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Vincent
Date01 January 2021
Published date01 January 2021
Publication titleDaily Star (England)
For Ryan Christie one day in particular probably sums up this year of abject misery.

Sitting alone in his front room. Self-isolating after being caught up in a COVID controversy despite testing negative for the virus. Watching his team mates being ripped apart by Rangers on their own pitch.

So it's little wonder then that Christie hopes to start the new year by blotting that one out. A win at Ibrox tomorrow would not just help to ease the pain but it would also fire up Celtic's title credentials at a critical moment in the campaign.

And, after rattling up four league wins on the spin, Christie believes the champions are now ready to settle that score.

The Scotland man was ordered to stay at home after track and trace experts identified him as a close contact of Stuart Armstrong while on international duty.

And he said: "It was frustrating watching it from home the way it panned out the last time.

""here were a few boys that missed out on that game that will be desperate to be involved in this one and get a taste of it for the first time this season.

"But we know it will be difficult to come out on top of it.

"Rangers have been in good form this season but we don't expect anything else. We've been right up there at the top over the last few seasons and when you have success like we have done you know everyone else will be pushing to get closer to that level.

"We have been frustrated by our indifferent form but we feel we have come through that now and now we look back to our best again. That's what we need going into this weekend."

Christie insists this second Old Firm showdown of the season is not a 'must win' match.

But Celtic will fall 19 points behind if they are roughed up again by their old rivals and - even with three games in hand - it's difficult to see how they could recover from that position.

Christie said: "It's not a must win because we've still got plenty of games to go.

"We want to win the derby, first and foremost, and get a bit of the first derby when there were a lot of different factors...

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