Penalty pandemonium sets up Hearts & Celtic showdown for the ages
It makes no sense that Hearts are still atop the league table with 90 minutes of the season to go. It makes no sense that they have led for the longest time despite having finances that are a mere spit in a bucket compared to Celtic's. A seismic event, a footballing earthquake, is still possible for them - as is earth-shattering disappointment - but either way you know that the last day of the season is probably going to have some, all, or even more craziness and confusion and rancour as the penultimate night did on Wednesday.
For the people of Hearts and the folk belonging to Celtic, the whole evening was a walk on the wild side; epic, colosally controversial, thunder and lightning to the last whistle. Enough to wake the dead. Fir Park, where Motherwell were hosting Celtic, was a drama unto itself.
Motherwell might have had a penalty, then Celtic might have had one. Both were turned down and both looked like really poor calls. Things twisted and turned.
Celtic drew level through Daizen Maeda and now the gap at the top went from four points to three. Celtic would need a 3-0 win on Saturday to win the title on goal difference. We looked up the stats.
No team has beaten Hearts by three clear goals in the league this season. The last team to do it? Celtic.