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The bookies will be running for cover from Moussa Dembele this week but the Celtic striker won’t feel under any pressure when Bobby Madden blows the whistle to kick off on Sunday.

In three matches this season against Sevco the French striker has scored five times.

The Ibrox side haven’t recovered from the 5-1 beating that they suffered in September when the magic hat was cruelly exposed as one dimensional and sub standard.

Mark Warburton and Joey Barton will be nowhere near the action on Sunday but their tormentor, Dembele, will be centre stage.

Scott Sinclair, Patrick Roberts and Stuart Armstrong are all capable of being match-winners but it’s Dembele that all eyes will be on.

The former Fulham striker has taken everything in his stride this season and won’t be changing his routine as Celtic aim to finally kill off the #goingfor55 campaign.

I do not put pressure on myself like that,” Dembele told the Evening Times. “I am always calm, relaxed. I try to focus on the game, on my own game, and not be distracted by the talk that goes on round about it.

I look forward to every game, not games that everybody talks about. I have played football all my life, this is what I do, and I just enjoy every moment of it. I want to get better and the best way to do that is learning on the pitch. So that is all I think about, not that I must score.

Also, it is never about one player. It is about the team. The first thing for me will always be that the team wins. Thankfully we have enjoyed a lot of that this season so far.”

Dembele scored his 32nd goal of the season on Sunday when Celtic beat St Mirren 4-1 in the Scottish Cup.

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