In the second half, substitute Hamza Igamane scored a double to tie the game at 2-2. rangers in motherwell But the scattered visitors fell further behind the Premiership leaders celtic.
After the 2-1 loss to St Mirren on Boxing Day, Philippe Clement was given a fresh blow, but Apostolos Stamatelopoulos opened the scoring in the 16th minute and Tawanda Maswanhise scored a brace in the 35th minute. The addition of the goal caused an uproar among the away supporters. Igamane, substituted at half-time, reduced the deficit in the 50th minute, but Well manager Stuart Kettlewell was shown a red card by referee Kevin Clancy, presumably for dissent.
Motherwell then put the ball into the Rangers net twice, but the goal was ruled out due to only a foul, but Igamane's curling shot in the 68th minute made it 2-2. Despite 10 minutes added on, the comeback was not completed and the Light Blues were 14 points behind Celtic, with the title all but gone and Clement's future uncertain.
Kogo Furuhashi scored two goals in the 5th minute of the second half, and Celtic extended their lead over the leaders with a lopsided 4-0 victory. st johnston. Nicolas Kuehn scored the opening goal and substitute Daizen Maeda gave Celtic a 4-0 win for the second time in three days.
The win meant Celtic were further removed from Rangers' sights until their visit to Ibrox on January 2nd. It also capped off a very productive 2024 for Celtic. Celtic ended the year with just two defeats in all competitions, winning all three major domestic trophies and maintaining a healthy lead in the table.
ross county He scored two goals just before the end of the second half to earn a valuable 2-2 draw against his struggling teammates. heart At Dingwall. 17-year-old James Wilson scored early in both halves and it looked like the Jambos, second in the table, were on track for a comfortable victory, but VAR intervened three times after that, to the detriment of both teams. . However, these delays added eight minutes of stoppage time and the Staggies showed off their effort by maximizing their advantage with goals from Josh Nisbett and Jordan White.
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Simon Murray scored two goals with a header. dandy Won 2-1 in a fierce battle st mirren At SMiSA Stadium. and resurrection hibernian Nectar Triantis' first-half header proved enough to secure a 1-0 win in the 10-man match, making it four consecutive wins for the first time since October 2022. kilmarnock.
