Scottish Premier League: Celtic thump Hearts 5-0

Saturday, August 25, 2007

Celtic challenged Rangers' lead at the top of the SPL with a 5-0 thumping of Hearts in reply to Rangers' 7-2 thrashing of Falkirk last Saturday.

After ten minutes, Shunsuke Nakamura's off-target volley hit Christophe Berra's arm and flew into the Hearts net. 15 minutes later, Massimo Donati took on two Hearts defenders before sliding home the second. Scott Brown hit home a third 65 minutes in, 1 minute later, Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink scored the fourth from the penalty spot and Nakamura curled in the fifth on the 79 minute mark. Chris Killen had a good shot saved by the dispirited Hearts goalkeeper, Steve Banks.


25 August 2007
15:00 GMT+1
Celtic 5 – 0 Hearts Celtic Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 57,300
Berra Scored after 10 minutes 10' (o.g.)
Donati Scored after 25 minutes 25'
Scott Brown Scored after 65 minutes 65'
Vennegoor of Hesselink Scored after 66 minutes 66' (pen.)
Riordan Substituted on after 69 minutes 69'
McGeady Substituted off after 69 minutes 69'
Killen Substituted on after 69 minutes 69'
Vennegoor of Hesselink Substituted off after 69 minutes 69'
Nakamura Scored after 79 minutes 79'
Żurawski Substituted on after 87 minutes 87'
McDonald Substituted off after 87 minutes 87'
Karipidis Substituted on after 46 minutes 46'
Gonçalves Substituted off after 46 minutes 46'
McCann Substituted on after 46 minutes 46'
Kingston Substituted off after 46 minutes 46'
Driver Substituted on after 46 minutes 46'
Ivaškevičius Substituted off after 46 minutes 46'
Ivaškevičius Booked
Berra Booked


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