Rangers Vs Hibernian 1 half
After their slow start to the season, Hibernian pay a visit to Ibrox to challenge Rangers - hot off a 3-0 win over Dundee - in the Scottish Premiership.
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00:00Thank you Ailey, last but by no means least on an eventful Scottish Premiership weekend
00:05It is Rangers against Ibernian, it all clicked for Rangers in Sweden on Thursday
00:10Now they need it to click
00:12back home, back at a full
00:15Ibrox stadium
00:30Let's have a look at today's teams
00:44Philippe Clermont makes four changes from Malmo
00:48Shaq Bodlin is in goal as usual
00:51Jetty returns after serving a European suspension
00:55There's a first start this season for Nico Raskam
00:59And a first Premiership start of the season for Ross McCausland
01:03And there's a first Rangers start for Hamza Ighamam
01:07Cyril Dessas, Nadeem Bairami and Araiso Kasimwario drop to the bench, but Mohamed Diomande misses out with a minor knock
01:16David Gray makes three changes for his first game in a fortnight
01:21Joe Bursic is their new keeper
01:24Lewis Miller returns to the side
01:28Juan is on loan from Celtic and Natarius Triantis from Sunderland
01:34Josh Campbell comes in and there's a first start for Junior Hoylett
01:38Nikola Kukarevic leads the line
01:41Two key players Joe Newell and Martin Boyle had surgery during Ib's fixture break
01:45Nicky Cannon is also injured, but Jack Iredale and Dwight Gale could make their debuts from the bench
01:54So an opportunity from the off for Moroccan striker Hamza Ighamam
01:58He's raw, but raring to go center stage on the big stage. That is Ibrox
02:08Junior Hoylett made quite an impact in his brief time at Aberdeen last season and Ibs
02:14Will certainly be hoping to see a bit more of that
02:20Philippe Clermont's first game in charge was a 4-0 win against Ibs here 11 months ago
02:26David Gray scored the first goal of his career here 10 years ago
02:30Today, but it wasn't his biggest goal against Rangers
02:34Nick Walsh is the referee with Kevin Clancy on VAR duty
02:40Rangers show what they are capable of in Europe on Thursday
02:43But as you know, well Neil, you've got to follow that up when you play for a job like this
02:47Yes, um, not always easy though, uh in a few changes made by Philippe Clermont today
02:53um
02:54It's a pride by maybe one or two of them dancers in particular
02:57But it gives as you said that they get man up top a wee chance to play through the middle
03:00We've normally seen him come off the left
03:02But he's got a real chance today against this hip side to do leak goals
03:06But yeah, you need to follow up a brilliant european performance and result
03:10With a domestic one because celtic don't look as if they're going to give anything up easily
03:16First game for a fortnight rangers have been rather busy
03:19In contrast hence those changes today lost mccausland who came on to seal that victory in malmo
03:27suitor over towards
03:29james tavernier who scored his
03:31First goal in a while here last week
03:40Here's robin proper the dutch defender jeff day who was suspended
03:46Is against malmo
03:49Well, it was interesting the guys were talking about what kind of tactics that hubs would
03:54Put out today in terms of trying to stop this ranger side
03:57But you can see it's almost like a four four one one, but it's a really really tight
04:01Four four not a lot of spaces in between the lines. They're almost going to invite rangers to go down the outsides of them
04:08And josh campbell will be able to break things up and if they do win possession get in touch with the number number nine
04:16Tavernier the fast left turny ahead of him on that right side
04:34I think john suitor's been good. Uh
04:37you know, I think
04:39Goldson's left that right side of the center back position. He's he's grown into it. I think playing in the left
04:45maybe didn't suit him as much but
04:47I think he looks much more comfortable on the right hand side of that defense
04:52Is that's our journey and there could be an early opening here
04:58It's a straight pass from shirley, but rescued somewhat by raskin
05:10He was so effective when he came in at aberdeen last season
05:14and uh
05:15Hibbs would love to see a repeat of that kind of form. Yeah, but he's got a better responsibility today defensively
05:22I mean so much of his work's going to be done on the back foot with james tavernier been
05:27Really encouraged to get forward as he does and cherny coming on the inside
05:31So yeah, listen, I think he's a threat for hugs losing martin boyle out the side is a huge blow
05:37But he is one that I think that will david gray will look to rely on to try and get some chances made for him
05:43Lewis miller ran into tom lawrence and it's sprung away to raskin
05:52On the barren
06:06Um cherny taken away from him by adita initially
06:16Hibbs have only managed one win in their last 24 meetings with rangers
06:21week up semi-final 2021 martin boyles
06:24First half hat trick and he's had an operation on his
06:28Wrists joe neil's had a hernia operation
06:36Two of his most experienced players
06:41Absent today, but hopefully not for long
06:47Cherny baron
06:49So
07:05Yeah slack, I mean it's uh
07:07It's going to be tough for the first 15 20 minutes or so for rangers to break through this
07:12Hibbs side you can see how structured they are out of possession. They're going to try and play on that counter attack
07:18but
07:18That type of pass from jeff. He's exactly what david gray wants early in the match just to
07:22Maybe unsettle the nerves
07:25Of the rangers fans that are in here today
07:32It's haven't beaten rangers in the league since 2018 when john mcginn scored a cracker here jamie mclaren's penalty won it after
07:41a fabulous free kick from sean goss
07:43In between neil lennon was in charge of hibbs then I think he probably enjoyed it you think
08:03Warren ohora has the captain's armband in the absence of joe neil
08:09So
08:12Lewis miller helping that on
08:15Chris cannon has kept it in
08:17kukarevich taking up a position
08:19Important touch from butlin and holland unable to react in a good way. Well, it's a half chance for holland
08:27as it's bouncing high, uh, he's getting privileges dropping onto the line, but
08:31It's exactly what you expect from from carding out in this wide position his quality into the box jack butlin does ever so well
08:37Shooter
08:38But it's an area where I think hips will try and go down
08:41That aerial route miller is very aggressive. So they'll clip it onto him
08:45They'll try and get chris cadden out in his right side to get forward on flick ons
08:49And we know that if he gets wide positions
08:51It's something that rangers need to be really switched on with because the quality will absolutely come in from that side
08:59Is
09:07You come out and get a touch journey
09:12Almost found a way through to tab in the air. It does anyway tom lawrence can strike them
09:19Well, it takes a wee nick but i'm not sure if it would have been on target
09:22Anyway, it looked like his body position was maybe a little bit straight
09:26It takes it pretty close to him. He just chokes on it and then he gets fortunate doesn't he?
09:31For the deflection to allow rangers to continue the pressure with a set piece
09:37Mcslack from
09:47Everyone back
09:50Suta and proper far post purpose moved into the middle a bit
09:54journey giving
09:56Tavernier a better angle to fizz that in and ross mccausland's header goes on to the roof of the net
10:02Was a free header, but I really had to go on
10:05He's coming towards it he's going away from goal. He's trying to generate the power back towards goal
10:11I mean, I think that
10:12like a goalkeeper bursic is comfortable in the end, but
10:17Maybe the alarming thing for david gray is that he's found the space in the penalty box mccausland
10:23Ross mccausland has scored on his last two premiership starts
10:27As well as scoring
10:29With a fine finish in melmo
10:32Yeah
10:33It was interesting to hear clement coming out after the game philippe. Come on saying about
10:37Singling out players is not his usual strategy after a game
10:40But he felt that the work that mccausland would be doing is giving him opportunities
10:47Has been rewarded with a start today shirley onto this
10:54Good from shirley
10:58It's still to be a corner, I think yeah
11:01Yeah
11:03I don't think he knows too much about it. Brilliant. What a manufacturer of space, isn't it?
11:07outside inside
11:08Off the back heel is it?
11:10That's a horror. Maybe i'm not sure which one get the last touch there, but nonetheless they had to get it
11:25Short corner last time looks like this might be heading straight in as
11:31The captain makes the signals
11:37Campbell
11:38There is a good first contact from how to get but again mccausland i'm just watching him. He's free in the six yard box
11:44second time in a row
12:01Up
12:03Fizz that cross in straight to butler
12:06Wasn't bad
12:08on the outside of cherny
12:09It wasn't a bad ball, you know, he just needed
12:13Somebody to get across the front post area
12:31Communication by miller and caden caden just dropped short to spin long there
12:35That's the understanding you need with a fullback if you're playing wide
12:39Sometimes it's going long and just chopping back to get it to feet and it's the exact opposite where caden was looking for
12:50You have to coming in you can see there is a clear free kick it does get the ball secondary but the first challenge is
12:56without question
12:58an illegal one across
13:00um
13:16Unnecessary
13:24Nice cover and the end up from raskin working back in
13:31Julia holland will take this corner
13:39We know that a threat in from these set pieces aren't they rangers don't concede from those
13:43So something's got to give today you feel maybe
13:52Hoyler pings that one in
13:55And quam
13:56Excellently blocked by suta
13:59There's a big block, you know
14:01I tell you that a long time to eye that one up, didn't he?
14:05Chris caden
14:07Tom lawrence sorts that situation out. Although caden refusing to give up until he has to
14:15What a block from john suitor
14:18Because he's got a long time to see this dropping, but he's out quick john suitor a really
14:23Interesting flight as well from him. She's a real driven free kicker
14:27Corner kick taken usually where I used to see them being worked in but that was fizzed up
14:32Presented an opportunity for him
14:45Triantis
14:53Foreign
15:03Somebody's gonna take it
15:09Come on, let's sort this out
15:12If he comes down here in the touchline, he's not happy with the fourth officially, I think he's complaining how long it's taken here
15:20Possibly I don't know. I don't think we're at a stage where we're time-wasting after 13 minutes of the game
15:26Barely for the dark arts
15:30I think it's just the fact they're getting the big guns up here the big boys
15:35Of course had a word with the captain
15:39Laura no horror captain for the day pre-kick anyway to rangers now might happen a bit quicker. Yeah all of that for nothing
15:50So
16:01For a bar to spin away from kukarevich is coming back for a bit more
16:07Yeah, well you've got josh campbell who's sitting on corner bar and they're almost like a front two but
16:13trying to stop barring from building the play but
16:15If campbell steps out then they need to be careful because then there's an overload in the middle of the pitch with laurence
16:21Raskin dropping in there
16:30On a baron who's started all bar one game since arriving from abedin
16:35Um
16:47Trying to wriggle away through here is mccausland
16:51Blocked by cannon and another corner
16:54But I don't mind it from boss mccausland. He didn't look really comfortable going on the outside on his left, but he's prepared to do it
17:01wins a corner
17:06So
17:17In the mix again
17:24Sabine drills that in and it's duly dealt with
17:36Foreign
17:53Journey
17:59Yeah, that's poor i'm just watching at the back post he's
18:03He's got a good man just pulling off towards the back post because mccausland's taking up the central role
18:08It's causing a little bit of confusion for the back four of hips with miller tucking in
18:14Nothing happening if the ball was up to
18:30Never won the header
18:33Triantis
18:36Has returned for a second spell on loan from sunderland chris cadden
18:42Eager to get a cross in and he's pretty good at that. It's broken kindly here for lewis miller
18:49Hoping it briefly i'm not sure if it just gets a lot of touch on that corner baron, but he had to get it, you know
18:56Miller's dancing into the six yard box if he misses that challenge
19:03So
19:05Potential for a long throw from lewis miller with petetta taking up position near post
19:16Much of a run-up for miller but decent distance on it
19:22Causland
19:24Drifted away from bigger man. Yeah, I think it's raska and it's back back post there. It's winning that header that second header
19:33So
19:50Here is raskam whose only rangers goal came in
19:55Philip clement his fellow belgians first game in charge
19:58Four nil against hips here almost a year ago
20:03Yeah, i'm just watching philip. Come on when raskin took that ball
20:06I don't think he was happy with the belgian going backwards. They'd broken the line heads and then he goes back in there
20:11He's looking for him to open up and just start going through the lines
20:27Lawrence jefty
20:29So
20:31Journey onto it
20:33Miller's clearance goes straight back to jefty and it brushes off chris captain and it's going to be another corner for rangers
20:40So four or five corners we've had here. He's having you're working his way out. They're not really
20:45Yeah, they're not really gonna put him under an enormous amount of pressure here
20:55This is indeed rangers fourth corner
20:59um
21:06Tavernier goes long this time a bit too long as it turned out miller and lawrence
21:11Chasing it. Yeah, what I would say is that hubs are quite a big sidey and they're
21:16Arcing that six yard board
21:18Interestingly, we've got someone on the front post nobody on the goalkeeper, which were mccausland's patrolling
21:23but they look pretty solid from the from that type of
21:27Positional
21:29Sense where if you're taking corner kicks
21:31Generally, if you're getting people running across the front of people, there's maybe a smaller one toward the front post
21:35But there are good size hubs
21:51It was eventful when the
21:54Teams last met
21:56Which was here in march when james tavernier missed a penalty then scored
22:01There were two goals in first half
22:03stoppage time
22:04And a cracker from ravi matondo as well
22:11A warm-up goal for his old firm goal
22:23So
22:45Moving a bit quicker rangers, which is what they have to do try and break that shape of hips
22:54So
23:03He's kept it in he does have support from mccausland
23:11Jetting
23:13It's away by
23:16So
23:21Nice touch from chris cadden first of all, but i'm able to get it back
23:28That's well played from ranger good composure
23:32Feel good pass from jack butlin under a little bit of pressure mccausland picks out lawrence
23:41Sliding in
23:45And he's still going jeff day brilliant run this
23:53Well, it's good from turning coming in off that right side just to make up the
23:57The number nine position the man is out of position, of course, so he then finds himself
24:02Central but he never ever catches it. Does he?
24:05never get himself in all sorts of trouble here first time and then
24:09Very lucky not to take out jeff. D on the run there with me. That's right
24:12Yellow card you feel in a really good position, but
24:16I think this is one of the best parts of his game is going forward
24:19Slightly untested for me one v one defensively just yet, but he's shown real good promise from that middle section of the pitch
24:32I'm a good man who uh didn't uh travel to sweden due to a passport issue. He's
24:39Come on as a sub in the last three domestic matches, but given a start today so that
24:44Serial deathers can have a breather
25:00Oh, he's down here he's taking that I don't know if he's maybe just caught an elbow in the ribs
25:05Is it maybe chris carden maybe just caught him?
25:09Just as it ricocheted off
25:14It's hard to say
25:16Sorry, he certainly felt it. So yeah, he looks he looks in a bit of discomfort. I mean, i'm sure he'll be fine, but
25:23A bit innocuous to see the least cardigan in there. It's just that that elbow
25:28Elbow
25:35Yeah
25:37I just feel that he's I mean you can see there that most of the attacks coming down this left side and he's the main man
25:44To get into those areas. I think as I said, he's he's worked on in the middle third is really effective at times
25:50I just think he needs to work on his final ball, which is of course when you get the white positions
25:54You're always going to be judged upon
25:56But he's a natural outlet
25:58You can see that castle. We're all playing left back during the week against marble was very comfortable defensively
26:04But didn't really offer a great deal going forward. Whereas you have to
26:07Certainly look some more natural
26:09choice in that position
26:16Who did win a title last season lost on loan in cyprus with apple l the casio
26:24Bigger man
26:26So
26:28T has returned
26:38Barron mccausland
26:41Lovely link up with jetty
26:45Causeland now up against miller
26:47It forces him into that corner
26:50Looks like it went behind but the causal carries on
26:54It's certainly again blocked by holland. Well again, he just catches it with the ankle. He doesn't catch it cleanly
27:00I'd have to say outstanding ability and scale out the side here from
27:05Jeff tees cross tabernoo looking to get on the end of this it drops kindly for cherny
27:14Fronted by holland assisted by lawrence
27:24So
27:41I think chris carden maybe needs to sit in for a wee bit here in touch with lawrence there bigger man for cherny
27:49So
27:51It's blocked by triantis
27:55Yeah, I was just saying this left side, I know we're showing the graphic there where there's there's more traffic coming down
28:00With the fd and the mccausland, but miller's had a tough five ten minutes now
28:05And I think he'll be just telling chris carden just sit in for five
28:08Just give me a little bit of protection a little bit of breather
28:18So
28:44An option it's tom lawrence
28:49So
28:59Well, it's been mostly rangers so far but nothing to show for it yet jeff d
29:05McCausland takes over
29:10Well again, it's just the quality it's coming in from the sides it's just not on point yet
29:15You can see the midfield areas has been a battleground so far
29:22But I just feel that
29:24Tessa's gives that focal point doesn't he?
29:26I know there's a lot of said about the guy and he scores gold, but he does give a bit of a focal point
29:31He says central whereas the command so far has found himself drifting into wide positions. He's dropping deep
29:45But
29:47But there will be a chip
29:49Yeah, well my initial reaction is he's low and he does get the ball because the ball goes that other way
29:56You can see he goes in there. He's almost slipping but
29:59It looks worse because he slipped because his foot comes away from him there. He wins the ball clean for me
30:05I think that's okay. You know, I mean i've not got a problem with her, but he slipped makes it look much much worse
30:11Well, kevin clancy is having a look at this on var
30:16It's not a red card. Listen. It's absolutely not a red car for me. They might have a look at that in var here
30:28We just we just know that getting with the soul of the boot, you know, it's
30:32It's a big no-no and although he does win the ball personally. I don't see too much wrong with it
30:38I'm
30:39Endangering the opponent and the referees. We've got reckless with a yellow card to nick walsh as you can see the var check is
30:47complete
30:51Proper jeff day
30:59It's gotta be a lucky that well, there you go. I mean i'm just talking about
31:04You know lewis miller getting a bit of protection because he's coming inside and you don't want to be ones
31:10With overlapping fullbacks or chris cadden doing his job just sitting tight just patrolling that
31:15Right back area with lewis miller. Just making sure that
31:19His fullback's not getting a bit of a doing
31:34So
31:56Tom lawrence
31:59Big man almost in but
32:02Beat him to it. Yeah, really good defending, you know
32:06Catches the ball cleanly and again man just makes a little dart and run across him there
32:28So
32:33Jifty baron
32:45Let's go
32:47Far on josh campbell
32:49Yeah, I think he just catches him there
32:51A wee bit of a breather for hips. I'm just watching ross mcconnell across his body language
32:55When the ball went out there he's looking for him to just go and take him on one v one he's gone inside
33:00He's dragged the fullback away
33:03Half an hour into the game and
33:05I think hubs have been pretty comfortable, you know that long ball
33:09A few moments ago from rangers from the back line isn't a bad one. I don't think it's ever going to set
33:14Uh again man free or cherny free but it's the seconds for lawrence to get up on
33:18sometimes just changes dynamic of how they're playing and
33:21Gives him something different to think about because so far trying to break the lines hasn't particularly worked
33:30Karen
33:41Get into this
33:44Across to block it. Yeah, it gets across. Well, doesn't he knows that the left back areas is exposed
33:50Lewis miller bombing forward. He just throws
33:52McCausland to the side there and just breaks into a really good area, but
33:57good defending
34:02Junior hollywood will take this
34:05Well, I think it'll be a slightly different delivery to the last one was fizzed in absolutely drilled
34:10This one looks like it'll be bent towards the outside
34:14of the penalty area
34:18Hoylett sends it into the mix miller rushing in hoylett may get another chance
34:28Does take the cross back in it's going to drop here to
34:31quam
34:32It'll never look too overly likely. No, it's a half chance, but cherny just switches off. What's cherny just
34:38Just switch the defensive mindset off and just creep out. Watch that goes there. He's on he's on the break forward
34:43He still has a job to do there
34:45And corn's coming in. He's coming across that he's leaning away from that always going wide
34:51Tom lawrence has tripped by corn
34:58Proper
35:13So
35:36It's like hubs have done well in terms of forcing the ball waiting
35:43So
35:45Ross mccausland and now tom lawrence neat pass laurence
35:54The flag is up to deny tom lawrence a wonder goal subject
36:00To a varchick while i'm watching him. He's in acres of space. He's just loitering whether he's off
36:06I'm, not sure but it's really tight
36:08I'll tell you what
36:10It could be just on you know
36:12And as he comes inside onto that right boot, this is a quite exquisite finish, you know
36:16I'm right behind it and it is every inch into the top corner
36:22Bursic is just a spectator. It's just whether he's off. It's so tight
36:28He's never going on the outside he's always going to come back into that right side
36:34Well, this is going to be interesting because that was tight tom lawrence
36:39no stranger to goals like that and he could yet be celebrating another one, but
36:44The moment of magic has been well, look at that
36:50It's just he's right foot I think he's right foot probably just
36:55The old side of tom lawrence
36:57I think it could be on you know, but it's so tight
37:00We've seen a couple yesterday
37:02being given where it's it almost looks like it's old school favoring the forward. I know we're not getting that now because it's
37:08It's the old computer draws the lines in but this might be on
37:13well, the uh lines are being drawn and we await instruction here from kevin clancy, but it
37:19looks like
37:20There's a good chance that tom lawrence who's waiting patiently
37:24crouched
37:26Will be awarded a goal here
37:29Me
37:36So at the moment there's a
37:38there's a
37:39check
37:40for a challenge
37:41On miller in the build-up. Oh, yes
37:45Is explaining his thoughts on that?
37:48to kevin clancy
37:50and the outcome is about
37:59You
38:12Maybe they just needed something like that to get going from tom lawrence. Excellent
38:17So
38:27Pips have been breached despite a good regard action so far
38:48So
38:53I was just saying how hubs had done really well and minimizing those balls through the lines and when it went into lawrence. It was
38:59He was kind of scruffy with his pass, wasn't he?
39:02But up until that point the quality wasn't really coming in from wide areas from rangers
39:07Hubs were pretty comfortable half an hour gone
39:10Looking okay within the game
39:12Yeah
39:16Tavernier
39:24I'm watching felipe. Come on down here below us
39:27crocs, he's a he's so animated with it the square passing at times, but
39:32Hubs are really trying to make it difficult to break the lines, but he's so determined that his team do that
39:38Lawrence perfectly picks out journey and lawrence again now for baron
39:42and
39:45Jephthah
39:48So bersik will grab a hold of that
39:54Yeah comfortable again good delivery, but this is it
39:59The offside. I mean you can see there that we felt it
40:02Like potato was playing on site. It's probably not as close as we maybe felt it was
40:08But I tell you
40:09That is
40:10Outstanding. Look at bersik. He's at full stretch. He's only maybe one or two yards off his line, but he's just a spectator there
40:21Tom lawrence has scored three goals in the last four premiership games now jetty onto that and here's mccausland
40:34Fast left journey up against the beta
40:39Here's tavernier
40:42raskin
40:52Proper jeff day
41:00Done well louise miller just switched on to the one two
41:03So
41:07Miscue from triantis, he gets it all wrong. He's trying to
41:10He sees junior hoylett taking off on the left side and tries to play it first time just gets it horribly wrong
41:16Miller here for kukarevich
41:19Just got him to his right, but good work from nico raskin
41:25McCausland
41:29First touch did him no favors triantis. All right there
41:33Oh
41:41It's not often that hubs have been able to enjoy a little bit of possession
41:44I don't know
41:47Good part of the pitch as well midway section getting boys forward
41:53Horror for obita
41:57Souter clears yeah super position in front post area and john suit up
42:02Lawrence
42:06Nick patezza guiding it back
42:10Kukarevich is up top. He cuts a frustrated figure at times. He's done so much running
42:16cadden
42:20Cabo straight, uh, butlin
42:24Uh tmf up really good take from cardon. I wondered whether he'd just gone offside
42:29On the back of the fd cambell's better than that just didn't catch it clean today
42:39It's difficult when you've done so much here
42:42Work and a defensive mindset and a deeper position and when you get into opportunities
42:48sometimes it's
42:49It's really tough just to switch yourself on to be sharp
42:53In terms of going forward and being clinical in the forward parts of the pitch
42:58So
43:13Rangers have won 25 of the last 26 premiership games in which they've
43:18Scored first remarkable record really the exception. Sorry to mention this
43:22Rangers fans was that defeat at ross county
43:26Last time i'm mentioning it honest
43:29So
43:31The volume body just got turned down there when they heard that start coming they could read it
43:38Well because of the lengthy var check there'll be a fair amount of added on time
43:45Didn't hang about there but fired it over
43:49Yeah, again, it's a longer pass. It might not be
43:52Going to come to fruition, but it's the second balls. It's down. It's my gun
43:56I mean, he's just he's trying to get his body over it. Isn't it? Okay, man. He's just
44:01Not quite got the shoulder over the top
44:03Always cutting away from the goal
44:11I'm sure we'll see him at some stage. He's in good form cereal desserts
44:15Seven in his last 10 matches and he scored in all three games
44:21He played in against hibs last season
44:25Kukarevich
44:30Hoylet
44:34Hoylet's cross away by suitor and again
44:43Causeland bailed out by baron
44:51Hoylet
44:53Is
44:55Quan has to hit this one. Surely
44:57He's taking a diversion on route corner. I tell you what, I think this is a really smart stop from jack butlin, you know
45:04It's down low it's right tucked into the bottom corner right down at the foot of the post
45:10He sees all the way just tries to steer it. I tell you that's that's an even better save
45:14Seeing it on the replay
45:16It's so close to that post there and it's so low
45:20It's one of the hardest ones for goalkeepers to get
45:26There will be four extra minutes in this first half so a bit to go yet
45:39Junior hoylet's
45:41Corner egg potato sends it back. Oh horror knocks it down
45:46And butlin clutches in his hips cry for a handball, yeah, there's big shouts here
45:52big big shouts
45:54kukarevich is
45:56Absolutely convinced that comes off a hand. I think he could take it first time whether it bounces up awkwardly for him
46:02I'm, not sure but he tries to take a touch as it's held back across the goal. Does that downward header there?
46:08Yeah, I think john suitor's arms up and it's away from the body. I think this will be giving him well the potential
46:13Penalty check yes
46:15happening
46:16Yeah, well, we knew he was he was so adamant wasn't he kukarevich and john suitor there?
46:23He's going down to block it. I think the right arm is up. It hits the elbow. I think it's away. I think it's high
46:29And I think this will be given
46:32Well, it would certainly boost hibs as we enter the four minutes of stoppage time
46:38kevin clancy
46:39Kept busy on the goal for tom lawrence
46:42And now checking the attacking phase of play which would suggest that it will be a penalty
46:47There's nothing untoward in that. Yeah. Well, it's a really kind of funny corner, isn't it?
46:51Hoyle it just it's a big looping one
46:53Nick poteta towards the back post just helps it in there and when it drops
46:57I felt that kukarevich could have maybe have just swung on it first time takes a touch
47:02But when he gets it away, I think nick walsh. He'll be asked to look at this and I think he'll be giving it
47:07Well, this game is about to take a twist
47:12As nick walsh comes across to have a look
47:17Yeah, we're just looking at a still here in our monitors which the referee will be showing
47:22There as he gets that shot away, you can see the elbow is high isn't it's away from the body
47:27There's only one outcome here. I feel
47:36So
47:38Nick walsh is having a fairly long look at this. Yeah, he has but it looks
47:47Like it will be a penalty kick to
47:50hibs
47:52In stoppage time at the end of the first half now their normal penalty taker martin boyle is out at the moment. So
47:58Who will step forward kukarevich is heading towards the ball?
48:00He's away for the ball. He fancies that he has the initial shot which leads to the penalty decision
48:05I mean james tabby is over having a word
48:07As only the captain can do and nick walsh
48:09But when you look at that there you can see that there's a slight motion as well from john suitor towards the ball
48:15upwards with the elbow
48:18I just felt that hubs
48:22There's opportunities for them when they get into those final third positions
48:25They haven't enjoyed it too much because they've been doing so much defending
48:28But what a chance before halftime here
48:35So
48:39Rulings to some extent this season, but you ain't getting away with that one and no mcconaughey kukarevich
48:45is ready
48:46To take this in a one-on-one duel with jack butlund
48:54And he just found like opeland stan trying to put him off
49:00No martin boyle
49:02To take this so here comes mccullough kukarevich
49:08Makes the save and keeps rangers ahead in what could be a massive moment in this match
49:16Well, I don't like the style
49:18We saw mark kahara doing one similar yesterday when you stop your momentum
49:23You've not got a great deal of room then to generate power
49:26And he tries to close his foot and go across the goal jack butland reads them all the way
49:31And it's so comfortable in the end
49:33It's a poor penalty, but you have to compliment jack butland, of course for getting the right way and making a good stop
49:40I think jack enjoyed that
49:46Yeah, he did a super stop from cohen just a few moments before a really really good stop that's more standard
49:53but nonetheless
49:54What a chance for him to go in at halftime 1-1 here
49:57and kukarevich
49:59I mean you look back at that and think
50:01His momentum is just halted
50:04And as I said, it's so difficult. We've got two brilliant strikers of the ball. Sorry jack not you
50:09Uh chris and flady in the studio that will probably back that up that when you stop
50:14I think it hands the advantage to the goalkeeper
50:19Well, the uh allotted four minutes will increase because of another
50:24var check for that
50:27Penalty
50:32Could have a minute or two to go yet beta considering a long throw
50:47And a free kick for rangers now
50:49I could have been on the break actually. Yeah
50:52He might have just let that one breathe nick walsh. It was a free kick. There was a pull
50:56But there was a 4v2
50:57For rangers conor baron was just breaking
51:00Taking a nice touch
51:06It's all firm time in the swpl this week thursday night from 5 30 on sky sports football
51:12It's rangers against celtic
51:15broadwood stadium in cumberdale
51:19So
51:31A tale of two big var checks in this first half, but the correct outcomes
51:39It's nice when that happens in when they get it, right, it's very good. That's what it's there for
51:50Oh, he's in here
51:52taken down by
51:54hollett
51:54tracked by tavernier
51:57proper across as well and
51:59that's going to be a free kick for rangers who look like they
52:02Will be heading into the break with their lead intact
52:06Yeah, there's a wee trip there, but
52:08While it just come off that wide berth just get inside
52:13The run of a of tavernier just so not on the cover but proper coming across and mopping up
52:19So
52:32Half time
52:33Tom lawrence has added to his extensive collection of wonder goals
52:38Although he had to wait for a var check to confirm that he was on side fantastic finish
52:44but
52:45Nikola kukarevich fluffed his big moment in stoppage time
52:49For penalties saved anyway by jack butland to keep rangers ahead
52:55Will hips live to regret that half time at ivorox strangers one hibernian?