Congratulations to Rangers on clinching Moral Victory Cup but Celtic will still fancy the one that counts - Chris Sutton

Congratulations to Rangers for winning the Moral Victory Trophy at Ibrox on Sunday.

Unfortunately for Philippe Clement and his side, the actual title race with Celtic is very much still on. The destination of the Premiership trophy was in the balance before kick-off at the weekend. And nothing has changed after Sunday’s cracker.

Clement talked about Rangers being moral winners and Brendan Rodgers also declaring it’s still in Celtic’s hands. They both seemed content enough and both sets of fans probably walked away fairly happy for once. It was a tremendous game and you know it hit the mark when you see people talking about it all over the UK and beyond. And it’s also set us up for a mouth watering end to the season that could go right to the wire.

Both sets of supporters are now claiming the advantage but I still think it’s impossible to call. Rangers still need to go to Celtic Park and they will have five away games in their last seven game.

Celtic will have four out of six at home – including the final derby. But anything could happen.

I can see why both managers would take positives from Sunday and try to look on the bright side. Celtic should have been out of sight by half-time and that could have been a major step towards the title.

Jack Butland denying Matt O’Riley’s header was one of the saves of the season and it could prove to be even more important come the end of the campaign. You have to credit the way Clement changed things around and his side came back on Sunday as well as in the title race.

Previous Rangers teams would have collapsed but by the end, Celtic were grateful to keep hold of a point. Rangers will be relieved they now might not have to go across the city and win.

Meanwhile Celtic will be happy they have a crack at their rivals in front of 60,000 of their own supporters in the next few weeks. We know it will be billed as do or die that day, but I believe the title will still be decided elsewhere.

Celtic’s problems this season have not come against Rangers. It’s been in the other games. They’ve taken seven points out of nine against their rivals but dropped points to six other sides elsewhere.

It’s the other games that will be just as vital over the coming weeks. You have to think both teams will be stronger again by the time they meet again as well. You only had to watch Celtic in the first half at Ibrox to see how much of a difference Reo Hatate makes to the team.

Celtic were brave and bold in the opening 45 minutes and he was at the heart of it. Understandably he started to flag after the interval, given the time he spent out. And you could also see Callum McGregor wasn’t quite up to the pace. Again, it was understandable. I get why he was pitched in but he will need another few weeks.

A few Celtic players ran out of steam. Tomoki Iwata did well in that first half but he’s not used to playing in that level of intensity and it took it’s toll by the end. Daizen Maeda put so much into the opening period even he emptied the tank a tad.

The likes of McGregor and Hatate – if they can stay fit – will be huge when it comes to the final derby showdown. At Rangers, you could also see the impact Abdullah Sima had when he came on. Another few weeks and he will be up to speed and could have a major say.

There will be lessons to learn for both for the weekend. I can’t believe how casual James Tavernier was for that crazy goal in the opening 22 seconds. It’s not like he should have been surprised to see Maeda on his case. Tavernier was highly hailed for his incredible goal haul last week but the Rangers captain can’t keep getting spooked by these games.

Likewise, Celtic can’t afford a repeat of the naivety shown for the injury time equaliser. Listen, it was a sensational strike from Rabbi Matondo. But does Yang not watch Scottish football on the television?

The winger did exactly the same thing against Hibs last week, yet Yang showed him inside to his stronger foot. It was an incredible hit but it was asking for trouble. It was the same the other side. Nicolas Kuhn kept cutting inside but he was up against a right-footed left back in Dujon Sterling.

The one time he got down the outside his cross resulted in the penalty. These are things they should have been aware off beforehand. You could nip pick with that second period and maybe James Forrest could have been a better option than Yang. But the other changes Rodgers made had a positive impact with Adam Idah and Paulo Bernardo doing well when they came on.

For Rangers, Clement’s changes also turned it around. The game passed by the likes of Mohamed Diomande and Tom Lawrence.

You’d think Todd Cantwell would be jumping the queue but yet again he seemed to want to be noticed more for his actions around the game rather than in it. Even Clement tried to reel him in. This is not a game where you can afford to get too emotional.

That’s why I don’t think Rodgers or Celtic will take too much notice of the Rangers lap of honour or talk of moral victories. You don’t need to store that away until next time as the prize on the line in the coming weeks is all the motivation anyone needs.