Rangers los 2-0 to Celtic at Ibrox on Sunday afternoon.
Rangers boss Steven Gerrard has told Rangers TV that he felt Jon Flanagan was the only player who could have his head held high after losing to Celtic.
The Gers were on a high after beating Legia Warsaw 1-0 on Thursday night, booking their place in the Europa League group stage.
With real hopes of launching a title challenge this season, the first meeting with Celtic was seen as a big one – but Rangers fell flat at Ibrox.
Rangers just couldn’t get going at all, and fell to a goal in each half as Odsonne Edouard and Jonny Hayes found the net for Celtic.
Rangers’ misery was compounded late on as Jordan Jones picked up a straight red card, and Gerrard now has plenty to think about to get his side back on track.
Gerrard admitted after the final whistle that few Rangers players came out of the game with any sort of credit, but did praise one player.
Jon Flanagan was given the nod at left back ahead of Borna Barisic, seemingly brought in to nullify James Forrest – and he actually did that quite well.
Gerrard noted that he wasn’t pleased with the display, but felt Flanagan could at least be proud of his performance, praising a player who often goes under the radar at Ibrox.
“Not pleased with the performance at all,” said Gerrard. “I thought across the board, we weren’t good enough today as a team, and individually we weren’t good enough either. I think only really Jon Flanagan can be proud of his performance,” he added.
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