The Celtic-Rangers ‘storyline’ that rankles with Rodgers

The Northern Irishman has conceded that the ‘storyline’ surrounding his side will differ from that of Rangers, despite both teams going into this weekend’s derby with almost identical recent form.

The 51-year-old insists this was the case back in September prior to the first encounter between the teams this season, when Kyogo scored as the champions ran out 1-0 winners at Ibrox.

Celtic lead the title race by a single point having played a game more, so there’s plenty to play for on Sunday with the battle between Glasgow’s big two set to go down to the wire.

“I think it was a great lesson not only in football but in life,” he told Sky Sports. “When we arrived in the game, individually and collectively we were written off in that game. Rangers were on the up, they were ready for us.

“We had players missing, but we showed collectively that if you stay together and you focus, work hard and play to your level, then you’ll always be in with a chance to be the victor and that was the case.

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