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Robson picks up the thread as Rangers' season begins to unravel

27 April 2008

To add to the Rangers manager's personnel worries, David Weir and Steven Davis suffered groin strains here. Both are now rated as highly doubtful for the second leg of the Uefa Cup semi-final against Fiorentina on Thursday. Steven Whittaker, dismissed in stoppage time after a tired lunge on Shunsuke Nakamura that merited a second yellow card, will certainly miss the potentially troublesome visit to Hibernian three days later. Queen's 'Under Pressure', rather aptly, was the verse of choice for the Celtic Park Tannoy announcer at full-time.

Strachan, whose hopes of claiming a third title in succession have been boosted by recent events, unwittingly also alluded to Freddie Mercury once the dust had settled. "We are the champions and we will be until someone takes that from us," said Celtic's manager.

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