A dramatic Scottish Premiership draw between Rangers and Celtic resulted in dramatic scenes as each units of gamers clashed on the pitch.
Martin O’Neill rushed in to play peacemaker (Picture: Sky Sports activities)
There was drama after the ultimate whistle at Ibrox after Celtic got here from two objectives down to attract 2-2 with Outdated Agency rivals Rangers on Sunday. Tempers flared over on the finish of the sport with shoving matches between each units of gamers. Mikey Moore pushed Julian Araujo and angrily pointed his finger on the Mexican whereas Nicolas Raskin and Liam Scales clashed. Tuur Rommens and Tomas Cvancara additionally clashed in entrance of the cameras earlier than Celtic supervisor Martin O’Neill – on the day of his 74th birthday – rushed in in direction of the centre circle to calm issues down and separate the gamers.
O’Neill dragged Cvancara, Dane Murray and goalscorer Reo Hatate away by their shoulders as Celtic legend Chris Sutton joked on Sky Sports activities commentary: “He should not be doing that at his age!” The Northern Irishman could possibly be heard shouting “get away, get away!” at his gamers earlier than they headed over to the away finish to thank their followers.
Rangers led 2-0 at half-time courtesy of Youssef Chermiti’s brace, which included an unimaginable overhead kick simply eight minutes in. However Kieran Tierney halved the deficit earlier than the hour mark and Hatate scored a fortuitous 91st-minute second rebound after seeing his penalty kick, and the primary follow-up, each saved by Jack Butland.
That saved some extent for the defending champions however it’s nonetheless a poor outcome for each groups’ title aspirations. The draw leaves Hearts six factors clear on the high of the Scottish Premiership desk, with Rangers second and Celtic two factors behind the Gers in third however with an additional recreation to play.
Celtic captain Callum McGregor informed Sky Sports activities: “It is excessive stakes, so everyone is aware of what’s on the road. It is livelihoods and those who love the membership. After all there’s emotion within the video games and typically it might probably boil over. It is positive, you have simply received to remain calm and keep disciplined and try to maintain everyone calm. It is an emotional title race.
“There’s three groups going for it, 4 groups for those who carry Motherwell in as effectively. You are going to want self-discipline and everybody. It is about staying calm and executing what we all know has received us success previously. It is making an attempt to feed into that as a lot as potential.”
On the Hoops’ comeback, McGregor added: “Typically you need to take your drugs and regroup. That is precisely what we did at half-time and we had been by far the higher crew within the second half and doubtless unfortunate to not go and win it.
There are 9 video games remaining within the Premiership season, with Celtic travelling to struggling Aberdeen in midweek. Victory at Pittodrie would see them overtake Rangers and trim the hole on the high to 5 factors. The Gers, against this, have per week with out a recreation earlier than internet hosting their Outdated Agency rivals within the Scottish Cup quarter-finals subsequent Sunday (1pm).
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