'Nervous? About them, are you joking?' It's a football city where putting on a front is a Glasgow prerequisite when you support Celtic or Rangers.
Admitting your fiercest rivals are the real deal is a no-go in a hotbed which is split into two definitive camps. But there is tangible evidence Philippe Clement's resurgent Rangers team have the minerals to take on Scottish football's dominant force and end Brendan Rodgers' supremacy in this fixture.
There will be Celtic fans, behind closed doors in hushed tones, of course, coming to terms with that very notion. But there will also be a host of realistic Rangers fans who are acutely aware their team has only won twice at the home of their rivals in the past 13 years.
Steven Gerrard's wild celebrations proved a false dawn but marathon man Clement's race will not be run even if they lose at Parkhead.
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