Pride restored at Parkhead after a forgettable season
Full time
3 minutes added on
Second yellow for a tackle on McGeady – fair enough shout and we knew a red card would come tonight
Lee McCulloch off for Rangers!
McGeady goes close for the Celts…..30 seconds left
Celtic have three minutes to record their only old firm win of the season, wouldn’t do Lennon any harm in getting the job either
frantic stuff – the gers will be wondering how they have not levelled
Miller hits the post for Rangers!
Samaras goes close with a lob as we enter the final ten minutes
Braafheid comes on for Celtic as Naylor goes off
Novo comes on for Rangers as Lafferty goes off – Nacho gets his usual warm Parkhead welcome
Fortune comes off for Samaras in Celtic’s second sub
A Naylor corner is met by O’Dea who flicks onto Brown who heads over
Twenty minutes left and Rangers look like they could nick one
Edu plays him in and he fires wide, Zaluska was beaten
Miller should have equalised.
Rangers almost level as Edu almost clips in a Whittaker cross
Celtic enjoying good possesion now, they need a third goal to kill it off
McGregor hobbles out to the dugout on crutches
this is one of the better old firm derbies in recent memory
another yellow – this time for Hinkel for his tackle on Edu
Boruc had a finger injury
Keane fluffs a good chance for Celtic when N’Guemo puts him in, should have done so much better
Boruc off for Celtic and Zaluska comes on…. strange one
Miller misses a sitter for the blues. They are the brighter team this half and he should have buried that
A Rangers free is almost turned in by Edu but it trickles wide
Back on at Celtic Park. More of the same please
We flick to the Barcelona game – they lead Tenerife 3-1
Half time. Time to catch breath after a great first half
Kamara goes in the book for a reckless challenge on Edu
an O’Dea howler lets Rangers in but they fluff it
3 minutes added on
Alexander lets it trickle through his legs
Fortune heads Celtic back in front
GOAL CELTIC!!
Poor defending from Celtic really……
Kenny Miller heads in Whittaker’s cross – completely against the run of play on 42 minutes
GOAL FOR RANGERS!
Miller goes through and Boruc saves well
lots going on off the ball….. a red card could well crop up, sure it wouldn’t be an Old firm otherwise
but he’s well tackled by Naismith
Keane is put through
Boruc is clattered by Naismith and the Pole aint happy
Ten to go til the break
McGeady looks to pick out Keane but Lafferty intercepts
O’Dea and McCulloch are niggling at each other as Celtic wait to whip in the free
Fortune is fouled by Weir – no yellow this time but he should have went
Ally McCoist doesn’t look happy on the Rangers touchline
Shouts for a penalty as Whittaker challenges McGeady but it would have been harsh on Rangers
Celtic are bossing it
Whittaker takes it off Keane but it goes out for a corner
25 minutes gone
The ball bobbles in the box and N’Guemo fires a shot but Edu clears
Celtic pushing for a second, we can imagine Lennon going mental in the dressing room beforehand – we all know how much he loved playing Rangers
Lee McCulloch is booked for a nasty tackle on N’Guemo – 15th yellow of the season
Will Keane score? He didn’t do much in the last Old Firm
Thomson is booked for a late challenge on McGeady – ouch
Rangers look a bit shook from McGregor’s ear;y injury and Naylor’s deflected free kick for the goal
The fields of Athenry bellows out…. Celtic fans are loving it. pride restored for now…..
His third ever Celtic goal…. he’ll take that
A Lee Naylor free kick is deflected in off David Weir
GOAL CELTIC!!!
Alexander replaces him
off he goes on a stretcher…..and to think it wasn’t even a tackle that caused it!
Alan McGregor is down – he jumps to collect a corner and lands awkwardly on his ankle
Doesn’t take Robbie long to send in a cruncher on Thomson
It may have been the case lately but no empty seats at Parkhead tonight
Rangers fans in good mood to say the least
All set to go at Parkhead then
Three Irishmen in the Celtic team as you can see – O’Dea, McGeady and Keane
Celtic: Boruc; Hinkel, Naylor, Wilson, O’Dea; McGeady, N’Gueno, Brown; Camara, Fortune, Keane.
Rangers: McGregor; Weir, Whittaker, Smith, Edu; Davis, McCulloch, Thomson, Naismith; Miller, Lafferty.
Ok, so Rangers walked the league but form goes out the window for this one. Celtic need pride tonight.
