‘If you have the talent and if you are ruthless you get the opportunity to score and today was no different’
Michael Beale has used a softly, softly public approach towards the players he inherited when appointed as manager in late November. Until now. He used his post-match media duties to talk of “the biggest rebuild this club has seen in a number of years” in the next transfer window. Beale insisted he needs “renewed energy and renewed ideas”. The sentiment was perfectly appropriate. Since winning the Scottish Premiership in 2021, Rangers have regressed.
The defining goal summed up Rangers’ problems. Inexplicably, a batch of their players stopped as the Celtic midfielder Matt O’Riley appealed in vain for a free-kick just outside the penalty area. Daizen Maeda stole in to snatch possession before crossing for Jota to head home. The Rangers backline appeared blissfully unaware of Jota’s position.
“It has happened in a lot of big games. Two or three players switched off. They are in the dressing room kicking themselves. Nobody means to switch off. We shot ourselves in the foot again.”
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