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Rangers and Liverpool cup shocks help lucky football punter scoop huge jackpot after sensational treble
@Source: dailyrecord.co.uk
One lucky punter raked in a staggering £5,400 after placing a £10 bet on a trio of football matches - including Queen's Park's upset victory over Rangers.
Queen's Park delivered a seismic Scottish Cup shock at Ibrox on Sunday afternoon as the Scottish Championship side beat Rangers 1-0 to knock them out of the competition. Seb Drozd scored the winner for the visitors, who survived an almighty scare late on when Calum Ferrie saved James Tavernier's injury-time penalty.
That result, coupled with Liverpool's 1-0 defeat to Plymouth Argyle in the English FA Cup, and Lyon's more routine 4-0 win over Reims in France, completed a remarkable £10 treble for the bettor. Having backed Queen's Park at 28/1, Plymouth at the slightly shorter price of 11/1 and Lyon at just 11/20, the mystery punter took home £5,394, reports the Mirror.
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A Ladbrokes spokesperson commented: "The magic of the cup was present both sides of the border this weekend, and just one punter managed to cash in on the shocks at Home Park on Ibrox, to the sensational tune of £5.4k from a tenner. Incredible stuff."
Rangers' loss was their first at home to lower-division opposition in the history of the cup as Gers boss Philippe Clement claimed his players "lost everything".
Speaking after the game, he said: "They built back credit with the fans in the last weeks and months. Today, they lost everything. They are right to be angry. I'm angry. It's unacceptable and the players know that. There were too many emotions in the second half. It was too rushed from the team to score and there was less composure than the past few months."
He added: "Results like this are frustrating, but the only way for this club to build something is to keep consistency. Last week, everyone was saying the team is taking good steps and growing. Today was nothing to do with tactics. It's about the quality of the moment.
"I won't take conclusions from all season from one moment. We wanted it too much and because of that there was no composure." Despite pressure mounting on the Belgian whose only realistic chance of silverware comes in the Europa League, considering they sit 13 points behind league leaders Celtic, Clement remains buoyant about turning fortunes around at the club.
"I'm not low," he said. "I'm very frustrated. I'm not low. I'm not low. I'm ambitious to get results back. I'm very frustrated about this result of today, yes. But I'm not low."
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