Chris Sutton nails it with Celtic message to Barry Ferguson after Rangers’ struggling Dundee win
Sun 30 March 2025 19:40
Patrick Sinat
The hangover of Celtic’s defeat to Rangers is over after Brendan Rodgers’ side battered Hearts.
Celtic’s win meant that the 13-point gap at the top of the Scottish Premiership table remained intact after Barry Ferguson’s Rangers struggled to topple Dundee yesterday evening.
The Ibrox club were on a high after their rare Celtic Park win just before the international break, but the win in Tayside has not left Hoops hero Chris Sutton fooled.
Sutton was on commentary duty as he watched Rangers fall behind to a two-goal lead for the third time under Ferguson’s rein before they fought back to win 4-3 at the death in Dens Park.
Casting his eye over his old rivals, Sutton said he still has ‘massive doubts’ over Rangers as he sent them a Celtic message that every Parkhead supporter is likely to agree with.
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Sutton told Sky Sports: “When they come up against Bilbao in the Europa League, they will be crucified if they give up opportunities like they have done in the last six games.
“And it’s something Barry must be aware that they need to improve. I was really confused by some of the things Barry said there.
“He’s certain that a few weeks ago they would have lost that game? I don’t know how he could be certain of that.“He sort of came across as though he cracked it when he talks about old bad habits creeping back in again.
“Because they beat Celtic doesn’t mean they should be getting the bunting out. That was a one-off. You know, they did well to beat Fenerbahce.
“I think there’s a lot of work for Barry and his coaching team to do. He’s coming out and talking about things turning around, and I think that that’s very hard to judge at this moment in ti
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