{"id":40913,"date":"2025-11-09T22:44:20","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T22:44:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/are-celtic-rangers-starting-to-click-in-pursuit-of-hearts\/"},"modified":"2025-11-09T22:44:20","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T22:44:20","slug":"are-celtic-rangers-starting-to-click-in-pursuit-of-hearts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/are-celtic-rangers-starting-to-click-in-pursuit-of-hearts\/","title":{"rendered":"Are Celtic & Rangers starting to click in pursuit of Hearts?"},"content":{"rendered":"


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When O’Neill took temporary charge of Celtic last month, he walked into a club rocked by internal division, highlighted by the acrimonious nature of Brendan Rodgers’ exit<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Hearts had beaten Celtic 3-1 at Tynecastle to go eight points clear, with the 73-year-old parachuted in to steady the ship.<\/p>\n

Although they were comprehensively outplayed by Midtjylland on Thursday<\/a>, O’Neill has delivered on the home front, winning all three of his matches, narrowing the league gap and reaching the Premier Sports Cup final at Rangers’ expense.<\/p>\n

Celtic’s attack has been freed up under the Northern Irishman, with 11 goals scored in those games.<\/p>\n

The champions had managed to score just 10 in the final seven domestic matches under Rodgers, with four of them coming in a League Cup victory over Partick Thistle.<\/p>\n

O’Neill praised the nature of Celtic’s 4-0 win over Kilmarnock on Sunday, but stressed they still have plenty of work to do if they are to defend their title.<\/p>\n

“There were some parts of the performance I was absolutely delighted with,” he said. “We defended strongly.<\/p>\n

“You do need help when you’re chasing someone, but there’s a long way to go.”<\/p>\n

On his own future, O’Neill continued to give nothing away, claiming he does not know if he will be in charge at St Mirren in two weeks’ time.<\/p>\n

If victory over Kilmarnock does prove to be the final match of his second spell at the club, he says he will gladly accept that.<\/p>\n

“I’ll take a little time in the international break, most of our players will be away, and there will be time of inner reflection,” he said. <\/p>\n

“It’s been a whirlwind of a fortnight, I can’t believe it’s really happened.<\/p>\n

“I genuinely don’t know [if I’ll be back in two weeks]. If the board make up their mind, it’s absolutely fine by me.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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