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Gabby Agbonlahor reacts to 'crazy' Rangers stat he hears live on-air after win over Celtic

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Gabby Agbonlahor has been impressed by Rangers' performances against Celtic.

The Bears won their second Old Firm derby in the space of a week after they beat the Hoops 1-0 on their own turf.

Despite Celtic Park allowing no Rangers fans in the stadium, Derek McInnes' men braved the environment and thoroughly deserved the three points.

Martin O'Neill is said to be considering his future at Celtic following the result, which followed a 3-0 defeat at Ibrox in the Premier Sports Cup.

There is finally a feel-good factor back in Govan, as McInnes and his players deserve all the praise coming their way.

Agbonlahor has reacted to the latest statistics that prove just how dominant Rangers were in their two wins over the Hoops.

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McInnes is the first Rangers manager to win his first two games in charge against Celtic since Graeme Souness in 1986.

The Bears have recovered after a slow start to the season, and now sit just two points behind the Hoops at the top of the table.

The Gers have won each of their last six games and look the team to beat right now, as they needed no luck to beat their arch-nemesis at Celtic Park.

While speaking to Agbonlahor on talkSPORT, Scottish reporter Paul Mitchell revealed interesting stats after Rangers' two wins over Celtic.

Mitchell said: "If you look at the stats, last week when Rangers won 3-0, they had eight shots on target; Celtic had one shot on target.

"This week, Rangers won 1-0; again, Rangers outshot Celtic on target eight to one."

Agbonlahor replied: "Crazy."

Mitchell then stated: "If you told me that Celtic over 180 minutes that Celtic were going to get two shots on target against Rangers, that's incredible.

"Normally against Rangers, they'd get two shots on target in the first 15 minutes of a game."

But those weren't the only statistics that showed the Bears' dominance on Sunday.

Rangers created 1.23 xG away from home compared to Celtic's 0.71, and were happy to be without the ball for large periods of the match.

The Light Blues also won the majority of aerial duels at 54 per cent, in what was a commanding defensive performance.

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McInnes is aware that on another day, one goal may not have been enough for the win.

The Gers have been guilty of missing chances this season, and with both Lawrence Shankland and Youssef Chermiti out injured for a significant period of time, they will need to get better in front of goal.

McInnes made that clear in his post-match comments.

The Rangers manager said, as quoted by The Herald: "Thankfully one was enough today. We've said to the players some days it won't be, and we need to be far more clinical.

"In the context of the season, it's just three points, and it gets us three closer to Celtic, so we understood [that] if we lost the game, the gap starts to put that distance a bit uncomfortable for us."

Ryan Naderi is currently doing the business for McInnes, as there is a big hope at Ibrox for Kevin Kelsy to kick on.

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