Brendan Rodgers has stated his Celtic side will "have a bit of fun" against Rangers.
The Parkhead boss dropped the remark after Celtic move six points clear of Rangers in the Scottish Premiership league table.
That lead could be cut back down to three should Philippe Clement's team earn victory over Kilmarnock on Sunday.
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Rodgers was in a positive mood after Celtic's triumph over Hearts as he previewed the crucial title race clash against Rangers, predicting Parkhead to be "on fire" for the derby encounter.
But the former Liverpool and Leicester boss insisted he will ensure his charges maintain composure as they enter the last throws of the season where their mentality could be tested.
He said: "80 per cent of it now is mental. Physically in the main they are in a good place, a really good place.
"This stage of the season it is all mentality and mentally you can see we are in a really good place.
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"Take nothing for granted, keep our composure. We've got a lot of work to do in the week, get our plan ready and then next Saturday we'll have a bit of fun then."
On BBC Sportsound, Rodgers added: "It's a huge game (against Rangers), but what really pleased today was in a big game, we had big performances and a big contribution from those players.
"It really sets us up for next week. The players were very good in their concentration when they had to defend, they defended well. I think Joe made a really good save (to deny Devlin).
"I think, looking towards next week, we'll recover a little bit, analyse, have a really good week's training. And then it going to be absolutely on fire here next week."
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