Chances were few and far between as the two arch-rivals cancelled each other out.
Scott McDonald had Celtic's best chance of the game on the quarter hour mark when he headed Willo Flood's cross wide from six yards out.
Rangers were denied twice by Artur Boruc in the second half when he produced a flying save to prevent Stephen McManus scoring an own goal and then keeping out David Weir's towering header.
The stalemate means Celtic remain two points clear of Rangers at the top of the table.
Most of the attention pre-match had been on 17-year-old John Fleck who became the youngest Ibrox debutant in the Glasgow derby since skipper Barry Ferguson's brother, Derek, played in a 1-1 draw at the same venue in 1984.
His first involvement came in the third minute when his cross from the left after taking a Ferguson pass had Boruc stretching to get a hand to it at the back post before Hoops defender Lee Naylor cleared the danger.
Celtic were more confident in the early exchanges but neither keeper was seeing much action in a mainly midfield battle littered with mistakes.
Scott McDonald had Celtic's best chance of the game on the quarter hour mark when he headed Willo Flood's cross wide from six yards out.
Rangers were denied twice by Artur Boruc in the second half when he produced a flying save to prevent Stephen McManus scoring an own goal and then keeping out David Weir's towering header.
The stalemate means Celtic remain two points clear of Rangers at the top of the table.
Most of the attention pre-match had been on 17-year-old John Fleck who became the youngest Ibrox debutant in the Glasgow derby since skipper Barry Ferguson's brother, Derek, played in a 1-1 draw at the same venue in 1984.
His first involvement came in the third minute when his cross from the left after taking a Ferguson pass had Boruc stretching to get a hand to it at the back post before Hoops defender Lee Naylor cleared the danger.
Celtic were more confident in the early exchanges but neither keeper was seeing much action in a mainly midfield battle littered with mistakes.
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