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Celtic held by Saints

by Setanta Staff , 11 November 2012

Celtic were held to a 1-1 draw at home to St Johnstone on Sunday afternoon.


The Bhoys, who beat Barcelona 2-1 on Wednesday, looked set to return to the top of the Scottish Premier League after Tony Watt had struck early in the second half, but Nigel Hasselbaink's fine effort on the turn earned a point for the visitors. Hibernian, having defeated Dundee United 2-1 earlier on Sunday, sit atop the table.

Celtic dominated the first period, but in a dull affair, failed to open the scoring.

However, half-time substitute Watt netted in the 51st minute, bundling the ball home after beating goalkeeper Alan Mannus to a long ball from Charlie Mulgrew.

Immediately after falling behind, St Johnstone purposefully set about restoring parity, which they did with 13 minutes of normal time remaining when Hasselbaink spun and beat Fraser Forster with a fine low strike.

The hosts pushed for a winner in the closing stages but the away side defended resolutely to secure a share of the spoils.

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Pos
Team P W D L +/- PTS
1.
Man Utd
38
28
5
5
43
89
2.
Man City
38
23
9
6
32
78
3.
Chelsea
38
22
9
7
36
75
4.
Arsenal
38
21
10
7
35
75
5.
Tottenham
38
21
9
8
20
72
6.
Everton
38
16
15
7
15
63
7.
Liverpool
38
16
13
9
28
61
8.
West Brom
38
14
7
17
-4
49
9.
Swansea
38
11
13
14
-4
46
10.
West Ham
38
12
10
16
-8
46
11.
Norwich
38
10
14
14
-17
44
12.
Fulham
38
11
10
17
-10
43
13.
Stoke
38
9
15
14
-11
42
14.
Southampton
38
9
14
15
-11
41
15.
Aston Villa
38
10
11
17
-22
41
16.
Newcastle
38
11
8
19
-23
41
17.
Sunderland
38
9
12
17
-13
39
18.
Wigan
38
9
9
20
-26
36
19.
Reading
38
6
10
22
-30
28
20.
QPR
38
4
13
21
-30
25

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