Back 3.
Forrest and Tierney wide. McGregor ahead of Brown and Armstrong. Roberts central with Sinclair wide left.
McGregor a couple of inches offside there and goal ruled out.
McGregor and Sinclair playing similar roles off Roberts.
Very bright start here. Sinclair and McGregor moving very well and getting ahead of Roberts.
Do Celtic not usually get the full stand behind the goal they are defending today?
Sinclair should have played that earlier.
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Used to. Not this season and probably last couple of seasons. They’re rebuilding the main stand so might get full allocation back next season.
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Not since that new regime took over at Hearts. Yer wan Ann Budge would prefer a lower overall attendance and empty seats in the home sections than giving Celtic the entire stand behind the goal. Their prerogative I guess.
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Simunovic was poor there. Lustig should be showing him outside but he shouldn’t be able to skip inside 2 defenders with one touch.
Hearts look good going forward. Really open game so far.
Smart save from Gordon there. Brown has been a bit sloppy so far.
Awful miss from McGregor.
McGregor pokes it wide from 6 yards. Lovely ball from Sinclair - McGregor on the volley from close range. Stretching but should be scoring that.
Forrest extremely frustrating.
I think he’s playing well.
Keeps slowing the ball down when he is one on one in acres of space.
Because he has nobody to cross it to. He’s moving it on well enough and linking well with McGregor and Sinclair. I think he can be more direct sometimes but I think he’s done better today and he’s starting from deeper which is helping him find that space.
If he’s inside the full back then he has loads he is clear and will have people queuing up for pull backs.
Him holding the ball up allows Hearts to funnel play back and we don’t have a target to hit in the box. Our main opportunities so far have been fast, direct counters. Forrest keeps slowing the play up.
Lovely goal.
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That’s a terrific goal. Lovely exchange with Roberts and that’s a thunderous finish.