SCOTTISH PREMIERSHIP : CELTIC VS HEARTS – 16/05/2026 (PHOTO – DAIZEN MAEDA CELEBRATES)

IT WAS HEARTBREAK FOR HEARTS IN THEIR SCOTTISH PREMIERSHIP MATCH AGAINST CELTIC YESTERDAY, PUTTING ON A STRONG WELL-ORGANISED PERFORMANCE IN ANTICIPATION OF A WIN (BEING ONE POINT AHEAD, GOING INTO THE MATCH ‘N ALL!) IT WAS HEARTS WHO GOT THE BALL ROLLING WITH A CRACKING HEADER FROM LAWRENCE SHANKLAND AT 42 MINS., FOLLOWED BY AN EQUALISER FROM CELTIC’S ARNE ENGELS FROM A PENALTY AT 45 +3 MINS. THEN, IN THE SECOND-HALF THERE WERE MORE STUNNERS FROM DAIZEN MAEDA AT 86 MINS., AND ANOTHER FROM CALLUM OSMAND AT 90 + 7 MINS., UPON WHICH THE CELTIC FANS DECIDED IT WAS TIME-UP, AND POURED ONTO THE PITCH TO CONGRATULATE THEIR HEROES! (8 MINS. OF STOPPAGE TIME HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN DECLARED AT 90 MINS.)  SO THE MATCH ENDED IN A 3 – 1 WIN TO CELTIC.

THE PASSIONATE ACTION OF THE FANS WAS CONDEMNED BY THE SPFL, BUT THEY HAVE SINCE CONFIRMED THAT THE MATCH HAD NOT BEEN BROUGHT TO A PREMATURE CONCLUSION.  STAY TUNED FOR MORE INTERVIEWS!

SCOTTISH PREMIERSHIP : CELTIC VS HEARTS – 16/05/2026

SCOTTISH PREMIERSHIP : CELTIC VS HEARTS – FULL-TIME SCENES 16/05/2026

MARTIN O’NEIL SPEAKS AFTER THE MATCH