matt Smith
12:01played it really well so far St. Johnston they have Mackenzie Kirk he's
12:05done brilliantly there as well
12:09Smith looks early for Nicky Clark trusty will come under a bit of pressure
12:17a nice move from St. Johnston playing out of a tight area and their own half
12:24working up the park Mackenzie Kirk doing brilliantly getting down the line and
12:29eventually Smith just playing a quick ball in behind as well
12:39Nestle delivers and Sanders header was rather teamly across the face of goal
13:09Nick Kirk and Alec Cleland deep in conversation well not quite sure what
13:18the issue was with Greg Taylor that Don Robertson had to have a chat with him
13:24about no being explained to Brendan Rodgers
13:30perhaps an incident some supporters we don't know we'll try and confirm so I
13:41believe the issue is with the the debutant on the far side the big screen
13:46showing a replays that it's not supposed to
14:00it's McGregor to Johnston Johnston over the top for Kuhn clear plan for Celtic
14:20he'll go back to Bernardo
14:25precision from Celtic
14:29what a fine goal from one end of the park to the other
14:34Kiyoko has assist to his goal and Bernardo just eased that one into the
14:41corner beyond Sinclair and they really are flexing their muscles this evening
14:46Celtic Brendan Rogers will be delighted with that goal right from the beginning
14:52here great move far too much space for Cal McGregor you look the front players
14:57are pressing the defense is too deep the disconnect gets exploited wonderful
15:04goal great pick up from Kuhn and that touch there from Kiyoko makes it all
15:09Bernardo with another goal another brilliant goal for Bernardo one touch
15:15out his feet that is top-class Paulo Bernardo he's been quiet so far in this
15:21first half what he said but he's come up with a huge goal for Celtic 2-0
15:26bodies flinging themselves in front of him but he keeps the composure just
15:30bends it into the bottom corner and Ross Sinclair has no chance there the big
15:36problem or he was that disconnect and the st. Johnston team the defense were
15:42in position the rest of the team was trying to press and there was gaping
15:45holes in the midfield for McGregor Celtic well in their flow Maida now
15:52cushions it Taylor first-time well again nobody can cope with Celtic
16:01Kiyoko's header St. Johnston just cannot play a club on Celtic the one-touch
16:11passing Celtic moving their opponents around and will and Kiyoko applies the
16:18finishing touch for his second of the game well he set up the second and now
16:23he finishes the third with a plump countryman with the layoff this time I
16:29think he's going to get flagged offside Rory I think he's marginally marginally
16:36off there it's a wonderful cross from Greg Taylor to pick him out but I do
16:42think that that's going to be marginally offside one for the lines
16:48back in the VAR studio I think it's a handicap would have been just a minute
16:56or so ago thinking get through to halftime 1 mil down and now he's
17:00staring at 3 mil
17:04that is very tight
17:08certainly from that angle it looks like he is marginally off but wait till the
17:14lines get drawn to know definitively
17:18Celtic have had the ball in the net four times in this first half and the goal is
17:34good for Kiyoko a double
17:38you
17:45or the Celtic striker and it is going to be a 3-0 lead
17:53then well there's six minutes of additional time and given how
17:59you
18:03a 1-0 down with a couple of minutes looking to get through halftime and
18:08they're now 3-0 down quickfire I've got us looking to get through halftime and
18:16they're now 3-0 down quickfire I've got I mean I've said this before when it
18:22comes to
18:25Nikki Clark with an awkward landing there hopefully he's back up he's okay
18:29but I've said it before with the offsides like that that you want to see
18:32goals that are given
18:37Andy Kirk is now rapidly having to change his halftime team talk angles
18:43Bernardo sliding in with Sprangler but Celtic just flowing forward constantly
18:51they'll have another corner and you can see there's still an urgency about
18:56Celtic they want more here absolutely intensity is just being ratcheted right
19:01up spot-on Rory they are not settling for this as halftime fast approaches
19:09it's amazing there was plenty of comment before the game of all Celtic might have
19:14one eye on going to Dortmund on Tuesday but they have been absolutely on point
19:19in this first half clear focus on the job in hand
19:30angles
19:36back to him from scales
19:42it was Taylor who was over in the right-wing birth momentarily
19:55no trustee he'll go goes down on the edge of the area
20:05Oh
20:10Coon Johnson Johnson's ball in again Keogh the target he's already got two
20:18he's on a hat-trick a first-half hat-trick the difficulty for St. Johnson
20:23is the confidence just drains out them he said before the defensive record
20:27this season's not been great you know for the first half an hour or so you're
20:31thinking it's been okay and then an approaching half-time and find
20:37themselves three no down and Celtic are ramping up the pressure as well
20:48the scales it's that intensity that Celtic play with that's so impressive
20:54you're talking about you know one eye on Dortmund just doesn't like that with
20:59this Celtic team you have to tell me that you're talking about it before the
21:03game and it's not just once the actions back it up focusing on the game that
21:08they've got in hand
21:11given away by scales Matt Smith
21:17for St. Johnson but the Celtics ball again and this is how close it was
21:29yeah close
21:37and that just shows you how sometimes when you're looking at with the naked
21:40eye that the angle of the camera at times very difficult to know definitively
21:49you
21:55during the final minute of additional time the end of what has been a very
22:00productive first half for the champions
22:05you
22:14Bernardo his goal was sandwiched
22:25incidentally Bruce the adornments played last night and one
22:32one for two against Bockham but they had to come from behind
22:46it's Coon slips it through he'll go Celtic looking for a fourth here Taylor
22:54with the right foots
22:57Sabre
23:01I fully stretched just to get the ball behind
23:10angles to take this will surely be the last play of the half it is of Celtic
23:16have been simply sumptuous in that first 45 minutes
23:19Brendan Rogers will head to the dressing room a very happy man double
23:24from Kiyoko with one from Paulo Bernardo in between Celtics passing has
23:31been crisp they've been ruthless in front of goal and at the break of
23:35McDermott Park it is St. Johnson nil Celtic three