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Kyle Lafferty is developing a habit of scoring big goals against Celtic.

He scored in last year's 4-0 thumping at Tynecastle and he scored the winner in the 1-0 win earlier today.

He's a wanted man back at old club Rangers and his record against Celtic certainly suggests he'd be worth the money Hearts want for him.

Throughout his Ibrox career first time around he was a big game player and although he split the fan base, he's become a better player all round while away from the club.

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Hearts won't want to lose him if Rangers come back with another bid but just what is his record like against Celtic?

It took him a while to get his first goal against the Hoops, and it came three seasons after he joined Rangers.

He netted in a 4-2 win at Ibrox early in the 2011/12 season under Ally McCoist.

But it was at Hearts that he really took off against his old rivals.

Game One: Celtic 4 Hearts 1

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This wasn't one of his better ones but he still found himself grabbing the headlines with a rude gesture towards the Hoops support.

He picked up a yellow card during the game but it was his one finger salute to the home fans that started a year of talking points between Lafferty and Celtic.

Game Two: Hearts 4 Celtic 0

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What a game this was and what a performance from the man of the moment. Lafferty netted the second goal in a 4-0 thumping to end Celtic's record breaking 69 game unbeaten run in Scotland.

Unsurprisingly, he also picked up a booking but his performance left Celtic's defence shell shocked as he ran riot against Jozo Simunovic and Dedryck Boyata.

His goal was a stunning effort as well. He picked the ball up from David Milinkovic and knew he didn't have the pace to race away from the defence, so decided to strike from 25 yards and placed it perfectly in the bottom corner.

Game Three: Celtic 3 Hearts 1

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Another game, another goal, another booking. It was the running theme of Lafferty vs Celtic and although he ended up on the losing side, it was another impressive performance from the Ulsterman.

His side were 3-0 down at the break but it didn't stop Lafferty performing well once again. He grabbed a consolation for the Jambos in 67 minutes before being subbed 10 minutes later on a night to forget for Craig Levein's men but another goal to add to the collection for Lafferty.

Game Four: Hearts 1 Celtic 3

The infamous grass argument was born out of this game but Lafferty made it three goals in three games against the Hoops and, unsurprisingly, also picked up a yellow card.

He opened the scoring for Hearts in 18 minutes but it wasn't enough for the home side to go on and win the game as Celtic raced back to win 3-1.

It took his tally to the season to three goals in four games against Celtic and there weren't many clubs in the league who scored that many against Brendan Rodgers' side, let alone players.

Game Five: Hearts 1 Celtic 0

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You guessed it, another goal and another yellow card. It's his thing against Celtic now.

But it was another perfect performance from the big striker and he showed what it meant with his celebrations at the end of the game. He was lucky not to see red for a lunging tackle in the first half but his goal was a stunner.

He found tonnes of space at the edge of the area and was picked out by Uche Ikpeazu and hit a fantastic left foot volley into the bottom corner as Craig Gordon stood helpless.

He spoke after the game about doing his doing his all for the club and waiting to see if Hearts and Rangers can come to an agreement on a potential move back to Ibrox before the end of the window.

Rangers travel to Celtic Park just two days after the window closes at the end of the month, could he be in blue and shoot down the Hoops again?