Ally McCoist is determined his players can be the ones celebrating after Sunday's Old Firm derby. He and his players want to prevent their old rivals, Celtic, from securing the SPL title at Ibrox. Kilmarnock's 2-0 win over Motherwell yesterday means that a win for the visitors will result in them being uncatchable in the race for the 2011-12 title. This sort of scenario would just rub salt into Rangers opens wound as they remain in administration and are faced with an uncertain future. McCoist believes his team are capable of upsetting the odds - Celtic are firm favourites to win the game - and providing a little rare cheer for their suffering supporters. McCoist said: "The fact that Celtic are favourites for the game doesn't bother me in the slightest. I'm going to state the obvious - I want our boys to be celebrating at the end of the game after hopefully picking up a hard-earned three points. The importance of the Old Firm at any time is massive and it's really important we go out and play with pride and play in a fashion that does Rangers proud.'' Celtic will be hurting from losing the chance of the domestic treble after Kilmarnock won the Communities League Cup last weekend. This showed that Celtic are beatable but can Rangers muster the determination and skill to emulate Killie? The last Old Firm derby title-decider was at Celtic Park in 1999 when Rangers were crowned champions in what proved to be an explosive encounter between the sides, with three players sent off and referee Hugh Dallas struck by a missile. Celtic manager Neil Lennon insists there will be no gloating from Celtic, whatever the outcome on Sunday. He said: "The last thing we want to do is rub it in people's faces. We will be respectful of everyone at the stadium. It doesn't matter when it (title win) comes or where it comes, it will be celebrated regardless, there will be a lot of euphoria, a lot of joy and a lot of pride. But we will be there to celebrate among ourselves then we look forward to a home game against St Johnstone where we can relax and enjoy what we have achieved. We are talking hypothetically here, it will depend on how Motherwell get on against Kilmarnock and if things go our way on Sunday. I don't like talking about winning games and winning titles because there is still a lot of football to be played before we can actually achieve that.''
Source: FOOTYMAD
