HOW THEY PLAYED
VASILAS BARKAS 5
Positioning at the goal was dubious. The suspicion remains that the Greek is not up to the size of the job.
JEREMIE FRIMPONG 8
Proactive, darting down the right again and again. Impressive.
KRISTOFFER AJER 8
With Christopher Jullien out, Shane Duffy sidelined and Nir Bitton acting as a stand-in, he had to lead Celtic’s defence and stepped up to the task.
NIR BITTON 5
Did very well until he didn’t. Whether or not he should have got a red card will be long debated but he gave Bobby Madden a decision to make.
DIEGO LAXALT 7
Offered good attacking support for the team and his combative style lends itself well to the fixture.
RYAN CHRISTIE 7
Lively in the first half in which he was always looking to get at Rangers back line and shoot from distance.(hatem ELHAMED 73, 6. A solid, if brief, turn)
ISMAILA SORO 6
The 22-year-old was not at his best. (SCOTT BROWN 73, 5. Will be remembered for getting involved in a round of pushing and shoving)
CALLUM MCGREGOR 6
Neat and tidy in the most frantic area of the pitch. (TOM ROGIC 84, 5. Brought on to produce a bit of magic, he wasn’t able to deliver.)
DAVID TURNBULL 6
Started brightly but faded. (MO ELYOUNOUSSI 65, 7. Lively)
LEIGH GRIFFITHS 6
Denied by a great stop from Mcgregor, but found himself sacrificed with Neil Lennon forced to reshape his team. (SHANE DUFFY 65, 6. Got booked for a wild challenge which might have earned him a red)
ODSONNE EDOUARD 6
The Frenchman was a threat when Celtic had eleven on the park but ultimately came up short in his mini contest with Connor Goldson and Co.
UNUSED SUBS – CONOR HAZARD, GREG TAYLOR, ALBIAN AJETI, TOM ROGIC, OLIVIER NTCHAM.