Summary

  • Ferguson powers header past McGregor

  • Rangers Kent falls under Shinnie challenge

  • Aberdeen's Considine off with head knock; game stopped for several minutes

  • Sadiq starts for Rangers; Wright in for Aberdeen

  • Christie, Forrest & Sinclair (pen) score as Celtic ease past Hearts

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Live Reporting

Colin Moffat

  1. 'The pitch looks a bit slow'

    HT: Hearts 0-0 Celtic

    Pat Bonner
    Former Celtic goalkeeper on BBC Sportsound

    Celtic have got to get the ball out wide quickly and get Forrest on his own against Mitchell. The pitch looks a bit slow and I'm not sure that suits them

  2. 'A real tactical game'

    HT: Hearts 0-0 Celtic

    Allan Preston
    BBC Scotland summariser at Murrayfield

    Hearts have had to change things after losing Steven Naismith so early. They are still very much in this. There's nothing between the sides. It's a real tactical game.

  3. HALF-TIME Hearts 0-0 Celtic

    Celtic pressing. A corner in first-half stoppage time. Peter Haring clears and the whistle sounds for the interval.

    No goals but the game was starting to pick up after a sluggish start.

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    Hearts 0-0 Celtic

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  5. Hearts 0-0 Celtic

    Pat Bonner
    Former Celtic goalkeeper at Murrayfield

    Good play from Sinclair. A really good hand by Zlamal to make the save

  6. GREAT SAVE!

    Hearts 0-0 Celtic

    Tom Rogic slips a pass to Scott Sinclair before he is crunched by Peter Haring. The Celtic substitute then cuts in from the left and fizzes in a dipping shot that Zdenek Zlamal pushes away at full-stretch.

  7. 'Celtic got away with it'

    Hearts 0-0 Celtic

    Pat Bonner
    Former Celtic goalkeeper at Murrayfield

    It was the right call. Hearts got a good header on it. Celtic haven't been able to defend it well enough and they got away with it with the offside

  8. DISALLOWED GOAL

    Hearts 0-0 Celtic

    Peter Haring has a dig from the edge of the penalty area and his shot is deflected wide. From the corner, the ball is nodded down by Haring to Steven MacLean, who flicks the ball home from right in front of goalie Scott Bain. The striker was offside but quite a margin though.

  9. Hearts 0-0 Celtic

    Celtic are starting to look a bit more menacing but the final ball is letting them down, with James Forrest and Scott Sinclair both guilty of woeful passes near the opposition penalty box.

  10. Hearts 0-0 Celtic

    A shot. And a save. That's a first in both categories. Hearts' Olly Lee catches his effort from 20 yards well but it's straight at Scott Bain.

  11. Hearts 0-0 Celtic

    Demi Mitchell mistimes a challenge on Mikael Lustig on the right just outside the penalty box. Callum McGregor goes for a sneaky near-post effort from the free-kick but Mitchell is the man sticking out a leg to divert the ball to safety.

  12. 'I can't see lots of goals'

    Hearts 0-0 Celtic

    Pat Bonner
    Former Celtic goalkeeper at Murrayfield

    It hasn't been a flowing game has it? The referee hasn't allowed it to be free. I can't see lots of goals

    Tom Rogic and Demetri MitchellSNS

  13. Sinclair on for Celtic

    Hearts 0-0 Celtic

    Eboue Kouassi has recovered sufficiently to drift past Peter Haring, who hauls the Celtic midfielder down but somehow escapes a yellow card.

    That's to be Kouassi's last contribution as he makes way for Scott Sinclair, which will mean a tactical reshuffle for Celtic

  14. ouch!

    Ouch!

    Hearts 0-0 Celtic

    Here's an eye-watering moment... Eboue Koussi is writhing around in his own six yard box as Celtic prepare to defend a corner. It looks like Hearts forward Steven MacLean, already on a booking, grabbed the midfielder by the unmentionables... Naughty.

  15. Hearts 0-0 Celtic

    A very late offside flag goes up as Hearts defender Jimmy Dunne chases down a long clearance from the goalie and he gets there before Celtic keeper Scott Bain, who clatters him.

    Dunne wasn't offside but other in maroon were and one of them gave Kristoffer a wee nudge on his way back.

  16. 'Lethargic Celtic'

    Hearts 0-0 Celtic

    Pat Bonner
    Former Celtic goalkeeper on BBC Sportsound

    It's been a very slow and lethargic start from Celtic. They need movement, if they get good movement from players then they become a good team

    Tom Rogic and Demetri MitchellReuters

  17. Hearts 0-0 Celtic

    Now Celtic midfielder Eboue Kouassi is limping heavily after an awkward landing. He won't thank Mikael Lustig for immediately giving him a pass in the centre circle but he's able to knock it away to a team-mate.

  18. Bring the noise

    Hearts 0-0 Celtic

    Alasdair Lamont
    BBC Scotland commentator at Murrayfield

    We can barely hear ourselves think inside Murrayfield. If anyone was concerned about the atmosphere, that's well and truly been appeased

  19. Hearts 0-0 Celtic

    Despite that early setback with Steven Naismith going off, it's Hearts who continue to do most of the pressing, with Celtic struggling to find any kind of passing rhythm.

  20. Hearts 0-0 Celtic

    Demi Mitchell makes ground down the left flank for Hearts and chips a useful ball into the danger zone but there's no Hearts player on the same wavelength.