49 mins
Celtic's Pearson was the first to threaten but
should have done better than drag the ball wide from
12 yards after being set up by Jirosik.
Pearson drove another shot wide and Maciej Zurawski forced a save from Graeme Smith with an effort from 18 yards.
Kilmarnock, who were without injured striker Gary Wales, were giving as good as they got in a game in which defences were on top and almost snatched the lead just before the break.
Garry Hay's cross found Steven Naismith 10 yards from goal, but the striker's volley crashed off the crossbar.
Kilmarnock claims for a penalty were waved away moments later after a Shaun Maloney tackle on James Fowler.
The home side's chances appeared to suffer a blow
when David Fernandez, who had been tormenting his
former club, had to be stretchered off following a
late Gary Caldwell tackle. (left) Fernandez may now be
looking at an extended recovery, as he may have
damaged knee ligaments.
Monday reports indicate a 10 month
recuperation!
Many Killie fans were asking
was this was not a "straight red", Vs the yellow
card that Caldwell picked up.
He even had the cheek
to complain to Underhill about the yellow!
He was replaced with Colin Nish and the former Dunfermline striker made an instant impact after the break.
Zurawski had already squandered a chance when a Lee Naylor cross evaded Frazer Wright, but the Polish striker headed wide from 10 yards.
Nish then won the ball from Nakamura in midfield
and made room for himself to collect a neat through
ball from Wales' replacement, Leven, before driving
it home from 16 yards.
Celtic responded immediately, a Maloney drive from the edge of the box shaving the outside of the post.
And Nakamura did even better, curling a superb free-kick into the far corner of the net from 25 yards.
Celtic took the lead four minutes after
replacing Zurawski, Miller stole in unmarked to
bundle home a low Maloney cross to the far post.
Boruc was booked late on for time-wasting in the
Celtic goal!
Sandy's Match Pic's are HERE
Weds
Nov 1st ...
Sandy Ferguson supplies killiefc.com with some
exclusive David Fernandez injury photos. You can
clearly see Underhill not calling Lennon's foul
moments before David's horrific injury. Also you can
see Hay, Leven & JJ's expressions. -
Here
