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Beleaguered Rangers boss Philippe Clement must feel like he’s got 99 problems.
But Cammy Bell insists his man in the sticks ain’t one. It’s recrimination time right now at Ibrox with everyone, including keeper Jack Butland, copping flak after Sunday’s disastrous derby defeat to Celtic. The former England man was beaten three times as Brendan Rodgers’ slick Celts stormed five points clear of Clement’s ragged Rangers. But it was the Hoops’ second of the day, a crisp, low Kyogo strike from 30 yards out which flew past Butland’s left hand, that has sparked this latest round of finger pointing.
Having been beaten into the same bottom corner by Dynamo Kyiv’s Oleksandr Pikhalyonok during Gers failed Champions League bid and a Robin Propper’s OG against Motherwell last month, as well as Adam Idah during last season’s 3-3 Old Firm thriller at Ibrox, there are fans starting to worry that Butland’s left-hand side is becoming a a major weak point in the Light Blues’ armour.
But Bell has swatted away those claims, with the former Ibrox shot-stopper insisting it was a fleeting lose of positional sense that cost Butland dear at Parkhead. He told Record Sport: “For the goal on Sunday down to his left hand side from Kyogo, I don’t think he actually knew where he was, where his left-hand post was.
“I think he got lost in his box and so his positioning was out. I really don’t think that is one where you can say he was weak on his left-hand side. I just think it was down to poor positioning.
“He was just far too far over towards his right-hand post. Listen, you nit-pick at moments like this and go into the detail.
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