Someone at Ibrox had better check on Aaron Ramsey ’s whereabouts this morning. Having winced his way through the sheer savagery of this beating from the padded seats in Parkhead’s main stand, the Welshman may have been excused had he slipped away into the dead of night to think long and hard about what he’s just got himself into.
If this 90 minutes summed up the size of the current gap between the champions and the challengers, then it’s not a thumbs up from the medical team Ramsey requires before coming to Rangers’ rescue.
It’s a red cape and matching underpants. And even then it might not be enough given the bloody mess Celtic made of his new team-mates.
Dazed and confused by what was being done to them, they were three down by half-time. And even though they complained an early opener – lashed home by the outstanding Reo Hatate – should not have stood, this was merely the clutching of straws on a night when Celtic were throwing haymakers.
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