Glasgow Rangers are already 5 factors adrift of the highest two positions within the Scottish Premiership after they had been crushed 3-0 within the Outdated Agency on Sunday.
The Ibrox giants travelled throughout Glasgow to tackle Celtic at Parkhead and had been comfortably crushed by their greatest rivals, leaving them with two wins from the primary 4 matches within the division.
Daizen Maeda, Kyogo Furuhashi, and Callum McGregor scored the targets for the hosts, as Philippe Clement’s facet didn’t get on the scoresheet themselves.
There have been a number of poor performers throughout the park for Rangers and one participant who should be brutally binned from the beginning XI is ahead Vaclav Cerny.
Vaclav Cerny’s Outdated Agency struggles
The Czechia worldwide, who joined on mortgage from Wolfsburg in the summertime switch window, was chosen to start out on the best flank in his first Outdated Agency conflict on Sunday.
He shortly discovered how troublesome of a activity it’s to play within the ahead line for Rangers in that fixture, and ended the sport with fewer touches (44) than his goalkeeper Jack Butland (47), which exhibits how little of the ball he acquired.
Vs Celtic | Vaclav Cerny |
|---|---|
Minutes performed | 80 |
Photographs | 0 |
Key passes | 0 |
Dribbles accomplished | 0/4 |
Duels received | 0/9 |
Stats by way of Sofascore | |
As you may see within the desk above, Cerny additionally struggled to make any form of constructive influence on the prime finish of the pitch and was a legal responsibility bodily, shedding all 9 of his duels.
The left-footed flanker failing to register a single shot or key move illustrates his lack of finish product within the remaining third, as Kasper Schmeichel didn’t have a single factor to fret about with him.
Cerny was additionally tackled in all 4 of his dribble makes an attempt as a result of he was at all times trying to return inside onto his left foot and it made him simply predictable, as an alternative of various his recreation to maintain Greg Taylor guessing.
The participant who ought to substitute Vaclav Cerny
Clement ought to brutally drop the Wolfsburg loanee from the beginning XI, on account of his poor exhibiting at Parkhead, and unleash the participant who outperformed him off the bench.
Ross McCausland initially got here on for Rabbi Matondo on the left flank within the first half however moved over to the best when Cerny was substituted with ten minutes to go.
The Northern Eire worldwide was a vivid spark in a dim Rangers efficiency as he showcased his willingness to drive ahead and make issues occur.
McCausland failed to attain however did a minimum of check Schmeichel with a shot heading in the right direction and the teenager confirmed off his creativity with two key passes, in comparison with Cerny’s zero.
The academy graduate additionally received 4 of his 5 floor duels, finishing one in all his two dribbles, and this exhibits that he was extra suited to the physicality of the Outdated Agency than the loanee was.
McCausland did sufficient to recommend that he deserves to start out the following match after the worldwide break, towards Dundee United, as he outperformed Cerny comfortably on Sunday.
