Rangers hit Premiership title turbulence as Motherwell deck them to open the door for Celtic – 3 talking points
dailyrecord.co.ukRopey Rangers suffered a major blow to their title aspirations as Motherwell’s first top-flight win at Ibrox in 27 years left the door open for Celtic to snatch back top spot.After a perfect 10 Premiership games at home under Philippe Clement, the Light Blues crashed to their first loss in Govan since Michael Beale’s final game in charge.
They were behind early as Theo Bair took advantage of a John Souttar mistake to stroke home his 11th goal of the season. A VAR-sanctioned penalty from James Tavernier got Gers back level.But Stuart Kettlewell’s wonderful Well grabbed a thoroughly deserved victory - their first since Owen Coyle ruined a planned nine-in-a-row penalty back in May 1997 - when Dan Casey headed home with quarter of an hour left.
Now just two weeks after hitting the Premiership peak, the Light Blues face having to give the league lead back to Celtic if Brendan Rodgers’ team can secure a huge win at Tynecastle tomorrow.A sloppy start almost cost Gers in midweek as they were forced to mount a second-half comeback at Rugby Park.
And the Premiership pacesetters were left facing the same task after stumbling out the blocks for the second game running.There was an early warning when Bevis Mugabi headed over from a Blair Spittal corner.
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