BBC pundit Chris Sutton has claimed that it was "interesting" the Rangers players did not stay to applaud the opposition after losing the Scottish League Cup final.

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Michael Beale and his side fell to defeat at Hampden Park on Sunday afternoon as two goals from Kyogo Furuhashi sealed the victory for Celtic.

After falling behind 2-0, the Ibrox outfit did pull one back in the second half thanks to Alfredo Morelos but that turned out to be little more than a consolation in the end.

As a result, their biggest rivals lifted the cup and it seems as though the Rangers players had no appetite to watch the celebrations as they left the pitch instead of staying to applaud their opponents.

While speaking about it all on the BBC phone-in radio show 606, Sutton seemed to take a bit of a dig at the behaviour, saying (7:40): “It's interesting, I don't think the Rangers players stayed on the pitch to applaud the Celtic team. I don't think so.

"Just an observation. I'm not trying to stir a pot here but that's just an observation.”

Co-host Robbie Savage then added (08:03): That's poor that. That's poor for me, Chris."

What does the cup final defeat mean for Rangers?

There's certainly no love lost between the two clubs – as potentially evidenced by the unfortunate mass brawl that took place outside of Hampden Park ahead of the game – so it's easy to see why Rangers wouldn't have been too happy to watch their rivals celebrate.

Even so, it's perhaps not a great look for the club or for manager Beale who could do better to be more gracious in defeat – although they have no obligation to watch on.

Following this major disappointment, the Ibrox outfit will have to try and galvanise themselves as they host Kilmarnock in the Scottish Premiership next weekend and can't afford to fall any further behind Celtic in the title race.

Indeed, a nine-point gap has already been established between the two clubs and if they can't make up some of that distance soon, the Light Blues may have to spend even more time looking away from their rival's celebrations.