What Callum McGregor was asking the referee after Nico Raskin’s actions during Celtic’s draw at Rangers

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Like always, Callum McGregor was at the heart of the Celtic action on Sunday.

After Celtic secured the Premiership title last week, the champions turned up to Ibrox for the final Glasgow derby of the season, knowing that celebrations were in order.

In the end, Celtic and Rangers shared the spoils, with goals in either half, and some feeling that the game lacked bite and aggression during the game.

The first man who was booked was Rangers boss Barry Ferguson in the second half when he protested against a call from the official.

It was not until the 88th minute for the first player was booked, and that was Rangers youngster Bailey Rice, before Celtic’s Jonny Kenny followed suit minutes later.

But McGregor was calling for it a lot earlier.

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Callum McGregor and Nico Raskin’s clash

McGregor is always controlling proceedings in the middle of the park, and during one moment of the match, he wasn’t having any of Nico Raskin’s nonsense.

The Celtic skipper did well to protect the ball on the halfway line, and win a foul, including a potential counter being stopped.

As Scott Arfield noted on commentary for Sky Sports Football (04/05/25), McGregor asked the referee to yellow-card the Rangers man.

“McGregor isn’t having Nico Raskin, and vice-versa, I would suspect, and Walsh (referee) will have to have a word,” stated Ian Crocker, as the Rangers player protested to the referee and the Celtic skipper pushed him away.

Arfield added: “Callum McGregor was just asking for a yellow card from the referee there. He thought it was going to be an attack for Celtic. They are still at it.”

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With Celtic having the title wrapped up, some did question if this game would lack that bite and aggression.

Many batted it away because, at the end of the day, it is the Glasgow derby!

It didn’t start that way, and there was a feisty nature to the game, but as the match wore on, the intensity seemed to die down.

That was also proven in the lack of yellow cards handed out, and someone like Kenny, who was yellow-carded, was only booked for protesting.