WE’VE GOT INSIDE YOUR HEADS GERS
Broonie vows to leave rivals in the shade again
PARTY ON Celt Brown celebrates at Ibrox PARKHEAD pitbull Scott Brown cranked up the Old Firm mind games by insisting Celtic will leave Rangers in their shade because the champions are in the Ibrox side’s heads.
The Hoops skipper ended up wearing sunglasses amid the celebrations after the Hoops won 3-2 in Govan with 10 men last month.
Brown relished making it nine in a row undefeated against their old foes and
is convinced the scars from the last derby defeat will give the Bhoys the upper hand as they look to make it the perfect 10 in Sunday’s Scottish Cup semi-final showdown.
He said: “Somebody threw the sunglasses at me. Of all the things they could have thrown at me.
“I had them on for a nanosecond. I put them on then took them back off and thought, ‘S***!’ But I pulled it off like Pitbull!
“Will it still be in their heads? It probably will be. Also, us turning up with 11 men and going to Hampden. We’ve had great games at Hampden recently. We’ve played well. We are going into the match on good form.
“It was always going to be hard going down to 10 men especially after 60 minutes but we had a game plan and stuck to it.
“Most of the time if you stick to your game plan and everyone works together then nine times out of 10 you can pull it off.
“Luckily enough big Odsonne Edouard turned up with an absolute worldie of a goal to win it. We defended better with 10 men because we knew we had to focus on not having the ball as much as we would have liked.”
Brown reckons Rangers were reeling after letting Celts off the hook when they were down to 10 for the last half an hour.
The win ended any talk of a title challenge and Gers’ Old Firm hangover spilled over as they lost to Kilmarnock and then drew with Motherwell.
Brown said: “Yes, it must be hard for them. On the other hand it has pushed us on a bit.
“We drew 0-0 at home to Dundee last midweek but had 26 shots – 10 on target. All we needed was one in the net. It shows we still have the hunger and passion to go for it.”