Chris Sutton fires dig at Celtic star who “performs backwards on a regular basis”

Chris Sutton was important of Celtic‘s efficiency at Ibrox on Sunday, along with his former facet falling to a 3-0 defeat towards Rangers.

Martin O’Neill‘s facet had been eradicated from the League Cup on the quarter-final stage, after placing in a really poor efficiency towards their bitter rivals, recording only one shot on track all through all the match.

The supervisor has since acquired criticism for his workforce choice, and his failure to strengthen the midfield in the summertime switch window, with Callum McGregor and Mika Baur getting the nod in the midst of the park at this time.

Sebastian Tounekti additionally got here below hearth from journalist John McGinley, after failing to make any main affect earlier than being changed by Haissem Hassan at half-time.

In reality, the Tunisian hasn’t precisely hit the bottom working since becoming a member of the 56-time Scottish champions final yr, scoring simply 5 targets in 45 matches throughout all competitions in the course of the 2025-26 marketing campaign.

Forward of the journey to Ibrox, O’Neill spoke extremely of his winger, saying: “He’s received actually good means across the fringe of the penalty field. The factor I like about him is that he can go each methods.

“Generally there’s a little bit of frustration, however there’ll all the time be a little bit of frustration with extensive gamers who would possibly lose the ball a few times. A very powerful factor to inform extensive gamers is that if they’ll go previous individuals, simply hold doing it.”

Nonetheless, he clearly wasn’t impressed by the ahead’s efficiency, provided that he introduced him off at half-time, and Chris Sutton was important of his show.

Chris Sutton fires dig at Sebastian Tounekti

Taking to X in the course of the match, Sutton stated: “Rangers have run throughout Celtic… query is can they stick with it for 90 minutes. Hassan should come on and exploit the massive house on the Celtic proper/Rangers left… Johnstone nervy. Midfield bullied up to now. Tounekti performs backwards on a regular basis.I’d anticipate Celtic to reply.”

Though it was a disappointing exhibiting, Celtic stay within the driving seat within the Scottish Premiership, on account of profitable their opening six matches, and they’re 5 factors away from their main rivals.

Nonetheless, with the Hoops set to tackle Rangers once more subsequent week, they might want to put in a much-improved efficiency, and O’Neill might be hoping the sport being at Parkhead will work in his facet’s favour.