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Alan Forrest reckons he’s got big brother James’ Christmas sorted – a DVD of Hearts’ first league win at Celtic Park in 16 years.
The Celtic winger got a front-row seat to his brother’s role in the Jambos’ upset 2-0 win last weekend as he sat among the home substitutes before a delayed appearance that failed to provide a delayed throw-in. For Alan The result ended a long wait for bragging rights from his family circle and, for Celtic, it was the first home defeat in 52 domestic matches. According to the Ace of Hearts, all of this is set for a special Christmas movie. “A DVD? Maybe I can fix that one!
“It’s the first time I’ve beaten Celtic so I’m delighted. He’s the one who beats me. To be honest, he took it well and said the same thing we deserved. We had a little joke after the game. ” match, but he was also pleased for me. He was given a lot of time to watch me play and it was wonderful for us to get the result. It was the first time we won there since 2007 in the league. It shows how complicated it is to get to a place.
“You go through without expecting much because it’s a difficult position to get past and in my time I played against them a few times and had some tough losses. You know, if they score early, they can do damage. All of you. I was very happy to get this result, but I think we deserved it given the way the game went. On the one hand, we all did our homework well.
Forrest insists that Hearts cannot continue its display of Parkhead with a nasty video during the third counter war with St Mirren in Gorgie this afternoon. With an Edinburgh derby on Wednesday followed by County Ross and Livingston, there is an opportunity to open a gap and cement their position behind the Old Firm.
He said: “St Mirren are just ahead of us in qualifying, so just because we got a result like that, you can’t take your foot off the gas.
“We know their strengths and we know it’s one, along with the next three, where you have to start, not take your foot off the fuel or take a step back. You’ve been given to be there.
“As we have two or three weeks off, things will cross your mind and you will look at the table and appreciate the break more if you are third, with a decent number of points, as close to second position as possible.
Stephen Kingsley is fit to face the Buddies after ignoring a groin challenge and Alex Lowry is returning from a back injury, but Jorge Grant, Cammy Devlin and Liam Boyce are all injured.
And Jambos boss Steven Naismith insisted on victory at Celtic Park after back-to-back defeats to Rangers and Aberdeen showed there is no panic in his team despite fan unrest at last week’s Annual General Meeting.
He said, “Here it was quiet. Apparently, it may not have been!But it’s quiet here. If you look at the tests, we’ve lost 4 times in a row, twice in Europe and twice in the league, and if there was ever a time when a team didn’t consult things, it would be then.
“But then we go through and win, we have the derby where we play 60 smart minutes and then a little incident puts a price on us. We lost at Aberdeen and then won at Celtic Park; That shows there’s trust here. It’s not panic seasons, week to week depending on the outcome and that’s a great thing.