DEREK McINNES watched in despair as his side crashed 2-1 to Hibs at Ibrox this afternoon.
The Govan gaffer’s new-look team are now FIVE points behind champions Celtic in the Premiership after drawing 1-1 with Dundee United in their opening encounter.
Earlier in the day, record signing Kasper Hogh hammered in a hat-trick as Scotland’s title kings hammered Kilmarnock 5-1 at Rugby Park.
Boos and jeers echoed round Ibrox as the Easter Road outfit claimed their third successive win at the ground when Callum Wright netted in the second minute of stoppage-time.
The visitors broke with pace and numbers and the forward capped it off with a low angled drive that swept past the despairing Ivor Pandour.
McInnes could only look on in horror on the touchline as the Edinburgh players celebrated.
It looked as though the home side had been thrown a lifeline six minutes from the end of the regulation 90 when they were gifted an equaliser with a Miguel Chaiwa own goal.
That error wiped out Hibs’ one-goal advantage after Josh Campbell had scored expertly from a 12th-minute penalty-kick.
The pressure is building on McInnes who is facing expulsion from the Europa League if they cannot turn around the 2-1 first leg lead of Jagiellonia Blalystok when they face the Poles at Ibrox on Thursday.
They are also scheduled to play trophy holders St Mirren in the Premier Sports League Cup at the same venue a week today.
KILMARNOCK 1 CELTIC 5: HURRUCANE HOGH BLOWS ‘EM AWAY
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