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Hoops hold on to first

Hoops hold on to first

26/10/2008 7:26 AM

Celtic let a two-goal lead slip against Hibernian at Parkhead but recovered to win 4-2 and keep its place at the top of the Scottish Premier League.

Captain Stephen McManus and Cillian Sheridan fired the home side ahead before Steven Fletcher's drive deflected off Colin Nish and past Artur Boruc just before the break.

Five minutes after the interval, Fletcher levelled from Nish's cross.

But with 15 minutes remaining, Glenn Loovens, on at half-time for McManus, headed in Shaun Maloney's corner before Scott Brown grabbed goal number four.

Kris Boyd answered his critics the only way he knows how by grabbing a double as Rangers claimed a 3-1 victory at Hamilton.

Accies threatened to spring a surprise when Brian Easton opened the scoring for the home side but two goals from Boyd hauled Rangers back into the game before substitute Nacho Novo wrapped up the win.

Two goals in the last five minutes gave Dundee United the victory it desperately wanted in its first game since the death of chairman Eddie Thompson.

Opponent St Mirren survived an early onslaught and had several chances but substitute Roy O'Donovan lofted the ball over Mark Howard with five minutes left to break the deadlock.

Craig Conway then lashed home to make it 2-0 as the United fans hailed their latest league win by singing Thompson's name.

Defender Lee Wallace rescued a 1-1 draw for Hearts after cancelling out Darren Mackie's opener for Aberdeen - but the home side almost took all three.

The Dons opened the scoring in the 14th minute at Tynecastle when Mackie took advantage of an error by defender Marius Zaliukas.

However, left-back Wallace equalised just seven minutes later, working a one-two with Christian Nade before finding the net.

Hearts were denied a late penalty when, after a conversation with his assistant, referee Steve Conroy changed his mind despite pointing to the spot following Jamie Langfield's challenge on Michael Stewart.

Steve Lovell scored before being sent off as Falkirk moved off the bottom of table with a 2-1 victory at Kilmarnock.

The Englishman, who had a first-minute goal ruled offside, struck a volleyed opener in the first half with team-mate Scott Arfield doubling the visitors' lead after the break with a penalty.

Lovell received a straight red card after 70 minutes for a clash with home defender Jamie Hamill.

Kilmarnock managed an injury-time consolation from substitute Donovan Simmonds, but Falkirk held on for their first away win of the season.

Motherwell came from a goal down to beat Inverness 2-1 on a wet and windy day at the Caledonian Stadium.

Adam Rooney had given the home side the lead two minutes into the second half with a composed run and finish.

However, Chris Porter equalised when he linked up well with John Sutton, and Mark McGhee's side took all three points back to Fir Park thanks to a beautiful, curling free-kick from Bob Malcolm.

Celtic 4 (McManus 32, Sheridan 36, Loovens 76, Brown 82)
Hibernian 2 (Nish 41, Fletcher 50)

Dundee United 2 (O'Donovan 85, Conway 90)
St Mirren 0

Hamilton 1 (Easton 26)
Rangers 3 (Boyd 42p, 50, Novo 80)

Hearts 1 (Wallace 21)
Aberdeen 1 (Mackie 13)

Inverness CT 1 (Rooney 47)
Motherwell 2 (Porter 69, Malcolm 83)

Kilmarnock 1 (Simmonds 90)
Falkirk 2 (Lovell 28, Arfield 66p)

 
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