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'Ibrox was like Ibrox' - Rohl hails home atmosphere in statement win

Rangers head coach Danny Rohl said Ibrox finally lived up to its billing during Sunday's statement victory over league leaders Hearts.

The German boss praised the atmosphere during the win, which now has his side only two points behind Derek McInnes' men. When he took over in October, that gap was 13 points.

"Yes, it was the first time since I've been here that Ibrox was like Ibrox," Rohl said. "I felt what it means. I'm very positive. We want to have this atmosphere in the stadium.

"I can understand this [restlessness] sometimes, but sometimes it's difficult when you need the extra pass to prepare something.

"Then it's sometimes difficult for my players, especially when you play against a deep block and they wait for transition moments.

"Sometimes you need the extra pass. But let's speak not about this. Let's speak about how the atmosphere was after the game.

"Outstanding. I think they pushed us today in every situation. They deserved these three points."

The head coach was also keen to praise his players, insisting they showed character after coming from behind not once, but twice, during the 4-2 win.

"Big respect to my group, I think we showed today how big is the personality, how big is the character.

"Let's not speak until the end of the season about the mentality of this group, because we have a lot of mentality.

"We fully deserved over 90 minutes to win, we gave them two presents today.

"I cannot really remember that they had a more dangerous situation. We were in the game, we played even before the conceded goal with high intensity.

"Now it's about recovery, enjoy the evening and then we go again."

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