The Belgian replaced bumbling misfit Michael Beale exactly 12 months ago tomorrow and he hoped to mark the occasion by edging three points closer to champions Celtic at the top of the Premiership.
The Hoops opened the door by dropping two points when they allowed a 2-0 lead over Aberdeen to slip in a 2-2 stalemate at Parkhead.
VAR images showed the home player’s shoulder was just ahead of his Ibrox rival to nullify what looked like a perfect goal.
Matty Kennedy also missed two excellent opportunities as Big Phil’s men lived dangerously.
The nearest they came to scoring was a second-half effort from Cyriel Dessers that hit the face of the crossbar.
The winning goal arrived in the 87th minute when Marley Watkins capitalised on some fatal hesitation between John Souttar and Jack Butland.
The centre-back and goalkeeper dithered as a hooked pass from David Watson bounced into the box and the Killie frontman got a toe to the ball to prod it into the empty net.
It was a calamity for Clement on his big day.
Celtic and the Dons are now six points ahead after only eight league games.
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