The Celtic man destroyed Mark Warburton’s Ibrox side Glasgow Rangers last week.
Moussa Dembele has revealed to L’Equipe that he was briefed all about Celtic’s Old Firm rivals Rangers following his move to Parkhead.
The French forward joined Celtic in a £500,000 move from Fulham in the summer in what now looks like a major coup by manager Brendan Rodgers
The 20-year-old, who also courted speculation linking him with Arsenal and Tottenham, netted a hat-trick in the 5-1 demolition of Rangers.
Such a feat in Rangers’ first league game with the Hoops in over four years means that Dembele will not be forgotten on the green half of the Old Firm divide for a while.
And the man himself has revealed that he was told all about the pressure of performing in such a big fixture almost immediately after joining.
“From the first minute I signed for the club, I was told it would be a special moment against Rangers, with a lot of pressure,”he told L’Equipe.
“When you walk on the pitch, you wake up and say to yourself ‘ooouh, today I have to do well’.”
Dembele has six goals in all competitions for Celtic, including two in the League Cup.
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