Livingston 2 - 2 Rangers

Rangers mounted an unimaginable comeback to attract 2-2 at Livingston, however dropped factors within the newest twist within the Scottish Premiership title race.

With Hearts winning on Saturday, the strain was on Rangers and their Glasgow rivals, Celtic, to maintain tempo with the league leaders.

However neither may get the job achieved. The Gers gave themselves a mountain to climb once they discovered themselves 2-0 down – a surprising proposition given the Scottish Premiership’s backside aspect had not received in 25 league matches.

It was a superb end from Brooklyn Kabongolo to see Livingston forward. He lashed his laces by Scott Pittman’s free-kick supply to offer the hosts a shock lead.

Livingston have their goalkeeper, Jerome Prior, to thank for a string of gorgeous saves to frustrate Rangers for so long as they did.

It gave Marvin Bartley’s aspect a platform to attain one other within the second half. It was from one other free-kick too, which Rangers initially cleared – however solely so far as Emmanuel Danso. He performed a neat reverse go to Lewis Smith, who took a number of touches earlier than firing dwelling on the angle.

5 minutes later and the sport lastly turned in Rangers’ favour when Cristian Montano was despatched off. He took out Djeidi Gassama on the high of the world, and after a VAR evaluate for offside confirmed there was no case to reply, the Livi man trotted off for an early bathe.

The Gers’ comeback started within the 82nd minute. It was a thunderbolt from Emmanuel Fernandez that lastly breached Prior’s objective, earlier than a deft header from Mikey Moore levelled issues up with two minutes of the 90 to go.

Information started to filter in of Hibernian’s winning goal against Celtic, as Rangers had a giant penalty name turned down in 9 minutes of added time.

Moore was picked out by the center, however was fouled by Cammy Kerr. The referee initially mentioned no penalty, however VAR reviewed the choice.

One of many key debates was if the foul got here inside or outdoors the field, however after a prolonged test, neither a penalty or free-kick was given. As an alternative, the sport resumed with a easy restart. “That is a shocker,” mentioned Chris Sutton on Sky Sports activities co-commentary.

The outcome leaves Rangers 4 factors behind Hearts forward of subsequent Sunday’s Previous Agency. The purpose would not do an excessive amount of for Livingston both, who transfer on to 13 factors – eight away from eleventh place.