Celtic fans are not fooled by Derek McInnes’ embarrassing post-match Rangers interview

Celtic are still top of the league after a weekend that almost promised another Rangers meltdown after Kilmarnock gave the Ibrox club a fright.

After Celtic beat Hearts 3-0, hopes were high (maybe naively) that Kilmarnock would have turned up at Ibrox to put on a show given that they have given us a hard game twice this season.

It wasn’t to be as another pattern of assistance gifted Rangers a penalty and reduced Kilmarnock to ten men after the Ayrshire club was 1-0 up.

The ensuing penalty was missed but it still didn’t stop questions being raised about how the referee and VAR came to their red card conclusion.

McInnes non-plussed about pro-Rangers decisions

So you would think the Killie manager, Derek McInnes, would have been raging, right? Wrong.

Have a watch of this:

🗣️ "Rules are rules, I'm not here to debate that. It seems really harsh, more accidental… No shortage of effort or personality from the team, in the main I'm proud."

Derek McInnes reflects on 10-man Kilmarnock's 4-1 loss at Rangers & the penalty his side conceded ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/L4oFJc90Zy

— Sky Sports Scotland (@ScotlandSky) May 5, 2024

He didn’t seem too upset that the referee and match officials effectively cost his team three precious Ibrox points.

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He also didn’t seem too upset that he could have been the first Kilmarnock manager to win at Ibrox since 2018.

In fact, McInnes just seemed to shrug his shoulders with his ‘rules are rules’ comment and they didn’t wash with the Celtic fans.

You would almost think that del is smiling inside..he's doing well to hide his joy at the result today

— 88Strand (@Stephen43009330) May 5, 2024

Another two fans said if that was given against Celtic he would not have been happy:

If that goes against him playing Celtic it’s absolute tears and tantrums! Feel for Killie… they were on for a win had they not been done by refs and var

— iCant (@mcjill1122) May 5, 2024

He'd be debating it if it was against celtic though, wouldn't he

— Steve C (@stevec0471) May 5, 2024

And these fans said that if the penalty and red card was awarded at Celtic Park, McInnes would have had plenty to say.

Imagine that was Celtic he'd lost to with the ref playing "how can we get them to win". He'd be raging.

— Starkymelarky Ⓥ (@wjohnstark) May 5, 2024

He would be fuming if that’s vs Celtic

— Andy (@pattobhoy) May 5, 2024

Long and short, just when Rangers needed it, a little helping hand came along to give them a punt up.

The penalty was just about the right call but the red card just made sure that whatever happened with the spot-kick, a wee one man advantage would be enough to help them pick up the three points at Ibrox.