Neil Lennon has claimed that viewing the Glasgow derby became uncomfortable after Celtic scored their fifth goal!
Most hoops fans revelled in the one-sided clash with the only problem being that the hoops failed to score in the last 28 minutes.
Lennon enjoyed some tousy clashes with the old Rangers club with the tribute act drowing in expectations as they try to catch up with their city rivals.
Hibs are now level on points with Sevco with three matches left to play and looking forward to welcoming the current Ibrox club to Easter Road for the final match of the season.
“It got really uncomfortable, believe it or not, for me,” Lennon told the Daily Mail.
“When the fifth goal went in after 50-odd minutes, I was thinking: “This just doesn’t look right”. It was a total mis-match. I hadn’t seen anything like that before in this fixture but it’s not the same. Celtic are a fantastic team but they’re beatable. Yet they absolutely wiped the floor with Rangers. It was a freak show.”
He added: “It’s not an Old Firm derby at the moment. Not what you would really class as a traditional Celtic-Rangers game, because it’s so one-sided.
“I’m not that bothered about it because I’m on the green-and-white side of it but from a neutral point of view, from a footballing point of view, it doesn’t look right at all.
“It’s down to Brendan Rodgers, because his record in these games is incredible, the way he gets the players’ mindset right every time but some of those Rangers players look well short of it right now. Well short.
“It is great for Celtic, their players and supporters. But the balance is way off kilter from what we’re used to up here.
“The enjoyment went, I thought, after the fifth goal. At 5-0, it just didn’t sit well, it didn’t look right.
“So, psychologically, Rangers have had a tough week. But you can’t write them off in the race for second place.
“I’m sure everyone will be looking for a reaction. Obviously they’ve lost Graeme Murty now, as well, and that can be disruptive for the players but we’re not ruling Rangers out of it just yet. We can only take care of our own side of things.”
On Saturday Hibs travel to Aberdeen on the back of wins over Celtic and Kilmarnock to put themselves in with a great chance of winning second place.
Sevco take on Kilmarnock at home before completing their season with trips to Aberdeen and Kilmarnock.