{"id":297852,"date":"2023-12-12T18:02:50","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T18:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=297852"},"modified":"2023-12-12T18:02:50","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T18:02:50","slug":"kilmarnock-2-1-celtic-killie-end-celtics-unbeaten-run-in-the-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/kilmarnock-2-1-celtic-killie-end-celtics-unbeaten-run-in-the-league\/","title":{"rendered":"Kilmarnock 2-1 Celtic: Killie end Celtic&apos;s unbeaten run in the league"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Kilmarnock 2-1 Celtic: Killie end Celtic&#8217;s unbeaten run in the league with Matt Kennedy&#8217;s last minute winner<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Matt O&#8217;Riley bagged the opener for his ninth league goal of the season so far<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><b>Matt Kennedy grabbed Kilmarnock&#8217;s winner with a goal in the dying embers\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>No one cares like Steve Cooper cares about Forest, the club means so much to him &#8211; It&#8217;s All Kicking Off<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Kilmarnock ended Celtic&#8217;s unbeaten run in the league with a last gasp Matt Kennedy winner at Rugby Park.<\/p>\n<p>The result means Brendan Rodgers&#8217; side still stay top of the Scottish Premier League, with the gap to rivals Rangers currently sitting at five points, but Kilmarnock move to fifth.<\/p>\n<p>Matt O&#8217;Riley opened the scoring after Callum McGregor showed some excellent footwork to force a save out of Will Dennis in the Kilmarnock net.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>O&#8217;Riley was there to pounce on the lose ball and grab his ninth league goal of the season so far.<\/p>\n<p>Kilmarnock pushed Celtic hard in the second half and were rewarded for their work when former Liverpool defender Nat Phillips turned the ball into his own net.<\/p>\n<p>It took until the 87th minute for Kilmarnock to grab the winner, with Matt Kennedy squeezing home the winner past Joe Hart.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>More to follow&#8230;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/10\/13\/78789283-0-image-a-28_1702214722143.jpg\" height=\"409\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Matt O&#8217;Riley opened the scoring for the away side as he pounced on a spilled save by Will Dennis<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/10\/13\/78789761-0-image-a-40_1702216638176.jpg\" height=\"414\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Matt Kennedy bagged the winner for Kilmarnock as they inflicted the first loss of Celtic&#8217;s league season<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/10\/13\/78789285-0-image-a-39_1702215626170.jpg\" height=\"446\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Brendan Rogers challenged his side to continue their good form in the Scottish Premier League<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12847221\/Kilmarnock-2-1-Celtic-Killie-end-Celtics-unbeaten-run-league-Matt-Kennedys-minute-winner.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Kilmarnock 2-1 Celtic: Killie end Celtic&#8217;s unbeaten run in the league with Matt Kennedy&#8217;s last minute winner Matt O&#8217;Riley bagged the opener for his ninth <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/kilmarnock-2-1-celtic-killie-end-celtics-unbeaten-run-in-the-league\/\" title=\"Kilmarnock 2-1 Celtic: Killie end Celtic&amp;apos;s unbeaten run in the league\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":297851,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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