The Rangers 2-2 Celtic - Time for Some Definitive Ratings

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Martin O’Neill applauds the Celtic support. theRangers v Celtic. 1st March 2026. Photograph by Vagelis Georgariou

🔵 Chermiti scores stunner in first-half double
🟩 Last-gasp Hatate nets 91st-minute equaliser
📊 Hearts are now six points clear at the top

Highlights as Celtic fought back from two goals down to draw with Rangers in a thrilling Old Firm 🔥https://t.co/BIvF2P0ruf

— Sky Sports Scotland (@ScotlandSky) March 1, 2026

OVERALL – 6/10 – From pathetic to apoplectic to ecstatic. A comeback for the ages in what may transpire as a title win for the ages should the Bhoys overtake Motherwell at the season’s end. Yes, Motherwell… They’re the real danger. Bookmark that. What dreadful brilliance we witnessed today as Celtic pulled off ANOTHER rope-a-dope in a long season of knife-edge contests, to marvellously shatter the Orcs’ delusions of supremacy and remind them what COWARDS their players really are when the heat gets turned up on them and they realise these Hoops don’t lie down for dead dogs.

Martin O’Neill at Ibrox. theRangers v Celtic. 1st March 2026. Photograph by Vagelis Georgariou

TEN games to go and we require to put together TWENTY halves like today’s second and January’s first against those reprobates. The saving grace of this rollercoaster ride is the knowledge that we’re capable of surviving a derailment and hanging on for the ride however rough it gets. Today’s draw is one of the best results we’ll achieve all season for our squad of players – better psychologically even, than that Stuttgart win – given the circumstances and the rhetoric around the match.

Daizen Maeda forces the penalty at Ibrox. theRangers 2 Celtic 2. Sunday 1st March 2026. Photograph by Vagelis Georgariou

Coping with waves of the dark energy of unhealthy arousal spewed from their stands by the baying hordes of deformed, drooling pagan mutants proved a right of passage for many of our players, used in recent times to the inconsequential nature of late-season games aganst them. Now they understand what a title scrap is and how to stay in one like a prizefighter on the ropes. They need to take that into the final phase of a testing campaign and prove to themselves they can reach the required levels for every minute of the torrid matches left.