Rangers’ Philippe Clement responds to a BBC journalist’s remarks on Celtic at Ibrox

In response to a BBC reporter, Rangers manager Philippe Clement has fired back, stating that the team’s

victory over Ross County was not about surpassing Celtic in a recent triple crown result at Ibrox.

With a 3-1 victory at Ibrox on Wednesday, February 14, the Light Blues tied Brendan Rodgers’ team for

first place in the Scottish Premiership. However, they are now only behind the Hoops on goal

differential.

While Clement pushed his side on in search of a fourth goal, which would have seen them top the league,

he has insisted that he is “not busy with Celtic” but instead focused on trying to win a domestic treble

with his side.

Speaking to BBC Radio Scotland on Wednesday (14 February, 22:25) he said: “It was not about top spot.

You can feel the momentum was there to make more goals. There are many games to go, we need to

focus on ourselves and not how many goals other teams have.

“It’s a long question, but it will be a short answer. I’m not busy with Celtic, I’m busy with Rangers. To

make this team better, to take as many points as possible with this team, and to win as many trophies as

possible with this team now and in the future.

“To let the team and club grow. We’re only busy with that. So, we’ll only focus on ourselves. We’re the

only team still in three competitions. We’re proud about that and we’re going to fight hard for that.”

Philippe Clement not bothered by Celtic in Rangers mission

It’s safe to say that Clement, like all supporters inside Ibrox, would have liked to have seen his side score

a fourth goal just to move ahead of the Hoops for the first time under his management, but ultimately

such a shift would have meant nothing.

Rangers are well and truly now in the title race, something that didn’t seem possible when the Belgian

arrived in Glasgow. Whether or not they are the team sitting top in the second week of February

ultimately isn’t important in the grand scheme of things.