Celtic were forced to come from behind to beat St. The top two met in Paisley and it was St. Mirren who were on course to stretch their unbeaten start to the season at half-time. The Buddies led through Nikolas Agrafiotis’s fiercely struck penalty after Liam Scales was penalised for handball. But Scales made amends to start the Celtic second-half fightback when he headed home from a corner.
Mirren 2-1 and maintain top spot in the Scottish Premiership as Rangers lost captain Lawrence Shankland to injury in a 1-0 win over Motherwell on Saturday.
Celtic were forced to come from behind to beat St. Mirren 2-1 and maintain top spot in the Scottish Premiership as Rangers lost captain Lawrence Shankland to injury in a 1-0 win over Motherwell on Saturday.
“He has a similar feeling to the hamstring injury he had at Hearts last January. Shankland had scored Rangers’ previous three goals to secure their first league wins under McInnes but his replacement, Ryan Naderi, quickly got the goal that turned out to be the winner. Motherwell goalkeeper Alex Paulsen gifted the German striker an open goal after trying to dribble past Naderi. New striker Kevin Kelsy also hit the bar as Rangers wasted a number of chances to put the game to bed but held out for a crucial three points.
We don’t want to speculate too much but he says it feels similar,” said McInnes.
The Scotland striker pulled up after just five minutes at Ibrox with McInnes, who coached Shankland at Hearts last season, expecting a similar layoff to the two-month spell he missed earlier in the year.
