Sunday 6 March 2016 20:18, UK
Former Celtic midfielder Murdo MacLeod believes their Scottish Cup semi-final tie with Rangers will be more like an Old Firm clash than last season's contest.
Goals from Leigh Griffiths and Kris Commons secured a 2-0 victory for the Hoops in the last-four of the Scottish League Cup on February 1 2015.
Celtic missed several decent chances to add to their tally on that day and although Rangers improved after the break, they did not look like scoring.
"Every year you're always looking for an Old Firm game - not just in Scotland, down south in England they've got a lot of people watching it down there and all around the world, everybody's wanting to see an Old Firm game," MacLeod told Sky Sports News HQ after the cup draw was made.
"I think the last time was a bit of a mismatch but this time it'll be the real McCoy back again.
"I'm really looking forward to it. Last year when Celtic played Rangers, Rangers weren't ready for that game and Celtic were on top of their game and top of the table and Rangers were struggling a wee bit.
"But I think after the weekend - Rangers played really well against Dundee - I think a lot of Rangers fans think they can go and match anything that Celtic can offer right now.
"I think Rangers have been building over the last two or three seasons and now they have a settled side, a young side.
"They move the ball quickly but I think they'll not be too far away from Celtic this time.
"I think Celtic have maybe lowered their standards slightly over the past four or five weeks and they've dropped a lot of points.
"Now Rangers will be looking to this game as a great opportunity to go and win the Scottish Cup."
Current Hoops player Griffiths is also looking forward to the tie and he took to Twitter in the wake of the draw.
"What a draw...lets hope it's the same result as last time. Few big games before that though...hopefully today was a start of something," he tweeted.
Celtic are back in Scottish Premiership action on Saturday. Coverage of their game with Partick begins on Sky Sports 3 HD at midday.
