Naderi seals back-to-back Old Firm wins for Gers
Ryan Naderi scored the only goal as Rangers beat Celtic 1-0 to claim their second Old Firm derby victory in the space of a week.
Celtic was hammered 3-0 at Ibrox in the Scottish League Cup last week, and it fell foul of its old rival once again on Sunday, this time on home turf at Celtic Park.
Rangers, meanwhile, have tallied up five straight league wins and are within two points of Celtic at the summit of the Scottish Premiership.
Naderi was Rangers' match-winner, though his 33rd-minute strike came against the run of play after a bright start from Celtic.
Auston Trusty thought he had volleyed Celtic into a sixth-minute lead, but the goal was disallowed for Liam Scales having strayed offside.
Emmanuel Fernandez, who had earlier been booked for a foul on Camilo Duran, was fortunate to not see red when he lunged in on Benjamin Nygren, before Kiernan Tierney crashed a thunderous effort against the crossbar.
However, Rangers went ahead when Celtic cleared a corner only as far as Kim Min-Su, whose dipping strike was parried out by Viljami Sinisalo, and Naderi was on hand to finish into a largely open net.
Rangers were inches away from going 2-0 up as Djeidi Gassama clipped a chip against the post, with Cameron Carter-Vickers then making a brilliant block from Kevin Kelsy's follow-up.
Colby Donovan looked set to drag Celtic level just after half-time, but Ivor Pandur made a superb save to keep out a powerful header.
Kim dragged wide at the end of a mazy run as groans went around the home crowd, and Celtic were almost further behind when Dan Neil's strike almost resulted in Naderi bundling in at the far post.
Celtic's luck was in when Olwethu Makhanya's sublime strike was disallowed by VAR for handball in the 74th minute, but the Hoops could not make their reprieve count.
