Hibs v Rangers

Quick recap of Hibs v Rangers 3-3 thriller

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00:00Hello, this is Alan Patullo, football writer for the Scotsman at Easter Road

00:07where I have just finished reporting on a wintry classic 3-3, Hibs 3, Rangers 3,

00:16a result that continues Hibs' run of good form and places some renewed pressure on

00:25Philippe Clement, the Rangers' manager who many might have thought had given himself

00:31some room to breathe with his first old firm victory over Celtic a few days ago,

00:38but of course this is Rangers and very quickly pressure can be reapplied,

00:46particularly if you fail to win on the road as Rangers did for the third time in succession,

00:53dropping points for the third time in successive away matches over this festive period.

00:58It's been a costly festive period, leaves Rangers still trailing Celtic at the top

01:06by a significant number of points, having got to within 11 points, I think, of Celtic.

01:17They are now trailing them by 13, which won't be seen, obviously, as good enough by Rangers fans,

01:25but what a game we had here. Rangers looked like they were about to get the points,

01:30certainly well-placed to secure the points, 2-0 up for 20 minutes.

01:35A glorious double from the Hamza Ighamani, who really does look like a special player.

01:41I think that's something that will possibly give Clement a lot of credit if he needs it,

01:47which he might well do over the next few weeks, citing this very exciting young Moroccan

01:53who not only scored a first-half double but completed a perfect hat-trick in the second half

02:00to put Rangers 3-2 up again after Martin Boyle had grabbed a double for Hibs.

02:09He looked more like his old self as well this afternoon.

02:15So, Ighamani put Rangers 3-2 up with around 15 minutes left to play.

02:21Everyone, I think, probably thought Rangers would see it out from there, but Rocky Bushiri,

02:27the erratic but lovable Hibs defender, managed to secure a point with a late header from a corner.

02:36I think it's just his second career goal, both of which have been equalisers in 3-3 draws, notably.

02:43So, that was the fair on the pitch, off it.

02:48Clement had a few complaints about the Hibs penalty, which made it 2-2.

02:57That was after Haji had got the wrong side of Josh Campbell and brought him crashing to the turf.

03:05Clement felt that it was the fault of the Hibs player as much as Haji for the tumble.

03:18I have to say that wasn't the conclusion of the majority that watched the incident, certainly live.

03:26I thought it was a penalty, but I'll be interested to see it again later.

03:32So, he said he'd be interested to hear what Willie Colham had to say about that incident later on in the week,

03:42when the SFA published their key incident review panel findings.

03:48While David Gray, well, he just praised Bushiri, Rocky Bushiri, for a performance that was certainly erratic,

03:55but had its poor moments, had its very good moments.

04:00Obviously, David Gray was preferring to concentrate on the very good moments,

04:05with Bushiri being at fault for the opening goal, I think, from Igemani, when he got bullied by the 22-year-old.

04:15He almost let the Moroccan striker in for a potential winner right at the end, but Igemani hit the post.

04:23So, yeah, plenty to talk about, plenty of action to enjoy.

04:26I've just filed my match report. I've filed what the managers have had to say on Scotsman.com.