A game of football that can only be described as abject.
Seven shots across 90 minutes, none anywhere near a “big chance” as sterile ball met ned ball.
On those shots, by the way. Both Opta and hudlstatsbomb had The Rangers completing four shots. I was perplexed by this after watching back, and so had to validate. They have included two incidents as “shots” from the first half.
On 30 minutes, a cross into the box hits Bojan Miovski in the midriff and falls to a Celtic player who clears. Whit?
On 42 minutes, yet another free kick cross appears like it MIGHT have brushed a hair sticking up from Mike Moore’s head, or at least a stray piece of hair gel. Whit?
So, only two “real” shots from The Rangers. Which, again, highlights some of the quality issues with the vendor data.
All that to avoid talking about the game!
The Bhoy of the Match has to come from the defensive cadre. You won’t win this with an overall packing score of single digits, hint!
If tactical setup and unwillingness to adapt continue, we may see plenty more like this.
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