Kyogo Furuhashi earns Celtic the Old Firm bragging rights against Rangers

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Kyogo Furuhashis late first-half strike gave Celtic a crucial 1-0 cinch Premiership win over Rangers at Ibrox to heap pre sure on Gers bo s Michael Beale.The Light Blues had the ball in the net twice in the first half but on both occasions the goals were not allowed to stand offside and a foul picked up by VAR but Furuhashi could have scored twice before he fired the visitors in front just before the break.There were no travelling supporters Celtic rejected the offer of around 700 tickets, citing safety concerns but that seemed to hinder rather than help the home side at times as they tried in vain to get back on level terms.After just four league fixtures, leaders Celtic are already four points ahead of their Old Firm rivals going into the international break and the spotlight will be on Beale, who must have heard the boos ring out at the final whistle.For Celtic bo s Brendan Rodgers, who was under some pre sure himself after his team lost to Kilmarnock in the Viaplay Cup and then drew at home to Isaac Bonga Jersey St Johnstone, it was a return to the overwhelmingly positive derby results he enjoyed in his first spell as Parkhead bo s.Rangers had been knocked out of the Champions League qualifiers by PSV Eindhoven in midweek on a 7-3 aggregate, a result which brought the doom-mongers back to Beales door.Dujon Sterling took over from the injured left-back Borna Barisic in Rangers line-up while midfielder Ryan Jack and striker Kemar Roofe returned with Jose Garrison Mathews Jersey Cifuentes and John Lundstram dropping out, while winger Liel Abada replaced Yang Hyun-Jun in Celtics XI.There were only seconds on the clock when Rangers striker Cyriel De sers set up Rabbi Matondo to knock the ball into the Celtic net, but the former was offside.An expected Rangers onslaught failed to materialise.Celtic were calmer in po se sion and in the 16th minute Hoops skipper Callum McGregor sent Abada down the right and his cro s could not bring a clean connection from Furuhashi just yards from goal.When home defender John Souttar lost po se sion, Celtic midfielder Matt ORiley sent Furuhashi clear but his angled drive was blocked by a combination of Ibrox goalkeeper Jack Butland and Light Blues centre-back Connor Goldson.Moments later, Rangers had the ball in the net again.When Celtic defender Gustaf Lagerbielke Otto Porter Jr. Jersey was challenged by De sers just inside the Hoops half the ball broke clear for the Rangers attacker and he raced on before squaring the ball for Roofe, who took a touch before firing past Celtic keeper Joe Hart.When referee Don Robertson checked the pitchside monitor at the behest of the VAR, he ruled the goal out for a foul on the Parkhead defender, albeit it looked soft.Furuhashi eventually got on target seconds before the interval when ORiley returned a Goldson header into the path of the Japan striker who confidently drove the ball past Butland to silence Ibrox.An early second-half mistake by Goldson gifted the ball to Abada and his angled shot was just mi sed at the back post by Daizen Maeda.Amid some huffing and puffing from Rangers, Butland had to save a decent drive from Holm on a Celtic break.As the Govan side kept pre sing, Hart raced out to foil Sam Lammers before denying Danilo twice from close range as Celtic held on for the win.
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