He Celtic imposed his law on the Scottish classic, in Old Firm he is new Rangers and won the Celtic Park (2-1) where he pacified the threat of his rival, who has accelerated in recent days towards the leadership that the champion ended up consolidating with this victory.
Rangers, who are not beating their Glasgow neighbors as visitors in the Premier from October 17, 2020, came to the duel better than the locals. With five straight wins and just five points behind but with two games left to play.
The top of the standings is in the hands of Rangers, who came out badly from the classic and further away from the first place Celtic strengthened since shortly before the half-hour mark, in the 25th minute, they took advantage of a corner which was taken by the Honduran Luis Palma who reached the Portuguese Paulo Bernardo who executed a powerful shot that the goalkeeper Jack Butland could not reach.
Brendan Rodgers’ team extended their lead and secured victory at the start of the second half. He stopped his opponent’s attempt to react with a powerful shot from outside the area by the Japanese Kyogo Furuhashi who, after receiving the ball from the Dane Matt O’Riley, reached the net.
The second goal ended the slump for Belgian Philipe Clement’s side, who played the final twenty minutes with fewer players due to the dismissal of Leon Balogun and ended up suffering their fourth defeat of the season, despite James Tavenier’s late goal He closed the gap and established the final score.
Celtic closed the year eight points ahead of Rangers, who have two games in hand but are second in the standings.
Source: La Verdad
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