Celtic chased Hearts at the top of the Scottish Premiership for eight months, enduring a long catch-up and pushing through moments when results looked unlikely. They won matches they appeared to be losing, scored crucial goals late, and overcame their own mediocrity at times, driven by Martin O’Neill. After the final whistle, a pitch invasion by Celtic fans expressed emotion but crossed into outrage, prompting hopes for a swift investigation and proper punishments. Hearts staff were enraged and left quickly. The title was decided in dramatic late moments, with Celtic drawing while Hearts were winning, until late events swung the outcome. The season ended with last-day tension and decisive heroics.
"For eight months Celtic chased Hearts at the top of the Scottish Premiership. Eight months, a game of catch-up for 32 games, 2,880 on-field minutes, 48 hours. They stayed in the fight, somehow. Kicking and screaming, they won matches they looked like they weren't going to win, dug out key goals in the dying seconds, triumphed over their own mediocrity at times, driven on by Martin O'Neill."
"The invasion was an outpouring of emotion but it careered so far over the line as to be an outrage. An investigation will be launched; swift and with proper punishments, you'd hope. Certainly, Hearts staff were enraged. They got on their bus and got out of there as fast as they could. They deserved a whole better than that. We'll be hearing plenty more about those scenes."
"Only a dozen minutes of normal time remained in this season to end all seasons - Celtic were drawing, which meant that Hearts were winning. They piled forward, the late-goal kings of Scotland, the 90th-minute heroes, but nothing was sticking. With 11 minutes left, Kelechi Iheanacho hit a post. With 10 to go, Benjamin Nygren forced a dramatic save out of Alexander Schwolow. Time ticked on, slowly."
"Hearts were champions with nine minutes to play, eight minutes, seven minutes. Six, five and four minutes on the clock and Hearts were winning the league, smashing to smithereens that established order; history-makers, epoch definers. From their first league game under Brendan Rodgers and onwards - through the turbulence of O'Neill part one, the calamity of Wilfried Nancy and then O'Neill part tw"
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