Celtic draw with Dundee United

Lee Naylor was the hero for Celtic salvaging a point from their clash with Dundee United which ended 2-2.

The match at Tannadice swayed between both sides before finally ending in deadlock, but this scintillating affair could have gone either way - a game that was truly ‘a game of two halves’.

Dundee United struggled to deal with Celtic in the first half, while the roles were reversed in the second.

Aiden McGeady was in fine form, giving Paul Dixon a torrid time down the right wing in the early stages, and almost opened the scoring with only three minutes gone.

The Ireland winger ran at the defenders, but everyone backed off and his shot from the edge of the box went just over.

United were pinned back for long spells and conceded the opener when Scott McDonald was left unmarked in the box.

Paul Hartley sent a curling corner in that took a nick off Warren Feeney before the Australian headed in from a yard out to give The Bhoys a 23rd minute lead.

Five minutes after that opener, United had their first attempt on goal when Conway hit a tame effort from the edge of the area, but Celtic were looking comfortable and could have doubled their lead.

McDonald cut in onto his right foot to shoot low and Lukasz Zaluska had to use the full length of his arms to reach the powerful attempt.

The lively McGeady was unlucky not to get a goal five minutes before the break when he capitalised on a sloppy touch by Dixon.

The 22-year-old burst into the box, but the left-back recovered just in time to block his shot and concede a corner.

From the resulting set play Morgaro Gomis prevented Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink from ending his goal scoring drought.

The Dutchman headed the cross goalwards, but the former Chelsea trainee was on the line to clear the danger.

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