He said it’d be a marathon not a sprint – and at least, for now, Rangers are still putting one foot in front of the other under Philippe Clement.
Mind you, for 89 minutes it looked like the Light Blues were about to fall flat on their face having been presented with a major opportunity by Celtic’s Easter Road draw.
Brendan Rodgers’ team haven’t been offering up too many glimmers of hope this season but here was a chance to reignite a title race that looked doomed already.
They took it, slashing the Hoops’ lead at the top back to five points ... but only just. It took the maddest of finishes, in a match played out to groans and moans, to end with the sound of stunned jubilation flowing round the Ibrox stands.
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