As I say, he’s just not ready yet, and he knows it.
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Celtic, however, should have levelled in the 33rd minute when Griffiths’ low drive from the edge of the box beat Foderingham before rebounding off the post into the path of Patrick Roberts but, with goal wide open, the on-loan winger somehow hit the side-netting.
Both teams have been visited by police officers this week, reminding them of their responsibilities to law and order. We’ve been good this season.
“We deserve to be and the young squad has come together quickly so all credit to the players”.
King said: ‘I regard today as us being back.
“So the fact we actually outplayed them as well was fantastic, given we essentially built a Championship team to win the Championship”.
Victorious manager Mark Warburton said: “The club has been into a dark place in the last four, five years so hopefully they enjoy this and we move forward”.
“I thought we deserved it and that’s the most important thing”.
A superb long-range strike from Barrie McKay had Rangers in front six minutes into extra-time before Rogic swept home in the second period to take the game to penalties.
Andy Halliday, McKay, Lee Wallace, substitute Gedion Zelalem scored their penalties for Rangers, while James Tavernier fired his over and substitute Nicky Clark had his saved by Craig Gordon.
Tom Rogic missed the decisive spot-kick for Ronny Deila’s side as Rangers won 5-4 in the shootout to advance to the final on May 21.
“They play a good brand of football and the players look a lot more confident than they did”.
‘The benchmark is always Celtic but not only did we win the game on penalties, Rangers actually played better than Celtic. You have bad moments and that is definitely my worst ever. “We’ve been to Hampden and played in a semi-final and not got the result we wanted over the last couple of years so we know we have to go there and perform if we’re to get the right result”.
“Of course, I’m very disappointed to lose and not very satisfied at the performance either”, Deila said at a press conference held after the match.
Hoops boss Ronny Deila now faces serious questions over his leadership.
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Celtic and Republic of Ireland icon Bonner thinks it is hard to see the Norwegian manager remaining in his role, even if he goes on to win a second straight league title, because winning the double should be seen as a minimum requirement.
