Kris Boyd’s brutal reality for Rangers as Celtic’s ‘way to win’ isn’t luck, he’s bang on the money

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Kris Boyd has delivered a dose of reality to Rangers after their Scottish Cup defeat to Celtic at Ibrox.

In two fixtures in a week, Celtic have drawn with Rangers in the league and knocked them out of the Scottish Cup, and that could effectively end their hopes of any silverware.

The best part? Celtic beat Rangers on Sunday with seven first-team players out, and that has led Boyd to deliver a damning verdict on the Ibrox club that is 100% bang on the money.

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Kris Boyd praises Celtic mentality vs Rangers

When told that Celtic always seem to find a way to win, Boyd said on Go Ballistic,”I mean I think you’ve got to look at they never had not a shot on goal.

“You get to penalty kicks and people say it’s a lottery. It’s not. You’ve got to step up, be confident in your ability to go and finish the penalty kicks off.

“And then obviously depend on your goalkeeper to make some saves. But on the game, you look at Rangers, and they had the vast majority of the chances.

“All the chances really because Celtic never really had a shot on goal.”

Boyd tells a strong Rangers side they are not good enough to beat a weak Celtic

Let’s take a look at just how many first-team players Celtic are missing right now:

• Jota
• Cameron Carter-Vickers
• Alistair Johnston
• Kasper Schmeichel
• Arne Engels
• Callum McGregor
• Kieran Tierney

That list was also capped off with Marcelo Saracchi starting on the bench alongside Kelechi Iheanacho missing and Tomas Cvancara waiting in the wings.

And that has bolstered Boyd’s comments as the former Rangers striker lamented, “But again, I’m in danger of repeating myself again. Rangers never kill anyone off. They never do. They never do it.

“They had a couple of opportunities again yesterday. Not clear-cut I may add, but they had opportunities when they get in the final third to make things happen.

“There was a couple of long throws into the box that asked questions of Celtic defensively, but you know, I think when you when you when you analyse the full game and look at Rangers, were pretty much at full strength.

“Celtic had a good seven or eight players missing and still can’t beat them. And as you say, Celtic find a way to get over the line.”

And that is the winning mentality that has seen Celtic rule Scottish football this century, and it is likely, hopefully, going to carry them over the line this season, if they can overtake Hearts at the top of the Scottish Premiership.