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Chris Sutton delivers verdict on 'incredible' late Celtic chance vs Rangers

Chris Sutton says Rangers got away with one late on against Celtic this afternoon. 

Cyriel Dessers opened the scoring for the Ibrox club against their city rivals at the end of the first half. 

Celtic responded in the second 45, with Adam Idah making it 1-1 via a deflection. 


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As the game entered its closing stages, Barry Ferguson's men pushed forward for a winner, although they gave the ball away cheaply from a throw-in. 

Daizen Maeda raced through on goal, only to see his effort stopped by Liam Kelly. 

Sutton thinks the Japanese forward made the wrong call and should've set up his teammate Johnny Kenny: "This is incredible," he said (Sky Sports). 

"Johnny Kenny is screaming to Daizen Maeda, 'You've got to put it to me'. 

"When he's in position, had Maeda found Kenny there, he'd have had the easiest of tasks. Wrong decision. Rangers get away with it."

Kenny came on as a second-half substitute with Celtic missing the likes of Jota and Nicolas Kuhn. Brendan Rodgers provided an update on the latter pre-match. 

He said: "He hasn't trained all week. He done some work with our medical team.

"He has just got a real soreness in his knee. He got the clash last week at Dundee United.

"We tried to give him every chance but hopefully he will be able to be ready for the next game."

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