Glasgow Rangers host Old Firm rivals Celtic in a Scottish Premiership clash at Ibrox next month, and one Hoops player should be worried.
Life for Celtic right-back Mikael Lustig has gone from bad to worse – and Rangers star Jamie Murphy should be licking his lips over the prospect of facing him in next month’s Old Firm derby at Ibrox.
Brendan Rodgers’s side won 2-0 at Aberdeen on Sunday to restore their nine-point cushion over second-placed Rangers, but the win was marred by another horrendous showing from Lustig.
The Swede, disappointing in Russia on Thursday, was sent off for two yellow cards and the 31-year-old – whose suspension ends before the Gers visit – can’t be looking forward to facing the in-form winger.
Murphy, on a half-season loan from Premier League side Brighton, has three goals and five assists in his last three games for Graeme Murty’s side and, on this form, he could cause the struggling defender a world of problems on March 11.
The Celtic veteran has been dreadful for a matter of months now and there is every chance that Rodgers could rotate him with Cristian Gamboa or 19-year-old Anthony Ralston.
But regardless of who is charged with the task of marking the Rangers star, it could be a long 90 minutes either way, though even the most ardent of Lustig fans can’t envisage a successful afternoon for him.
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