Rangers address whether Hearts clash is win or bust for title hopes as Motherwell strike major blow
Rangers dropped points amid their title race with Hearts .
Danny Rohl has addressed whether or not Rangers are in must win territory against Hearts after dropping points at Motherwell.
Derek McInnes’ Premiership leaders defeated Hibs 1-0 on Tuesday to pile the pressure on the team directly behind them in the table, as they travelled to an in-form side in Lanarkshire. Nico Raskin handed Rangers the lead and despite Lukas Fadinger’s red card, Motherwell controlled much of the match and Celtic loanee Stephen Welsh struck a late leveller.
Hearts head to Rangers this Sunday five points clear of boss Rohl’s team and a win would send the Jambos eight points clear with 11 games to go. Celtic defeated Livingston on Wednesday and they are six points behind with a game in hand at Pittodrie against Aberdeen. Rangers have been challenged to bring the atmosphere to the second vs first clash this Sunday and admitted every clash since he’s arrived in Govan has come with a need to win mentality.
Danny Rohl on Rangers title chances
Rohl was asked if the Hearts game is win or bust for their title hopes and he said: “I'm honest, since I'm here, every game is a must-win game. I must say, there was not one game where I could say, yeah, this is not a must-win. I spoke with my coaches and we speak a lot about this, and nearly everyone is ‘we need this win today, we need the next win, we need the next win.
“When you come from behind, that's a big task, but we did until now well. And now, yeah, we dropped two points, but on Sunday it's the next job to do, and if we want, we have to, we have to again, and hopefully we create a good atmosphere, we bring fresh players on the pitch as well, and then we go again.
“I think our fans expect and demand always a win, this is what we demand. I think we saw today our opponent, there's a reason why they didn't concede a goal since October, here you saw it, they were well-organised, they were.
Rangers verdict on match vs Hearts
“We tried our best in this moment, and until this final minute we were close to getting two points, but it's football, you know? Sometimes you come to a point where you concede a late goal, sometimes you have to score, and you can't score.
“We have to move forward, for me it's not about the world going under, I said it after the Hibs game. We drop these two games away some points, that's not nice, but I expect really in this race that it goes a little bit up and down for all the three teams.
“We have to do Sunday a good game, take the right result, and then I think there will be again a different atmosphere. Today we should be disappointed, which is OK, but from tomorrow on we go home.