Celtic defeated Rangers on Sunday but goalkeeper Allan McGregor tried his hardest to not let that happen.
The two-spell Ibrox shot-stopper made a number of crucial saves across the 90 minutes to deny the Hoops piling on the misery, saving the club from another derby humiliation.
Ultimately only the three points matter, but another heavy defeat could have been a critical blow in the early stages of Steven Gerrard’s career at Rangers.
One of the first bits of business this summer was bringing the goalkeeper back to Glasgow and so far it looks like it may have been the most crucial transfer of the entire window.
His saves not only guided us towards the group stages of the UEFA Europa League but have now again been on the big stage.
These fans took to Twitter to pay tribute to his performance…
Allan McGregor has been superb for Rangers. Great saves all game and a great stop from that unjustified free-kick. 100% MOTM. #OldFirm #CELRAN
— Louis Beneventi (@Louis_Beneventi) September 2, 2018
Allan McGregor absolutely superb today. Like a fine wine
— Connel Richardson (@Gravity180) September 2, 2018
Allan McGregor only one with pass marks with me , absolutely superb once again ????
— Josh Nutt (@joshnutt72) September 2, 2018
Only player who got pass marks today was mcgregor . Rest of the team were shocking. Lucky to come away with a 1-0 defeat
— David Littlejohn (@davidlj72) September 2, 2018
Allan McGregor is brilliant
— Ryan (@RyanMcN97) September 2, 2018
Allan McGregor tho???? few brilliant saves. Coulda been a lot worse if it wasn’t for him I reckon.
— Nic ???? (@NicolaWalker09) September 2, 2018
Delighted we signed Allan McGregor in the summer he’s an excellent goalkeeper
— Rangers Forever (@WATPForever) September 2, 2018
Yeah if he want there we’d be getting pumped rn
— Andrew Wilson (@AndrewGWilson1) September 2, 2018
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