Giovanni van Bronckhorst hailed the spirit of his Rangers aspect for exhibiting nice resolve to safe a second extra-time win within the area of 4 days.
And the Dutchman thanked his tremendous subs for making an affect as they got here from behind to beat Celtic and e book their place within the Scottish Cup ultimate in opposition to Hearts on Might 21.
Greg Taylor fired Ange Postecoglou’s males in entrance however Scott Arfield despatched the sport into further time earlier than Vogue Sakala pressured Carl Starfelt to show the ball previous his personal keeper.
Van Bronckhorst now needs his Rangers gamers to make sure their season has a silver lining as they chase the Europa League and Scottish Cup.
As they kicked on from an energy-sapping win over Braga in midweek, the Ibrox boss advised Premier Sports activities: “I’m feeling fairly good and really proud.
“It’s been a busy week for us, very demanding bodily and mentally and to play two instances further time inside 4 days the gamers have been magnificent.
“The gamers confirmed numerous character, drive and perception to achieve the cup ultimate. We needed to dig deep and needed to change many gamers however we did it as a workforce and are very proud to be within the ultimate.
“You carry the subs on to alter one thing and provides extra power to the workforce. All of the subs did that and that two substitutions rating the objectives which is even higher.
“The subs at that second gave the workforce numerous power to go once more. It was a troublesome sport as a result of Celtic is a really robust opponent, particularly coming off the again of Thursday.
“We began the sport very properly and had the higher possibilities within the first half and within the second half after conceding we misplaced a little bit of momentum.
“However we knew our character might make the distinction. It’s essential to be within the ultimate however an important factor is to win the ultimate.
“Finals are there to be gained. We haven’t gained something but. We've got an excellent alternative to take action and we’ll work exhausting each day on the coaching floor.
“The assumption is there we are able to win the cup as properly in order that’s what we've got to do and it provides us confidence.
“We reached the semi ultimate of the Europa League and the ultimate right here and we've got to take this week to relaxation and refresh and subsequent week we’ll be prepared.”
The one draw back to a euphoric day was an harm to Aaron Ramsey with the Welshman going off within the first half.
Van Bronckhorst mentioned: “Aaron Ramsey had some issues along with his hamstring so we've got to evaluate it. He has one thing, we don’t know but what it's however he couldn’t play on.”