Philippe Clement’s Rangers headed to the Highlands with their eyes on maximum points from their two games in hand. They knew that winning Sunday’s game and Wednesday’s match at Dundee would take them top of the Scottish Premiership again by two points.
It now looks like Rangers will have to win the final Old Firm derby of the season – having already failed to beat Celtic on three occasions this season – to have any chance of a 56th Scottish title. And do so at Celtic Park.
Instead, a 3-2 defeat leaves Rangers four adrift of the reigning champions and with games fast running out to overhaul their city rivals.
Then-leaders Rangers were let off the hook in early March when their last domestic slip-up, a home defeat by Motherwell, was followed the next day by Heart of Midlothian’s victory over Celtic.
When that game in hand at Dundee was postponed for a second time because of the state of the Dens Park pitch, Celtic were handed the opportunity to establish a four-point lead before Rangers took the long road north.
Clement’s side earned another reprieve last weekend when they gifted Celtic a 2-0 lead and also came from 3-2 behind to earn a draw that kept them a point behind but with a game in hand.
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