Old Firm rivals Celtic and Rangers lock horns in the CIS Insurance Cup quarter-final at Celtic Park After a quiet opening, Shaun Maloney receives a pass from Stilian Petrov and blasts home from 30-yards out Chances are few and far between for both sides as the first-half ends with the home side still in the ascendancy Celtic playmaker Shunsuke Nakamura tries to launch another attack as they hunt for a second goal Under-fire Rangers boss Alex McLeish desperately urges his side forward in search of an equaliser But their hopes are dashed when Greek defender Sotirios Kyrgiakos is sent off for two bookable offences And things go from bad to worse for Rangers when keeper Klos fails to deal with a cross under pressure from Bobo Balde The ball trickles into the net off Klos to end any hope Rangers have of getting back into the match The final whistle blows handing Celtic a 2-0 victory and a place in the semi-finals of the CIS Insurance Cup Holders Rangers depart the competition with McLeish's job at Ibrox hanging by a thread
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