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Ewan Paton

Robbie Savage teases Chris Sutton with cheeky Celtic message

It's usually Chris Sutton dishing out some banter in the wake of a good result for his former teams. 

The former striker had to take some of his own medicine last night though after Celtic's latest win over Rangers.

The Scottish champions emerged as 3-2 winners at Parkhead yesterday after the third league meeting between the sides this season.

A deadly double by Kyogo and one from Jota was enough to cancel out James Tavernier's double for the visitors. 

The result put Ange Postecoglou's men a whopping 12 points clear at the summit of the Premiership. 

And with only 21 points left to play for this season, it really is now a matter of when and not if Celtic clinch the title.

They didn't have it all their own way though, with Michael Beale's side proving to be a real thorn in their side for most of the afternoon in Glasgow's east end. 

And appearing on 5Live with Sutton, Robbie Savage was quick to tease the Hoops hero about the derby day game.

Questioning whether the celebrations were over the top, Savage said: "I have got to say Chris, you hammer Rangers when they win games and celebrate, there was a lap of honour, there was chest-pumping, they scraped past Rangers today."

But the former striker was having none of it. He replied: "It is the biggest derby in world football and I don't know what your biggest derby is, Crewe vs Port Vale, that is probably the biggest derby you played in. If you are a Celtic fan you are delighted with that win."

As they returned to the topic a little later in the show, Savage admitted the title race was over, as he joked that Sutton had been booked out as part of Celtic's impending celebrations. 

He said: "It is over. The open-top bus is booked and I think you (Sutton) will be driving!"

Sutton added: "This was a must-win for Rangers, they had to win the game.

"Domestically against the other teams Rangers have done pretty well. But every time they come up against Celtic or Ange Postecoglou's team, who Michael Beale has said some odd things about Postecoglou, they have come up short."

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