Philippe Clement conjures Celtic magic no one saw coming but have Rangers produced statement win? 5 talking points

Rangers defied the odds at Ibrox to hammer Celtic and give gaffer Philippe Clement his first Old Firm victory.

Goals from Ianis Hagi, Robin Propper and Danilo allowed the Belgian to savour a derby win at the seventh time of asking as they racked up an astonishing 3-0 victory. And it saw Gers close the gap at the top of the Premiership table to 11 points but there remains a mountain to climb. Brendan Rodgers’ side were odds-on favourites pre-match but failed to turn up and were well beaten.

Rangers - who were missing key players like Jack Butland and James Tavernier - were rampant and dominated their city rivals for 90 minutes. Hagi’s long-range strike in the first half put them in front before Dutch defender Propper made it 2-0 from a corner. Danilo came off the bench to score and cap off a fantastic day for Clement against Rodgers - who suffered only his second derby defeat. Here are five talking points from Ibrox...

Fair play to Philippe Clement. With everything stacked against him - and missing several key players including his goalkeeper and captain - he picked up his first Old Firm win at the seventh time of asking.

And no-one could have begrudged the big Belgian this one as Rangers fully merited their three points at Ibrox.

With the likes of Jack Butland, James Tavernier, John Souttar and Leon Balogun all out through injury, he had to re-shape his defence.Sports science went out the window as Clement simply picked the best players he had available.

And it worked for him as his team produced their best performance of the season so far to get one over their city rivals to narrow the gap at the top of the Premiership table.

There’s no doubt Clement was under pressure going into it and a defeat could have spelt the