Chris Sutton was left scrambling as Rangers emerged as 3-2 victors in Sunday’s dramatic Old Firm derby at Celtic Park.
The Bears established a 2-0 half-time lead thanks to goals from Nicolas Raskin and Mohamed Diomande before Celtic levelled the scores via Daizen Maeda and Reo Hatate.
It was the Light Blues who bagged a late winner through Hamza Igamane when he latched onto Jack Butland’s long goal-kick to smash home.
Rangers are still 13 points behind league leaders Celtic in the Scottish Premiership but will be delighted to have defeated their rivals for a second time this term.
It was the Light Blues who bagged a late winner through Hamza Igamane when he latched onto Jack Butland’s long goal-kick to smash home.
Rangers are still 13 points behind league leaders Celtic in the Scottish Premiership but will be delighted to have defeated their rivals for a second time this term.
Savage calls out Sutton for Rangers dig live on air
Igamane took his goal superbly and deserved of winning any game. Bottom line is the gap at the top is 13 points with 8 games left.
“I know who I’d rather be. Fair play to Rangers who play well when the pressure and expectation isn’t on them…
But Robbie Savage was clearly unimpressed by his colleague’s comments and said to Sutton on BBC Radio 5 Live: “I’ve got to say, Chris, before you talk about anything else, I’ve seen your tweet earlier.
Absolutely pathetic.
“Give Rangers a bit of credit, they’re the form team in Scotland right now.
Rangers must look to utilise confidence from Old Firm win
The Light Blues are currently enjoying a remarkable Europa League run and will meet Bilbao in the quarter-final stages, thanks to last week’s heroic penalty shootout win over Fenerbahce.
But it has been far from plain sailing in domestic football for the Gers this campaign, which is highlighted by the fact that they are still 13 points behind Celtic in the Scottish Premiership despite Sunday’s dramatic win over their rivals.
Rangers are still yet to win at Ibrox since interim boss Barry Ferguson took to the dugout, and suffered a 2-1 defeat to Motherwell in their last home outing in the Premiership.
The Light Blues also suffered an early exit from the Scottish Cup when they fell to a 1-0 defeat at the hands of Queen’s Park last month, while their League Cup campaign ended in a final defeat to Celtic via a penalty shootout.
Ferguson’s men must use Sunday’s notable triumph as a springboard to go on and enjoy a positive end to a season which has often been turbulent.
