Brendan Rodgers’ impressive Glasgow derby record continued as his Celtic side beat Rangers 2-1 at home to go six points clear at the top of the Premiership table with just two games remaining.

It was the Celtic manager’s 13th win in this fixture out of 17 games against the Ibrox side – he’s only ever been on the losing side on one occasion – and it was a result which has put his side on the brink of retaining the league title.

The impressive Matt O’Riley, who was named Man of the Match, opened the scoring with a superb shot in the 35 minute, a lead that was doubled two minutes later when John Lundstram put the ball into his own net.

And while the visitors reduced the deficit minutes later when Cyriel Dessers scored, Lundstram’s afternoon got even worse when he was sent off before the break after a VAR review on a terrible challenge on Alistair Johnston.

Matt O’Riley had a chance to extend Celtic’s lead early in the second-half but his penalty was saved, and the Hoops had to dig deep to see out the game, which they did to extend their lead at the top of the table.

Speaking after the game, the Celtic manager said: “I think the performance up until the penalty miss was outstanding. We started the game how we wanted.

'The atmosphere was unbelievable and we created chances, we looked a real threat. Some of the football and the goals we scored was really, really good.'

“The downside was, from the penalty, it sapped a wee bit of energy from us and then we didn’t quite finish the game off.

"And, obviously, if you don’t do that, it can always leave it a little bit tense towards the end. So that’s still the big development this team has to make.

“But I also understand that Celtic-Rangers games are about winning and the people all around the world, in bars and living-rooms will be absolutely thrilled that Celtic have beat Rangers and I’ve very proud of the team that they showed that strength at the end to get the job done.

Manager: This is a significant win for us and I'm very proud of the players