Kris Boyd exposes raging Rangers text from Chris Sutton, as Celtic legend is left stunned

The former Hoops striker couldn’t believe Gers avoided a red card during their match against Hibs.

Chris Sutton may not be at Ibrox today, but the Celtic icon was watching the match between Rangers and Hibernian.

The Sky Sports pundit was given the day off after Celtic’s 6-0 triumph against St Johnstone on Saturday night. Former Hibees manager Jack Ross filled in for Sutton and provided a perspective from the green side of Edinburgh during Sky’s coverage of the 12 p.m. kick-off.

However, the ex-Hoops striker was given a shoutout at halftime after texting Kris Boyd to ask why Rangers weren’t down a man. The visitors were granted a VAR penalty just before halftime after John Souttar stopped a shot with his arm. However, on-loan Swansea City striker Mykola Kuharevich was unable to cancel off Tom Lawrence’s opener, as Jack Butland saved his weak shot.

While there are no complaints about the spotkick, Sutton believes Souttar was fortunate to remain on the pitch – and he wasn’t hesitant about telling pal Boyd all about it.

Boyd revealed: “Can I just clear something up? My big friends was on the texts saying, ‘Why has he not been sent off?’. He’s not been sent off because Jack Butland’s behind him and he would’ve saved it. So he wasn’t denied an obvious goalscoring opportunity. There you go, Mr. Sutton. Straight away he text me – ‘Why’s that not a red card?’. Straight away, honestly.”

Presenter Eilidh Barbour just shook her head as she laughed: “I can’t believe we’re talking about this when he’s not even here. They are arguing with each other and they aren’t even both here.”