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00:00A 1-0 win here for Rangers at Ibrox thanks to a goal from Tom Lawrence, a sublime goal.

00:07Mark, a nervy performance for Rangers but a battling one for Hibs?

00:10Yeah, I think Hibs leave here with regrets to be honest and Rangers leave here with relief

00:15because they weren't the best Rangers whatsoever. They looked tired, looked jaded.

00:21Philippe Clermont talked about that in his post-match press conference.

00:24He said, look we were in Malmo less than 72 hours ago and they played like a team that had been in Sweden 72 hours ago.

00:29They just weren't at it, their passing wasn't crisp enough.

00:33Tom Lawrence scores a wonderful goal, I mean I think we were saying that's one of the best goals we've seen this season.

00:38And that was basically the difference between the two teams.

00:42Of course Hibs had their moment, a penalty kick for Kukaravic, a poor penalty.

00:46Well saved by Butland but the Ukrainians got to hit that ball a bit harder for me.

00:51They were the key moments of the match but yeah, Rangers got the job done

00:56and I think sometimes there's a lot of value in just getting the job done,

01:00especially when you're five points behind at the moment.

01:03A win's important. Hibs played well, best I've seen Hibs play this season actually.

01:08But they probably weren't coming here banking on three points but they'll leave here thinking they could have had one.

01:14They'll get better in the season I'm sure.

01:16Rangers, yeah, they can just go right, we've got to win.

01:20It's never ending for Rangers now.

01:22It's never ending for Rangers now.

01:23Leon Arthurs at night here, Vincent Johnson again.

01:25It's going to be tough for that squad if they keep going.

01:28You look at that penalty and ultimately it doesn't matter because it wasn't scored,

01:31but a bit of disagreement there in the press conference.

01:33Yeah, we were just talking, weren't we, Graeme, about Philippe Clement.

01:36A brilliant moment where he gets up and actually stands at the press conference

01:40and talks about how it shouldn't be a penalty using body mechanics and whatnot.

01:45He did very well.

01:46He did joke that he wasn't as flexible as he was.

01:49I don't think he was ever that flexible for a football player.

01:51He was quite a gangly fellow in his day.

01:53One thing I'd say about that handball,

01:55and I kind of agree with Clement in that where his hand is going,

01:58it's going up to his hands up here.

02:00But it happens in the six-yard box.

02:02If it doesn't hit his arm, it's going in.

02:05And I think that's the difference where referees will say,

02:08look, okay, if that happens on the edge of the box or just inside the box,

02:11it's not an infringe goal.

02:13See if it happens in the six-yard box by stopping a goal-scoring opportunity.

02:18I think it has to be a penalty, regardless of whether it's a grey area or not.

02:22I think it's high enough.

02:24And it definitely hits his hand.

02:26I think his elbow suggests it's a penalty.

02:28So for me, Nick Walsh and the VAR got it right.

02:31I know why Clement's unhappy.

02:33I think it's a penalty.

02:35I think you felt the same as well, Graeme.

02:36Yeah, I did.

02:37I mean, I think I kind of agree with everything you just said.

02:40I can understand because Clement was saying,

02:43he says he's furt up.

02:44When your furt goes up, your hands go up.

02:46And that does make sense.

02:47Biologically, it makes sense.

02:48But if he doesn't get the ball touching his hand,

02:52then the ball's in the back of the net and it's one more penalty.

02:54Yeah, I mean, I think Clement was saying that Butlin would save it.

02:57I mean, I think that's 50-50 whether Butlin saves it or not.

03:00It's a very, very quick moment.

03:02But look, in the end, it's immaterial because Kukarevic steps up

03:07and I just never felt he was going to score it.

03:09I know I feel bad because I think he's a good player, Kukarevic.

03:15He actually played pretty well in general play,

03:17but he just didn't look composed.

03:20And that was the big difference.

03:22Rangers actually didn't kick on from that moment.

03:25I think you're thinking Rangers might go and get a lift from that at half-time.

03:28But in fact, Hibs played a bit better football, I thought.

03:31And Dwight Gale, what a chap.

03:33I mean, a guy that scored lots of goals in EPL.

03:36I'm just looking at a goal here actually from this far point.

03:39You just got to head back to the bottom corner.

03:40You just wait until the net kind of bowls on you a little bit.

03:43Lots of positives for Hibs.

03:45I think Hibs will leave here actually feeling better about themselves.

03:48They've had a poor start to the season.

03:50New head coach David Gray coming in.

03:52They've got new players.

03:53They haven't really gelled up until this point,

03:56but they beat St. John's two weeks ago.

03:58I think they're well here today.

03:59And they look like a team that's probably starting to pick up now.

04:03I think we're talking about Hibs.

04:04There is a lot of positives there.

04:06I was talking to you during the game,

04:07I was at the game against Celtic when the game was over in 30 minutes.

04:10And I noticed that they played very well,

04:11but Hibs look like a far more gelled unit as you said before,

04:14which is a positive.

04:15It's just that two things have happened.

04:17David Gray has had more time on the training ground to get his ideas across.

04:21And secondly, a lot of players came in this summer and they've started to gel.

04:25The two centre-halves, Warren O'Hara and Marvin Ekventeta,

04:27they played really well today.

04:28The goalkeeper, Joseph Percik, I thought was much more secure than he's been in recent weeks.

04:33Kwon and Treantis in midfield, very strong.

04:36You didn't feel like they just could play through Hibs that much.

04:39It's now probably just about getting that clinical edge in the final third,

04:44because for all of them, Junior Hoylert played really well,

04:46Kukarevic played well and Cadden was good down there, right?

04:49They didn't score.

04:50No.

04:51They've got to be playing a bit more ruthless in the final third.

04:53But then you feel like it's coming a bit more.

04:56If you compare them to Hearts,

04:57and I saw you yesterday at Tynecastle,

04:59I think Hibs are a more cohesive team right now.

05:02Yeah, positives from both of them I think.

05:04Yeah, Rangers will be pleased because it's the gaps, five points.

05:07Yeah.

05:08It's not a Celtic one if it just has Aberdeen too.

05:10Yeah.

05:11That's the thing.

05:12It's about churning out results when you've got those rubber fixtures,

05:14and that ultimately will be easy to play on.

05:17We're very excited.

05:18The rest of us have got to shoot it.

05:20The rest of us.

05:21Over and out.

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