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Rangers head coach Danny Rohl has been speaking to the media as his side prepare to host Celtic in the Scottish Cup quarter-final on Sunday.
Here are the main points:
- After squandering a two-goal lead in last weekend's league draw with Celtic, Rohl insists "it's our job" to improve on that performance". He says: "We spoke about the good things and what we have to improve, we go with belief, we go with trust."
- Rohl says having 7,500 Celtic fans at Ibrox will "have an impact" but stresses "if we play the 50 minutes like we did, they will be quiet", adding "the atmosphere was incredible" for the first half last weekend.
- Rohl was pleased with his side's first-half superiority last week – "I don't know when the last time Rangers dominated Celtic like this for 50 minutes was" – and is focused on maintaining that level of performance for the entire game on Sunday.
- He admits game management and tactical aspects let Rangers down, saying: "After 50 minutes we felt we could celebrate the win, it felt like there was only one winner." Rohl takes "the responsibility" for the drop-off in the second half but also the good things in the first.
- The head coach insists Rangers' belief has not been dented and "we are still in a race" for the title despite sitting six points adrift of leaders Hearts.
- Rohl says "it's not an excuse that we came from 13 points behind" but feels "the last two results [draws against Livingston and Celtic] were unnecessary when you compare the results with the performance".
- The German admits Rangers are conceding too many goals: "Sixteen in the league since I arrived and eight in the last five games – this is too much and also part of what we have to improve."
- He adds that with nine games to go "it's not the time to give gifts".
- Rohl says Rangers "have to" win a trophy this season and adds: "My own pressure is always high because I want to be successful. I want to win something. I want to bring the club forward. I want to win titles. There are still two good options, two good opportunities to do something."
- Rohl insists he's "not thinking" at the moment about taking up the option to buy Andreas Skov Olsen but feels "we've seen in moments which parts he can help us, he's very tactically intelligent. There's still more [to come] from him and we want to bring it out of him as soon as possible."
- Rohl says there's been a "full house" in training this week and "everyone is nearly back". There has been a small issue with Mikey Moore but he should be fine for the weekend while Connor Barron could return.
