Ahead of their clash with Rangers, Celtic’s Emma Lawton says this season has been a “huge disappointment” despite picking up the PFA Player of the Year award and a first international cap.

“I don’t really care about myself, I only care about the team,” said Lawton before adding “we know we’ve not been good enough this season. Having the Champions League and the number of games we’ve played hasn’t helped, but  we need to reflect as a squad and we haven’t been good enough.”

After winning the league last season and competing in Europe, the side are now sat fourth and having failed to earn silverware from four competitions.

After three fixtures this season, Celtic are yet to secure a win over their Glasgow rivals but the defender believes the derby can be a platform to end the season on a more positive note.

“We’ve played them a lot this season. So we kind of know where their strengths are, but we also know where we can exploit them,” said Lawton.

“A lot of it is just stuff that we can control ourselves, like moving the ball quicker  and just trying to keep the ball more. I think that’s something that we’ve kind of  lacked a bit throughout the season.”

Despite the disappointment, Lawton spoke of her pride at being selected as the player of the year by her peers.

“Getting the PFA award was really special because I think it’s players within the league voting for you. So to get that kind of  recognition from the league is, yeah, I’m really proud about it,” she said before adding what it meant to her family.

“They’ve just been really, really happy and really proud. I think I’ve got a really close family. So it’s just nice to share those moments with them.”