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By Luke Power
If you like what you read today, why don’t you deepen our policy about the two most important clubs in Scotland?
As part of our Mail+ offering, we have frequent Celtic and Rangers Confidentials – articles with unique information and insight from our team that help you know more about the club you love.
Below we leave you some examples to whet your appetite.
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Alright, how’s that for impressing?
The Rangers controlled 24 shots opposite to Celtic, the maximum that their rivals have faced in a league game since the records began, while the Bhoys controlled only 4 shots, the least amount they have had in a league game since they started The records.
The pass from the Rangers. Es is not bad, even more remarkable considering that they had 39% of the ball.
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Talking to Sky Sports:
He also added that he hopes that his father, the mythical star Gheorge, who was in the stands, can come more after seeing the victory.
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Chris Sutton, IT’s All Doing Off!
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It’s a better start to the New Year for Rangers, and it deserves to be enjoyed in style, but there is one sobering fact.
Rangers are still 11 points behind Celtic. At mid-season, the gap is not insurmountable, but they have to keep going.
It’s hard to see where Celtic’s next defeat is coming from, but at least Rangers have denied them invincibility this league campaign – and got revenge for their equivalent drubbing in September.
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Well, we’re still catching our breath from that one.
Remarkably, this is the second time Brendan Rodgers has lost to Rangers in 21 games, he has won 16 and Celtic have had the upper hand in the Old Firm in recent history.
Drink it, enthusiasts of the rangers. These moments do not seem so today.
By John Mcgarry in Ibrox
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MASSIVE RANGERS WIN!!
A big congratulations to Clement and his team, who managed to provide assists and ended up educating the champions in a 3-0 victory!
A surprise score and a surprise match. Celtic are terrible and the rangers took all the credit.
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You don’t want to waste time, Phillippe. You three are worthless! He opted to make even more adjustments before the final whistle. Hagi, Igamane and Raskin leave for Cortés, Barron and Desser.
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Jefte receives the ovation of enthusiasts when it is replaced by the young Fraser.
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Moment of fear in Ibrox, while the game stops after a Celtic player hit an object introduced from the stands. Engels fell but, fortunately, it was given and the game resumed.
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Where does this come from?
Jefte’s bomb on the left flank and his deflected cross falls to Danilo’s replacement who calmly slid the ball in front of a defenseless schmeichel. It’s an afternoon for Rodgers’ team, which was the moment in every department.
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Brazilian striker Danilo replaced Bajrami for the last 10 minutes of the match.
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Igamane lets himself down after doing all the hard work to get past the Celtic defence. Rangers were in again on Schmeichel’s goal but a frankly awful attempted pass from the striker saw the move break down.
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Hatate is replaced by Engles, a club record, during the last 15 minutes of the match.
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By John McGarry at Ibrox
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JUST WHAT THEY DESERVE!
Rangers double their lead and it’s a first Rangers goal for the defender Robin Propper. Celtic’s marking from the corner which led to the goal was shocking.
Hagi had a loose header from the penalty spot that was blocked on the line and fell to Propper who couldn’t miss. Elibrox bounces. The Rangers are in contention for the win.
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Brendan Rodgers has seen enough. He makes a triple change just after the hour, with Idah, Valle and McCowan coming on for Kyogo, Taylor and Bernardo.
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The winger takes revenge on Jefte after his surprise in the first half. He threw himself at the Rangers guy after hitting him all over the line. A caution.
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Cerny hits the post for the second time this afternoon and how big can it be? He won the ball without opposition and only Schmeichel could overcome. He prepared to curve him towards the corner, but opened it too much and saw that his attempt returned to the foot of the post.
I have noted.
By John McGarry at Ibrox
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The Rangers have been warned. Kyogo produced a magical moment that seemed to have brought home the point for the visitors. But the attacker’s initial run came too early and he went beyond the last defender as he made the pass.
It’s a shame, because what he did after that was special. The attacker wore it on his chest and hung it over Kelly and in the net. What an objective it would have been.
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Celtic are already better. Kyogo and Maeda took the ball in complex positions, forcing Sterling to face the danger. Nio GOTMOUTH Action to communicate mostly for now, however, everything Rodgers said turns out to have worked.
By John Mcgarry At Ibrox
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Rodgers resists the urge to make changes at the break. It’s Rangers who kick things off in the second period. Can they keep it going?
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By John McGarry in Ibrox
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The local team dominated in terms of shots. They will feel disappointed for having forced Schmeichel to make only one stop.
By John Mcgarry in Ibrox
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There is a rapprochement between the captains of both groups when the referee’s whistle sounds at half-time in Obrox. Raskin receives the third yellow card of the match, while McGregor escapes what would have been his moment of the match.
Philippe Clément will be extremely cheerful with the candidacy of his team those first forty -five minutes. His team has a deserved advantage and looks precisely on the game of his opponents.
Celtic, on the other hand, will have to settle it. As undeniable as that. They’ve been terrible in most of that part and only get lucky in one.
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Kelly made a timely contribution down the stretch to maintain the Rangers’ lead at the break. Celtic nevertheless controlled to make a pass and the ball fell to Kyoto on the edge of the area.
The Japanese star got a good connection on his half volley but Kelly stood up strong and palmed the effort away.
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The Brazilian draws blood from Celtic’s Nicolas Kuhn after a really confusing fight right in front of the linesman. The Rangers defender was sent back through Kuhn but, perhaps unintentionally, threw his arm towards the attacker.
The medical staff is doing what is most productive to stop the bleeding. They will have time to paint it after the incoming loose kick.
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Two more minutes until Rangers can take a lead back to the dressing room. Maybe I should be saying it’s two more minutes for them to find a deserved second. Surely Celtic can’t be this bad after the break?
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Carter-Vickers with Celtic’s salvation after Igamane played a devastating ball. The Rangers striker took a long time to know which of the 3 characteristics he would place at halftime and after having opted for the Central Diamond, his pass was very close to placing him.
Carter-Vikers, though had other ideas and perfectly timed a slide tackle that disposed the Rangers man.
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The Celtic pattern gets a stupid warning, at one point indeed, in some other demonstration of the way champions are shaken. The Scottish foreigner is warned for sticking a leg out as Rangers looked to pull off a quick loose kick. Let’s see if he passes the time again.
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Brendan Rodgers will be furious. Too many of his stars are making uncharacteristic mistakes. They’re getting bullied by Rangers and are perhaps fortunate to only be one goal down.
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Some erupted in the middle of the park opened Celtic and they deserve to have noticed the hosts double their lead. The striker discovered his teammate Cerny, who played a pass for an overlapping Yilmaz when he deserves to have taken it inside and taken a risk.
That resolution at the end failed, however, Clément will be satisfied to see that his team enjoys an era of his own goal.
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Alright, let’s get back to the action. Celtic have just started to practice their hosts in the final minutes. His passages of play last a little longer, the passes hit his guy more consistently, but there is no genuine scoring opening.
A few minutes ago, Maeda intervened from the left flank and tried to unmark a shot in the far corner of the deficit, but well next to Kelly’s left post.
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Look who made the North for the big adjustment at Ibrox. All-Time Premier League top scorer and former teammate of iconic Celtic Chris Sutton, Alan Shearer.
The legend of Newcastle turns out to be in intelligent spirits. Up to far, he has received an exciting match.
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The Rangers press has been exceptional so far in this match. They can’t actually continue like this. This time, it was the Yilmaz rear that recovered it in a deep position and went to the surface of Celta.
Unfortunately for the defender, he could not catch his shot as easily as his partner and his shot was simple enough for Schmeichel to stop him.
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Cerny almost doubled the advantage of the Rangers with a long -range effort that deviated in the crossbar of Schmeichel. The Danish seemed quite without blood about it, but it was very close.
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The Rangers treated a few manic minutes from the purpose. Celtic continues to look harmful in the attack, but Clemente will be satisfied with how he treated his feelings after taking the initiative.
It’s the best first 10 minutes.
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And this!
I spoke about Celtic’s elegance in attack, but Rangers have just shown that they have a lot in abundance. The home side intercepted a careless pass from midfield and their Raskin that headed towards the Celtic defense.
He returns it to Hagi who leads low to Schmeichel. What a start. What noise from Ibrox!
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The Rangers responded and forced the Celtic defense into 3 blocks. They call for a penalty, however none of Bajrami’s efforts attracted a Celtic handball. Despite their injury problems on defense, they are still at risk.
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I’m about to say how well the Rangers started, how competitive they were in the first minute and out of nowhere, Celtic take the ball ahead with two passes and force a corner.
From the set-piece Rangers were fortunately not to concede when Maeda failed to connect from an inswinging cross. This could be a long afternoon for the home supporters.
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Celtic get the action underway in Glasgow. Let’s hope this is a good one.
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Ibrox falls silent to pay their respect to the lives lost in the Ibrox Disaster in 1971. Impeccably observed by all in the stadium on the 54th anniversary of the tragedy.
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The players are on the pitch in front of a packed Ibrox stadium. The Rangers and Clément cannot lose this game, much less seriously. You don’t envy the exhausted team that is about to take on Rodgers’ all-conquering Celtic.
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Brendan Rodgers, head of Celtic, Sky Sports:
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Courtesy of Opta
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Celtic beat Rangers in their first meeting of the season in September. That day, goals from Maeda, Furuashi and McGregor saw Rodgers’ team claim a 3-0 victory.
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We’re about 15 minutes away from the start of the first Old Firrn derby so stay tuned for all the action when it gets underway in Glasgow.
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Vaclav Cerny, Rangers winger, pre-match presser:
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There is plenty of time left before inventory is under Ibrox. We’ve got some photos of Liam Kelly, for Jack Butland, warming up for the showdown. It’s a big day for the 28-year-old, who is making his mark in the season’s top league appearance.
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Philippe Clément, pattern of the Rangers, Sky Sports:
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This doesn’t make reading Rangers delightful for enthusiasts. As mentioned, Celtic is at the top of the table with 50 problems from 18 games. Come with 36, two more than the Aberdeen wonder package.
Closing a gap as large as this one would be extraordinary, Rodgers’ Celtic teams have proved to be almost unstoppable forces over the years.
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They are in preparation for this afternoon’s game with the possibility of passing 17 points ahead of their rivals. From the looks on their faces, I think that’s precisely what they intend to do.
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Philippe Clément, Rangers skipper, Sky Sports:
By John McGarry in Ibrox
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So, let’s take a deeper look at the injury issues plaguing the home side today. First-choice keeper Jack Butland misses out after being admitted to hospital with an internal bleed in his leg.
On the other hand, Captain James Tavernier, Nerayysho Kasanwirjo and John Souttar will not be available. Leon Balogun – Without kinship – It is a matter of doubt.
To learn more about this terrifying Butland injury, take a look at the following story.
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A service was held at the Ibrox Disaster Memorial ahead of today’s clash. Rangers manager Phillipe Clement, chief executive Patrick Stewart, Celtic chairman Peter Lawwell and many others have paid tribute to the 66 football enthusiasts who tragically died on the pitch during a meeting between the two. groups in 1971.
Today there are years of that terrible tragedy.
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Chris Sutton, former Celtic striker:
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Brendan Rodgers, Celtic boss, pre-match presser:
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The Belgian coach put under tension this season for the functionality of his team and, more importantly, his results. Clément designated for Ibrox in October 2023 and since then, he faced Celtic six times without victory.
He came close in the League Cup final, when his side suffered an agonising 5-4 penalty shootout defeat after a thrilling 3-3 draw. Will today be the seventh time lucky? You feel like it has to be.
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Valle, Engels and Maeda enter the lineup in position of Taylor, McGregor and Yang.
Startup XI: Schmeichel, Johnston, Carter-Vickers, Scales, Taylor, McGregor, Bernardo, Hatate, Kuhn, Maeda, Kyogo
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Liam Kelly replaces Butland in the goal, while Ridvan, Jefte, Bajami, Hagi, Cerny and Igamane are inscribed in the team that tied 2-2 with Motherwell last week.
Starting XI: Kelly, Ridvan, Propper, Sterling, Jefte, Raskin, Diomande, Bajrami, Hagi, Cerny, Igamane
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Here are some photos of the local stars arriving at Ibrox for this afternoon’s match. I see smiles! Obviously, some players are relishing the opportunity to surprise some today.
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Hello and welcome to politics via the Old Firm First Derthrough Game Email of 2025, the 444th in history, in fact. It is fair to say that it did not arrive in time for the home team, which is coming off a defeat and a draw in its last two games.
These effects saw the Philippe Clemente team falling 14 issuing his Celta in the Rivaux arc in the name of name. This advance is already impregnable, 17 cannot be corrected.
This afternoon the Gers’ task is even more complicated due to the accumulation of injuries. We will get to that shortly, but the conclusion is that the Rangers are doubting the bones.
All of this leads to the conclusion that it will be a win for Celtic, but stranger things have happened and the home team will take confidence from their performance in the League Cup final defeat to Brendan Rodger’s side last month.
We will have all the information about Glasgow before the start of 3:00 p. m. m. , and then updates from Ibrox when the action begins!
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