Celtic beat Rangers 2-1 at Ibrox on Saturday afternoon.
Celtic took another huge step towards the Scottish Premiership title on Saturday afternoon as they beat Rangers 2-1 in the Old Firm derby at Ibrox.
The Bhoys went into the game having beaten Ross County 2-0 in midweek, and having won 14 games in a row, and were hoping to make it three wins over Rangers this season after beating them 5-1 in the league and 1-0 in the Scottish League Cup.
Celtic’s Scott Sinclair celebrates scoring their second goal with team mates
However, Rangers striker Kenny Miller struck against his former club to open the scoring, turning the ball home from close range after James Tavernier’s run and cross down the right hand side.
Celtic did get back into the game though, as Moussa Dembele smashed the ball home at the back post, and the Bhoys claimed all three points in the second half when Scott Sinclair tapped home from Stuart Armstrong’s cross.
Celtic’s Craig Gordon surrounded by green smoke
Brendan Rodgers is now closing in on the league title having now won 15 games in a row, with Saturday’s victory now taking them 19 points clear at the top of the Scottish Premiership table.
After the game, a host of Celtic players took to Twitter to celebrate the victory and to bring in the new year, with Leigh Griffiths suggesting that the win was the perfect way to end 2016.
Striker Dembele celebrated by suggesting that Celtic are the ‘kings of Glasgow again’ after a superb performance, as well as praising Celtic’s superb support at Ibrox.
Eoghan O’Connell, Patrick Roberts, Gary Mackay-Steven, Erik Sviatchenko, Ryan Christie, Scott Sinclair and Jozo Simunovic also sent messages to fans as Celtic celebrated another Old Firm derby win.
Here are some of the reactions from Celtic players after their 2-1 win over Rangers on Saturday…
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