Rangers Europa League victory key to keeping momentum going – Danny Rohl

Danny Rohl believes his rejuvenated Rangers side are in a “win, win, win” vein of form after chalking up their first Europa League victory of the season with a 1-0 triumph over Ludogorets at Ibrox.

Mohamed Diomande’s first-half strike made it seven straight wins in all competitions for the Light Blues, but, with four points from 21, they will not progress in Europe.

The Govan club resume their William Hill Premiership title race at home to Dundee on Sunday with continued momentum.

The Light Blues are behind second-placed Celtic on goal difference and six adrift of leaders Hearts, who host the Hoops on Sunday, and Rohl believes his side are in a good place.

The former Sheffield Wednesday boss said: “The first win in Europe is good for us as it keeps the momentum.

“I think now, seven wins in a row which is fantastic.

“Also from the last nine games, six clean sheets as well, this is great.

“But I also saw a lot of things to improve, and I think this is for me also the part, I will not close my eyes and say everything was nice. We know what we have to improve.

“We adjusted in the second half a little bit with our pressing which was more how I like.

“Then we created a lot of good opportunities and then we have to make it 2 or 3-0, I think we have this story very often, especially in these games.

“At half-time I said to them, ‘guys, this is the big difference at the moment in the league and in Europe, we have clean sheets and if we have them, we have a chance to win games’.

“All in all, I think big respect to the performance of my players.

“It feels at the moment we can win, win, win, but it’s always hard working, and it was the big message after the game.

“If we think on Sunday we can go with 99 per cent, then we have not the chance.

“We need again 100 per cent during the next game, and this is the crucial thing. We have to demand of ourselves high, high standards, and this means we have to deliver every three days now 100 per cent to take wins.”

Rohl bemoaned more missed chances but he believes new signing Andreas Skov Olsen can make a difference.

He said: “We created some good moments but it’s this final calmness on the ball but I think this is something that hopefully Skov helps us with very soon in this, he is a player who can be a good part, I saw this during the week.

“But in general I see a big, big step forward in our performance, I think there’s a reason why we have taken a lot of wins and a lot of clean sheets.

“But of course, and this is part of my job, I will also not overlook the chances from the opponent, because we always have minimum one save from our great goalkeeper at the moment to keep us in the game, and that’s what we have to minimise.”