Callum McGregor urges Celtic to dish out derby hurt after Rangers agony as he WELCOMES Barry Ferguson's attack signal

Callum was in agony after facing Rangers last time. Now he wants Celtic to be dishing out the hurt.

And, as he gets set for a title-defining day, the skipper admits clinching this term’s flag would be one of his biggest achievements. McGregor says Celtic are currently in their best shape of the season to complete the job and he, too, is approaching full tilt after his achilles injury.

It was different five weeks ago when he fought back for the last derby at Ibrox and came off the bench. McGregor battled through, but, reflecting on the differences between now compared to the previous encounter, the captain said: “Aye I was still in agony after that game! Of course, we knew that it was going to be a big risk, but we wanted to take it. We thought it was important. We took that decision and crossed our fingers a little bit.

“I had to just grit my teeth and get through it. We knew the type of injury it was that it can be sore. But, once we established no further damage could be done, then we were happy to take that risk and push through.

“We had to be pretty careful all the way. Probably only the last two weeks I’ve felt much better and freer in the movement and everything else.”

The huge ovation which greeted his 60-yard backtracking run to rob Hearts’ Kenneth Vargas seven days ago which signalled his wellbeing lifted the support. He said: “Obviously coming back from injury and getting up to speed again, it’s a good moment to put it to bed.

“You feel good and things are moving in the right direction. Sometimes something happens in the game and you just have to react. Your brain takes over and it’s nice to have that positive moment and try to move on and put it behind you.

“I’m moving much better now, aye. I think just given