article_snippet: Craig Thomson’s whistle at Tannadice ensured yet another instalment of this saga.
article_snippet: This was a game scarred by two early red cards, ultimately three in total, but, in truth, there could have been five.
article_snippet: The referee points to the spot after Aidan Connolly was brought down in the Celtic box .
article_snippet: The tone for a bizarre afternoon was set on nine minutes when Brown went in hard on Nadir Ciftci.
article_snippet: Worse was to come for the Irishman when young Connolly drove at United’s relieved defence and appeared to throw young Connolly to the ground with Anthony Stokes nearby.
article_snippet: As the teams left the park at half-time Emilio Izaguirre was furious at the award of the spot kick.
article_snippet: But it was the Honduran’s misplaced clearance into the path of young Connolly that had put young Connolly team under pressure in the first place.
article_snippet: It was a crazy conclusion to the first half but the second period immediately brought fresh madness.