Gio van Bronckhorst hailed his strikers forward of a Champions League shoot-out with Liverpool - after firing a four-goal salvo previous Hearts.
The Ibrox facet have been red-hot at Tynecastle on Saturday, with Antonio Colak, Alfredo Morelos and Ryan Kent all on the scoresheet. Gaffer van Bronckhorst was delighted with how scientific they have been in opposition to the Jambos. And he’s praying they’re simply as prolific in Tuesday night time’s Battle of Britain conflict at Anfield. The win in Gorgie stored Rangers proper within the combine with Celtic within the Premiership earlier than their journey to Merseyside.
And afterwards, van Bronckhorst stated: “We all know what sort of participant Colak is and he’s began very well right here. I’m actually pleased for him to get one other two objectives. That’s a constructive and so is Morelos and Kent getting on the scoresheet. As a result of we'd like as many objectives as we are able to get. It’s good to see totally different gamers scoring and Colak’s efficiency was superb. Other than his objectives, he’s necessary to us because of the vitality he places within the crew.
“He obtained two objectives in his final recreation and two once more at the moment. I”m actually proud of him. But it surely’s nice for Morelos and Kent too. We need to enhance our possibilities and our objectives so it’s good to see them scoring at the moment. A very powerful factor was to start out this subsequent block of fixtures earlier than the World Cup with a win. Anfield goes to be an enormous recreation for us, in a incredible stadium, in opposition to a very robust facet.
“However this win makes it a really constructive means for us to journey to Liverpool. We now change again to Europe but it surely was necessary to get three factors and 4 objectives at the moment. We now have two days to arrange now for an enormous recreation at Liverpool.”
Rangers have been snug winners in opposition to Robbie Neilson’s facet however they have been helped by Cammy Devlin’s first half crimson card. Each managers agreed his problem on Rabbi Matondo was worthy of sending off - and van Bronckhorst advised the Aussie afterwards he’s too good a participant to become involved in tackles like that.
He stated: “Rabbi was in a duel along with his opponent and Devlin got here in as a 3rd man from behind. I actually like Devlin as a participant. I advised him he would not want challenges like this. He is a much better participant than to make use of these tackles. He's one among Hearts’ greatest gamers, he's a midfielder with dynamics. However he doesn’t want these sorts of challenges.”
Van Bronckhorst may afford to take Ben Davies and Ryan Jack off at half-time with the sport wrapped up at 2-0 - however says they’ll be match for Anfield. Tynecastle is a notoriously troublesome away venue however the Rangers boss was happy along with his crew’s efficiency.
He stated: “We began very well. This can be a arduous place to go. I believe the primary and second aim made it simpler as a result of it meant they needed to come to us which they did. After the crimson card we managed the sport and managed to attain two extra objectives. We created extra open possibilities within the first half and will have scored extra however general I am actually proud of the three factors, 4 objectives and the clear sheet. To win 4-0 away in opposition to Hearts is an enormous win for us.”