Kris Boyd smiles through Rangers’ pain as he turns their 4-1 defeat into a dig at Celtic

Boyd could only laugh after Lyon’s second goal, and after full time, he blamed the eventual defeat on rivals Celtic.

Kris Boyd was uncomfortably chuckling after Lyon’s second goal against Rangers, but he was still happy at the end, turning their 4-1 defeat into a dig at Celtic.

Rangers were soundly defeated by the Ligue 1 side at Ibrox, with Malick Fofana and Alexandre Lacazette each scoring twice on their route to a comfortable victory. Tom Lawrence had cancelled out Lacazette’s opening goal, but the visitors’ forward trio of Fofana, Lacazette, and Rayan Cherki was simply too potent.

On a somber night, the experts had plenty to say, with Boyd in particular drawing a lot of attention from the Sky Sports studio. He can never resist a Celtic wind-up and immediately compared it to their 7-1 thrashing in Dortmund. Meanwhile, Ally McCoist discovered evidence that Ibrox’s’standards’ are slipping. Here’s what three pundits said.

After Lyon’s second goal, the Sky studio cut to Boyd, who laughed and remarked, “You don’t need to come back to me if you don’t want to!” Before mentioning Lyon’s second goal.

At full-time, he went on, giving credit to Hearts before a dig at the Hoops across the city. He added: “Cerny had an opportunity before Lyon scored right at the start to put Rangers up but missed it from inside the six yard box, smashed it over the bar. From that moment on it was all Lyon. The front three absolutely ripped Rangers apart this evening.

“To be honest, it was four, but it could have been a lot more. Lyon were outstanding. But this week? You have to give Hearts credit, the team from the capital the only Scottish team to go and get a victory in Europe. Fantastic performance. But it’s hard to believe Rangers have lost 4-1 tonight, and it’s not even the worst result for a Scottish club in Europe this week.” That lost comment was met with a chorus of groans and boos by the rest of the studio who knew it was coming.