What a day in Glasgow! Amazing! Fantastic! Well, it is if you don’t support Rangers! Celtic beat their rivals 4-0 to claim bragging rights and solidify their lead on the top of the Scottish Premiership in a one-sided clash of two Champions League teams.Ange Postecoglou’s side have Real Madrid arriving on Tuesday night but all eyes are on their rivals from across the city. It’s the same for Giovanni Van Bronckhorst, of course, as he silenced any talk of their trip back to the Netherlands to face Ajax in their UCL opener. Today was all about the biggest fixture of Scottish football – and what a game it’s been.
Liel Abada netted a dream double either side of an exquisite Jota strike as the champions were three goals to good at the break to leave Van Bronckhorst shellshocked in a repeat of his first dug-out appearance in the east end of Glasgow back in February. Substitute David Turnbull added a fourth after a Jon McLaughlin howler.GOL | Celtic 2-0 Rangers⚽ 32′ Jota#Celtic #Rangers #Jotapic.twitter.com/XTvX4hYwO8— Futbol Bey ⚽ (@1FutbolBey) September 3, 2022 GOOOOAAAALL Celtic 3-0 up as in February #oldfirm #Celtic #ranger #Abada with second goal pic.twitter.com/d83Kbglims— Choccys mullet (@PestUtd) September 3, 2022 Celtic were dealt a huge early blow when talisman Kyogo was forced off with less than five minutes on the clock with a shoulder injury but the champions’ strength in depth was underlined when the Japanese international was replaced with Giorgos Giakoumakis.The Celtic fans are special One of a kind☘️☘️☘️ pic.twitter.com/LdupieiZuF— IrishPropaganda🇮🇪⚽️ (@IrishPropaganda) September 3, 2022 Celtic alev aldı 4-0 oldu dört dörtlük bir oyun sergiliyor 🔥🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/hB7GEU2Xbw— Vedat (@eexelanslari) September 3, 2022 That is 13 goals in the last two league games for Celtic – and not even their old rivals could stop them. The result will be a fantastic morale-booster for the green and whites who will need all the help they can get when Benzema, Modric, Vinicius and friends come to visit.Rangers reached the Europa League final last season and managed to qualify for the Champions League this term – but they will have to admit that they’re only the second-best team in Scotland at the minute.SCOTTISH PREMIERSHIPSaturdayCeltic – Rangers 4-0 (3-0)/Abada 8, 40, Jota 32, Turnbull 78/17.00: (1.73) Hibernian (3.60) Kilmarnock (5.30)17.00: (3.25) Livingston (3.30) Hearts (2.30)17.00: (2.06) Motherwell (3.40) Dundee Utd. (3.90)17.00: (3.60) Ross County (3.20) Aberdeen (2.21)17.00: (2.90) St.Johnstone (2.85) St.Mirren (2.80)***odds are subject to change