Daizen Maeda scored the second-fastest goal in the history of matches between Celtic and Rangers at Ibrox this afternoon.
The Japanese forward struck after just 21 seconds to fire Brendan Rodgers' side ahead.
Maeda's strike is only beaten by Chris Sutton who scored after 19 seconds in a match against Rangers for Celtic.
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Daizen Maeda pounces on James Tavernier's error to give Celtic the lead vs Rangers inside the first THIRTY seconds - watch live on @SkyFootball 📺 pic.twitter.com/lQ26ifFk0B
Maeda was quick off the mark at Ibrox after a defensive mix-up allowed the rapid winger to capitalise.
A long ball over the top from Joe Hart set the chase between James Tavernier and Maeda.
Tavernier ought to have cleared or played back to Jack Butland but inexplicably did neither as he appeared to expect the goalkeeper to race out to clear the ball.
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After realising Butland was remaining in his box, Tavernier looked to hook clear but only clattered the ball off Maeda's outstretched leg.
The deflection saw the ball fizz along the ground and whizzing past Butland into the bottom corner.
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