Rangers hero Barry Ferguson has been left angry with how his former club allowed Celtic to thrash them in the first derby of the season.
A Liel Abada double and Jota's lob made it 3-0 to the Hoops before half-time and David Turnbull pounced on a slack Jon McLaughlin backpass to make it a 4-0 win. It puts Celtic five points clear at the top of the Premiership and leaves Rangers reeling ahead of their first Champions League group stage game against Ajax.
Number one goalkeeper McLaughlin got a hand to Abada's first but not enough to prevent it going in after Ryan Kent allowed a quick throw to be taken, and was lobbed at his front post by Jota after one Matt O'Riley pass cut the defence open. Abada was all on his own to notch the third before the disastrous fourth and Ferguson says it was goals that Rangers are totally to blame for.
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He told Go Radio: "The better team won. I can't defend Rangers. You see Gio going over to the fans and apologising. He will be absolutely fuming. They are bad goals, I don't care what anybody says.
"If you watch football, then they are really bad goals to lose. At the end of the day, Celtic were the better team and deserved to win it. Now you have to take what comes.
"I have been involved off the back of sore ones against your arch-rivals. You're going to come in for a bit of criticism. You need to stand tall and accept it. You need to come back with a strong performance."
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