Danny Rohl's 'lucky' Celtic claim filleted by pundit as Rangers lack of 'killer instinct' gets damning assessment
Rangers let a two-goal lead slip against Celtic at Ibrox - and Kris Boyd has offered his opinion on Danny Rohl’s post-match verdict
Kris Boyd has blasted Rangers manager Danny Rohl’s assessment that Celtic were fortunate to escape Ibrox with a point after a late VAR-awarded penalty.
The Ibrox boss claimed in his post-match interview on Sky Sports that the reigning Premiership champions were “lucky” to be presented with the chance to equalise in the dying embers of Sunday’s pulsating 2-2 draw in Govan.
Japanese midfielder Reo Hatate turned the ball home at the third attempt following an excellent double save from Jack Butland as Rangers were denied the victory, having found themselves 2-0 up through Youssef Chermiti’s terrific first-half brace.
Rohl was left reeling after letting their advantage slip and was unsure if Dujon Sterling should’ve been penalised for a handball before referencing last weekend’s late flashpoint against Livingston which resulted in no red card after VAR ruled out a penalty.
However, Boyd wasn’t having it, admitting: “Rangers have let so many points slip, it’s been their Achilles heel this season. They don’t kill teams off. They don’t have that killer instinct. That game was there to be three or four and totally bury Celtic.
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“Celtic fans have been on him for a number of months and I don’t think his performances have been anywhere near the level that he’s shown before, but Reo Hatate showed how good he is. He was outstanding. He got control of that game. Rangers dominated the first-half and Celtic couldn’t live with them. The substitution at half-time changed the game.
Rohl told to focus on where Rangers downfall occurred vs Celtic rather than penalty incident
“I think it’s a clear penalty for me. When it’s chipped up to the back post... Maeda goes. Look, Jack Butland might save it, we don’t know, we’ll never know. But Dujon Sterling’s hand is outstretched and it hits off his arm. There’s no getting away from it.
“I get the fact that he probably wouldn’t want to come out and have a go at his team because they played so well the first half. I think sometimes you’ve got to be brave in that second half.
“You look at Rangers, we’ve spoken about Celtic being able to get on the ball and push Rangers further forward, but then you’ve got the opposite effect as well.
“From Danny Rohl’s point of view, I’d be more focused on my team and where it went wrong, because the first half was so dominant. And you could argue, if Rangers were off the back of a European performance, then this could have happened.”