Rangers rally but Philippe Clement still on brink as they trail Celtic by FOURTEEN points before derby - 3 talking points

Rangers rallied to come from two goals down to salvage a 2-2 draw against Motherwell - but the fightback did little to ease the pressure on Philippe Clement as the Belgian saw his team selection backfire and lost more ground on Celtic.

The Light Blues were two goals down at the break with Clement staring into the abyss as Aussie Apostollos Stamatelopoulos fired the home side in front and Tawanda Maswanhise double the lead before the break. That left Clement facing a huge 45 minutes and substitute Hamza Igamane scored either side of Well’s own sub Tony Watt having TWO goals ruled out to level the match. But they couldn’t complete the recovery and they now trail their rivals by FOURTEEN points ahead of Thursday’s Old Firm derby.

The visitors line-up raised eyebrows with Kieran Dowell, Cyriel Dessers and Oscar Cortes all starting but they had the first real chance with Ridvan Yilmaz, in for Jefte at left back, floating in a perfect ball for Dessers who got space in the box but sent his effort straight at Aston Oxborough. But it was the Steelmen who were in front after quarter of an hour and it was a mess at the back for the Light Blues.

A long ball from Oxborough went all the way through to Robin Propper and his poor defensive header appeared to come off the arm of Stamatelopoulos but the appeals were to no avail and the Steelmen striker raced through and fired through the legs of Jack Butland.

If Rangers felt aggrieved at that decision there there was another when Nico Raskin went down in the box but VAR dismissed that after a brief check. And things went from bad to worse 10 minutes before the break as Motherwell doubled their lead. They failed to deal with a simple ball into the box and Lennon Miller cushioned a header