Rangers are now just two points behind Celtic.
Glasgow Rangers’ heavy win at the weekend was inspired by dangerous attackers from the club’s academy.
Steven Gerrard started youngster Glenn Middleton, who scored his second goal in four days for the club.
Young winger Serge Atakayi came off the bench to inject more energy into the Rangers side and announce himself as an exciting new option at Ibrox.
The young duo are giving Rangers’ season a new edge and will play an important role as their season progresses.
It remains to be seen if Celtic have the same talent bursting to break through from their academy.
Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers has been reluctant to bring through young players from the club’s under-20 side, appearing to already give up on full-back Anthony Ralston.
Kieran Tierney is thriving as Celtic’s first choice left-back, but he has been established in this role for several seasons now.
It’s unclear where Celtic’s next youth star will come from.
Celtic will argue their squad is strong enough that they do not need to lean on young players to help their squad out.
This would simply be papering over the fact there does not appear to be anybody in the academy even close to pushing for a role in Brendan Rodgers’ side.
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