O'Neill on Baur fitness, police visit & 'strange' setting

O'Neill eased fears over the fitness of midfielder Mika Baur, who missed training on Friday. "He's fine. He is actually fine. He just picked up a bit of a knock but will be available to train tomorrow. He's okay," says the Celtic boss.

It will be "strange" for Celtic to have no away fans, with O'Neill adding: "I always felt as if it would give you a crumb of comfort of some description."

In light of the disorder that marred last season's Old Firm Scottish Cup tie at Ibrox, O'Neill reveals the police visited Celtic on Friday for a meeting, "just to remind us of our behaviour, which I think is a timely reminder".

He later adds: "I think it's the overall picture. Gosh, it would be nice to have something to celebrate. I think it's just general behaviour from us. They didn't mention this, but I would have assumed one of the things that would be considered is what happens in the field of play, because these things can be taken further. You don't want any sort of punch-ups, you don't want excessive celebrations, stuff like that. But I think it's just the behaviour in the light of what has happened in recent fixtures."

O'Neill is "not terribly sure" where he will deploy Camilo Duran on Sunday after the Colombian forward was rested in midweek.

The Celtic boss says "I haven't made my mind up" on whether Sam Johnstone - who made his debut in the win at St Johnstone - or regular number one Viljami Sinisalo will start at Ibrox.

O'Neill says Celtic taking the lead can make the home crowd "anxious", but knows his team are "up against a very fine side, we're up against a crowd that can make a difference".

Celtic have practised penalties this week - "we've always done this in cup competitions" - but O'Neill accepts it "cannot replicate the stadium, the crowd, all that type of stuff".

On what he expects from Rangers, O'Neill says: "I think they'll be strong, robust, they'll be ready to go and we need to be able to match that."