Glasgow Rangers returned to profitable methods within the Premiership over the weekend but it surely was removed from fairly.
Philippe Clement noticed the Ibrox aspect take a 1-0 lead over Dundee United after simply seven minutes courtesy of a deft Tom Lawrence end, however that was pretty much as good because it obtained for the Mild Blues.
The Gers even needed to end in time-wasting in the direction of the tip of the match. Three factors it could have been, but the efficiency left extra questions than solutions, one being, ought to Cyriel Dessers be dropped for the following match?
Cyriel Dessers sport in numbers vs Dundee United
The Nigerian striker was given one other begin regardless of being largely ineffective towards Celtic through the earlier league match.
Indicators have been encouraging after his flick arrange Lawrence for the opening objective, but the 29-year-old couldn’t fairly get into the match, taking only one shot on the right track throughout his spell on the pitch.
To nobody’s shock, he additionally missed a giant likelihood and accomplished simply six passes whereas shedding possession seven instances in 65 minutes.
Dessers statistics vs Dundee United | |
|---|---|
Objectives | 0 |
Assists | 1 |
Key passes | 1 |
Whole pictures | 1 |
Possession misplaced | 7 |
Huge probabilities missed | 1 |
Having taken simply 20 touches, this meant Dessers misplaced the ball as soon as each three touches on common, showcasing how poor he was when in possession.
Glasgow World gave him a match ranking of simply 5/10 for his show at Tannadice, and it’s absolutely time for Clement to make a change for the League Cup quarter-final towards Dundee United this Saturday.
The participant to switch Dessers
Following Hamza Igamane’s spectacular cameo, the teen actually deserves the prospect to showcase his prodigious abilities from the start towards Dundee.
Regardless of signing for the Mild Blues in the summertime, Igamane’s first style of motion was towards Celtic previous to the worldwide break, approaching for the ultimate ten minutes of the 3-0 defeat.
He was on the bench towards United, with Clement bringing him on for Dessers with 25 minutes left, and it proved to be a clever determination.
The teen confirmed flashes of his technical potential, taking some spectacular first touches, and he practically grabbed an help additionally.
The Moroccan made one key go, created a giant likelihood and tried three dribble makes an attempt, succeeding with one.
Extra vital than his statistics, nevertheless, was the actual fact he provided some much-needed dynamism in that space of the pitch throughout his 25-minute spell.
He might have been constructing his match health up through the opening weeks of the marketing campaign, however it’s now time for Dessers to be dropped from the beginning XI and Igamane to be unleashed towards Dundee on Saturday night.
Journalist Beth Limb lavished reward on the previous AS FAR centre-forward earlier this yr, saying: “Assured with the ball at his toes, able to capturing with each toes and hyperlinks up play very properly. One to observe sooner or later.”
For Igamane, the long run could be very a lot now.
