Gutted over a contentious decision, Philippe Clement strongly argues that Rangers’ disallowed goal against Celtic ought to have counted, citing a missed foul on Dujon Sterling that he believes was tenfold more obvious. Expressing dissatisfaction with referee Nick Walsh, the manager lamented his team’s 1-0 defeat to Adam Idah’s late goal, leaving them with just the League Cup as their season’s silverware.

Even though Rangers appeared to take the lead in the second half with Abdallah Sima’s goal, it was eventually nullified after VAR detected an alleged push on Joe Hart by Nicolas Raskin. Despite feeling that his side delivered their finest Old Firm performance of the season, Clement bemoaned the disallowed goal, particularly contrasting it with an earlier incident involving Sterling that he deemed a far more blatant foul overlooked by the officials.

In an interview with Rangers TV, Clement remarked, “This was undeniably our strongest showing in the Old Firm clashes this season. We outperformed them, registering six shots on goal compared to their two. It’s disheartening to feel on the brink of victory only to have the decisive goal disallowed—a truly crucial decision by the referee. Especially when you look back at the incident with Dujon Sterling in the first half, where the infraction was far more pronounced than what was penalized, but went unrecognized. It’s disappointing for us, but most of all for our fans, whom we aimed to reward with this win.”

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