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Robbie Copeland

Rangers warned it's 'win or bust' against Celtic as Michael Beale told he has one Gio benchmark left to hit

He may only have been in the job for four months but it's already a case of "win or bust" for Michael Beale this weekend.

That's the view of pundit Andy Walker who reckons Beale is yet to fully prove he is a better manager than Gio van Bronckhorst. Rangers face Celtic at Parkhead knowing anything other than a win spells goodbye to any residual hopes of raining the runaway league leaders in. Ange Postecoglou's team sit nine points clear and with just eight games left of the season, Beale will know he needs two wins over the Hoops to stand any chance.

The Englishman has picked up the pieces after the whimpering end to Gio van Bronckhorst's tenure but despite winning 15 games out of 16, he has failed to eat into Celtic's gap at the top as the champions have matched them blow for blow, a 2-2 draw at Ibrox the only time this year either side have dropped points. The Australian has turned things on their head since taking over at the beginning of last season and Walker reckons the onus is now on Beale to mastermind a similar turnaround - starting at Celtic Park on Saturday.

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