Former Chelsea star Pat Nevin has opened up on the "weird" atmosphere which engulfed Ibrox during Celtic's red-hot start in Sunday's pulsating 3-3 draw.
Rangers fans were left smarting with the champions 2-0 up as a mix of shocked silence and emerging fury mixed among supporters during 45 sobering minutes. Nevin – attending this fixture since 1969 – reckons the lack of away supporters can, in some ways, can heap added woe on the hosts if the things are not going to plan. Rangers came out roaring after the break as their improved display was rewarded with a last-gasp equaliser from Rabbi Matondo.
Speaking on the Football Daily podcast, he said: “The only time you ever get anything like it is when you travel away to the big European games you go to the San Siro or somewhere like that and the way teams score a goal and there is kind of moment of silence. Well, it’s kind of like that. But the other thing that was weird that happened today, when Celtic were 2-0 up and Rangers were playing very poorly, the Rangers fans en masse turned on their team. And it was a very, very strange situation where all the fans were then under more pressure than everyone else. It was an odd, odd situation.”
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