Ally McCoist was placed on the spot by Celtic-daft talkSPORT colleague Alan Brazil forward of Sunday’s derby at Parkhead.
The Rangers strike legend was supplied a win towards RB Leipzig at Ibrox subsequent week and a spot within the Europa League ultimate.
However the situation was it needed to be on the expense of a defeat towards the Hoops within the lunchtime showdown within the east finish of Glasgow this weekend.
McCoist was working for BT Sport within the RB Area as Giovanni van Bronckhorst’s males went right down to a late objective towards the Bundesliga facet.
They're nonetheless effectively within the tie forward of the return at Ibrox subsequent week however earlier than that face a tricky conflict towards Celtic, who would all however win the Scottish Premiership with a victory.
As Brazil invited McCoist onto his breakfast present alongside co-host Ray Parlour, he stated: "We're heading over now to Germany, it'll very troublesome to have two disappointing leads to the house of some days, in fact, with the massive one on Sunday as effectively.
"I've acquired my field of tissues right here, becoming a member of us now could be Tremendous Ally..."
And after discussing the sport, Brazil stated: “So the golden query Alistair, if I supplied you defeat at Parkhead on Sunday however you beat Leipzig subsequent week would you're taking it?”
McCoist was in a quandary and stuttered: “Oh my… oh. Can anybody hear me?”
Brazil laughed: “Solely a few million…” earlier than Parlour joked: “It’s breaking apart. The road is breaking apart.”
McCoist stated: “Oh no, I can’t reply it. All I’ll say is that I went to the sport praying the boys had a possibility to present themselves 90 minutes to get to a European ultimate they usually’ve accomplished that.”
Brazil stated: “Which means sure - you’ve simply answered it. Thanks very a lot!”
However they agreed Gers impressed and McCoist stated: “I might hear the frustration in Giovanni van Bronckhorst’s voice.
“If we had misplaced the objective within the first 5 minutes and the sport had completed 1-0 everybody would have been thrilled.
“It’s simply the way and timing of the objective however make no mistake - if somebody had supplied any Rangers fan 1-0 earlier than the sport you wouldn’t have their hand off.
“It is a group who scored three on the Etihad and have already overwhelmed Man Metropolis. They went to Atalanta and gained 2-0, beat Leverkusen in Leverkusen so you possibly can argue they’re higher away fro dwelling.
“However you may’t deny it’s a fantastic alternative and the environment at Ibrox will dictate they need to go ahead and try to rating however you must hold the door closed on the again.”