HIBS overcame Barry Ferguson’s Rangers side 2-0 at Ibrox this afternoon – and Celtic now have the opportunity to go SIXTEEN points ahead at the Premiership pinnacle against St Johnstone in Perth tomorrow.
The mini-Govan revival came to an abrupt halt when the Easter Road outfit netted in each half and came close on a couple of occasions to adding a third to emphasise the misery for the interim manager and his players.
Dylan Levitt got the ball rolling in the eighth minute when he cracked in a low 25-yarder that flummoxed Jack Butland as the ball swept under the keeper’s body.
UNHAPPY VIEWING…Barry Ferguson watches his side lose again at Ibrox.
The visitors looked composed throughout and they doubled their advantage in the 69th minute when Martin Boyle sped through to tuck another neat drive past the netminder.
There was a VAR check after the pacy raider left the home defenders in his slipstream, but pictures proved he was clearly onside as he raced away from just inside the Rangers half.
The most recent defeat brought an unhappy hat-trick for Ferguson at Ibrox – Motherwell and Fenerbahce had already won in Govan before Hibs joined the growing list.
Athletic Bilbao will play there in the Europa League quarter-final first leg on Thursday.
A win for the Hoops at McDiarmid Park will edge the champions even closer to their fourth successive title with just seven games to go.
Two back-to-back victories over the struggling Saints and Kilmarnock at Parkhead a week today will see Brendan Rodgers’ men with the crown for the thirteenth time in 14 years and 55 in their coveted history.
