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Ewan Paton

Chris Sutton trolls Rangers with Philippe Clement jibe after Celtic win

Chris Sutton couldn't resist a pop at Rangers after former club Celtic triumphed in the Scottish League Cup final yesterday afternoon.

Brendan Rodgers' side won the showpiece event on penalties at Hampden Park, with Daizen Maeda tucking away the final spot kick to claim the Hoops' 119th major trophy.

It was a pulsating final, particularly in the second-half, which ended 3-3 after 90 minutes. 

There were no further goals in extra-time, so penalties in front of the Rangers supporters decided the game. 

Ridvan Yilmaz was the only player who failed to score from 12 yards, as Kasper Schmeichel got down well, low to his left to prevent the left-back from scoring.

Sutton was delighted with Celtic after the win. And in typical fashion, he took the chance to tease the Hoops' city rivals.

In the aftermath of the game, he wrote on X: "Well played Celtic and Brendan Rodgers, absolutely relentless.

"Another moral victory maybe for Rangers though."


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This is of course a thinly-veiled swipe towards Clement and his comments following the 3-3 draw between the teams at Ibrox in April.

After Rabbi Matondo's last-gasp equaliser in that game, which cancelled out what looked like a match-winning Adam Idah strike just moments before, the Belgian claimed that despite the stalemate, the result left his team as the 'moral winners' of the derby clash.

His  comments read: "I'm happy about the reaction, they showed personality and at the end, we are the moral winners of this fight, of this game... with a lot of passion, everything these supporters want, everything this club wants.

"Everything this club is about, they showed in the second half.

"They need to show it in the next couple of weeks, too, in every challenge we have.

"There's a big evolution in that. They showed something special today. I always believed they had the quality to do it, and they showed it in the second half.

"It doesn't give guarantees, but if you keep pushing like we did in the second half, you can turn things even against a good team like Celtic."

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