Philippe Clement wanted his team to perform like gladiators in the derby.But in this ancient old city right now, there’s only one Maximus.
And yesterday at the Colosseum in the east end of Glasgow, once again Brendan Rodgers emerged victorious. Not only did Celtic’s manager win another fight with Rangers – he also killed off their faint title hopes.
In the final Old Firm joust of the league season, Rodgers’ team came out on top.And the result all but wrapped up three-in-a-row for the 60,000 supporters who had roared them into battle.
For Gers, the thumbs-down went to John Lundstram. After scoring an own goal to put Celtic 2-0 up he fell on his own sword by accepting a worthy red card from ref Willie Collum.
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