Rangers didn’t ‘lay a glove’ on Celtic in their disastrous 3-0 defeat in the first Old Firm derby on the season on Sunday.
Speaking exclusively to Football Insider, ex-Scotland international Frank McAvennie believes Rangers’ most recent display was the worst he’s seen from them at Celtic Park, agreeing with Kris Boyd’s assessment that not one of their players would get into the Scottish Champions’ starting eleven.
Boyd picked apart his old club in a heated five-minute rant on Sky Sports right after the game, claiming “The whole structure from top to bottom at Rangers is all over the place.”
Goals from Japanese duo Daizen Maeda and Kyogo Furuhashi gave the home side a 2-0 lead going into half-time before captain Callum McGregor wrapped things up with a 75th-minute close-range finish.
Rangers nowhere near Celtic in Old Firm derby
Philippe Clement’s side are five points behind the current Scottish champions after just four games so far this season.
There is some good news for the club, however, they are set to return to Ibrox for their game against Dundee FC in the Scottish League Cup later this month.
I think Kris Boyd said it perfectly”, McAvennie told Football Insider.
“When Celtic played Rangers, it doesn’t matter when, you’d say four of five of the Celtic team would get in the Rangers team, and four or five of the Rangers team would get into Celtic.
Not one Rangers player from that game at the weekend would get in the Celtic team. Not one.
“They can wrap that up any way you want, it was Kris Boyd that said that and it was very honest, it’s the first time I’ve seen it because he was hurting.
“Boyd was hurting at the weekend and quite rightly because it was a bad performance.
“I’m a footballer, Kris Boyd is a footballer, Souness is trying to put a different spin on it.
Honestly, if it was a boxing match it would have been stopped, Celtic battered them.
“It’s the worst I’ve seen from a Rangers team, they never laid a glove on Celtic, it’s the worst I’ve seen from them at Celtic Park for a long time.
