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Old Firm reaction and what we learned about Rangers plus Celtic in final derby this season | Fitbaw Talk
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05/05/2025
Old Firm reaction and what we learned about Rangers plus Celtic in final derby this season
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Hello and welcome to Fitbit Talk, your weekly lowdown on Celtic and Rangers.
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I am not Lewis Anderson and I am Ben Banks.
00:07
I am in the hosting chair this week instead of Lewis asking me the questions
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because he was at Ibrox on Sunday as Rangers drew one each with Celtic
00:15
in the final Premiership Old Firm Derby of the season.
00:19
A one-all draw, a fairly low-key event, not one I think will be remembered
00:24
for all too long in the minds of both sets of fans.
00:27
Since the Rangers very much focused on takeover talks by the 49ers,
00:32
Celtic have eyes on a treble.
00:34
But we'll look back on the game in a little bit of detail.
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Just now, Lewis, you were at the game for MD who was living under a rock on Sunday
00:43
and didn't see it.
00:44
Then Cyril Dessers put Rangers ahead in the first half after an equal Raskin goal
00:49
was rolled out at the media leveled in the second half.
00:52
They did have a chance to win at Celtic right at the end.
00:54
Dyson Maira could have squared it to Johnny Kenny for what would have been
00:56
a memorable goal for the young Celtic striker to win it with what was virtually
01:01
the last kick of the ball.
01:02
Was it to be in one each is how the game finished?
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Doesn't mean anything in terms of the league table.
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Rangers know they're finishing second.
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Celtic know they're finishing first.
01:11
Both teams' Premiership campaigns and a competitive entity is done.
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And they have three games left before it comes to a conclusion from being in the ground,
01:22
Lewis, where your general takes on the game.
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It kind of had an end-of-season feel to it.
01:27
I don't think the game was kind of played with the kind of type of needle that you'd necessarily
01:34
expect from an old-firm fixture, given that obviously we knew that the title had already
01:39
been decided and two teams have very little to play for.
01:43
Rangers are obviously trying to attempt to salvage some personal pride on the back of
01:47
this woeful domestic campaign and looking to continue that decent run in the fixture
01:53
that they've managed to build up.
01:54
They were trying to win a third match against Celtic in one season for the first time since
02:02
1996.
02:03
And to be fair to Rangers' first half, they were probably decent value for their lead at
02:11
halftime.
02:12
Stark came flying out of the traps, obviously had a couple of decent chances in the first
02:16
half.
02:17
Liam Balligan right in the first minute, heading off the crossbar from the corner.
02:22
Raskin had a goal disallowed.
02:24
And Dessert's goal was kind of really well taken, wasn't it?
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Normally needs quite a few chances to put one away, but it was his first opportunity of
02:33
the game.
02:34
He was pretty quiet up until that point.
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Sticks it away pretty convincingly.
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And then you kind of think to yourself, all right, okay, Rangers look really up for this,
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but clearly Brendan Rodgers gave his Celtic players a bit of a halftime rollicking.
02:48
And it was night and day in the second half, Celtic by far the better team.
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Obviously, good time for the equaliser through Adam Eda.
02:57
Probably needs that goal given the criticism he's had this season.
03:01
I think that's his third time he's scored in the fixture against Rangers.
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So you'll be pleased to be back among the goals.
03:09
But I think it was the type of game that, as you say, Ben, Celtic had the chance to win
03:15
it right at the end.
03:15
But I don't think on the balance of play that I kind of feel a draw was a fair result.
03:21
I don't think either team really did enough for me to merit winning the game outright.
03:26
I think it kind of left us with more kind of questions than answers really heading into the summer.
03:34
We know obviously Rangers are going to be a totally different looking squad heading into next season
03:41
with this 49ers takeover urgently needing to happen.
03:46
And Celtic didn't teach us much.
03:50
It's probably taught us that they could do his strengthening in one or two areas in particular.
03:56
But I think Brendan Rodgers will be happy enough just to have left Ibrox with a point
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and avoided that run of three straight defeats in the fixture.
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