Rangers legend Ally McCoist was surprised to see Uddingston's Alex Lowry not substituted on during his former side's 1-1 draw with Celtic.Jota opened the scoring for Ange Postecoglou's team, who were looking to extend their lead in the Premiership's first place to nine points.Fashion Sakala's effort after half-time ensured it remained at six, but with three games to go this league season, it's still Celtic in title race control.Named as a substitute, attacking midfielder Lowry didn't get the chance to impress and make his fifth senior appearance for Rangers.It surprised club-record goalscorer McCoist, who thought he might be one boss Giovanni van Bronckhorst turned to for inspiration.The East Kilbride native said on Sky Sports commentary: "I really would have (got Lowry on)."He's a young lad, give him an opportunity, give him 30 minutes.
I would have thought about someone like that."Lowry will hope to be involved this Thursday when Rangers host a massive Europa League semi-final second against Bundesliga side RB Leipzig.He was involved in the away leg squad, which van Bronckhorst's side lost 1-0.Follow Lanarkshire Live Sport onTwitter via@LanLiveSport, like us onFacebookor find us onInstagramfor the latest sports news, pictures and video.
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