Morten Rasmussen was the hero this afternoon as Celtic’s reserve side beat Rangers 1-0 in a surprise ‘friendly’ at Murray Park.
The great Dane scored a typical poachers goal in the 60th minute in the first reserve level clash between the two side in a year.
Glenn Loovens and Thomas Rogne both returned from injury to feature in the match and will be assessed tomorrow for any reaction.
Loovens played the first half with Rogne lasting over an hour wth neither player showing any reaction to their recent injury problems.
Celtic had the better of the match but it took until the 60th minute to take the lead. Edison Braffheid created the opening on the left, his cross into the box was fed to Rasmussen by Paul McGowan who found the net from his favourite distance of six yards out.
CELTIC: Cervi; Caddis, Rogne (Young), Loovens (Tolmie), Braffheid; Zhi, Ki, Millar, McCourt (Toshney); McGowan, Rasmussen
Rangers: Alexander; Broadfoot, Perry, Wilson (K Naismith) Smith, Beasley, Fleck, Stirling, Kind-Bendiksen; Novo (Kisuka), Little
Was Lenny there? Interesting team line up. Wonder how Ki did