Alan Shearer not buying Celtic acclaim for beating Rangers as EPL icon digs out both over free falling 'standards'
dailyrecord.co.ukDoubting Alan Shearer was in no mood to dish out platitudes to Celtic for beating Rangers as he claims the standard of Scottish football is in free fall.The Newcastle icon pulled no punches as he offered a withering assessment of Brendan Rodgers' patchwork side gutting out a 1-0 win at Ibrox thanks to a moment of magic from star man Kyogo.
Shearer doffed his cap at the ingenuity from the Japan international but reckons the white-hot atmosphere in the stands was well clear of the action being served up as the champions outlasted under-fire Michael Beale and his toiling Ranger side.
Speaking on The Rest is Football podcast, he said “The standard from those two has certainly dipped in recent years. I watched bits of it.
Yeah the atmosphere was amazing but the standard of football wasn’t great at all. It was a killer blow from Celtic just before half-time.
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