Ex-Celtic star says Rangers equaliser v Kilmarnock knocked the stuffing out Parkhead.
Rangers took the stuffing out of a noisy Celtic Park who’d started dreaming of a return to the summit of the Scottish Premiership.
That’s according to ex-Celtic Park right-back Mark Wilson, who believes that the Parkhead crowd received a body blow the moment James Tavernier equalised v Kilmarnock.
As the Scottish Premiership title battle promises to swing back and forth, particularly when the two sides are playing at the same time, there will be plenty of attention on the other’s results.
And in a mood which has been more familiar for Rangers fans in recent seasons, Mark Wilson claims the Ibrox side’s Rugby Park comeback stunned the crowd at Celtic Park.
Mark Wilson on Celtic Park response to Rangers goal
Speaking on Clyde Superscoreboard, Mark Wilson claimed he was at Celtic Park for their match with Dundee, the Parkhead side mauling the Dee 7-1.
There’s been lot made about the atmosphere inside Parkhead on the night but as recounted here, Rangers struck the Parkhead momentum a body blow with their comeback at Kilmarnock.
“Last night was one of the first times in a long time I can remember when the goal went in for Kilmarnock the roar at Celtic Park,” said Mark Wilson. “I said at the time Killie must’ve scored.
“There was a lull when Rangers scored – no doubt about it – within the stadium. The game was (already) won on the pitch.”
Wilson – who also turned out at right-back – used the chance to laud Rangers captain James Tavernier, whose record from free-kicks is “frightening”.
“I said who scored, Tavernier, once again,” remarked Mark Wilson. “Was it a penalty? No, I figured it was a free kick and it was a beautiful free kick again.
“I seen a replay of one he scored earlier in his career at Rugby Park, identical position. The technique that boy has got is fantastic. To get that many, not only target, but to go in, is frightening.”
When Rangers have put the pressure on Celtic, and Ibrox fans have been thrilled as a result, the Parkhead club have typically crushed the momentum at source.
Really, it’s the mark of Champions to hold off your championship rivals like this and it’s part of the reason why Rangers have usurped the Parkhead side at the top of the Scottish Premiership table.
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With the title race likely to go down to the wire, Rangers will seek to keep throwing these body punches to the Celtic crowd with all eyes on a huge weekend ahead.
Rangers are poised to welcome Motherwell at Ibrox on Saturday afternoon as Celtic go to Hearts for a stiff test at Tynecastle on Sunday.
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