Rangers captain James Tavernier urges his team to rise to the occasion against Celtic, following a disappointing run of form and fan criticism. The Light Blues seek their first victory over their arch-rivals in seven attempts.
Skipper James Tavernier insists Rangers ’ players have to look at themselves “as men” as they bid to end a dismal Old Firm run against Celtic on January 2. The Light Blues go into the first game of 2025 at Ibrox 14 points behind the William Hill Premiership leaders after a 2-2 draw against Motherwell at Fir Park on Sunday.
It was a second successive game where Rangers’ first-half display was way below par following the 2-1 defeat away to St Mirren on Boxing Day and Philippe Clement’s men had a second-half double from substitute Hamza Igamane to thank for the point, although it did not assuage the criticism from the travelling supporters, many of whom feel the Belgian’s time at Ibrox is up. The former Genk, Club Brugge and Monaco boss is looking for his first Old Firm win at the seventh attempt as Gers boss – his side did come close when they lost the Premier Sports Cup final to Brendan Rodgers’ side only on penalties earlier in the month – and Rangers have gone seven games against Celtic in total without a win. Looking ahead to what promises to be a tumultuous afternoon in Govan, Tavernier said: “We were unlucky in the final, going all the way to extra time. “So we’re just going to go into this game and we obviously need to address what we need to do before Thursday, and really look at ourselves as men, and as a team, to put things right. “It’s obviously an Old Firm, against our biggest rivals and a home game. “So we have to go back to what we were doing better before these two games, and that’s play better as a team, defend as a team and be clinical. “I can only apologise to the supporters because in the past two games, we’ve wasted 90 minutes on two halves where performance level is not us, and that’s unacceptable. “So you can understand the boo
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