Rangers manager Philippe Clement isn’t going to back down when Celtic makes the first move in what can turn out to be the tightest championship match in thirteen years.
With the exception of the Ibrox side’s magnificent 55 triumph in 2021, Celtic have dominated their domestic opponents since Rangers’ financial collapse in 2012.
However, even after that, Rangers easily won the championship, leading by a whopping 25 points at the end of play, while 10IAR-hungry Celtic supporters saw their hearts break as the Gers successfully made their way back to the top.
However, this one seems to be going right down to the wire for the first time since 2011—when Kyle Lafferty’s seven-minute Rugby Park hat-trick stunned Celtic supporters before many had even taken their seats at Parkhead.
Philippe Clement doesn’t back down in a championship match
Rangers’ 3-0 victory against Livingston puts the team within three points of their Old Firm rivals, with a game remaining, after Celtic and Aberdeen drew 1-1 at Pittodrie.
It implies that Rangers and Celtic will square off in a test of skill, determination, and bottle for the first time in Scottish football since 2012.
Although Rangers, under Philippe Clement, are a focused and determined team, there is a noticeable lack of unity in the spectators, pitch, dugout, and boardroom, which is understandable given the tense atmosphere at Celtic Park.
With the Scottish media, Philippe Clement has shown himself to be a cunning manipulator. When reporters attempted to get soundbites regarding a title fight, the Rangers manager responded in his usual manner.
Clement remarked, “We don’t need to be preoccupied with what other people are doing or not doing.” “We must put a lot of effort into improving ourselves, be self-driven, and strive to win every game. must develop both individually and as a team, and each player is occupied with that.
We are just concerned with ourselves, so it doesn’t matter what other teams do when they play before us or after us and what their results are.
“There’s a really good team mentality in this dressing room now, and I’m going to be really very tight on that, that it stays that way,” the statement was later added. We can lose that the moment we begin to focus on other people because that is the reason we get the results.
Rangers gain momentum but Celtics’ nerves fray
Although it is our responsibility to assess the circumstances surrounding Rangers and the Scottish Premiership, it is obvious that nobody at Ibrox will be sidetracked.
Hard work ethic aside, there is genuine excitement rising around the Ibrox side as Philippe Clement’s Rangers team starts to click.
In sharp contrast to what’s occurring at Celtic Park, the Rangers manager has managed to cultivate a positive environment at Ibrox despite a slew of major injuries.
The manager of the Gers also mentioned the “synergy” that has returned between players and spectators at Ibrox, something that is sadly lacking in the city.
At Parkhead, people’s nerves are jangling a lot because they can see that the Rangers are starting to get their act together and, whisper it quietly, that they still have some levels to rise.
With the news of Philippe Clement beginning to circulate through the Ibrox stands, Rangers supporters aren’t responding with the same venom as Celtic fans who are making phone calls and giving up the championship.
There will be no separation between Rangers and Ross County in the Scottish Premiership if Rangers wins their upcoming match. This season, everything will be up for grabs.
You’ll pardon us if we sense that the Bhoys may have lost their bottle for the championship match, considering that they have had it all their own for the better part of 13 years.
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