Rarely in modern times have Celtic, so recently the dominant force in
Scotland, been afforded such a string of chances at Ibrox. That there was never a sense those in green and white could take any of said opportunities – including a penalty – only sums up an epic fall from grace.
Rangers had far more courage, belief and conviction than their oldest foes, as was easily sufficient to seal a place in the last eight of the Scottish Cup. Steven Gerrard’s aspirations of a domestic double are not so much on course as a likely outcome. Cup
Football has stung Gerrard earlier in his Ibrox tenure but this Rangers team now look a class above all else before them. They know it, too.