Aribo, Balogun, Bassey Feature In Gers’ Shock Loss At Home Versus Celtic

Glasgow Rangers of Scotland trio of Joe Aribo, Leon Aderemi Balogun and Calvin Bassey Ighelumba were all involved in 90 minutes of action for their Scottish Premiership side, but they could not save The Gers from losing at home against their eternal rivals, Celtic.

Despite the rare show of all Super Eagles’ stars on the pitch for the entire duration of the game at Ibrox Stadium, the evening belonged to their Glasgow arch-enemies.

The result saw Celtic move six points clear in the title race, as goals from Tom Rogic and Cameron Carter-Vickers saw them come from behind to beat Rangers 2-1.

Megasportsarena.com reports that Rangers were quick off the mark and just after captain James Tavernier curled a free-kick past the far post, Aaron Ramsey gave them the lead.

The former Arsenal star, who is on loan from Juventus of Italy, fired home the cross from Ryan Kent on his first Old Firm appearance.

Kent almost added to the scoreline soon after but his close-range effort went just past the post.

While Aribo, Balogun and Bassey fought grittily alongside their teammates, Celtic were not fazed and Tom Rogic levelled on their first real attack in the seventh minute.

The Australian, just back from injury, swept the ball home from the rebound after a move that started with a driving run from Callum McGregor down the right.

The equaliser calmed proceedings after a frantic start but it was Rangers who were looking the more threatening, without any real end product.

At the other end, Connor Goldson was there to head the ball over the bar as Jota flashed in a dangerous cross.

Rogic then went in search of a second goal just before the half-hour, but his effort went sailing high over the bar.

The midfielder came close again when he nipped in to steal a loose ball after ‘keeper Allan McGregor pushed Daizen Maeda’s effort clear, but the Rangers defence was there to clear.

Frustration among the home fans continued to grow and objects were then thrown towards Jota as he prepared to take a corner as Celtic maintained control.

Liel Abada almost put the game out of reach for Celtic in the final 10 minutes but McGregor produced a fingertip save to push his strike just over the crossbar.

Rangers tried to pile on some pressure in the closing stages with Aribo and Kemar Roofe coming close, but they could not find the equaliser to maintain their unbeaten home record and keep up the pace on leaders Celtic.