PHILIPPE CLEMENT looked shell-shocked as he came a cropper at Easter Road as he watched his Ibrox team throw away a two-goal lead against Hibs to draw 3-3 this afternoon.
It looks as though the mini-revival is over before it got properly started following the vicory over the champions in Govan on Thursday.
Celtic go into their 3pm kick-off against St Mirren at Parkhead in the knowledge a win will propel them THIRTEEN points ahead at the Premiership summit.
WHAT A KNOCK-OUT, ROCKY…Hibs defender Rocky Bushiri celebrates his header to give his side a 3-3 draw with the visitors from Ibrox.
Rangers must have thought they were on course for another win when a double from Hamza Igamane had them 2-0 ahead in 19 minutes Edinburgh, but David Gray’s side refused to roll over and Man-of-the-Match Martin Boyle rifled a low drive past Liam Kelly in the 32nd minute to kick-start Hibs’ fightback.
And it was Boyle who made it all-square at 2-2 when he blasted in an unstoppable penalty-kick just after the hour mark. second-half.
The visitors were lucky to survive when a header from Lewis Miller struck the inside of the left-hand post and bounced into the grateful arms of keeper Kelly.
Igamane walloped in his hat-trick in the 74th minute, but the away support was silenced when Rocky Bushiri rose to crash in an 83rd-minute header from a right-wing corner-kick.
Clement has now seen his team shed seven points from a possible nine in their last three away games.
Memo to Phil: That is NOT title-winning form.
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