Giovanni van Bronckhorst was delighted with Rangers display and performance in the win over St Johnstone as he shuffled the pack at Ibrox.
The Light Blues ran out 4-0 winners over the Perth side to go top of the Premiership standings with three wins from the first three games. The Dutchman named four changes to the side that defeated Union SG with a starting debut for Ben Davies, Ryan Jack, Rabbi Matondo and Scott Wright all in for Tom Lawrence, Scott Arfield, Ryan Kent and James Sands.
Kent was rested with the Champions League showdown with PSV in mind while Sands missed out through illness but both should be 'okay' for Tuesday. During the clash the home side were able to call upon Alfredo Morelos, Lawrence, Arfield, Glen Kamara and Leon King from the bench to give a rest to the likes of John Lundstram and Milik Tillman. Summer recruits Tillman and Matondo came in for extra praise as the Rangers boss hailed his troops as he looked forward to Tuesday's Euro crunch.
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He told BBC Scotland : “I think the overall display and performance pleased me. The three points are important. We could change players in the second half but overall the drive to keep going and look for goals is very important.
“Malik TIllman a big guy. He’s a good header of the ball, when the ball in is good and dangerous we have players who can score goals.
“Rabbi was important for us today. Especially playing against a low block we need players who can run behind with direction so he gave us that throughout the whole game. I’m really pleased because we changed some players today so overall it was a very positive day.
“It was good today because you want to win and make sure you have a comfortable lead. Sometimes when it’s 0-0 or 1-0 you have to go until the end because you can’t change too much but today we could and what pleased me the most was we had our desire and drive to go forward and score goals so that was the most pleasing.
“It’s a big game. We have the chance to qualify for the group stages so we have everything to play for. The preparation will be as normal to make sure the players are fresh on Tuesday evening to get a good result to take to Eindhoven."
On both Kent and Sands missing out, he added: "I expect them to be okay for Tuesday."
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