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[FT] Rangers 2 - 0 Celtic (Tavernier 3, Arfield 63)


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Rangers will be without first-choice goalkeeper Allan McGregor for the final Old Firm derby of the season on Sunday, live on Sky Sports.

 

The former Scotland number one will have to sit out the Ibrox clash with Neil Lennon's Celtic after he was sent off for kicking out at Hibernian striker Marc McNulty last weekend.

 

Fringe men Kyle Lafferty, Lee Wallace and Eros Grezda are also ruled out with knocks as they join Gareth McAuley, Graham Dorrans and Jamie Murphy (both knee) on the absentee list.

 

Since the two sides last met in a fiery encounter at the end of March, Rangers have won all five of their Scottish Premiership games and manager Steven Gerrard says the game still has meaning despite final positions already being confirmed.

 

"All the players are aware it is a big game for the supporters with the rivalry and all the history which has gone before," he said.


"After the last Old Firm, which we played really in and felt as if we should have taken something from, we have stressed the importance of trying to finish the season as strongly as we can and really focus on this season."

 

Celtic clinched their eighth successive Scottish Premiership title last week with a 3-0 win at Aberdeen, and interim manager Neil Lennon has claimed Rangers have a "huge disciplinary problem" ahead of Sunday's game.

 

He said: "It's not my problem that they have a huge disciplinary problem and if it manifests itself again on Sunday then we will try to take advantage.

 

"Scott Brown is always important. It is a big game and he is a big game player. It is very easy to say Scott Brown will be playing on Sunday. We are the champions and we have to play and act like champions."

 

Lennon will assess a number of his Celtic squad ahead of the Scottish Premiership clash. Kieran Tierney will have an operation on a double hernia at the end of the domestic season and the Hoops interim boss will decide how many of the final three games of the campaign he will play.

 

Ryan Christie (face), Jack Hendry, Vakoun Bayo, Dedryck Boyata (all hamstring), Craig Gordon, Eboue Kouassi and Daniel Arzani (all knee) are out, while Leigh Griffiths is back training after dealing with personal issues but has no chance of featuring at Ibrox.

 

https://www.skysports.com/football/rangers-vs-celtic/preview/406781

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Do we set-up in the same way  as of late or not ?

 

Do we use the same players (goalkeeper apart) ?

 

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The easiest thing to do would be to go same again but I'm not convinced it'd be our best bet... but at the same time, I'd be interested to see how it worked against what is our biggest test within the Scottish game.

 

We need everyone to come to the party but especially, that Davis and Defoe show their experience and quality.

If they can help make a significant and positive difference today, it'd give me more optimism for next season.

 

 

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