What an outstanding week. From a 3-0 cup victory at Ibrox to silencing 60,000 at Parkhead with another impressive win.
We had been told it would be a completely different game. It was different all right.
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Rangers lined up with the same personnel and shape, while Celtic changed it up as Martin O’Neill went back to the early 2000s with an initial 3-5-2 – but the quality of player is just not there.
Rangers look well drilled, disciplined, physically imposing and much better than their rivals.
It was a good team performance yet again with strong individual performances: Olwethu Makanhya, Dujon Sterling, Nicolas Raskin, Dan Neil and Ryan Naderi, who carried on in the same manner as last week – his winning goal was a great finish.
The xG disparity – Rangers’ 1.3 compared to 0.7 for Celtic – further emphasises the dominance. We had eight shots on target, Celtic mustered only one.
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As games at Parkhead go it’s as comfortable as it will get.
Derek McInnes deserves a lot of credit; two massive wins in a week and he has the side looking like a Rangers team should be.
We’ve come a long way in six games. But we are still two points behind and it’s only one game. We have to tap into this momentum and be right on it when the football starts again in October.
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