Boyd: Rangers should ‘frustrate’ Celtic in Sunday's Old Firm game

Former Rangers striker Kris Boyd believes frustrating Celtic needs to be his old club’s strategy at Parkhead on Sunday.

The Light Blues are already two points behind the Premiership champions and Boyd describes the Hoops as “heavy favourites” for the first Old Firm game of the season, which will be played in front of Celtic fans only.

Rangers failed in five attempts last term to beat Brendan Rodgers’ side and have not won in the east end of Glasgow since October 2020, when a Connor Goldson double secured a 2-0 triumph – inside an empty stadium due to coronavirus restrictions – on their way to winning the title.

Boyd, now working as a pundit, told Sky Sports: “You look at Rangers in recent times going across the city, they’ve struggled.

“There’s no getting away from it, and they’re going to have to find a way to start getting results again.

“Celtic have started the season really, really well. I thought Rangers at the weekend (6-0 win over Ross County), in terms of that performance, was probably the best 90 minutes of the season.

“But there’s no getting away from it. Rangers’ head to head versus Celtic has not been good enough.

“They’re going to have to address that if they’re going to be successful.

“I think from Rangers’ point of view, they’re just going to have to go and try and frustrate Celtic to start with, and then see where that takes them.

“Because I think if you go and try and take Celtic on at their game, at home, it is going to be very difficult to come out on top.

“We’ve seen it before, where you’re underdogs and you go to frustrate a team, and you’re able to nick something, I think that’s probably where Rangers are at this moment in time.”