Celtic supervisor Brendan Rodgers is aware of their spectacular begin doesn’t assure them a win in opposition to Rangers within the first Previous Agency conflict of the season.
They meet Parkhead on Sunday, stay on Sky Sports activities with the Hoops understanding victory would transfer them 5 factors away from their rivals within the Premiership after simply 4 video games.
Philippe Clement is but to win an Previous Agency conflict and Rangers haven’t gained within the east finish of Glasgow since 2021.
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Regardless of their Previous Agency dominance, Rodgers is urging warning.
“We worked very hard over pre-season to try to develop aspects of the game that needed to, so we came in in a really good place,” he informed Sky Sports activities Information.
“The educational and expertise in these video games is you’ll be able to’t simply are available and assume that you’ll proceed to play that effectively.
“That is one thing we have at all times guarded in opposition to at Celtic as it is very harmful to assume that manner.
“We’ve been playing well, we’ve been playing to a very high level both with and without the ball, but still we have to prepare all the small details to make sure we continue to play that well.”
Celtic gained the primary assembly of final season 1-0 at Ibrox earlier than a 2-1 victory at Celtic Park. The third assembly was a dramatic 3-3 draw with the Hoops successful the ultimate league conflict 2-1.
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Relive all of the objectives from final season’s Previous Agency Scottish Premiership matches as Celtic and Rangers put together to go head-to-head on Sunday.
Rodgers is assured his squad will proceed to deal with the stress of such an enormous fixture.
“Celtic Rangers games, wherever they are, are always tough games with the emotion that’s involved with them.
“I feel what we have at all times tried to do is admittedly management the efficiency and the outcome will look to deal with itself.
“That’s always a challenge because they’re very emotive games and there are different things that can happen within the games.
“Our focus is at all times on our soccer, to play to the extent that we will. That is our focus after which we at all times really feel the outcome takes care of itself.
“I’ve got a really humble group who have worked very, very hard over pre-season and over this early part of the season they’ve shaped up really well.
“Now we have simply bought to organise the previous couple of particulars in our preparation then go and attempt to play to the extent that we all know we will.”
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