Brandon Barker's race appears to have been run as he goes off before the break. On comes Ryan Kent.

And James Tavernier hits the post. The right-back sends Mark Gillespie the wrong way after Liam Polworth brought down the Rangers right-back. What a let off for the visitors.

Calls for a Rangers penalty as the hosts try to respond. Big shouts for a handball against Motherwell right-back Liam Grimshaw, but referee Andrew Dallas says play on.

Early days so far, and Motherwell fans will know not to get carried away. Remember, they haven't won at Ibrox since May 1997.

However, IF they were to hold on for a rare win in Govan, it would hoist Stephen Robinson's men back into third.

It is Defoe this time threatening for the hosts, again his effort is off target.

Steady signs Steven Gerrard's team are starting to click into gear after a slow start.

It has taken around 15 minutes, but the first sign of a chance at Ibrox. It falls for the home side, but Brandon Barker can't keep his effort down.

Steven Davies and Allan Campbell get to grips with the game in the early stages

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No scoring so far at Ibrox as we reach the 10-minute mark. Will the second game today live up to the high-scoring affair at Pittodrie?

Aberdeen manager Derek McInnes said he could not defend his team's performance, describing it as an "awful day for us".

He told BBC Scotland: "I expect more from my team. I put my team out there to be an extension of me. I want my team to have far more personality, certainly be far stronger in terms of challenges and making tackles.

"We know Celtic at their best can still beat us, they've got good players, but they knew it today. They knew in those forward areas they could do what they wanted. For me that's really disappointing and not good enough.

"I'm embarrassed by the first half goals and the nature of the performance."

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And off we go...

Here come the teams...

Is Walter Smith telling people the Celtic score, or is he performing a Jedi mind trick over this gentleman at Ibrox?

That was not the result Rangers were looking for...

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Motherwell manager Stephen Robinson spoke earlier this week about the prospect of facing a Rangers side coming off the back of European duty.

"It will make absolutely no difference whatsoever," he said. "They have players on their bench that are worth £6-7m - a squad to cope with that.

"Rangers have had a brilliant start to the season and have a very good squad of players and we had a bad result against Aberdeen, but we've had a terrific start to the season and we believe in what we're doing and that the game plan that we're going with can cause problems and it is just about being brave enough to implement that."

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Manager Steven Gerrard is looking for Rangers to enjoy home comforts again when Motherwell visit Ibrox today.

Gerrard, however, is reading little into last season's 7-1 win over the Lanarkshire side almost a year ago when Carl McHugh was sent off for the visitors in the first half.

He said: "Obviously they lost a man on that day so I think the scoreline probably reflected that a little bit, although we were really good on the day.

"Motherwell are a different team from that game, I think they've recruited really well. I must pay respect to Stephen Robinson for the way he's changed from being a physical team that's really direct to a team that constructs and tries to play and they are backing themselves to play attractive football.

"And I think they have seen the benefits from that, they have gone away from home and got some really strong results."

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