Rangers mounted an unbelievable comeback to attract 2-2 at Livingston, however dropped factors within the newest twist within the Scottish Premiership title race.
With Hearts profitable on Saturday, the strain was on Rangers and their Glasgow rivals, Celtic, to maintain tempo with the league leaders.
However neither might get the job performed. The Gers gave themselves a mountain to climb after they discovered themselves 2-0 down – a shocking proposition given the Scottish Premiership’s backside facet had not gained in 25 league matches.
It was an excellent end from Brooklyn Kabongolo to see Livingston forward. He lashed his laces by way of Scott Pittman’s free-kick supply to provide the hosts a shock lead.
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Brooklyn Kabongolo met a Scott Pittman free-kick with a vicious proper foot end to provide Livingston a shock lead towards Rangers
Livingston have their goalkeeper, Jerome Prior, to thank for a string of gorgeous saves to frustrate Rangers for so long as they did.
It gave Marvin Bartley’s facet a platform to attain one other within the second half. It was from one other free-kick too, which Rangers initially cleared – however solely so far as Emmanuel Danso. He performed a neat reverse cross to Lewis Smith, who took just a few touches earlier than firing house on the angle.
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Simply as Rangers started to dominate Livingston produced a nicely labored free-kick and Lewis Smith completed clinically
5 minutes later and the sport lastly turned in Rangers’ favour when Cristian Montano was despatched off. He took out Djeidi Gassama on the prime of the realm, and after a VAR assessment for offside confirmed there was no case to reply, the Livi man trotted off for an early bathe.
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Cristian Montano made Livingston’s job tougher as his mistimed sort out on Djeidi Gassama rightfully led to a crimson card
The Gers’ comeback started within the 82nd minute. It was a thunderbolt from Emmanuel Fernandez that lastly breached Prior’s objective, earlier than a deft header from Mikey Moore levelled issues up with two minutes of the 90 to go.
Information started to filter in of Hibernian’s profitable objective towards Celtic, as Rangers had a giant penalty name turned down in 9 minutes of added time.
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Simply because it appeared like time was operating out, Emmanuel Fernandez thrashed house a positive strike to scale back Livingston’s lead
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Mikey Moore nodded house a fragile header to finish Rangers’ combat again at Livingston
Moore was picked out by way of the center, however was fouled by Cammy Kerr. The referee initially mentioned no penalty, however VAR reviewed the choice.
One of many key debates was if the foul got here inside or outdoors the field, however after a prolonged verify, neither a penalty or free-kick was given. As an alternative, the sport resumed with a easy restart. “That’s a shocker,” mentioned Chris Sutton on Sky Sports activities co-commentary.
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There was main VAR controversy at Livingston after a late problem on Mikey Moore was deemed honest and never a penalty
The outcome leaves Rangers 4 factors behind Hearts forward of subsequent Sunday’s Previous Agency. The purpose would not do an excessive amount of for Livingston both, who transfer on to 13 factors – eight away from eleventh place.
