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  1. Rangers insists no easy games in 'fantastic' title racepublished at 13:54 GMT 20 March

    Danny RohlImage source, SNS

    Rangers head coach Danny Rohl says he doesn't want to see good performances if they don't lead to three points.

    The Ibrox club sit third in the Premiership table but are just three points behind leaders Hearts after their defeat at Kilmarnock last weekend.

    And when Rangers welcome Aberdeen on Saturday evening they could have the chance to go top if Hearts lose against Dundee earlier in the day.

    "It's fantastic," Rohl said of the title race.

    "I think we look now from game to game. The key is that we go into the international break with the three points, and then we have two more games and then we go into the split.

    "Time is running [out], less games to go and for us it's about winning games."

    Rangers had failed to win in their last three visits to Paisley - a defeat and two draws - but managed to grind out an uninspiring 1-0 win last weekend.

    While the performance may have been poor, Rohl stresses at this stage of the season three points are all that matter.

    "At first I'm looking for the next three points, this is the most important key," he added.

    "I think everyone will agree a good performance without a win is nothing. We need wins, and I said this last week, we needed to win in St Mirren, I think the last three away games we couldn't win there as a club.

    "We took the 1-0 win, of course it was not always the nicest game but I take the three points instead of a good performance and the draw again."

  2. Rohl on Cornelius future, Curtis call-up & 'needing wins'published at 12:12 GMT 20 March

    Martin Dowden
    BBC Sport Scotland Senior Reporter

    Danny RohlImage source, SNS

    Rangers head coach Danny Rohl has been speaking with the media ahead of their Scottish Premiership home fixture against Aberdeen on Saturday.

    Here are the key points:

    • Rohl says the tile race is "fantastic" but stresses "time is running [out], less games to go and for us it's about winning games. I'm looking for the next three points, this is the most important key. Good performance without a win is nothing. We need wins."

    • The boss concedes the door has been opened after Hearts lost at Kilmarnock last weekend and says "I think all the three clubs now know what it means. Every point that you drop now is crucial and important, and that's the reason why it's all about the next cup final and the cup finals we have to win."

    • Rohl confirms that Canada international Derek Cornelius, who has been out long-term with injury, has been training alone and was allowed to travel early to join up with his international side.

    • He adds: "I had two conversations in the last couple of days with Derek, I will have a conversation when he comes back from the national team again. We will see after the international break in which direction it goes.

    • On Findlay Curtis' Scotland call up for the pre-World Cup friendlies against Japan and Ivory Coast, having performed well on loan at Kilmarnock, Rohl insists "he deserves this opportunity" adding "now it's up to him, maybe he can go for the World Cup. Our goal was that we bring Findlay in the summer back and we get a better player and all these things go in the right direction."

    • Rohl dismisses the idea that Aberdeen will be one of the easier games in the title run-in, despite the Dons having won just one of their last nine fixtures, and says "there's not one easy game."

    • Rohl stresses Ryan Naderi's overall contribution has been "really great" despite not scoring a league goal since signing in the January transfer window.

    • On increased competition for places, Rohl adds, "it's important that we understand that the team is at the moment the most important thing, not the individual."

    • Team news: Mohamed Diomande is expected to be available having trained after a shoulder issue. Andreas Skov Olsen has missed this week through illness and will be judged ahead of Saturday and Mikey Moore has had some "small problems" that have had to be managed.

  3. 'Great to hear' McCann's comments about 'shining light' Curtis published at 11:27 GMT 20 March

    Findlay CurtisImage source, SNS

    Former Kilmarnock goalkeeper Cammy Bell has praised Findlay Curtis' "huge impact" on the club - but was delighted Neil McCann said the winger isn't guaranteed a game.

    Curtis, 19, this week earned a first senior Scotland call-up after impressing since joining Killie on loan from Rangers two months ago.

    "I thought he was excellent last weekend [against Hearts]," Bell told the BBC's Scottish Football Podcast.

    "I really did. When I saw him live at the game I thought everything he'd done, his touch, his directness, his movement, his workrate, every single element of his game was excellent.

    "Since he's come to Kilmarnock he's had a huge impact on the club. I was surprised when Rangers let him go, to be honest, but I think it's the best thing for him.

    "He's moved away, he's got games and he's playing regularly but it's great to hear Neil saying that he's got no guarantees of playing.

    "He needs to knuckle down, make sure he's producing that every single week or else he'll be out the team. So there's a demand there.

    "I think he's been a real shining light for Kilmarnock."

  4. Sportscene rewind: Rangers & Aberdeen in six-goal epicpublished at 10:43 GMT 20 March

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    Sportscene rewind: Rangers & Aberdeen's six-goal thriller

    As Rangers and Aberdeen prepare to go head to head at Ibrox on Saturday night, relive a classic meeting between the sides - a 3-3 draw in 1997.

  5. Canada manager's Cornelius confession - gossippublished at 09:54 GMT 20 March

    Gossip

    Canada head coach Jesse Marsch has held talks with Rangers counterpart Danny Rohl about Derek Cornelius training with the Ibrox club's youth team but does not think it helped improve the chances of the 28-year-old on-loan Marseille centre-half being recalled on his return from injury. (The Herald), external

    Rangers back-up goalkeeper Liam Kelly has not agreed a new contract beyond the summer, despite a claim by former interim manager Barry Ferguson, but the club do want to keep the 30-year-old, who is waiting for an offer to be tabled amid interest from clubs in Europe and America. (Daily Record), external

    Rangers are weighing up a contract extension for 34-year-old captain James Tavernier, but the right-back's age is seen as a major concern and talks have not yet been opened. (Football Insider), external

    Former Rangers interim manager Barry Ferguson says Russell Martin was doomed as his successor the moment he sanctioned the exits of winger Vaclav Cerny and striker Cyriel Dessers last summer. (Daily Record)

    Read all of Friday's Scottish Gossip

  6. How Rangers rising star Curtis is flourishing at Killiepublished at 16:52 GMT 19 March

    Charlotte Cohen
    BBC Sport Scotland

    Findlay Curtis' touch map v HeartsImage source, SNS

    Rising star Findlay Curtis has gone from the Rangers fringes to Scotland squad - via an impactful stint with Kilmarnock - in the space of eight months.

    The 19-year-old began the season with a start and a goal in Rangers' 2-0 home win over Panathinaikos in Champions League qualifying, but struggled to cement a first-team spot under both Russell Martin and Danny Rohl.

    Custis made 21 appearances - but just five starts - for Rangers across all competitions, scored three goals and set up a further two before heading on loan to Rugby Park to play under former Ibrox assistants Neil McCann and Billy Dodds.

    Since making the switch to Ayrshire, the versatile youngster has been a standout in a Kilmarnock side fighting for survival.

    Curtis has started all but two of Killie's six league games since then - he was ineligible to face parent club Rangers - and played several different positions.

    In last weekend's deserved 1-0 win over leaders Hearts, he started on the left side of attack. Against Falkirk the week before, he was on the right and against St Mirren in February he was deployed at right-back. Talk about versatility.

    While Curtis has just one assist so far (in Killie's 4-3 win over St Mirren last month) he has been impressive in attack. Despite having only arrived eight weeks ago, his 20 shots is the second most of any Kilmarnock player this season.

    Curtis has also created seven chances from open play and three big chances - again the second highest of any Killie player.

    The victory over Hearts summed up Curtis' prowess. Scotland boss Steve Clarke was in attendance at Rugby Park to watch the youngster and was clearly impressed as he handed Curtis his first senior call-up for this month's pre-World Cup friendlies.

    Custis' five shots last Saturday was the most of any Killie player, in fact only Hearts' Claudio Braga (eight) attempted more. The teenager had six touches in the opposition box - again only Braga (10) had more - and won a game-high 12 duels.

    Killie are second bottom of the Premiership, joint on points with St Mirren and nine above Livingston, but if they can keep Curtis firing there can surely be optimism around their chances of survival.

  7. Rangers v Aberdeen: Pick of the statspublished at 10:03 GMT 19 March

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    • Rangers have won their past three league games against Aberdeen by an aggregate score of 8-0; only from January 2001 to August 2002 have they ever won more in a row against the Dons without conceding (six).

    • New Aberdeen boss Stephen Robinson has lost nine of his past 10 league visits to Rangers, with the exception a 2-0 win with St Mirren in February 2025.

    • Aberdeen have lost their past four league visits to Ibrox, the latest three without scoring. Only in August 2002 have they lost four in a row away to Rangers without reply.

    • Rangers are unbeaten in all 13 of their league matches played since Christmas Day (W9 D4), picking up 31 points in this time, at least five more than any other Premiership side.

    • Aberdeen have only won one of their past 14 league games (D3 L10), a 6-2 victory over bottom side Livingston in January. They have only scored six goals in the 13 matches they failed to win in this period.

  8. 'VAR's mission creep hurting supporters'published at 09:54 GMT 19 March

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    Former referee Steve Conroy thinks it is "mission creep" with VAR in Scottish football before new changes to the laws for the upcoming World Cup.

    VAR was introduced in Scotland almost four years ago but has frequently been criticised by fans, players, managers and former players.

    Now there could be more changes to the scope of technology as football's law-making body the International Football Association Board (Ifab) backed plans to increase the powers of VAR.

    For this summer's World Cup in America, VAR will be allowed to intervene on second yellow cards and the awarding of corners, provided the process doesn't slow down the flow of play.

    Ifab has also expanded the countdown rule around goalkeepers where they have eight seconds to release the ball from their hands to include goal kicks and throw-ins.

    But former referee Conroy thinks involving the technology in more decision-making is bad news for the game.

    "It's inescapable that there is more and more mission creep with VAR," he told the BBC's Scottish Football Podcast.

    "The authorities seem hell-bent on using it more and more and relying on it and I think that is to the detriment of football.

    "I know Ifab are talking about getting them involved for corners and second yellows and all that sort of stuff. As [Celtic interim manager] Martin O'Neill said, soon enough we'll just referee from a port-a-cabin somewhere.

    "And this is all happening at the same time as every football supporter survey tells you that they just want it binned."

  9. Rangers looking at Just - gossippublished at 08:44 GMT 19 March

    Rangers are keeping tabs on Motherwell's Elijah Just - with Celtic also keen on the New Zealand playmaker. (Daily Record)

    Rangers are set to find it difficult to sign Wolves loanee Nasser Djiga permanently this summer because he has a contract until 2030 and could command a sizeable asking price. (Football Insider)

    Rangers icon Barry Ferguson has let slip in a podcast that goalkeeper Liam Kelly, the 30-year-old who signed a two-year deal in 2024 after leaving Motherwell, has signed a contract extension at Ibrox. (Scottish Sun)

    Rangers winger Andreas Skov Olsen has been left out of the Denmark squad for their upcoming World Cup play-off while Thelo Aasgaard is missing from the Norway pool for their friendlies. (The Herald)

    Benjamin Arthur said he asked Rangers defender Jayden Meghoma about life in Glasgow before joining Celtic from Brentford on a loan deal until the end of the season. (Scottish Sun)

    Read the rest of Thursday's gossip.

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  10. Rangers defender Fernandez receives first Nigeria call-uppublished at 14:41 GMT 18 March

    Emmanuel FernandezImage source, SNS

    Rangers centre-back Emmanuel Fernandez has been rewarded for his impressive club form by receiving his first call-up for Nigeria.

    The 24-year-old, who joined from Peterborough on a four-year contract last summer, has been a key part of Danny Rohl's side as the Ibrox club have put themselves back into Scottish Premiership title contention.

    As well as excelling in his defensive duties, Fernandez has also been a threat at set-pieces, scoring six times in 26 games.

    He could line up alongside former Rangers defender Calvin Bassey for Nigeria in their upcoming friendlies against Iran and Jordan.

    Nigeria failed to qualify for this summer's World Cup and reached the semi-finals of the recent Africa Cup of Nations.

    Meanwhile, winger Rabbi Matondo, who has been out of the picture at Rangers for most of this term, is back in the Wales squad for their World Cup play-offs.

    Craig Bellamy's side face Bosnia-Herzegovina in Cardiff on 26 March, with the winners hosting Italy or Northern Ireland in the final five days later.

  11. 'Remarkable record' hampered by title-chasing Rangers' litany of drawspublished at 12:48 GMT 18 March

    Alasdair Lamont
    BBC Sport Scotland Commentator

    Behind the mic

    I said a couple of weeks ago I felt Rangers had given themselves too much to do in the title race and yet here we are, with eight games to go, and they sit just a point behind Celtic and three behind Hearts in the most fascinating Scottish Premiership season in recent memory.

    Rangers games are not particularly easy on the eye right now - Sunday's win over St Mirren being a case in point - but then neither are those involving Celtic and Hearts.

    The key thing now is grinding out results and it may be a case of having to do that again on Saturday when they host Stephen Robinson's Aberdeen.

    If there's one thing Stephen Robinson knows how to do it's making his sides hard to beat so it could be another nerve-shredder for the Rangers fans at Ibrox.

    Of course, these games need not be so fraught, but Rangers' inability to turn dominance into goals to put matches beyond the opposition has plagued them all season, hence the 12 league draws (only Dundee United, with 13, have more in the top flight).

    Rangers' remarkable record of only two defeats is laudable but if they had been able to turn just a few of those draws into victories, they would be clear frontrunners.

    Even since the January transfer window, the attacking talent they brought in has not necessarily yielded the goals supporters and Danny Rohl would have hoped for, with neither Andreas Skov Olsen nor Ryan Naderi quite having the intended impact.

    Tuur Rommens, on the other hand, got the crucial goal at the weekend and looks a very good signing - solid defensively and dangerous going forward.

    Consecutive clean sheets with the defensive pairing of Nasser Djiga and Emmanuel Fernandez suggest that might be the way to go for the title run-in as both players have grown into the Rangers jersey and now look considerably more reliable than they did earlier in the campaign.

    It's all getting very exciting as the season approaches its climax and Rangers look like they'll be there or thereabouts when it comes to the wire.

    Danny Rohl
  12. Is Naderi's start cause for concern at Rangers?published at 17:32 GMT 17 March

    Nick McPheat
    BBC Sport Scotland

    Ryan Naderi stats graphicImage source, SNS

    Six Scottish Premiership games, 309 minutes played and no goals.

    Is Ryan Naderi's start to life in Scotland a concern for Rangers, or the reality of a young striker attempting to settle in at a demanding club mid-season?

    With the Ibrox club desperate for attacking reinforcements, a winter move was fast-tracked for the 22-year-old, who was initially expected to arrive in the summer.

    A fee of almost £5m was reportedly paid to Hansa Rostock to sign the promising forward from Germany's third tier, but his only goals so far have come in a Scottish Cup victory against Queen's Park.

    There were concerns from the Rangers support about the level Naderi had been playing at, and those worries have not gone away with the striker still looking for his first league goal.

    First impressions count for a lot at a club with such high expectations, but the German's sample size is still small, having started just three times. Plus, he has been tasked with coming into a team who have often struggled to create in open play.

    With head coach Danny Rohl deploying a 4-2-2-2 shape, Naderi has been paired up top with Youssef Chermiti, who has also faced criticism this term after joining in a big-money move last summer.

    Naderi has at times looked a good foil for Chermiti, though, especially in last month's 4-2 win over Hearts and the first half of the recent 2-2 draw with Celtic.

    But what does the underlying data tell us?

    Among Rangers players on a per-90-minutes basis, only Chermiti and Findlay Curtis (currently on loan at Kilmarnock) average more shots on target.

    Chermiti, fellow striker Bojan Miovski and left-back Tuur Rommens all rank higher for big chances, while Naderi sits outside the top 10 for touches in the opposition box and is 18th for chance creation.

    No Rangers player competes in more aerial duels, winning around 40% of them on average, which suggests he is perhaps being used more as a target man.

    But it is clear he needs to be more involved in attacking play, given his average expected goals again places him outside Rangers' top 10 players.

  13. Matchwinner Rommens proving an 'excellent' additionpublished at 10:37 GMT 17 March

    Jamie Currie
    Fan writer

    Fan's voice

    After the past fortnight, the trip to St Mirren was about one thing and one thing only: winning. Thankfully we managed to do just that.

    It's not a game that will be included in any end-of-season highlights package, but it was a massive three points given the defeat for leaders Hearts at Rugby Park on Saturday.

    Grinding out victories is all that matters from now until the end of the season. We can all complain about the style of play and our strikers not scoring, but it's been like that all season.

    Youssef Chermiti doesn't score in the run-of-the-mill fixtures and Ryan Naderi is currently finding it difficult to be a presser and get himself in the box to get on the end of chances. It will hopefully improve in the next two games, especially as we are at home.

    However, Tuur Rommens has been an excellent signing so far. He offers so much in the final third with his overlapping and underlapping runs and I was not surprised he was at the back post to score on Sunday.

    There have been a few times where he's found himself in that position since joining, but this time he made it count and was the matchwinner.

    Staying with the defence, Nasser Djiga has been very good since coming back in for John Souttar. He and Manny Fernandez bring a sense of calm to the backline and it allows the whole team to push up the field because they have that recovery pace to deal with opponents on the break.

    They prevented Dan Nlundulu from taking part in the game on Sunday. Danny Rohl needs credit for having the backbone to drop his vice-captain, Souttar.

    Looking forward, we have a tough test on Saturday. Aberdeen will be coming to Ibrox to do some damage with Stephen Robinson, who is a shrewd operator, at the helm.

    It's up to Rangers to play with tempo and freedom in the final third. This could be a banana skin, but it's one that comes under the must-win category as they all do between now and the end of the season.

    Rommens
  14. Hearts still title favourites despite Old Firm cutting gap - Suttonpublished at 10:37 GMT 17 March

    Derek McInnes and Martin O'NeillImage source, SNS
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    Derek McInnes' (left) Hearts still lead Martin O'Neill's (right) Celtic by two points despite their weekend defeat

    Chris Sutton says Hearts are still favourites for the Scottish Premiership title, despite "remarkable" Martin O'Neill continuing to find a way to win with Celtic.

    The Jambos' advantage has been cut to two points following their weekend defeat at Kilmarnock, with nearest challengers Celtic fighting back to beat 10-man Motherwell.

    Rangers' narrow victory at St Mirren on Sunday means the Ibrox side are now just three points off the summit and one behind their city rivals.

    However, former Celtic striker Sutton believes Derek McInnes' leaders are still in the driving seat, citing the imminent returns of influential duo Lawrence Shankland and Cammy Devlin as a key factor.

    "I'm sticking with Hearts," he said on BBC Radio 5 Live's Monday Night Club. "You can lose to Kilmarnock. And I think everybody will beat everybody else."

    On his former club, Sutton added: "The remarkable thing about Celtic under Martin O'Neill is they just keep finding a way to win.

    "They're not playing good football at all. It's not like a Celtic team of previous seasons, dominating every area. It's been a real struggle for them.

    "Rangers are not a particularly good watch either. It will go down to the wire."

    Former Rangers head coach Russell Martin also featured on Monday's show and hailed McInnes and Hearts for "an amazing season".

    He also said both Old Firm clubs will perhaps feel fortunate to still be in with a shot of the title after turbulent campaigns and suggested they will be feeling more pressure than the current leaders.

    "It's such an interesting season," Martin added. "Hearts shaking it up has been really good for Scottish football as a whole. The emergence of Hearts and Motherwell has been really good for the game up there.

    "There's pressure on the Old Firm always. But, I know it sounds crazy, I think Hearts have less pressure on them than the other two.

    "They can play on the underdog thing from now until the end of the season."

  15. Rangers plan warm weather training camp - gossippublished at 08:31 GMT 17 March

    Rangers manager Danny RohlImage source, SNS

    Leaders Hearts and Rangers are planning overseas training trips while fellow Premiership contenders Celtic are on Scottish Cup semi-final duty on the weekend of 18 and 19 April. (Sun), external

    Former Rangers captain Barry Ferguson has slammed the standard of refereeing in Scotland, saying it's well below where it needs to be. (Sun), external

  16. Pressure on Old Firm in title race, says Martinpublished at 21:36 GMT 16 March

    Andy Campbell
    BBC Scotland

    Russell Martin and Derek McInnesImage source, SNS
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    Russell Martin and Derek McInnes in mid-September

    Celtic and Rangers bear more pressure in the Scottish Premiership title race, even though Hearts are top, says former Ibrox head coach Russell Martin.

    Martin was sacked after Rangers' seventh league game of the season, when they were eighth, and successor Danny Rohl has taken them to third - within three points of Hearts with eight games to play.

    Defending champions Celtic, under Martin O'Neill, are two points below Derek McInnes' Hearts and a point above Rangers.

    "Because it's so close, there's pressure on the Old Firm always," Martin told BBC Radio 5 Live's Monday Night Club. "No matter what the situation, no matter what the game.

    "I do think Hearts have less pressure than the other two right now. They can probably play on the underdog thing from now until the end of the season."

    Martin's Rangers drew 0-0 with Celtic and lost 2-0 at home to Hearts early in the campaign.

    "The Old Firm both have a chance of winning the league and the fans have been so frustrated and disappointed with their seasons," Martin said.

    "Martin O'Neill and [assistant] Shaun Maloney have been there, won it between them so many times and [captain] Callum McGregor and the Celtic guys having had the experience of winning it, I think it could be really, really important.

    "Derek McInnes and Hearts have had an amazing season.

    "It's a really interesting and unique season. I really don't know which way it's going to go.

    "Each week it sort of changes. No-one's really in flow. There doesn't seem to be a team that's playing at the peak of their powers. It's an eight-game season and it's going to be really, really exciting. You could easily see it going to either one of those teams."

    Hearts, who lost at Kilmarnock on Saturday, finished second in the Scottish top flight in 1986, 1988, 1992 and 2006 but have not finished higher than third over the past 20 years.

    And ex-Celtic forward Chris Sutton said on the Monday Night Club: "Hearts are really difficult to measure because it's so easy to just say... the pressure's off.

    "I don't necessarily think it is amongst the Hearts fan base.

    "I still think that Hearts all season, they've found a way to win. They're not a beautiful football team. They are well structured. He knows what he's doing, Derek McInnes does, in the way that he sets his team up, he knows the Scottish league inside out.

    "The pressure's ranked up on Rangers."

    Sutton was part of O'Neill's Celtic side from 2000-05 and said of his former club: "If Celtic win the league this season, they'd have done it without a centre forward. Think about that. Celtic have used five different centre-forwards.

    "I think Celtic were 112 goals last season. Numbers-wise they are massively down on what they were last season [at 56]."

  17. Curtis 'bursting with pride' after first Scotland call-uppublished at 16:21 GMT 16 March

    Findlay Curtis in actionImage source, SNS

    Findlay Curtis says he was shocked to receive his first Scotland call-up and revealed the news had his mum in tears.

    Curtis, 19, is on loan at Kilmarnock from Rangers and has been given his first chance to impress as head coach Steve Clarke prepares to lead Scotland at the World Cup finals in June.

    Scotland host Japan at Hampden on Saturday 28 March before taking on Ivory Coast at Everton's Hill Dickinson Stadium on Tuesday 31 March.

    "It's unbelievable, I didn't expect it at such a young age but it's a dream come true and I just can't wait to get going," Curtis told Kilmarnock's in-house media channel.

    "I got a call yesterday from the gaffer here [McCann] and he said you're in the consideration set-up, and I'm thinking to myself 'It's mental'. Then he phoned me and said I'm in the full squad.

    "I was bursting with pride and told my mum and dad. My mum started crying. It's huge."

  18. Rommens confident for title race after his first Rangers goalpublished at 16:15 GMT 16 March

    Tuur Rommens celebrates with James Tavernier after scoring against St MirrenImage source, SNS

    Rangers defender Tuur Rommens says confidence is flowing through the squad after Sunday's gritty 1-0 win at St Mirren.

    The Belgian's first goal for the club - tapping home Nico Raskin's cross in the first half - was the difference between the sides in Paisley.

    The result takes Danny Rohl's side to within three points of Hearts at the top of the Scottish Premiership.

    Although Rommens says they were not at their best, he was delighted to return to winning ways after drawing in the league against Celtic and then being knocked out of the Scottish Cup by their rivals.

    "I think we played better last week than we did on Sunday, but we didn't win," Rommens said.

    "We played an OK game [on Sunday], not our best game.

    "It was difficult, but we won, so that's the most important thing.

    "I think we have a great group. If you see our performance in the last weeks, I think we deserved more points.

    "But it is what it is, and maybe we didn't play our best game on Sunday, but we won, and that's the most important thing.

    "I think there are 24 points to play for and we are three behind.

    "So, of course, we have the confidence, but we need to take it game by game, and then we'll see where we end."

    Rommens previously played for Genk and Westerlo in Belgium and he is enjoying the heightened pressure that comes with playing for Rangers.

    "Yes, it's no secret that I hadn't played for a club like Rangers, and I wanted to come here," he said.

    "I want to play for a club like Rangers, and I want to have this feeling, to have this pressure to win every game, and I think I integrated well into the group.

    "I had some good moments on Sunday, I had some difficult moments, but I'm just happy with my first goal and happy with the win.

    "I try to help the team offensively also. In the last couple of years I haven't scored a lot.

    "I have to score more, that's an aspect of my game that I have to improve and I know this."

  19. 'Results all that matter' for title-chasing Rangerspublished at 13:25 GMT 16 March

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    'It wasn't pretty but result all that matters' - Sportscene analysis

    Results are all that matter as Rangers attempt to reel in league leaders Hearts and rivals Celtic in the Scottish Premiership title race, says former winger Peter Lovenkrands.

    A narrow 1-0 win at managerless St Mirren moved Danny Rohl's side to within three points of the summit, but there were again concerns about the performance level.

    The Ibrox club took the lead through a back-post finish from left-back Tuur Rommens but failed to add to their advantage despite 16 other efforts.

    A lack of cutting edge has been the story of their season, but ex-Rangers forward Lovenkrands says "it's all about getting over the line".

    "That's what Celtic have been doing for years," Lovenkrands said on the BBC's Scottish Football Podcast. "Scoring late on, getting the 1-0 win or scoring late winners and taking the three points away.

    "They've won so many championships off the back of these things, and it's not all been pretty. It's nothing to do with that when you're in this stage of the league.

    "Yes, you want to play good football all the time, but to go away from home like that, in tough conditions - rain, wind, whatever goes against you - it's just about getting three points."

  20. Eight teams feature in TOTWpublished at 12:08 GMT 16 March

    Jonathan Sutherland
    Sportscene presenter

    Team of the week graphicImage source, SNS

    Jerome Prior - Livingston

    Five saves at Easter Road are unlikely to save Livingston's season, but they brought a clean sheet and a point nonetheless.

    Warren O'Hora - Hibernian

    Another solid showing from the centre-back and a clean sheet.

    Kieran Tierney - Celtic

    His character and class continues to help keep Celtic fighting for a league and cup double.

    Michael Schjonning-Larsen - Kilmarnock

    A huge goal against Hearts from the Estonian international to earn his Kilmarnock side a massive three points in their fight against relegation, and throw a massive spanner in the works of the Hearts title tilt.

    Luca Stephenson - Dundee United

    A brilliant, brave back-post header looked like it would give Dundee United all three points in the derby, but it wasn't to be.

    Alex Gogic - St Mirren

    If any player ever deserved the classic football hard man head bandage it's Alex Gogic. But the Cyprus international goes the extra mile.

    With blood erupting from his head after a clash with a team-mate, there was no bandage required. Instead it took staples to stem the flow, topped off by a massive dollop of Vaseline. What a warrior.

    He must be the most old-school player in the Premiership, and we love him for it. Great defensively against Rangers.

    Nico Raskin - Rangers

    Full of energy in the hurly-burly of midfield in poor conditions in Paisley. He delivered the assist for the vital goal.

    Tuur Rommens - Rangers

    Got high up the field to decisive effect as he sealed a big three points for Rangers.

    Yang Hyun-Jun - Celtic

    Two goals in a huge game to sink Motherwell. That is now six goals since Christmas for the South Korean international.

    Barney Stewart - Falkirk

    The young striker is brimming with belief after graduating to Premiership football. 16 goals now in all competitions for the 21-year-old - albeit half of them while on loan at Championship Dunfermline. Four goals in his last 3 games, huge potential.

    Findlay Curtis - Kilmarnock

    Has brought a bit of X-factor to the Kilmarnock attack. Looks like a player who can ignite things for the Rugby Park side as they fight to get out of the play-off spot.

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