{"id":28206,"date":"2025-01-03T09:37:19","date_gmt":"2025-01-03T09:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/?p=28206"},"modified":"2025-01-03T09:37:19","modified_gmt":"2025-01-03T09:37:19","slug":"rangers-thrash-celtic-to-claim-first-old-firm-victory-under-philippe-clement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/rangers-thrash-celtic-to-claim-first-old-firm-victory-under-philippe-clement\/","title":{"rendered":"Rangers Thrash Celtic To Claim First Old Firm Victory Under Philippe Clement"},"content":{"rendered":"

Watch Rangers Vs Celtic highlights as Rangers claimed their first Old Firm victory under Philippe Clement at the seventh attempt.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The hosts closed the gap at the top of the Scottish Premiership to 11 points with an emphatic win.<\/p>\n

Goals from Ianis Hagi, Robin Propper and Danilo saw Rangers<\/a> to a 3-0 victory at Ibrox as they dominated proceedings.<\/p>\n

The vocal home support was treated to a rare derby day victory – Brendan Rogers’ Celtic<\/a> had lost just one of their past 20 Old Firm matches.<\/p>\n

It was a much-needed result for Rangers, who had lost ground in the title race. Defeat at St. Mirren and a draw with Motherwell in recent weeks had seen the gap to Celtic grow even further.<\/p>\n

And with skipper James Tavernier sidelined along with keeper Jack Butland and defender John Souttar, things looked bleak heading into this one.<\/p>\n

But with their backs to the walls, Rangers stood up to be counted. Clement’s side took immediate control, and were rewarded after just seven minutes.<\/p>\n

Hagi drilled his 25-yard strike into the bottom corner to open the scoring, sending the home support wild.<\/p>\n

Celtic could not get a foothold in the game, but despite coming under huge pressure, held firm for almost an hour before conceding a second.<\/p>\n

Vaclav Cerny’s deflected effort rattled the crossbar, before Liam Kelly made a fine save to deny Reo Hatate for Celtic’s first shot on target.<\/p>\n

But any sign of a Celtic revival was short-lived. Cerny hit the woodwork again and then forced a save from Kasper Schmeichel, but another goal felt inevitable.<\/p>\n

It came in the 66th minute as Propper blasted in a second from a half-cleared corner.<\/p>\n

Danilo then finished the matter after Jefte’s blocked shot dropped kindly to him.<\/p>\n

Rangers were good value for their win, but Celtic will need to quickly learn from the defeat.<\/p>\n

Watch: Rangers Vs Celtic Highlights<\/h2>\n