The most notably performance was that of former Fulham man Moussa Dembele, who claimed three of the Bhoys’ goals on the day.
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Dembele, who started in place of the injured Leigh Griffiths, netted his first senior hat-trick and set up another goal for Scott Sinclair – and he believes they can up their game and take something from the La Liga champions.
Celtic prepare to square off against Rangers in the first Scottish Premier League Old Firm derby in first yours and the match has understandably attracted a lot of interest in Scotland as well as around Europe.
He said: “Whether you win 5-1 or lose 5-1 – they are pros and we have to make sure we’re better for it”. Prediction: If I had to stick my neck out I would say I can see this being another 2-2 just with no penalty shoot-out this time.
Warburton admitted that debut defender Philippe Senderos was deservedly red carded on 75 minutes for a foolish handball while on a booking.
“I’m a born-and-bred Evertonian, I’ve not met any true football fan who supports two teams”.
Looking ahead to Celtic’s next match, on Tuesday night Brown said: “We know how hard Barcelona is going to be, but it will be a great occasion for us going over to the Nou Camp”. But then we got the goal and wanted to come out hard and fast in the second half.
Speaking to the official Rangers website, Warburton said: “This is the first league encounter, last season’s semi-final had 50/50 in terms of fans but Saturday will be heavily weighted one way so it will be a different type of atmosphere and a different weight of expectation”.
“We appreciate we will have to tighten up in the back area, they have players that can hurt us”.
“That was a choice I made, no-one else, put on Harry, put on Waggy, be positive and try to get a second goal”.
Celtic kept its flawless start with four wins in four matches. At 3-1 that was my call to try to get something from the game. We just have to work harder.
Warburton repeated an assertion that the game is only worth three points and the importance should not be overstated in the context of the league season.
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Asked whether he would have expected his side to take more from their first five fixtures, he said: “Yes, obviously”.
