Rangers secured their second victory over Celtic in just over a week, delivering a 1-0 win at an exclusively home-supported Parkhead stadium. The result marks the end of Celtic’s perfect start to the Scottish Premiership season and adds to the mounting pressure on their 74-year-old manager, Martin O’Neill, who has now overseen three successive losses, including a disappointing 3-0 Scottish League Cup exit at Ibrox last Sunday.
Derek McInnes’s side dominated the match, silencing the home supporters early on. The pivotal moment arrived in the 33rd minute following a James Penrice corner. The ball was initially cleared to Kim Min-su, whose powerful 20-yard drive was parried by goalkeeper Viljami Sinisalo directly into the path of Ryan Naderi, who promptly tapped it into the net.
Throughout the contest, Rangers displayed physical superiority. In the 27th minute, Kieran Tierney had come closest for Celtic when his powerful drive clipped the top of Ivor Pandur’s crossbar, just moments after a Naderi header had been comfortably gathered by Sinisalo. Despite tactical changes at halftime, including the introduction of Kasper Hogh, Celtic struggled to break down the Rangers defense.
Rangers maintained their threat in the second half, with Sinisalo forced into a save from a Penrice strike. In the 74th minute, defender Olwethu Makhanya thought he had doubled the lead for the visitors, but his goal was disallowed for handball. The victory leaves Celtic just two points ahead of their rivals in the standings, while the lack of away fans—a result of a ticket allocation dispute—meant the home crowd was left to witness the defeat in relative isolation. The report also notes that celtic booed off as week of woe ends with Rangers delivering another Old Firm humiliation. The report also notes that rangers racked up a second win over Celtic in eight days as boos rung around an all-green Parkhead following a 1-0 defeat by the Light Blues. The report also notes that there were only Gers fans inside Ibrox last week and only Hoops supporters at Celtic Park and they suffered another torturous 90 minutes, due to a ticket allocation spat between the two city rivals which saw the authorities step in. The report also notes that in a frenetic start, Gers winger Djeidi Gassama got in behind the defence but failed to finish. The report also notes that light Blues defender Emmanuel Fernandez was booked by referee John Beaton for a foul on striker Camilo Duran as he raced down the right flank and from the free-kick, returning centre-back Auston Trusty had the ball in the net from a Liam Scales header but offside was given against Scales. The report also notes that as Fernandez sailed close to the wind with a couple of challenges, Celtic began to rack up the corners amid growing pressure which subsided as the visitors held firm. The report also notes that when Gassama chipped the ball against the woodwork from a tight angle and Kevin Kelsy’s follow-up was desperately blocked by Celtic defender Cameron Carter-Vickers, the home supporters were in uproar, moments later.
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