Former Rangers defender Calvin Bassey was maintaining a tally of the derby showdown with Celtic - and singled out James Tavernier for particular reward after the Ibrox blockbuster.
It was an end-to-end spectacle in Govan; Daizen Maeda opened the scoring for Ange Postecoglou's males within the fifth minute after profiting from an Alfredo Morelos mistake to facet the ball beneath Allan McGregor, earlier than a half-time staff speak from Michael Beale revived Rangers within the second half. Ryan Kent levelled the sport with a spectacular strike earlier than skipper Tavernier rifled a exact penalty past Hoops' goalkeeper Joe Hart to show the sport on its head.
Kyogo Furuhashi levelled for the guests to spherical off a dramatic derby, however it was a flashpoint involving Tavernier and Celtic star Maeda that earned plaudits from Ajax star Bassey - who left Ibrox for the Eredivisie champions in the summertime. With Rangers main 2-1, the skipper headed a deep Celtic ball away, however collided with the Japan worldwide as he made the clearance.
That left Tavernier in a heap on the Ibrox pitch earlier than he acquired therapy with blood trickling from his nostril. He would see out the 90 minutes after stopping the circulation with cotton.
Bassey took to Instagram to pay tribute to his former teammate and his battling efficiency, sharing a snap of the incident involving the Celtic attacker. He posted an emoji saluting his former skipper for persevering with to see out the highest of the desk conflict.
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