REACTION | Steven Gerrard | Celtic 1-0 Rangers

Steven Gerrard spoke to RangersTV after the defeat to Celtic.

[danielmcguire]

The crossbar was Rangers man of the match

[threekings]

Possession: Celtic - 57% - Rangers - 43%

Shots: Celtic - 16 - Rangers - 6

Shots on Target: Celtic - 9 - Rangers - 2

Corners: Celtic - 14 - Rangers - 4


It was the ref!!

[Ayrisx]

Imagine the 4th official screaming "foul, foul, foul" down the mic and yet Willie Gollum blatantly ignores him, not even a look back at what happened... scottish refereeing at it's finest.

[gakyle]

dont be down to much lads, we have had fantastic start to the season and we were confident for once going into the game. i believe some of the lads weren't aware of how high and frantic the old firm games are. i trust the gaffer and i know it will be a different game/result the next time. enjoy your break lads you have deserved it.

[kylepage]

Unlucky Steven. People need to realise its going to take some time for the team to gel. There's been a lot of changes to the squad. Although we were second best today we have improved a lot since last year. We must stop them getting 10 in a row no ifs or buts about it

[owennmoulding]

I truly believe Stevie is a class act, you’ll never hear him say a bad word, and what you’ve got to look is that Celtic aren’t a bad side, and they have been together for so long, now and Gerrard has got them into Europe for the first time in a few years, you can only applaud what Gerrard has done for this club so far. Class act.

[PSF]

Look I'm not reading to much into this game it came to early for us after giving everything on Thursday playing away in Russia with 10 men then 9.. & then having going to purgatory with still a new team & no doubt a tired 1 but don't get me wrong it's still sore 1 to take but we will grow from this trust me

[strogarth]

Look, last year we lost 4-0 then 5-0. There has clearly been massive improvements and just like Gerrard said - we cannot expect instant results. Chins up lads, we go again 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[thefmtt]

Gerrard will come good for Rangers. I agree with his comments in regards with previous recent clashes with Celtic that Rangers have been blown away, its as simple as that. Rangers upped their game once they conceded. He will need at least a season to adapt and I see a bright future under Stevie G.

[daz]

It’s a defeat at the hands of a referee decision but if you ask me after the work the team had to put in on Thursday and then to come up against our biggest challenge domestically I say they should learn from it and walk away with heads held high! Compared to previous seasons losing one nil isn’t a bad result yes I know it’s not a good one either but this is a team still growing together and we should get right behind them and look forward from here🇬🇧

[paddysmyth]

Can't believe the ref is being blamed for that loss. You can't ask a team to defend for 90 minutes, have the woodwork hit 3 times and ask your keeper to make a number of great saves, and expect to win.

Changes should have been made far earlier, and the mentality should have been far better from the start.

I just hope SG learns some lessons here, and stops blaming the ref. It was a soft one, and we had the opportunity to defend it which we didn't.

We must have a better approach next time out.

[wrighj]

Some rangers fans in the comments expecting Gerrard to perform miracles smh . Give him time for fucks sake . One loss to a better team and some people slag him off already smh

[richardcoleman]

Could have easily have been 3 or 4 zero if the wood work had not saved you.

[jakhaughton]

Gerrard is going to be a top manager. His CV and LFC background will help build a Team

[albertmccready]

Rangers were more organised than in recent times, but Celtic won with more to spare than the scoreline suggests

[MrBigbertie]

Well said Stevie. No surprise that we got nothing from the officials. They were the better team but couldn't break us until Collum gave them a hand. Did they win the league today or do they do a lap of honour after every game. I hope we remember all that when we get back on top WATP

[baloo]

perfectly put by
Jamie 1872
let's stay positive and support SG and the team, I am not gutted at all just wait till later in the season when the team clicks its gonna be superb.

[ronno]

Celtic were easily the better team, I smell denial again at Ibrox.

[williamnoble]

Still a team in progress, it’s definitely an improvement

[paddykidable]

How on earth is the 4th official who is about 50 yards away from it going to know if it's a foul or not, arguably not even a foul anyway, would have been soft to give it, but walking away blaming the referee today just screams desperate to me , Pedro played the press the same way with basically not taking the blame and just saying things that fans wished were true, grow up and admit you were outplayed, will save your skin in the long run because rangers fans are getting bored of lies, they know how far off from Celtic they are and understand it will take a couple of years to be competing on a consistent basis again