Chris Sutton says Celtic player made Barry Ferguson go ‘berserk’ on the Ibrox touchline

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Celtic piled the misery on Barry Ferguson and Rangers on Sunday.

It wasn’t the win that Brendan Rodgers’ side wanted, but Celtic are champions of Scotland, and made sure that Ferguson is yet to win at Ibrox since becoming interim manager.

The game started in a typical cagey and front-foot fashion, before the away side controlled proceedings in the second half, despite being 1-0 down and getting that much-deserved equaliser through Adam Idah.

The crazy thing about Celtic’s draw at Rangers was the fact that it was Ferguson who was the first man booked during the game – and that came with less than ten minutes on the clock.

It perhaps summed up the type of Glasgow derby this was, given that Celtic are already champions, so nothing was on the line, but Ferguson still made his feelings clear on the touchline.

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Reo Hatate makes Barry Ferguson go ‘berserk’ during Celtic’s draw at Rangers

Rangers forward Hamza Igamane was brought onto the field just after the hour mark, and in the 83rd minute, he proceeded to foul Reo Hatate near the touchline.

That call from the on-field referee Nick Walsh didn’t sit well with Ferguson, who was up off his seat and was moaning away in an angry fashion – that resulted in him getting booked.

Chris Sutton explained how Hatate’s actions made the stand-in Rangers boss go ‘berserk’ on the touchline, as he told Sky Sports Football (04/05/25).

“It is a yellow card, a first of the game, for Barry Ferguson,” explained Ian Crocker.

Sutton added: “Barry was going berserk at the award of that free kick. Surrounded the Rangers player. He felt that Hatate bought that. Billy Dodds looked like he was going to explode there as well.”

Ferguson call questioned

The man who was next to Sutton in the commentary box at Ibrox was former Rangers man, Scott Arfield.

And, just like Ferguson on the touchline, Arfield couldn’t help himself, but also have a moan at his old pal getting booked.

Arfield added: “Why does that warrant a yellow card there, throwing your arms up? Isn’t that what we want from managers? Instead of just standing there and putting your hands in your pockets by showing nothing.”