Martin O’Neill admits he would be happy with “a lousy 1-0” win over Rangers in this weekend’s cup semi-final, 25 years after he guided Celtic to a 6-2 victory in his first Old Firm derby as manager.

O’Neill is back in Glasgow as interim boss following the departure of Brendan Rodgers and, following a comfortable 4-0 win over Falkirk in the first game of his second spell in charge, he is now preparing for the derby and what promises to be a fascinating Premier Sports Cup semi-final at Hampden on Sunday.

The Northern Irishman had a good success rate leading Celtic against their rivals and hopes to keep that going this weekend by steering the team to another final, though he says it might be tough to match his first experience of the fixture, when Chris Sutton and Henrik Larsson both scored doubles in one of the most memorable Old Firm games of the century so far.

“Well, replicating that might be extremely difficult,” O’Neill said at the pre-match media conference on Friday.

“Like scoring six goals against that side. I’d settle for a really lousy 1-0 victory if we could get it.

“Of course, those are obviously fond memories, it was great. And I...