Ibrox side Glasgow Rangers lost 2-0 to Celtic in the first Old Firm clash of the season on Sunday.
Celtic defender Christopher Jullien has revealed that he was prepared to take on Rangers star Alfredo Morelos in the verbal stakes on Sunday.
The Hoops left Ibrox with all three points after beating Steven Gerrard’s Gers side 2-0 in the first Old Firm derby of the season.
Disappointingly for Rangers, Morelos started on the bench but Gerrard gave him a half-hour cameo, though the Celtic centre-back barely gave the fiery striker a sniff.
Morelos is a superb goalscorer, but he also has a habit for winding up his opposite number on the field.
And Jullien, a £7 million signing by Celtic this past summer [Herald Scotland], claims that his Bhoys team-mates made him well aware of the marksman’s behaviour.
“We talked about it before the game and I was told he was sometimes a bit like that,” he told Four Four Two.
“I told him to his face ‘I like that so keep going’. If we have a clean sheet then I did my job, so it’s all good.”
The big question for Morelos this season is whether he can improve on his disiciplinary issue.
The Rangers star was sent off no fewer than five times last term, but the Colombian, who is yet to score against Celtic, is making headlines for the right reasons this time around and long may it continue.
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