Steven Gerrard’s Glasgow Rangers will face Neil Lennon’s Celtic at Ibrox on Sunday.
Rangers suffered a 2-1 defeat at the hands of Celtic away from home at Celtic Park in the Scottish Premiership in March.
Alfredo Morelos was sent off for Rangers in the 31st minute for a challenge on Brown, while Andy Halliday was also dismissed after the full-time whistle for reacting to the Celtic midfielder celebrations in front of the Gers’ supporters.
Liverpool-owned winger Ryan Kent was given a two-match ban after clashing with Brown, and Celtic manager Neil Lennon believes that the Rangers players targeted the former Scotland international midfielder – who has been on the books of Celtic since the summer of 2007 when he joined from Hibernian for a transfer fee reported by The Guardian to be worth £4.4 million.
Lennon told BBC Sport when asked if Rangers had targeted Brown: “Yes, they did and they did after the game as well. Scott Brown’s a veteran of these games, he has been here 12 years, he has played over 500 games.
“I don’t need to tell Scott Brown how to manage himself through a game of football. He does it very well and the bigger the game the more he enjoys.”
Rangers and Celtic will face each other at Ibrox in the Old Firm derby on Sunday afternoon.
While the Gers have secured the runners-up spot in the league table, the Hoops have clinched the league title.
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