Glasgow Rangers They fell further behind their rivals at the top of the standings Scottish Premier League table after their 2-1 defeat to St Mirren on Boxing Day.
The Light Blues found themselves 1-0 down at half-time, thanks to a penalty conceded by Jack Butland, before Danilo and Nicholas Raskin came on at the stroke of half-time.
Philip ClementThe Brazilian striker scored the equalizer to cap what could have been a thrilling end to the game from a Rangers perspective, but St Mirren responded in stoppage time to score a thrilling winner.
Dougon Sterling's mistake could take a headline as the reason the Light Blues lost the game, as it was his mistake that led to the home team's victory.
Dujon Sterling's performance by the numbers
After helping the team keep a clean sheet against Dundee in the previous match, the former Chelsea player was named at centre-back once again.
There was a lot to like about his performance, once again, as a defender He won four out of six duels, including his aerial battle, and made eight clearances, two interceptions, two tackles and a block.
But unfortunately, as you can see in the clip above, he tried to dribble the ball out from behind in stoppage time and was sent off, leading to the winning goal.
It was an error in judgment on the part of Sterling, who should have released the ball to find a teammate rather than take the risk, but his all-round performance up to that point had been impressive.
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Despite making the mistake that ultimately cost Rangers, Sterling was not the worst performer on the pitch. Nadim Bajrami, who started as part of the attacking midfield.
Why should Nadim Bajrami be dropped?
The Albanian international was given the nod for Danilo, who withdrew from the starting lineup to accommodate Hamza Ighamani who moves into the centre-forward role, and failed to justify his inclusion in the starting XI.
It was a great opportunity for him to come in and show that he deserves more minutes in the team, with the likes of Ianis Hagi and Vaclav Cerny starting ahead of him in attacking midfield positions recently, but he failed to convert his chance.
Bajrami was withdrawn from play in the first half by Clement, and his replacement – Danilo – continued to score, after a poor first-half performance from the former Sassuolo star.
|
Nadim Bajrami |
Against St Mirren |
|---|---|
|
minutes |
45 |
|
Screenshots |
0 |
|
It created great opportunities |
0 |
|
Key passes |
0 |
|
Duels won |
0/4 |
As you can see in the table above, the Albanian failure did very little to help the team on the pitch, losing all four of their duels – showing that the opposition found them very easy to overcome.
His lack of chances created and shots also shows that the attacking midfielder has done nothing to contribute at the top of the pitch, meaning he has been a liability on and off the ball for the Scottish giants.
Sterling, at least, provided plenty of big moments defensively to save the team before his costly mistake, while Bajrami has consistently let the team down with his lack of quality at both ends.
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Therefore, Clement must immediately drop the right-footed loser He lost the ball ten times From 21 touches, Danilo was brought back from the start on Sunday.