Most of the clubs immediately behind Celtic are in action tonight but a victory over Brugge would lift Brendan Rodgers’ side above Bayern Munich, Atletico Madrid and AC Milan who all won last night.
A home defeat from Motherwell at the start of March was the first unexpected set-back, when the manager went on a heart thumping lap of honour after a 3-3 draw with Celtic the alarm bells went off, Clement told the media that it was a Moral Victory.
And is it not the case there’s more chance of Celtic dropping league points against Hearts at Tynecastle and Aberdeen at Pittodrie than of Rangers slipping up against Dundee United and Kilmarnock at Ibrox on the same days? If that happened the title race could involve three – not just…
There’s a new VAR show where there’s a transparency level of what’s been seen before. There’s a new process where clubs can question the decisions of referees and on-field decisions. And all of that is transparent.
I don’t know where to start. Who made the decision? There’s no CEO. I just don’t know – who’s making the decisions? There’s nobody above him.
How UEFA will deal with clubs failing to comply with their Sustainability Rules is still to be determined. Fines, squad reductions or expulsion are all options open to ensuring Fair Play across their three competitions.
With two sendings off to his name already those season Joe Wright jumped for a free kick with one aim- to crash his elbow into the face of the Celtic striker.
The right-back was hooked on 67 minutes, with Rangers still level with Motherwell at the time, before going on to win 2-1. And Tavernier had sparked anger from Gers supporters in the stands with a first-half dispute with Jack Butland.
Everyone else from the Co-op Bank, Glasgow City Council and the Vatican were blamed for the grand conspiracy, some bears even pinned their clubs demise on a sinister plot from Her Majesty’s Revenue and Custom.
With the stakes so high it was well anticipated that the SFA would put Beaton in charge of the Pittodrie fixture with the only consolation being that Andrew Dallas hasn’t been given the VAR gig.