The ex Hoops striker and Record Sport columnist was hugely impressed at the way the champions battled to victory.
Brendan Rodgers lapped up his latest Old Firm win. No wonder. It was a huge moment for him in his second spell. Rodgers is able to sit back now in the international break with any potential heat staved well off and replaced by a warm glow of satisfaction.
I remember Martin O’Neill telling me on the morning of an Old Firm game I’d be playing centre-half and thought, ‘Oh my God’. The message I gave myself was to keep it simple. Do the basics. Scales did just that and hats off to him. No one gave him a chance of performing at that level in that fixture and he did it.
Listen, there’s much more to do. The Champions League is going to be an acid test for the manager and fans will want to see progress. It’s going to be extremely tough to make a dent against Atletico Madrid, Lazio and Feyenoord, but Celtic have to try to make some inroads. I said before the game Michael Beale would be under the pump if it went wrong and you can see clearly that he is. This isn’t me saying that. It’s the 30,000 or so Rangers fans who were still at the stadium at full-time that explained the story. I look at Beale’s team and I just don’t see the identity. I don’t see the plan.Get all the latest Celtic news sent straight to your Inbox every day by signing up to our newsletter.
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