Hearts defender Jamie McCart scored two of them to propel the Rangers to a 3-1 victory at Tynecastle Park.
The boss of the Rangers, Phillipe Clement, called for a reaction after the 1-0 defeat against Queen’s Park in the Scottish Cup last weekend and obtained exactly this while McCart’s misfortune and the 10th goal of the campaign of The Vaclav Cerny League dismissed visitors to victory.
The cross of Ianis Hagi was wrapped at the back of the net by McCart in the 20th minute, but the hosts reacted well to go behind and finally found their equalizer through the new signature of Michael Steinwender, who threw a A glance in the corner of James Penrice to level the scoring shortly after restarting it (49).
“The rangers are on the strings,” said Sky Sports’ Neil McCann shortly after the goal entered, but, despite being correct at the time, it was the visitors who would take over through Cerny (61) before the second effort of McCart in his own net Do not put the rangers out of reach in the 73rd minute.
Although it is aimed at their short -term misfortunes, the gap of Celtic is still at 13 points following a disappointing campaign for the Gers – which is a situation Sky Sports’ Kris Boyd labeled “not good enough” before a balloon was kicked.
Boyd: Fans have finished with Clement
Kris Boyd de Sky Sports:
“If they had acted on Monday, it was emotional. Far from your home, it was terrible and you are 16 points behind Celtic after having already beaten them.
“Europe is a bonus and your bread and your butter is the league. It was not good enough. Clement had money to spend.
“You can apologize but it was not good enough. When you look at the Rangers last season, they should have won the League. They threw it.
“For me, it’s as bad as anything. There seems to be an acceptance of the second best. Steven Gerrard, you felt that the players had all the self -confidence.
“Sometimes you have to tell yourself the truth. It was not good enough [under Clement]. I can understand why they don’t want a change in management, but fans have enough clement.
“The majority of fans are over. It’s February and it’s done!”
Woe for McCart! Two own objectives …
Clement: we demanded a reaction
Rangers chief Philippe Clement Speaking to Sky Sports:
“We demanded a reaction from all of us. The team wanted it and showed it clearly. It was an open game and everyone enjoyed watching. A difficult place to win. Marking three goals, there are many positive points.
“They also had their goalkeeper to thank. It was a hard match, they had not lost in the last eight games, so coming here and winning is important.
“It was not our best game of the season. We played better games, but winning is the most important thing. We have to continue to dig, with the whole team together, to get the points. What everyone wants.
Critichley: we were the best team
Hearts chief Neil Crichley Speaking to Sky Sports:
“I scratch my head, 3-1 is not a good reflection of the game. The result does not tell the story, we were the best team. We had more ball and more likely but did not take them , We were then punished at the other end.
“I saw so many positive points of the game. We played on the front foot and looked like the team I want us to be, but not clinical.
“We have defended, contributed and well transferred, but we lack this little quality in the last moment. It is a funny feeling because I am satisfied with the way we played but obviously disappointed to get out of a score of 3-1. “