Ibrox boss plans summer of change as team comes up short in Old Firm match once more
Philippe Clement defended Jack Butland after the Rangers keeper failed to hold a shot from Paul Bernardo to allow Celtic substitute Adam Idah to score a Scottish Cup-clinching winner at Hampden.
- However, the Rangers manager admitted big changes will need to come next season if the Ibrox club are to alter the current trend of coming out second best against their rivals. Rangers have lost four and drawn one of five meetings with Celtic this season. Even at Hampden, where most observers felt they were the better team, they could not come out on top.
Clement revealed that Celtic staff members conceded that the Ibrox side were the better team. “Even people of Celtic were saying – and they are not really neutral – that we were the better team today,” he said. “In that way, it is mixed feelings. You are disappointed because you do everything to win and everyone worked really hard for that the last weeks, last months. I am also proud about what the team have shown today.
