McGregor eyeing derby redemption
Callum McGregor says Celtic are determined to avoid a repeat of the previous Glasgow derby when Rangers travel to Parkhead on Sunday.
The champions suffered a 3-0 new year loss at Ibrox to experience derby defeat for only the second time in 15 matches.
Although Brendan Rodgers' side have a 16-point lead at the top of the Premiership table, the captain insists they're not getting complacent.
"We've bounced back and got ourselves in a really strong position again," McGregor said.
"But the feeling for us after the game was we never did ourselves justice. So we want to come off the pitch fast and foremost, feeling good about what we've done in the game and the performance and what we've given to it.
"And generally, if we do all those things, then we'll win the game and that'll put us in a much better place."
Celtic have had the advantage of a free midweek while Rangers faced 120 minutes of action on Thursday night before beating Fenerbahce on penalties to reach the Europa League quarter-finals.
The champions looked sharp when beating Hibernian last weekend after their first free midweek in 11 weeks and want another fast start on Sunday.
"If you can get on top of the game, the crowd come with you and it's an amazing atmosphere," McGregor said.
"Last week was probably as good as we've been for a while - hunger, willingness to run and freshness, get inside the pressure, get the ball back and Hibs struggled to to live with that.
"So if we can bring a sort of similar level of performance, then we hope that that's enough to to give us a good day."
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