Nicolas Raskin admits Rangers received extra motivation from St Mirren boss Stephen Robinson ahead of their win in Paisley this afternoon.
James Tavernier’s brace and Abdallah Sima’s seventh goal of the season ensured Rangers moved above their opponents in the Scottish Premiership table on goal difference. It was a much-needed win for the Ibrox side after a humiliating defeat to Cypriot side Aris Limassol on Thursday night in the Europa League.
Ahead of the game, St Mirren boss Robinson told Sky Sports of his ambition to be six points ahead of Rangers going into the international break and Raskin referenced those comments in his post-match interview.
"It's big, I think it's big,” Raskin told Rangers TV. “We all saw them saying they want to be six points clear of us before the international break but this can't happen. After the result we had against Aberdeen and then Cyprus we had to show something different.
“This was a good performance but we have to continue to work and we've got big games coming, we have to focus on them and take it game after game
"We've come from a tough time, we've had a lot of injuries and they [St Mirren] were on a good run so we can only be happy. It was important to play our game, run behind the defence, we tried to be different than we did in Cyprus because that wasn't really us."
