Scottish Premier League: Celtic thump Hearts 5-0
{{date|August 25, 2007}}

[[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]] challenged {{w|Rangers F.C.|Rangers}}' lead at the top of the [[Scottish Premier League|SPL]] with a 5-0 thumping of {{w|Heart of Midlothian F.C.|Hearts}} in reply to Rangers' 7-2 thrashing of Falkirk last Saturday.

After ten minutes, Shunsuke Nakamura's off-target volley hit Christophe Berra's arm and flew into the Hearts net. 15 minutes later,  Massimo Donati took on two Hearts defenders before sliding home the second. Scott Brown hit home a third 65 minutes in, 1 minute later, Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink scored the fourth from the penalty spot and Nakamura curled in the fifth on the 79 minute mark. Chris Killen had a good shot saved by the dispirited Hearts goalkeeper, Steve Banks.
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{{footballbox|
date= 25 August 2007<br>15:00 GMT+1 |
team1= [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]] |
score= 5 &ndash; 0 |
team2= {{w|Heart of Midlothian F.C.|Hearts}} |
report=  |
goals1= [[w:Christophe Berra|Berra]] {{goal|10|o.g.}}<br>[[w:Massimo Donati|Donati]] {{goal|25}}<br>[[w:Scott Brown|Scott Brown]] {{goal|65}}<br>[[w:Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink|Vennegoor of Hesselink]] {{goal|66|pen.}}<br>[[w:Derek Riordan|Riordan]] {{subon|69}}<br>[[w:Aiden McGeady|McGeady]] {{suboff|69}}<br>[[w:Chris Killen|Killen]] {{subon|69}}<br>[[w:Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink|Vennegoor of Hesselink]] {{suboff|69}}<br>[[w:Shunsuke Nakamura|Nakamura]] {{goal|79}}<br>[[w:Maciej Żurawski|Żurawski]] {{subon|87}}<br>[[w:Scott McDonald|McDonald]] {{suboff|87}} |
goals2= [[w:Christos Karipidis|Karipidis]] {{subon|46}}<br>[[w:José Gonçalves|Gonçalves]] {{suboff|46}}<br>[[w:Neil McCann|McCann]] {{subon|46}}<br>[[w:Laryea Kingston|Kingston]] {{suboff|46}}<br>[[w:Andrew Driver|Driver]] {{subon|46}}<br>[[w:Kęstutis Ivaškevičius|Ivaškevičius]] {{suboff|46}}<br>[[w:Kęstutis Ivaškevičius|Ivaškevičius]] {{yel}}<br>[[w:Christophe Berra|Berra]] {{yel}}  |
stadium= {{w|Celtic Park}}, [[Glasgow]] |
attendance= 57,300 |
referee= }}

==Sources==
*{{source|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/check/player/sol/newsid_6960000/newsid_6966100?redirect=6966121.stm&news=1&bbram=1&bbwm=1|title=Celtic vs Hearts - BBC Sport Highlights|author=|pub=BBC Sport|date=August 28, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_prem/6960730.stm|title=Celtic 5-0 Hearts|author=|pub=BBC Sport|date=August 25, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://celticfc.net/home/fixturesResults/ViewMatch.aspx?matchid=2007-08-25_hea&season=2007|title=Celtic vs Hearts Statistics|author=|pub=Celtic F.C.|date=August 25, 2007}}

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Celtic challenged Rangers' lead at the top of the SPL with a 5-0 thumping of Hearts in reply to Rangers' 7-2 thrashing of Falkirk last Saturday.

After ten minutes, Shunsuke Nakamura's off-target volley hit Christophe Berra's arm and flew into the Hearts net. 15 minutes later,  Massimo Donati took on two Hearts defenders before sliding home the second. Scott Brown hit home a third 65 minutes in, 1 minute later, Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink scored the fourth from the penalty spot and Nakamura curled in the fifth on the 79 minute mark. Chris Killen had a good shot saved by the dispirited Hearts goalkeeper, Steve Banks.
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