The final Glasgow derby of the season ended with the shares spoiled.
Celtic have secured the Premiership title, on course for another Treble, and further proving why nobody in Scotland comes close to them.
Brendan Rodgers has been the brains behind it from the sidelines and Callum McGregor has been at the heart of it all in the middle of the park.
McGregor missed the previous Glasgow derby, but he was back and in the thick of the action on Sunday at Ibrox.
As always, these fixtures can’t be completed without their drama and a bit of moaning from the opposition.
And the Celtic skipper was reacting to the latest noise coming from Rangers post the 1-1 draw.
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Callum McGregor fires back at the Rangers bench after Celtic draw
Celtic were the much better team in the second half, and in truth, the game should have been won in stoppage time, only for Daizen Maeda to fluff his chance.
But, with ten minutes left on the clock, the ball landed at Nico Raskin’s feet at the far post, as he tried to connect with the ball whilst falling over, before the ball fell into the path of Ianis Hagi, and he was brilliantly denied by McGregor.
The ball was cleared and there were cries of a penalty from some of the Rangers players, McGregor was then told on Sky Sports what the Ibrox bench was saying, and he had a swift answer for them.
Sky reporter asks: “Callum, I think the Rangers bench felt that they should have had a penalty when you and Hagi came together. What was your thinking there?”
McGregor responded: “That’s probably a foul against me, if anything. You get your body in, you have to try to stop him from scoring. It’s not a foul. You put your body in the way. You put your leg in the way.
“He kicks me, if anything. Nah, no chance.”
Sky Sports panel react to Rangers’ penalty claim against Celtic
After the match, the Sky Sports panel of Stiliyan Petrov and James McFadden shared their thoughts on the penalty call.
With Kris Boyd silent on the matter, Petrov and McFadden agreed with each other.
“I don’t think it’s a penalty,” stated Petrov. “I think Hagi is playing for it. I think McGregor was really smart. You can see the way he puts his body across.
“Obviously, the two managers will always have a different view. But I don’t think there is enough there for it to be a penalty.”
McFadden agreed: “Yeah, I don’t think it’s a penalty. As the ball drops, there is nobody really in control of it. Callum McGregor tries to get his body across. Hagi tries to get through.
“I don’t think it’s a foul. Callum McGregor saying, ‘if anything, it’s a foul on him’. I don’t agree with that. I think it’s two players coming together, and that would have been the softest of penalties given.”
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