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

Published 15:39 10 Sept 2016 BST

Updated 15:51 10 Sept 2016 BST

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

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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. https://twitter.com/FootballSwiss/status/774575726729302020 https://twitter.com/JackTuite2/status/774574023531491328 https://twitter.com/eaamalyon/status/774573905520582658 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:

https://twitter.com/SkyFootball/status/774588069722791936 With Senderos off trying to figure out the showering system, Dembele netted his hat-trick goal to make it 4-1. And there was still time for Stuart Armstrong to make it five before full-time. Not exactly the best way for the former Arsenal centre-back to mark his first appearance in Scottish football. Read more

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