Scottish Premiership
Sunday, September 1, 2024
Celtic Park, Glasgow

CELTIC... 3
(Maeda 17, Kyogo 40, McGregor 75)

RANGERS... 0

The Scottish champions showed once again why they are the finest team in Scotland after cruising to a convincing 3-0 win over Rangers at Celtic Park today (Sunday).

The Celts thought that they had taken the lead after 11 minutes when Kyogo slammed the ball in to the net after a nice cut-back from Nicolas Kuhn, but a VAR review ruled that Kuhn was offside and the goal was disallowed.

However, it didn’t take long before the Hoops did score. After some lovely play on the right wing between Alistair Johnston, Nicolas Kuhn and Paulo Bernardo, Johnston fired the ball across the box where Daizen Maeda was waiting to pounce.

And the Japanese forward made no mistake as he tucked the ball home with his right foot.

The next big chance of the match fell the way of the champions as Bernardo found Reo Hatate in space in the box, but the midfielder fired his shot high and wide of the target.

The Celtic players matched the energy coming from the stands in the first half, with every player working hard for the jersey and the cause. Paulo Bernardo followed his captain’s example by hunting every loose ball and remaining composed with the ball at his feet.

Few things in life are certain, but something that is highly probable is a Kyogo goal in the Glasgow derby and, with 40 minutes played, the Celtic striker unleashed a low, hard shot down to Butland’s left after a great set-up from Greg Taylor.

The opposition keeper could do nothing to prevent the inevitable and it was 2-0 to Brendan Rodgers’ men and eight Glasgow derby goals so far for Kyogo.

Three is a magic number as Celtic deliver dominant derby win