Barry Ferguson saw Rangers 'FEAR' after Celtic goal as Ibrox hero lambasts lack of fight

Barry Ferguson insists Rangers had a lack of fight on the pitch against Celtic and were SCARED after the Hoops' disallowed goal.

The former Ibrox captain watched from the stands at Parkhead as his old side were hammered at the home of their rivals thanks to goals from Daizen Maeda, Kyogo and Callum McGregor. Kyogo had also tapped home an early opener - or so he thought - before it was ruled out for offside with the intervention of VAR.

But Ferguson was convinced that early goal spooked Philippe Clement's side who never recovered and failed to test Celts or even give them a proper contest. "I felt once that goal got disallowed that the heads went down and there was a bit of fear. I don't like to see that," Ferguson told GO Radio. "Going on the two wide players, when I was watching them. Make the defenders defend. I thought Alistair Johnston and Greg Taylor had such an easy afternoon. I don't think they broke sweat and what [Rabbi] Matondo and [Vaclav] Cerny have got, their biggest asset is pace. Take them in behind. What a defender hates doing is running back towards his goal. I never seen it. They never got tested.

"I've have suffered a big defeat against Celtic and a few other defeats. Go down fighting. I didn't see it yesterday. I just felt that they felt sorry for themselves. Sometimes you get goals against you, just get up and shake yourself off. It's part and parcel of football."

Ferguson was livid at the lack of leadership from the Light Blues' squad on the pitch and he called out the players' inability to rally themselves amid a tough afternoon.

"They need a bit of experience. Guys who manage on the pitch. It is so important, speaking on the pitch. You need two, three, four players. It's not just about the captain - I was the captain of a team - I also had four or five team-mates who didn't shut up on the pitch and it is so important.

"You need communication, you sometimes need to give people a kick up the backside and let them know 'we need to get the finger out here, it is not good enough'. I don't see enough of that. Is it the modern day game? I seen Callum McGregor do it. He's not a ranter and raver. I seen him a couple of times at the start of the game. They need players in there to help this team."