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10th Sep 2016

Philippe Senderos has an Old Firm debut to forget as Celtic destroy Rangers

Couldn't have gone much worse.

Patrick McCarry

Former teammates at Fulham. It didn’t matter to Moussa Dembele as he made Philippe Senderos look a right fool.

Celtic recorded a humiliating 5-1 victory over Rangers as the hosts made light work of the first Old Firm league meeting for a number of years.

Brendan Rodgers’ side went two up after Dembele bulleted home a header and then made Senderos look a complete mug for his second.

Dembele cut back inside as Senderos slid on by before sublimely finishing with the outside of his boot.

Naturally, Senderos was slaughtered for his cameo in Dembele’s second goal.

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Joe Garner pulled one back for Rangers just before the break, but things got worse for Senderos as the game drew on.

Midway through the second-half, with Rangers trailing 3-1, the Swiss defender was sent off. He picked up a brainless yellow card – his second of the game – for handling a ball that bounced over his head: