Rangers take 'amazing feeling' into international break - Naderi

Rangers will carry the "awesome" feeling of back-to-back derby victories through the international break, says Parkhead hero Ryan Naderi.

The German striker, 23, scored the only goal of the game on Sunday as Rangers moved to within two points of their rivals at the top of the Scottish Premiership, having knocked Celtic out of the League Cup a week earlier.

His all-round game was impressive as he led Rangers' press, ran channels and linked play, in addition to his tidy first-time finish.

"It's awesome, to be honest, to win two times against Celtic, and then go into a break is an amazing feeling," Naderi said.

"You will carry this throughout the whole days and weeks off.

"We have to still understand that we have a whole season in front of us still.

"So we should just keep this up, not fly too high, just stay focused and keep going as we are, stay together as a team, even in bad times and good times, it's just important to always stick together as a team and go forward.

"Really big [win] honestly, really big."

Naderi, who shook off an ankle injury to start on Sunday, says the team spirit in the Rangers dressing room is now obvious after a tricky start to the campaign.

"With the win at home we wanted to go there and show that we can do it away as well," he said.

"Amazing fight from the whole team, good spirit from the whole game and just so happy to win there.

"I think you see this togetherness, by the goals we concede, not many. We play a lot of games to zero.

"That means that we just are very compact, we work together, look at each other, where the person next to you stands, and when you're so stable defensively, you will always have chances to score and then you win games."