Rangers down Celtic in Old Firm derby to shake up title race

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/celtic/QFKRRD8M/"]Celtic[/a] still lead the table by two points but the momentum is all on [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/rangers/8vAWQXNS/"]Rangers[/a]' side after two big Old Firm wins in eight days.[/p][p]Derek McInnes's men blew away their old rivals to win a League Cup tie 3-0 at Ibrox last weekend.[/p][p]Celtic also suffered an awful start to their Europa League campaign with a 3-1 defeat to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/ferencvaros/pKS9M7R7/"]Ferencvaros[/a] on Thursday and had no response despite Martin O'Neill ringing the changes in both personnel and formation.[/p][image alt="Match stats" id="f4ef09d9-7212-4152-9f22-b4458974cc3b" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="92c15a8b-2bb7-4ccd-aa21-5e0d0b21afc8" original-width="2160" original-height="2700" /][p]The home side may wonder what might have been if a bright start had been rewarded.[/p][p]Austin Trusty's volley into the top corner was ruled out after [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/scales-liam/ziyQvljU/"]Liam Scales[/a] strayed offside in the build-up before [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/tierney-kieran/Qm0l3aod/"]Kieran Tierney[/a] smashed against the crossbar.[/p][p]However, Rangers took control after they went in front on 31 minutes.[/p][p]Kim Min-su's strike from the edge of the box was parried by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sinisalo-viljami/zqRkeKv7/"]Viljami Sinisalo[/a] into the path of Naderi who tapped into an empty net.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gassama-djeidi/CrOqdcNj/"]Djeidi Gassama[/a] hit the post as Rangers threatened to add a second before half-time.[/p][p]Despite there being no away fans allowed to attend, Rangers dominated the second half and should have added to their lead.[/p][embed guid="93a88ac5-3baa-4e30-b839-c590c1b23b2c" url="https://x.com/RangersFC/status/2101661638772310296" social-type="twitter" /][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/makhanya-olwethu/Io2gXoT8/"]Olwethu Makhanya[/a]'s stunning strike was disallowed after the South African handled in controlling the ball.[/p][p]Rangers, though, needed only the one goal as a Celtic side lacking inspiration rarely threatened to hit back and were met by a chorus of boos from the disgruntled 60,000 home fans at full-time.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/celtic-QFKRRD8M/rangers-8vAWQXNS/?mid=dlEIBMJU"]See all the stats from the match here[/a][/b][/p]