Stokes bags winner for Celtic

by Tony Cuddihy , 07 August 2011

Anthony Stokes proved the hero as Celtic defeated Aberdeen 1-0 at Pittodrie, but the win came at a price for Neil Lennon and company.


Full-back Emilio Izaguirre was stretchered off the field after 17 minutes, with initial reports stating the brilliant Honduran had broken his ankle following what looked like a fair tackle by Peter Pawlett.

Chances were at a premium during the first half, with Scott Vernon's shot beaten away by Lukasz Zaluska and Beram Kayal going closest with a long range effort for the Bhoys.

Ki and Joe Ledley had early second half efforts for Celtic as the tackles continued to fly in, while the Hoops called for a penalty when Gary Hooper tumbled under a heavy tackle from Andrew Considine.

The goal was well worked when it finally came.

Stokes exchanged passes with the excellent Kris Commons before sliding his shot past Gonzalez for his tenth goal in 11 games against Aberdeen.

After that, all Lennon's side had to do was make sure they didn't concede, a task that proved easy enough.

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Team P W D L +/- PTS
1.
Man City
38
28
5
5
64
89
2.
Man Utd
38
28
5
5
56
89
3.
Arsenal
38
21
7
10
25
70
4.
Tottenham
38
20
9
9
25
69
5.
Newcastle
38
19
8
11
5
65
6.
Chelsea
38
18
10
10
19
64
7.
Everton
38
15
11
12
10
56
8.
Liverpool
38
14
10
14
7
52
9.
Fulham
38
14
10
14
-3
52
10.
West Brom
38
13
8
17
-7
47
11.
Swansea
38
12
11
15
-7
47
12.
Norwich
38
12
11
15
-14
47
13.
Sunderland
38
11
12
15
-1
45
14.
Stoke
38
11
12
15
-17
45
15.
Wigan
38
11
10
17
-20
43
16.
Aston Villa
38
7
17
14
-16
38
17.
QPR
38
10
7
21
-23
37
18.
Bolton
38
10
6
22
-31
36
19.
Blackburn
38
8
7
23
-30
31
20.
Wolverhampton
38
5
10
23
-43
25
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