Former Celtic striker Chris Sutton did not hold back in his criticism of Brendan Rodgers’ side after their 3-0 defeat to Rangers at Ibrox.

It was a horrible day at the office for Brendan Rodgers’ side, who simply failed to turn up. If it wasn’t for Carter-Vickers at the back, it probably would’ve been more embarrassing for the Hoops.

Losing a derby is never ideal, but to do so in the way that Celtic did with the performance they put in was simply embarrassing.

Writing in his column for the Daily Record, Chris Sutton described the performance as one of the worst in recent memory.

Sutton was baffled by Celtic’s uncharacteristically poor display, particularly given their dominant form this season. He wrote:

“It was a bad day – a really bad day. I don’t think a single Celtic player got pass marks apart from perhaps Cameron Carter-Vickers. Players who have excelled in this fixture had total stinkers.

“They were flat, slow on the ball, ponderous in possession and I don’t think I’ve seen a Rodgers side give the ball away quite so much. It was incredible. The Celtic midfield didn’t react well to being put under pressure and it forced them to fluff their passes.

“But even when they were not under pressure, there were times when they failed to hit a man or even passed the ball right out of the pitch. It was hard to believe what we were seeing. I don’t care what anyone says, no one saw this coming.”

There, quite simply, can not be another performance like that this season.

Celtic have the chance to get back to winning ways when St Mirren travel to Celtic Park on Sunday.

In recent years, it would be straight into an international break, with the players, staff and fans left to dwell on such a poor result, but thankfully, this isn’t the case this year.

When Celtic hosts Rangers in spring, fans will be looking for a much-improved performance and result.