On a personal level, Clement has come through the biggest week of his Rangers career with his own credentials restored
Of course it will come as scant consolation that the trophy he paraded 12 months ago is under lock and key across the city.
It’s a similar story for the likes of Ianis Hagi and Nico Raskin who were having the last rights read on their Ibrox careers not so very long ago. Raskin may be small in stature but his contribution to this spectacular Premier Sports Cup Final was no less than gargantuan. But this time Tavernier gave the winger as good as he got and, in truth, Rangers managed to do that to their arch-opponents all over Hampden’s energy-sapping playing surface. This was more than seemed possible just a few weeks ago, when this pair were locked on to a collision course at the old place. Back then, it seemed only a matter of how many goals Celtic might notch up on their way to another silver ending.
He came out on top with another medal round hanging around his neck yesterday evening. But, even so, this was a very different kind of derby day for the pair of them. Yes, the sheer scale of the pandemonium in the stands was the same as it always is. But it was on the pitch where an almighty battle had to be won in order for Celtic to get their hands on this latest trophy.
And they used a succession of long probes out from the back to get Celtic turning and retreating into their own territory. More and more, Rangers were stifling their rivals and this orchestrated squeeze led to Celtic’s players coughing up errors and misplaced passes.
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