David Martindale insists he won't take his Rangers gameplan with him into Sunday's match against Celtic - as it will be two different games for Livingston in terms of style.
The Lions fell painfully short of a famous 1-0 win at Ibrox last week but settled for a 1-1 draw thanks to John Lundstram's stoppage-time goal, that came after Morgan Boyes was sent off. It doesn't get much easier on home soil this week as Ange Postecoglou brings the Hoops to the Tony Macaroni Arena, but the Livingston boss welcomes the challenge of playing both Glasgow giants consecutively.
In his view, Celtic are the club out in front just now and that just because they've frustrated Rangers, doesn't mean the same approach will impact the Hoops. Martindale told Sky Sports: "Two totally different games. I think Celtic are the team to beat. I think Ange has done a fantastic job. They're flying. Very, very difficult to break down and very, very difficult to stop. But we'll go into the game with our own game plan.
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"Probably two banks of five, I'm only kidding. We'll go in and try and impose our game plan on Celtic but I think they're the team to beat this season.
"I think they're fantastic. They've made massive progress from the minute Ange walked into that building to where they are now, he's transformed them. They're a top, top team.
"I think they've been really, really unlucky in the Champions League games so that shows you the calibre of where Celtic are as a club.
"I'm really proud of the players (for the Rangers game) because I think when you lose that goal with ten men it's very easy to buckle and probably lose the next goal but we don't, so delighted we came away with a point but frustrated and disappointed we didn't get three."
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