Philippe Clement tells Rangers GLADIATORS to grab their Colosseum moment in do or die Celtic showdown

Philippe Clement has urged his Rangers players to be like GLADIATORS in the Colosseum when they travel to a pumped-up Parkhead for a do or die Scottish Premiership crunch.

The Light Blues need a victory against fierce rivals Celtic as they trail their fierce rivals and champions by three points and five goals with just three games to go. The odds are hugely stacked against Clement’s side but the Belgian has thrown the gauntlet down to his stars to take the fight to the Hoops.

The Gers boss said: “Football is a little bit like the gladiators of the modern age. In the old times you had the gladiators there and the stadium full of people shouting and booing or with their thumbs up or down and we are now in the situation. The good thing is, people don’t kill us. We are not dead after it - maybe only verbally but not in real life! That is the real positive that we always have another go in the stadium again.

"That is how society works and players need to be ready for that. It’s exciting because the more passion people have, the more support you have also. They need to grab these moments to be really good Gladiators in the Colosseum.

“If we have a draw there we can still become champions. It’s going to be hot, that’s for sure. You need to love that if you want to be a player here or in this town. And I know many are. Many love to play here. You know as a player the more people boo at you, the more people are shouting at you and are negative towards to you then the more they are afraid their team won’t get a result. It works that way. In a way I think the more they are going to boo tomorrow, the stronger my team is going to get.”

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