The spoils were shared in the Glasgow derby on Sunday at Ibrox.
Celtic recorded a drab goalless draw at Rangers, and in truth, the only good thing to come out of the match was the clean sheet for Brendan Rodgers’ side.
Liam Scales started at the heart of defence for Celtic, alongside Cameron Carter-Vickers, and they had to deal with a familiar face in Bojan Miovski.
After Miovski’s failed spell in Spain with Girona, the former Aberdeen man returned to Scottish soil this week, and he was thrown straight into the deep end by his manager, Russell Martin.
But that wasn’t the only throwing on show because, in the first half, Miovski did his best to try and win himself a penalty.
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Bojan Miovski thinks he should have had a penalty against Liam Scales
It needs to be noted that Miovski and Scales played alongside each other at Aberdeen, so they know each other pretty well.
That’s why the 26-year-old labelled Celtic’s hard-hitting defender as a ‘nice guy’, but he felt he should have had a penalty.
Rangers’ debutant managed to get ahead of Scales as he was running towards the penalty area, before going to ground following a challenge.
Speaking to Sky Sports Football, Miovski claimed that ‘I felt he touched my leg’, that’s why he went to ground, but he ‘didn’t check the video’ for a replay.
“We had a great time together at Aberdeen,” said Miovski. “We are now one against one from different teams. Yeah, he’s a nice guy.
On whether he should have had a penalty: “Yeah, I didn’t check, but I felt that he touched my leg, so this is why I fell down. I don’t know, but I didn’t check the video.
Never a penalty for Miovski against Celtic
Most of the noise came from the Rangers fans, as Miovski was trying to do all he could to milk the situation and buy himself a penalty.
Yes, Scales will be annoyed because he allowed his former Aberdeen teammate to get ahead of him, but he did nothing wrong in terms of lunging in or making a rash tackle.
Either way, the right call was made by referee Don Robertson because it was never a penalty, as Celtic and Rangers played out a derby to forget.
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