Celtic accomplished three things by defeating Rangers.
They removed the existence of any lingering doubt over the final outcome of the championship. The goals from Kyogo Furuhashi and Jota maintained the aura of invincibility which has surrounded the team since the defeat by St Mirren on September 18 last year. And, symbolically going forward, Michael Beale can no longer take quiet satisfaction from having matched his main managerial rival point-for-point on their personal head-to-head, which began being compiled last November.
An exceptional manager doing extraordinary things. Ange Postecoglou encourages the use of superlatives as a result of his work at Celtic Park. But not on behalf of the Rangers fans, who would more naturally be drawn towards the kind of expletives that define disgust over the gap the Australian has created between their club and his own. Might they now, in the wake of Saturday's derby, settle for Celtic winning the title in the hope that it gives them closure and opens Postecoglou’s mind up to the prospect of going elsewhere?
