Celtic are miles ahead of Rangers at the top of the Scottish Premiership over the festive period thanks, in part, to a 4-0 win over Motherwell.
Brendan Rodgers’ side looks in good form heading into the Celtic Park clash with St Johnstone tomorrow afternoon where if the Hoops can pick up a win, they head to Ibrox to face Rangers with a minimum 12-point gap at the top of the Scottish Premiership table on the 2nd of January.Lose that match and Clement’s league title challenge will be over. Even the most optimistic Rangers fan will concede that Celtic will not lose five games and the Ibrox club will win all their remaining fixtures to continue a serious title challenge.
Also, if Rodgers goes to Ibrox and negotiates a Celtic win, that will be seven games that Clement has failed to register a Glasgow Derby win over the Hoops and that, on top of losing the League Cup final, will heap a tonne of pressure on the Belgian gaffer.Pressure builds on Rangers as Celtic remain unbeaten
With four defeats and two draws, the pressure on Clement to catch Celtic or, at the very least, just to beat Rodgers’ team mounts ahead of the big Glasgow Derby on Wednesday.
Rangers fans told the ‘painful’ truth about Celtic’s strength
McGowan told The Scottish Football Podcast [8m], “Yeah, I think that they’re not at the level to even compete with Celtic in anything.
“You know, one-off games? Yeah, possibly, but as an overall squad over a campaign, it’s just clear to see how far ahead Celtic are, and as painful as that is to hear for a lot of Rangers fans, it’s just reality at the moment.
“And, you know, Philippe Clement said that he doesn’t have those types of options off the bench.”With Celtic beating Motherwell at Parkhead and Rangers not kicking off till later on Boxing Day,
Philippe Clement’s side headed to St Mirren knowing that anything other than a win would be unacceptable to the Ibrox support.
As it transpired, a late winner by the Paisley club consigned Rangers to their fourth defeat of the season and 12 points behind Celtic at the top of the Scottish Premiership table.
Reflecting on both results, Livingston player, Ryan McGowan, delivered a brutal truth about Celtic which even he admits will be ‘painful’ for the Rangers support to accept.
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