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By Nick McPheatBBC Scotland
Last updated on 18 minutes ago.From the section Scottish Premiership
Kyogo Furuhashi's sixth Old Firm derby goal concluded a frenetic first half at IbroxBrendan Rodgers answered early questions surrounding his second Celtic tenure by delivering a statement Old Firm Scottish Premiership win over Rangers in a controversial derby.
Kyogo Furuhashi provided the decisive moment again, capitalising on more slack defending by the home defence just before the break at Ibrox to ruthlessly lash in his sixth goal in five starts in the fixture.
But the Japan forward's strike came after Rabbi Matondo had an offside effort disallowed inside the first minute, before Kemar Roofe had another chopped off for Cyriel Dessers' contentious foul on Gustaf Lagerbielke.
The Celtic centre-back appeared to kick through the back of the Rangers striker while being dispossessed, but referee Don Robertson opted to rule the goal out after an on-field VAR review.
Michael Beale stressed the importance to "lay down a marker" pre-match following Wednesday's Champions League humiliation in Eindhoven, but instead more pressure will now build on the Ibrox boss, who has just one win from six derbies.
Celtic, whose depleted defence consisted of centre-back pairing of Lagerbielke and Liam Scales making their Old Firm debuts, just about held firm after the interval with the help of Joe Hart to move Rodgers' men top by two points and four clear of their rivals.
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Line-ups
Rangers
Formation 4-3-3
- 1Butland
- 2Tavernier
- 6Goldson
- 5Souttar
- 21SterlingSubstituted forYilmazat 65'minutes
- 43Raskin
- 8JackSubstituted forLawrenceat 76'minutes
- 13CantwellBooked at 73mins
- 25RoofeSubstituted forPereira da Silvaat 64'minutes
- 9DessersSubstituted forSimaat 76'minutes
- 17MatondoSubstituted forLammersat 64'minutes
Substitutes
- 3Yilmaz
- 4Lundstram
- 11Lawrence
- 14Lammers
- 15Cifuentes
- 19Sima
- 26Davies
- 28McCrorie
- 99Pereira da Silva
Celtic
Formation 4-3-3
- 1Hart
- 2JohnstonSubstituted forRalstonat 65'minutes
- 4Lagerbielke
- 5ScalesBooked at 78mins
- 3TaylorSubstituted forBernabéiat 74'minutes
- 33O'Riley
- 42McGregor
- 14TurnbullSubstituted forHolmat 66'minutes
- 11AbadaSubstituted forYangat 66'minutes
- 8FuruhashiSubstituted forOhat 76'minutes
- 38Maeda
Substitutes
- 7Palma
- 13Yang
- 15Holm
- 18Kobayashi
- 19Oh
- 22Kwon
- 25Bernabéi
- 29Bain
- 56Ralston
Live Text
Match ends, Rangers 0, Celtic 1.
Second Half ends, Rangers 0, Celtic 1.
Foul by Matt O'Riley (Celtic).
Tom Lawrence (Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Anthony Ralston (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Tom Lawrence (Rangers).
Attempt missed. Todd Cantwell (Rangers) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Abdallah Sima with a cross.
Attempt blocked. Sam Lammers (Rangers) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Todd Cantwell.
Daizen Maeda (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Connor Goldson (Rangers).
Foul by Oh Hyeon-Gyu (Celtic).
Connor Goldson (Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Todd Cantwell (Rangers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Ridvan Yilmaz.
Callum McGregor (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Tom Lawrence (Rangers).
Attempt missed. Sam Lammers (Rangers) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Ridvan Yilmaz with a cross.
Attempt saved. Daizen Maeda (Celtic) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Oh Hyeon-Gyu (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Tom Lawrence (Rangers).
Attempt saved. Danilo (Rangers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Abdallah Sima with a cross.
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Rangers
Squad number1Player nameButland
Squad number2Player nameTavernier
Squad number6Player nameGoldson
Squad number5Player nameSouttar
Squad number21Player nameSterling
Squad number43Player nameRaskin
Squad number8Player nameJack
Squad number13Player nameCantwell
Squad number25Player nameRoofe
Squad number9Player nameDessers
Squad number17Player nameMatondo
Squad number3Player nameYilmaz
Squad number11Player nameLawrence
Squad number14Player nameLammers
Squad number19Player nameSima
Squad number99Player nameDanilo
Celtic
Squad number1Player nameHart
Squad number2Player nameJohnston
Squad number4Player nameLagerbielke
Squad number5Player nameScales
Squad number3Player nameTaylor
Squad number33Player nameO'Riley
Squad number42Player nameMcGregor
Squad number14Player nameTurnbull
Squad number11Player nameAbada
Squad number8Player nameFuruhashi
Squad number38Player nameMaeda
Squad number13Player nameYang Hyun-Jun
Squad number15Player nameHolm
Squad number19Player nameOh Hyeon-Gyu
Squad number25Player nameBernabéi
Squad number56Player nameRalston
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