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Keith Jackson

Richard Gough admits Celtic have better players than Rangers and fears another Parkhead pummelling

Rangers legend Richard Gough fears his old club is set to suffer another excruciating derby day beating at the home of their bitter rivals this weekend.

And the man who led the Ibrox club to nine successive league titles has conceded they will face up to a Celtic side jampacked with better players. Gough insists the vast majority of supporters have become conditioned into expecting the worst after a woeful run of results at Parkhead stretching back to the turn of the century.

His old side has managed just six wins in 40 trips to Glasgow’s East End but new boss Michael Beale will have to defy the odds on Saturday to have any chance of halting Celtic’s match towards an 11th league title in 12 years. The former Rangers skipper, speaking exclusively to Record Sport from his home in California, said: “Look at what’s happened the last few times we’ve played there. There has been a 3-0 and a 4-0 in there. It’s got heavy!

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