The Ibrox defender was left devastated after the lights on his team’s title chances were just about put out by Celtic. Entering the contest knowing a win would haul them level at the top of the table with two games to play, Philippe Clement’s team had it all on the line. It was a huge occasion. Motivation should have seen them burst from the traps. Instead, despite the enormity of the occasion and those massive incentives on offer, Rangers were caught short with another flat beginning.
The manager was frustrated at the latest slow start and Davies couldn’t disagree once it was all over. Clement has now been two-goals down in each of his three Old Firm games and the defender said: "We would have liked to have started the game better and taken the lead, but that wasn’t the case. Keeper Jack Butland came up trumps to deny O’Riley from 12 yards the Belgian took solace from the way his side kept fighting. The boss explained: “They didn’t give up and it would have been easier to give up in an environment without fans, being behind and with ten men. At least we kept on going. We tried to create a second goal and stayed in it until the last second of the game.
“Obviously the second half was difficult. We just had to stay in the game for as long as we could and then try and nick something, like we did the last time we were at Parkhead when we were down to 10 men. We created chances and were hoping we could get something towards the end and then go from there. But it wasn’t to be.”
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