Callum McGregor has fired a Celtic attacking warning at Rangers as the champions look to put down an early season marker in the race for the title this season.
Ange Postecoglou and his troops welcome the Light Blues to Parkhead tomorrow lunchtime as the Glasgow rivals do battle in the first Old Firm showdown of the season. The Hoops are sitting top of the table ahead of the game with a 100 per cent record after five games and have netted a stunning 21 league goals.
Giovanni van Bronckhorst's men sit two points back with four wins and a draw from their opening five games and have the incentive of knowing victory would take them top of the league standings. That same bonus is on offer to Celtic but the difference being they would increase their advantage to five points in an early season boost. McGregor and his team-mates know what is on the line at Celtic Park and says they are going out to attack their opponents as they bid to make it six wins on the bounce.
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He told Sky Sports: "Of course it's an incentive (to go five points clear) early on for the season where you want to win as many football games as you can and that starts again tomorrow.
"We obviously understand the consequences but it's not something we're looking at or thinking about before the game. We've trained well and our full approach to the game is that we want to go and attack the game in a positive manner and hopefully come the end of the game we're further ahead.
"But it's not a consequence we're looking at before the game."
He added: "That's the way we want to play, that's the demands the manager puts on the players to go and play real attacking football and it's the way the players like to play.
"We've not changed our approach for anyone and I don't see that happening tomorrow."
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