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title: "Rangers: BBC pundit slams Calvin Bassey mistake"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "David Comerford"
section: "Rangers News"
published: "2022-02-06T17:56:53Z"
modified: "2022-02-06T17:58:50Z"
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# Rangers: BBC pundit slams Calvin Bassey mistake

**There was a ‘huge let-off’ for Calvin Bassey and Rangers during their Scottish Premiership clash with Hearts on Sunday, in the words of [BBC Sport’s Colin Moffat](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/football/60199631?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_live&ns_linkname=62000026d774c11a4faaba27%26CLOSE!%262022-02-06T17%3A06%3A47.175Z&ns_fee=0&pinned_post_locator=urn:asset:ab774135-3ada-47d8-8810-8577f960f0d4&pinned_post_asset_id=62000026d774c11a4faaba27&pinned_post_type=share).**

### The lowdown

Rangers won 5-0 at Ibrox after a double from Alfredo Morelos and strikes from Glen Kamara, Scott Arfield and Fashion Sakala, moving back within a point of title rivals Celtic after The Hoops’ own 4-0 win against Motherwell earlier on Sunday.

But perhaps things could have played out differently had Bassey, making his [15th league start in succession](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/calvin-bassey/leistungsdaten/spieler/461883), been punished for his error at 1-0.

Three minutes into the second half, the Nigerian defender saw a backpass intercepted by Cammy Devlin, but the Hearts man fired his shot off target.

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### The latest

Moffat, who was providing live text commentary for [BBC Sport](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/football/60199631?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_live&ns_linkname=62000026d774c11a4faaba27%26CLOSE!%262022-02-06T17%3A06%3A47.175Z&ns_fee=0&pinned_post_locator=urn:asset:ab774135-3ada-47d8-8810-8577f960f0d4&pinned_post_asset_id=62000026d774c11a4faaba27&pinned_post_type=share), called the backpass ‘woefully short’.

He added that ‘Devlin has to do a lot better with that gift’, having let Bassey and Rangers off the hook.

### The verdict

In general, it was a mixed afternoon for Bassey against the Edinburgh outfit.

In the build-up to the first goal, he’d picked out Ryan Kent with what Heart & Hand called a [‘defence-splitting pass’](https://twitter.com/ibroxrocks/status/1490357927491911685).

But over the course of the game, he gave possession away [31 times](https://www.sofascore.com/heart-of-midlothian-rangers/bXsdX) – ten more than anybody else on the pitch.

[Not one of his four crosses](https://www.sofascore.com/heart-of-midlothian-rangers/bXsdX) found a team-mate, and he also [lost half](https://www.sofascore.com/heart-of-midlothian-rangers/bXsdX) of his 14 ground duels.

Bassey was also shown a yellow card, contributing to a [match](https://www.sofascore.com/heart-of-midlothian-rangers/bXsdX) rating of 6.9/10.

**In other news, [Rangers have been gifted a contract boost](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/rangers-fc-news/contract-news-scott-arfield-spfl-2/).**