Rangers had been relegated to the bottom tier of the Scottish Professional Football League but, after the four-year banishment, were back.
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“People keep talking about Joey Barton versus Scott Brown”, Barton said. I think because of how Celtic were only a few months back in the semi-final, for me it is a good measure to see where the team is at.
Rangers are approaching 5-1 with some bookmakers, but Miller said: “If you look through any Old Firm game, I would imagine the home team normally have the edge as bookies’ favourites”.
The only thing that you can say about a derby match is that you can throw the form book out the window, all that matters is what happens on the park that day.
For all the antagonism between Celtic and Rangers, in many ways the two have been more allies than rivals. However, this Celtic side is a different animal to the one that the Ibrox side faced last season and qualification to the group stages of the Champions League has given the club and supporters as a whole a major boost.
“Then there was a loose pass [for their second goal], but we got the goal back before half time and at 2-1 we were saying to ourselves “we are nowhere near our best but come out nice and bright”.
“We had no choice and we had to do damage limitation and at 3-1, we still felt like we had something in the game but frustrated with that one and frustrated that others didn’t follow if I’m honest with you”. Rangers famously did not sign a Catholic player between the first world war and 1989; it was another decade before they had a Catholic captain for the first time.
“If I get to start against Barcelona I will be ready”. Apologies to the support because they were magnificent.
He said: “Obviously myself and Ally had our confrontation”.
“I’m never going to condone men being sent off but you send off Senderos because he had to go and the other player had to go as well”.
Mark Warburton’s side may have only just returned to the top flight, but so far they’ve adapted excellently. If that match was anything to go by, we’re likely to see a tight and nervy contest at Parkhead on Saturday.
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“We went into that game as huge underdogs and we knew what we could do”. The Frenchman added a second with a confident finish before Gers striker Joe Garner reduced the deficit just before the interval. Today they have the bragging rights and deserved to win today but there is no major gulf.
