Key occasions
GOAL DISALLOWED! Rangers 1-2 Celtic
Yup, this isn’t dissimilar to the penalty, an prolonged leg impeding the person in possession. Let-off for Celtic!
VAR CHECK!
Did Lawrence foul Hatate at first of the transfer? I feel he might have you ever kniow….
GOAL! Rangers 2-2 Celtic (Dessers 57)
FOOTBALL FOOTBALL FAOOTBALL FOOTBALL! Lawrence wins the ball in midfield and Fabio Silva drives ahead, spreading the play broad, and when the cross is available in, although Dessers can’t poke residence at this primary try, he tucks away on the second and what on earth is occurring? There’s nothing like this, nothing prefer it in any respect!
56 min That aim was not coming, however for the truth that it got here…
GOAL! Rangers 1-2 Celtic (Tavernier pen 55)
Essentially the most prolific defender in British soccer does it once more! Tavernier leaps, then sweeps an unsavable shot throughout Hart into the far side-netting, slightly below the highest nook. Recreation on!
PENALTY TO RANGERS
54 min The issue, in fact, is {that a} penalty is just too extreme a punishment for nearly each offence that leads to one. This was a foul, I suppose, however one price an 80% likelihood of a aim? Nahman.
53 min Yup, the ref goes over for one more look.
52 min OK, Fabio Silva is on his method down and Johnston will get a bit of of the ball, however he nonetheless stretches his leg throughout the attacker and breaks his run. I feel this’ll be a penalty….
51 min Fabio Silva’s had higher afternoons. He collects a good reverse-pass from Sterling, sways inside Johnston then dives outdoors and goes down; he booked for diving however needs a penalty…
50 min Carter-Vickers hurts himself in a problem however he’ll be advantageous.
49 min I’ve not seen a lot of Celtic this season, however I very very like what I’ve seen of Matt O’Riley. He may grow to be a really critical participant.
48 min Celtic win a nook and O’Riley strikes the ball on to Hatate on the sting … however his low drive is just too near Butland, who saves simply sufficient.
47 min Speaking of issues sartorial, Joe Hart just isn’t solely sporting buttercup high, shorts and stockings, however boots. Sadly we’ve no photograph but, however he appears to be like like he’s taking part in in socks.
46 min Clement has bought his huge winter coat correctly zipped up. Kieran Tierney would by no means.
46 min We go once more. Rangers ship on Abdallah Sima, the Brighton loanee, for Scott Wright.
Again come our groups…
A little bit of Rangers studying, however one of many nice soccer tales.
So what can Philippe Clement do about this? I’d not be stunned to see Todd Cantwell and Borna Barisic, and if his aspect rating subsequent, sport on. Nevertheless it’s onerous to see them scoring twice by no means thoughts twice with out reply, as a result of Celtic are a greater aspect with higher gamers, who know precisely how one can damage them.
Half-time leisure:
Additionally happening…
HALF-TIME: Rangers 0-2 Celtic
A near-enough excellent first half for Celtic, who will lead Rangers by 4 factors on the high – having performed a sport extra – if they’ll see this one out.
45+1 min SAAAAAvED JOE HART! Lastly, Rangers craft a gap, Sterling sliding a intelligent reverse-pass that bumps off Dessers and Fabio Silva is in down the left aspect of the field! However as he prepares to fit clinically underneath the keeper, an infinite yellow lummox leaps in entrance of him and all of a sudden the ball bounces again to security! Nice, essential save, and Celtic stand sturdy to clear their traces when Rangers come again at them!
45 min We’ll have two added minutes.
45 min And right here come Celtic once more, Hatate operating off Diomande, and although his capturing lane is instantly closed down, the ball ballooning off to security, he’s commonly discovering area the place Rangers two defensive midfielders are supposed to be.
44 min To this point, this match has informed us what we thought we knew: Rangers are adequate to beat everybody bar Celtic, whereas Celtic are adequate to do no matter they should do to win the title.
43 min Rangers win a nook down the fitting and Tavernier swings it on high of Hart, who will get it behind for one more; this time, Carter-Vickers heads clear. He and Scales have been fairly stable thus far.
41 min O’Riley goes to floor to problem Diomande, catching the delicate, fleshy a part of his thigh; in our playground, that was often called a donkey chunk, its highest iteration beneath. He’s booked.
41 mon Tavernier misplaces a move and O’Riley, who’s been wonderful, intercepts and shoves Kyogo away. However with a person blocking the within, he drives outdoors and lashes a shot that’s blocked at supply.
39 min Fabio Silva just isn’t having fun with this; down on the bottom writhing after Johnston aborts his off-the-ball run with a very good, sincere, old school, British bodycheck. He’s booked, and Silva is most upset.
38 min Johnston slides a terrific move in entrance of Kuhn, nashing down the fitting, and with Kyogo loitering, Butland, on the dive, collects on the second try. Rangers are rocking and Celtic would possibly simply have the ability to end this earlier than half-time.
36 min Rangers don’t have any actual floor for grievance. They dominated territory after the aim however with out creating something, and one of the best probabilities have all been Celtic’s however excuse me whereas I interrupt myself! Taylor crosses beautifully from the left and Kyoto races in direction of the far put up to meet up with it … however when he ought to go far put up he goes close to, heading broad.
GOAL! Rangers 0-2 Celtic (O’Riley pen 34)
It was coming, however the stones on Matt O’Riley, goodness me! He waits for Butland to dive, clips the ball over the keeper, and but extra spooky silence. Celtic take an enormous step in direction of retaining their title!
PENALTY TO CELTIC!
33 min Goldson’s elbow caught the ball, away from his physique, and a fast have a look at the display screen was sufficient for the ref to see it’s a penalty.
31 min In comes the nook, Maeda with the flick, and does that hit Goldson’s arm? VAR will need a look….
31 min Beautiful from Maeda, dashing on the Rangers defence, chucking in a Zidane spin when he appears to be like to have overrun the ball, and when h finds Johnston, O’Riley meets it the cross with a booming header … that Butland ideas behind! Nice save!
29 min Yup, Celtic are knocking it about properly now. I’m wanting ahead to Brendan explaining precisely why all of it’s his doing.
27 min We mentioned this pre-match, however thus far, Celtic’s further attacking class telling. I do know their aim was a fluke, but it surely got here as a result of they pinpointed a specific Rangers weak point, and I’d not be shocked in the event that they managed a second earlier than half-time.
25 min Once more, Maeda runs at Tavernier, who will get in nicely to win the ball. Celtic, although, win again possession excessive up and O’Riley slides in Maeda, left aspect of the field, who opens his physique aiming for the far nook, solely to move a protected effort far too near Butland, who parries clear a shiot he ought to not have smelt. And nonetheless Celtic maintain the assault, Hatate shifting it one outdoors the field earlier than lashing a shot simply broad of the far put up! For all Rangers’ huffing, these have been two probabilities much better than something they’ve managed in open play.
24 min WHAT A CHANCE GOLDSON! The nook picks him out and he pulls off Carter-Vickers … however mistimes his soar, the ball coming off his shoulder and flying excessive!
23 min The ball bobbles about in midfield, then Rangers win one other free-kick, so Tavernier will once more stick a ball into the wind …or not, as a substitute punching a straight move dow the close to aspect of the wall for Fabio Silva, whose tried cross wins a nook.
22 min And right here they go once more, Dessers charging goalwards however cannily ushered away by Carter-Vickers.
20 min Kuhn pulls again Sterling and is booked – apparently due to the fouls beforehand administered by his teammates.
18 min Celtic should’ve recognized a weak point in Butland’s kicking as a result of Kyogo slides in on him as he kicks, not for the primary time. He’ll not be allowed to only construct the play right here, however as I kind Lawrence performs a poor move after Dessers wins a problem with Carter-Vickers. Already, this can be a bodily battle, and presently the defender is profitable it.
17 min Kyogo drops off and win the ball, and although his onward move is just too sturdy, his group are progressively rising into the sport, taking part in extra of it within the Rangers half.
16 min Dessers and Carter-Vickers leap for an extended ball however Fabio Silva can’t activate it when it drops to him. To this point, Rangers have lacked high quality in attacking areas.
15 min The Celtic defenders look actually up for this, however Rangers will take coronary heart that already, they’ve been pressured to make some determined tackles.
13 min We mentioned Celtic could be concentrating on the area in behind Tavernier and they’re, Hatate striding by means of midfield and sliding a move contained in the Rangers skipper for Maeda, whose low cross is simply too sturdy for Kyogo.
12 min Celtic have barely had a kick since taking the lead, however now Kyogo worries Butland, chasing him down and forcing a rushed clearance.
11 min Now Scales – whose nickname is, I belief, Prunella – wins a problem with Fabio Silva. There are appeals for a penalty however once more, he timed his intervention nicely.