Scottish roundup: Celtic seize on Rangers slip to leapfrog rivals as followers protest | Scottish Premiership

Tomas Cvancara headed his first objective for Celtic because the champions moved again above Rangers within the Premiership with a 2-0 win over Falkirk.

Benjamin Nygren was additionally heading in the right direction as Celtic moved above their Glasgow rivals on objectives scored and 6 factors behind the leaders, Hearts. Falkirk contributed to an entertaining sport, registering 14 photographs at objective, however Celtic have been extra medical.

The mortgage signing Cvancara marked his dwelling debut with a glancing header from Kieran Tierney’s cross within the thirty ninth minute to open the scoring. Nygren curled the ball into the highest nook within the 62nd minute after exchanging passes with Callum McGregor down the left flank.

All in all it was good day for Celtic however supporters’ unhappiness with the board was by no means removed from the floor. An enormous banner was raised earlier than the match in a sparse standing part depicting the administrators Michael Nicholson and Chris McKay plus the membership’s head of safety Mark Hargreaves as contestants from the BBC actuality present The Traitors. An indication under learn: “Banish the traitors, finish the bans.”

The Inexperienced Brigade group stays underneath a collective ban over an incident involving stewards and police at a earlier match with Falkirk. The loudest chant of the day was “rise up when you hate the board” and the vast majority of the house followers appeared to hitch in, together with some supporters within the administrators’ field.

Martin O’Neill gave a late run-out to Stephen Welsh, who has been the topic of makes an attempt from Motherwell to get him again on mortgage for the second half of the season.

Earlier on Sunday, Rangers slipped up of their pursuit of Hearts by drawing a clean towards Hibernian at Easter Highway.

The Jambos’ 3-0 win over Dundee United win at Tannadice on Saturday night time had added strain to the journey to Leith and Danny Röhl’s aspect failed to reply.

The Rangers goalkeeper Jack Butland helped to maintain David Grey’s aspect at bay within the first half because the guests laboured. The second half was rather more of the identical so far as Rangers have been involved, with the Hibs keeper Raphael Sallinger removed from busy albeit he was overwhelmed by a shot from the substitute Mikey Moore who was offside.

There was no late siege by Rangers, who can have few complaints about two factors dropped to take a seat six factors behind Hearts.

On Saturday, Landry Kaboré scored a double as Hearts cranked up the strain on Rangers and Celtic by easing to a 3-0 away win over nine-man Dundee United.

The Jambos struck early by Kaboré after which doubled their lead with an Alexandros Kyziridis penalty shortly after the house winger Amar Fatah was despatched off. Kaboré then sealed a snug victory after the United substitute Pan Camara was dismissed.

Kaboré has needed to be affected person this season, however an damage to the highest scorer, Lawrence Shankland, has paved the way in which for the Burkina Faso ahead to begin the previous two matches. “I believed Kaboré led the road nicely,” stated the supervisor, Derek McInnes. “Clearly, lots has been made lately about key gamers being out so that you’re on the lookout for anyone to take over that goalscoring menace, and Kaboré stepped up tonight. Two nice objectives, led the road brilliantly. And he was ably supported by a very robust Hearts efficiency.”

Tawanda Maswanhise struck twice to maintain Motherwell snapping on the heels of the highest three with a 2-0 victory on the basement membership, Livingston. The Zimbabwe worldwide opened the scoring within the sixth minute with a looping header and because the half-hour mark approached he curled dwelling a second. Elijah Simply hit the woodwork and Maswanhise may have scored a 3rd in a match dominated by the guests.

Livingston’s issues mounted with information that Eleventh-placed Kilmarnock had crushed Aberdeen 3-0 at Rugby Park to maneuver six factors away from the underside. A glancing header by Brad Lyons and a well-taken end by Bruce Anderson, scored in fast succession, propelled Kilmarnock into an early lead. The Dons’ issues mounted when their captain, Graeme Shinnie, was proven a straight purple card for a excessive problem and Tyreece John-Jules added the third quickly after.

St Mirren and Dundee fought out a goalless draw at Love Road. Stephen Robinson instructed St Mirren would take into account interesting towards the purple card proven to Jake Younger. Younger, who was making his dwelling debut, was despatched off after 63 minutes by Nick Walsh for catching Brad Halliday on the foot as he stretched for the ball, a choice upheld by the video assistant referee.

Robinson, Saints’ supervisor, stated: “For me it’s by no means a purple card. I’m undecided the place Jake has to place his foot. It’s in his stride. He can’t leap up within the air. If it was a yellow card, no one within the stadium complains about it. No one at Dundee complains about it both.

“You’re hoping for a evaluate they usually get it proper and pull it again, however typically that goes towards you as nicely and it did. I’d wish to enchantment it. It clearly prices cash to try this however I want to suppose we’d win an enchantment. But it surely’s gone to VAR as nicely so possibly they’ve seen angles that I haven’t.”