Chris Sutton has warned Steven Gerrard of the consequences of constantly throwing his players under the bus.
The rookie Ibrox boss made sure that he took responsibility for the players in his post match BT Sport interview but also slammed his men for schoolboy defending claiming that they had issues.
It was typical of Gerrard to blame the players that he had signed. Last month he claimed that there were eight passengers in the team that lost to Hearts and questioned whether his players had the bottle to challenge Celtic for the title.
Last night’s reaction was typical of a manager under pressure with the heat turning on Gerrard on the back of a two point gap a month ago stretching to 10
“That second-half performance alarmed me, we couldn’t handle the pressure.”
Steven Gerrard gives his honest give after a bitter blow in the title race…
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Covering Sutton’s post match analysis on BT Sport The Sun reports:
Is he going to analyse himself with that? It’s good to hear him come out and take responsibility but what I find worrying, and if I was a Rangers supporter this is what I’d find worrying – the manager questioning the team’s mentality, calling them weak.
This happened last season. I think the truth is that they went into the break and thought they’d cracked it after the victory at Celtic Park.
Odsonne Edouard in an article I saw today said that was the best thing that could happen to them (Celtic), losing that game because they have gone again. And they do seem to be strong mentally.
But I wouldn’t be happy sitting in the dressing room if the manager is calling out me for having weak mentality. It was good to hear him take responsibility but this is the team Steven Gerrard has built. This is his team. He hasn’t just walked into the job. He’s brought the players with the weak mentality.
He has moulded the team with the weak mentality – is he not just chucking the players under the bus again?
In contrast to the Ibrox side Celtic have a 100% record in 2020 with a 10-point lead and +18 goal difference advantage.