Rangers assistant manager Gary McAllister has heaped plaudits on Leon Balogun following the Nigerian performance in Sunday’s 1-0 win against rivals Celtic.
Balogun was deployed as a right-back in the game and successfully shut out Celtic new signing Kyogo Furuhashi .
The 33-year-old was rightly named man of the match after the encounter at the Ibrox Stadium.
Filip Helander netted the winning goal for the Gers in the 66th minute.
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“You would have to say Leon was obviously signed here as a centre-back but he’s very much in our thoughts as a third-choice right-back,” McAllister told the club’s official website.
“I thought today [Saturday] he handled it and he showed defensively that he is very capable of playing there against a difficult opponent – it was a proper man’s performance.
“I know it is something Graeme Souness uses a lot, but that was a proper man’s performance.”
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Proper man’s performance indeed.
Against Celtic, Balogun was like a wall in that right back position.
Dude was like Gandalf – YOU SHALL NOT PASS.
Anybody that tried to get thru his wing was brought to a halt with a well timed tackle.
Deserved MOM in my opinion.