Rangers boss Philippe Clement insists Sunday바카라s Old Firm game at Ibrox will not be decisive in terms of the cinch Premiership title race. (More Football News)
With eight fixtures remaining, the Light Blues are one point behind reigning champions Celtic with a game in hand.
Rangers lost 1-0 to Celtic at Ibrox in September when Michael Beale was in charge and went down 2-1 at Celtic Park in December in Clement바카라s first experience of a Glasgow derby, and there will be another Old Firm game at Celtic Park after the split.
However, the Belgian somewhat played down the significance of Sunday바카라s lunchtime clash in Govan.
바카라It is always a big game, it is a six-point game and we know we have another one in a few weeks but it is not yet a decisive game,바카라 said Clement, who revealed that left-back Ridvan Yilmaz, who injured himself on international duty with Turkey, will be assessed for his fitness.
바카라So whoever wins is not champions. It is not like that. I am happy with what I have seen from my team after the last Old Firm game.
바카라We have had 11 games until now and we took 30 points from 33 and we could have taken more points in the Motherwell game, it could have been better than that and we scored more goals than Celtic in that period and less goals against.
바카라So that is really good consistency but not a guarantee for anything.
바카라It is a really big step forward from the beginning of the season and my first part of the season that there has been more consistency.
바카라Bigger squad, better results, more people ready to do the job so I see my team growing month by month and this is the next challenge.
바카라But don바카라t forget this, there are still a lot of games to play, not only the two Old Firm games.바카라
Clement also believes there will be no psychological impact on his players regardless of the result.
He said: 바카라No, because my message has been really clear from the beginning. I don바카라t want a team that after a disappointment stay in the disappointment and they have proven that, not too much because we haven바카라t had too much disappointment.
바카라And I don바카라t want a team that when they have a really good moment like it was in Seville (beat Real Betis 3-2) that they stay in that emotion and the next game they are not there. That is stupid because you lose the points.
바카라So there will not be a difference, whatever the result but we are of course going to go full out to get the three points.바카라
On Yilmaz바카라s condition, Clement said: 바카라We will make a decision tomorrow or even on Sunday around that.
바카라He has been training but not enough with the team to ensure he is in the squad.
바카라(Abdallah) Sima is fit enough to start but not to play 90 minutes. It depends which part of the game you want him on the pitch so that is my decision.바카라
