The Celtic midfielder Arne Engels admits that winning ugly would be acceptable at the OLD Signature Match of Sunday, but the Belgian dismissed the suggestions that the League leaders could have something to demonstrate against the Rangers.
Brendan Rodgers team has an advantage of 16 points in the Premier League, with the Premier Sports Cup in its trophies and a place in the semifinals of the reserved Scottish Cup.
The Rangers left the glass in the fifth round against Queen's Park and only have progress from the Europa League to play with the race almost.
However, the rights to presume are still significant in Glasgow and the Rangers produced a 3-0 victory over their rivals on January 2 to deliver Celtic's first defeat of the national campaign.
The nature of the defeat was difficult to take for Celtic, but Engels simply wants three points on Sunday instead of making a statement.
“We just want to win and that is the most important thing,” said Belgium International. 'You don't need to always be pretty. We just need to win and that is our main approach now in each game.
Celtic midfielder Arne Engels says that it doesn't have to be pretty against the Rangers on Sunday
Engels was part of the Celtic team that beat Hibs 2-0 in the quarterfinals of the Scotland Cup
Celta Brendan Rodgers boss has a full week to prepare his team for the Derby against the Rangers
'We just need to win and we don't need to show all how good we are because we already show it many times.
'No one needs to be motivated for that game.
'Everyone knows what kind of game is and what kind of game everyone wants to have.
“We are really ready for it and everyone is really focused on that game.”
Celtic will have the full week advantage to prepare after its 2-0 victory in the Scottish Cup over Hibernian. Although the Rangers had a free weekend, they face Fenerbahce in the second leg of their last draw in the Europa League on Thursday night.
The hibs draw occurred after the first week free week of Celtic in 11 weeks.
“Of course it's good, we can prepare a little more,” said Engels. “It is always good to have a few days of training and also relax a little.”