We asked for your views on Rangers’ defeat against Celtic in the Scottish league cup.
Here’s what some of you said:
Sally: Rangers played extremely well and were tactically sound. Nicolas Raskin kept Callum McGregor in check and Celtic’s play suffered for it. The players gave everything for the entire match and their commitment could not be faulted. Penalties are a lottery and any player could have missed one, sadly it was a Rangers player. They need to continue to play as a team.
Stephen: Gutted! We didn’t deserve it, but yet again Celtic get the breaks, who knows if Philippe Clement will ever beat Celtic!
Ronnie: We gave 100% and should have won the game. The four-vs-one was pivotal, not to score at that point ultimately cost us the final. The team has improved greatly in the past four weeks & we showed we can go toe to toe with Celtic. We must gather ourselves keep winning then beat them in the New Year derby. It’s a sore loss in a fantastic final.
Anon: Great performance at last. Maybe now those supporters will stop harping on about getting rid of Clement, appreciate the work that the manager is doing with the extremely limited budget and stop this nonsense about the likes of Derek McInnes coming in to replace Clement.
Brian: Firstly I must say what a cup final, two teams all out to win the cup. A great advert for Scottish football, but I have to say what a way to win or lose a cup final. I would like to see the golden goal rule coming in, I think that would be a better way to have a winner.
Fraser: A ray of hope for the New Year’s game, it was a sore way to lose with a poor penalty but Philippe Clement has now got something to build on, we can only hope he gets the backing from the board. Definitely our best Old Firm performance in over a year.
Tom: A draw was a fair result, both teams had good spells, so based on this game and the cup final last season you would expect Rangers to beat Celtic at Ibrox and for Celtic to win their home games, the gap between the teams isn’t that big but a poor start to the season means the league is over but long term we are on the right track.
Peter: Very proud of the performances put in by many players in the Rangers team. However, even though he’s saved us before, I think the reason we lost that cup final was down to Jack Butland. Just throwing yourself to the ground isn’t an ideal tactic to save penalties. I can see now how he’s only had nine caps for England.
