Miller takes heart that Gers will beat Hoops this term
KENNY MILLER is convinced Rangers will beat Celtic this season.
The veteran striker was kicking himself after missing a great chance to hit an equalising goal near the end of yesterday’s Old Firm clash.
He admitted it’s an opportunity that will haunt him for some time.
Miller believes a goal at that point could have inspired the Ibrox side to grab a late winner.
He said: “Of course we can beat Celtic this season, there’s no doubt about that.
“They’ve won 15 games on the bounce, it’s an unbelievable run at any level.
“But we had a real opportunity to beat them, especially when we were 1-0 ahead. In that part of the game, I felt as comfy as you possibly can in an Old Firm game.
“I’ll replay that miss over in my head, it’s effectively cost us a point.
“I know Celtic had chances. But I felt, if that had gone in, it would have got the whole place rocking and who knows what might have happened after that?”
The 37-year-old shot Rangers into an early lead but the joy of that goal was
massively overshadowed by his miss.
He went on: “It’s very tough to take.
“I’ll be looking back wondering what went wrong with it.
“I didn’t make great contact with the shot, it was more off my heel rather than the inside of my foot.
“Sometimes you see those creep into the far corner but it wasn’t great for me.
“I’m really disappointed with it. It should have been 2-2.
“It was a fantastic move. Barrie McKay was superb today, he was a real threat.
“He ghosted past two Celtic players before releasing Andy Halliday. His pass was inch-perfect but off my heel, it skewed a bit wider and, unfortunately, hit the post.”
Miller’s view was that Demble’s equaliser swung the match in Celtic’s favour.
He said: “I’m gutted for the fans, and the manager, because we put a lot into it but came away with nothing.
“We’ve lost a very proud record at Ibrox of 15 months unbeaten.
“We didn’t want to give it up and, the way we started, we felt comfortable.
“If we’d got a second it would have been a real body blow to them.
“So we’re disappointed to we were the team on the lose the goal inup.”thewaywe did. Miller now wants Rangers
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“But goals change games. where we’ve been good and, I’m not sure how it looked, hopefully, come back but when we scored I felt stronger.”