CELTIC played out their skins for sixty minutes but it all turned on a moment of madness.
Nir Bitton decided to wrestle Alfredo Morelos to the ground when a long ball was hit up the park. He had no chance of stopping the striker from getting through and should have just given chase.
Instead, he brings the Columbian down and changed the complexion of the game.
After the sending off, it was all Rangers and they got a slice of luck when their corner came off the shoulder of McGregor and into the goal.
It was game over, we were deflated and an average Rangers side walked away with all three points.
Red card for Celtic! 🟥
Nir Bitton is sent off for denying a clear goal scoring opportunity! ❌pic.twitter.com/MW9aee4C68
— Sky Sports (@SkySports) January 2, 2021
https://twitter.com/CelticLisboaa/status/1345370201991348225?s=20
S’apnnin bitton you have cost us the game
— Celtic Spares (@SparesCeltic) January 2, 2021
https://twitter.com/LewisLaird01/status/1345369253000720385?s=20
https://twitter.com/kbyrnes95/status/1345370674177732608?s=20
It’s all over. The whole season has been a bust but the defining moment of this season will be Nir Bitton being sent off.
Changed the game, changed the season.
— CeltsAreHere (@HereCelts) January 2, 2021
It’s hard to put the whole season on one player but a defining moment of Bitton being sent off for stupidity and letting his team down is a major narrative in this story.
The player has let the club down today and it feels a long way back.
