Former Rangers star Kenny Miller has urged Michael Beale to "draw a line under" his feud with Celtic hero Chris Sutton.
The former Celtic striker Sutton earned a furious response from the Ibrox boss after questioning if he would have given the green light for the Scottish Premiership leaders to walk the ball into the net like Partick Thistle following Malik Tillman's controversial Scottish Cup goal. Beale, who refused to name Sutton ahead of the clash with Livingston, described Record Sport columnist Sutton as a “comedy act” and the “worst ever player” to turn out for his boyhood heroes Chelsea.
Sutton has fired back at the boss branding him "thin skinned" over his response to the comments, but Miller has urged Beale to respond the pundit following the clash with Saturday's clash in West Lothian. He insists Rangers have "bigger fish to fry" with the Viaplay Cup final just around the corner and with the club pushing to reach the Scottish Cup showpiece.
Miller told Clyde 1 Superscoreboard: "Firstly, Michael was bang on to do what he did last week at Partick. It was a misunderstanding with Tillman and it was a goal that shouldn't have been.
"You could see Holt was going to kick the ball back to Rangers, as far away from his goal as possible by the way so Rangers had to restart their attack back from Allan McGregor. Tillman has misread it and he has scored the goal.
"Wonderful ability by the way when he has went through as well but they have done the right thing. End of. Rangers don't need to be winning games of football like that. Michael said it afterwards, and he is bang on.
"Secondly, on the spat with Chris Sutton, I think you will find Michael will just draw a line under this. He has got bigger fish to fry.
"He could have not jumped into it, I get it. It's clearly a comment that has irked him because it's questioning his principles, and hopefully we never have to see if it happens in an Old Firm game or not. If it's the right thing to do, it's the right thing to do."
When quizzed on what he thought Beale would say on the matter post match against Livingston, Miller went on: "That will be a chance for him to draw a line under it, and not even respond to it. This is what Chris does.
"He has been in the media for a long time and he does what he does very, very well. So, Michael has bigger things to worry about.
"He has the cup final and he will be looking ahead to the summer transfer window to see what he needs to get this team to be competitive in the league to win the league back. He has the small matter of a cup final.
"He will be looking to get to a Scottish Cup final. He has got bigger things to worry about with this team."
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