Michael Beale can build on first Old Firm win – 5 things from cinch Premiership

The latest round of cinch Premiership fixtures kicked off with an Old Firm clash that did not impact the league table but was meaningful nonetheless.

The rest of the games were all significant either in the battle for European places or top-flight survival.

Here are five things we learned from the latest round of action.

Beale gets Celtic monkey off his back

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Although it had no bearing on the title race, Rangers’ 3-0 win over champions Celtic at Ibrox was significant for one person in particular. It was Michael Beale’s first win over the treble-chasing Hoops in five attempts since taking over from Giovanni van Bronckhorst as Gers manager last November and was exactly what he needed to alleviate the pr…