Rangers’ Chris Sutton blasts Celtic conspiracy in fresh title verdict.
Chris Sutton has attacked Celtic “conspiracy theorists” as Rangers continue to compete for the Scottish Premiership championship this season.
The Hoops have been dominating in Scotland in recent years, but with the league crown again at stake, the Old Firm rivals are at odds once more.
With only a two-point lead at the top, Sutton feels Celtic are the only ones to blame for allowing Philippe Clement’s Rangers team, who have been outstanding, to take the top place.
On Friday (9 March), he wrote in the Daily Record: “The refs were a handy getout at the weekend, but it’s not John Beaton’s fault Celtic have dropped 19 points this season.”
“It is not the authorities’ fault that a Rangers club that has lost five games is atop the league table. [Don] Robertson did not leave this group ill-prepared for Europe and depleted of bodies for a title race.
“[Brendan] Rodgers and Celtic can try to instill a siege mentality or even appeal to conspiracy theories. But if they don’t get it together in the next nine games, they’ll only have themselves to blame.
Can Rangers defeat Celtic for the Scottish Premiership title?
Before Clement came at Ibrox in October, any hope of winning the league seemed dead, as did Michael Beale.
The Belgian has led the Gers to a remarkable turnaround, with only two losses since his appointment: 2-1 to Celtic and 2-1 to Motherwell.
While conspiracy theorists may try to explain their team’s decline, it’s clear that Rangers have discovered a new gear and gone full-turbo under their new management.
Despite Rangers’ five league losses this season and Celtic’s three, Rodgers’ team has drawn far too many games, leaving first place wide open.
Clement’s team shows no signs of slowing down either. They, like any other side, made a mistake against Motherwell on Saturday 2 March, which might have had disastrous consequences if Hearts had not turned up and won 2-0.
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