The goal that never was rankles with Rangers as they sit behind Celtic looking for a slip.

David Weir still feels aggrieved that Rangers were "robbed" by the decision not to award a goal last night against Hibs at Easter Road. That together with their late Nacho Novo goal would have put them back in the driving seat for lifting the SPL trophy. Several visiting players raced to assistant referee Martin Cryans when an earlier effort by Novo was hooked out of the home goal. The Rangers players were convinced that the whole ball had crossed by Cryans refused to award a goal. It was a moment which could have a bearing on the destination of the title, with Rangers now behind arch-rivals Celtic with just two games remaining. Weir said: "It's one of the disappointments, although the ultimate disappointment is not winning the game. We had chances to do that. But you feel robbed a bit when you realise that decision has gone against you. There is frustration in the respect that we didn't get what we deserved. In the second half, especially, we put a lot into the game, we had good chances to win the game and had a goal disallowed that was clearly a goal."


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However, the race is not over just yet and the Ibrox captain predicts further twists and turns yet to come in the title race, with goal difference all that now separates the Old Firm at the summit. Rangers host Aberdeen in the lunchtime kick-off on Saturday, before Celtic head to Easter Road the following day and Weir believes the outcome of the championship is still impossible to predict. He said: "
Hibs are a tough team and Aberdeen are a tough team - every game is tough in this league. There are two games to go for both teams and I'm sure there will be ups and downs and it's just up to us to get over those." With every chance of the title being decided by the narrowest of margins, Weir knows fans will be expecting a rout against Aberdeen in a bid to pile the pressure on Celtic ahead of their own game. He said: "We've just to win the game. We've got to give Aberdeen credit; they will be trying to win the game as well. It's not going to be as simple as that. We've got to turn up, give our all and try to win the game first and foremost."

But, despite the sense of injustice and disappointment at the result against Hibs, Weir believes confidence should be high in the Ibrox dressing room. He said: "
There are massive positives, when you look at the effort the boys put in and the application. You can't ask for any more, other than the win, but the boys put a lot in and should gain a lot of confidence from that. Hopefully, we can go on now and go from strength to strength. We realised at half-time, 1-0 down after Derek Riordan had scored a great goal, that we had to take the game to them. Nacho and Kyle Lafferty came on and gave us an added dimension in attack and I don't think we were out their half in the second half."

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