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title: "Rangers: Ally McCoist slams Ryan Kent"
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published: "2022-04-04T15:35:48Z"
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# Rangers: Ally McCoist slams Ryan Kent

**Rangers winger Ryan Kent made an ‘inexcusable’ error in the first half of Sunday’s Old Firm derby defeat, Ally McCoist has said.**

### The lowdown

Rangers had the opportunity to go level points with their Glasgow arch-rivals at the top of the Premiership, but instead wound up falling six points back after a 2-1 defeat.

Aaron Ramsey had given them an early lead, but Tom Rogic quickly equalised and Cameron Carter-Vickers completed the turnaround shortly before half-time. With just six games to go, the Gers’ title hopes are now looking somewhat slim.

Kent formed part of an attacking midfield trio in Giovanni van Bronckhorst’s 4-2-3-1 shape, starting alongside Ramsey and Joe Aribo, and he [completed the full 90 minutes](https://www.sofascore.com/celtic-rangers/bXscX).

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### The latest

With the score locked at 1-1, Kent was caught offside 29 minutes into the game after John Lundstram had tried to slip him through on goal, and McCoist, who is , was left deeply frustrated by that lapse in concentration.

On commentary for [Sky Sports Football](https://www.skysports.com/football) on Sunday \[3 April, 12:30pm\], as quoted by [Ibrox News](https://www.ibroxnews.com/2022/04/03/ally-mccoist-blasts-ryan-kent-for-inexcusable-error-in-rangers-v-celtic/), Rangers’ [all-time top scorer](https://www.gersnet.co.uk/index.php/online-museum/club-history/494-player-records) fumed: “It’s inexcusable. Goldson’s done the exact same thing – you must look along the line.

“It’s a brilliant ball from Lundstram. I thought, initially, the pass was for Bassey. You’ve got absolutely no need to be offside there.”

### The verdict

Kent is one of Rangers’ star players. He ranks fourth in the squad for [overall goal involvements](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/teams/rangers/top-scorers/assists) (11) and second for assists (eight), and [Transfermarkt](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/glasgow-rangers/marktwertanalyse/verein/124) rate him as the club’s most valuable asset at £12.6m.

However, after he set up Ramsey for the opener in the third minute, it proved to be a frustrating day for the 25-year-old at Ibrox. He only completed two of the six dribbles he attempted, none of his five crosses found a team-mate and two of his three shots were blocked (via [SofaScore](https://www.sofascore.com/celtic-rangers/bXscX)).

He and his Rangers team-mates will now look to take out that frustration on Braga in the first leg of the Europa League quarter-final on Thursday.

**In other news, [the stats show that this Rangers trio struggled most against the Hoops](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/rangers-fc-news/rangers-player-ratings-balogun-tavernier-lundstram/)**