Squad back Rohl and will go 'full force' against Celtic - Rommens

Rangers left-back Tuur Rommens insists Rangers will play with "full force" in their Scottish Premiership trip to face Celtic on Sunday, looking to ensure they can achieve Champions League football next season.

Defeat against leaders Hearts left Rangers with little hope of winning the league title, now trailing the Tynecastle side by seven points with just three games remaining.

Celtic are four points ahead of the Ibrox side with defeat guaranteeing that Rangers will finish in third place and out of the equation for Champions League football.

When asked if he felt if Rangers can reproduce the first-half performance against Hearts, when they led 1-0, for the full match and beat Celtic, Rommens said: "I don't know, but I think we go in full force and of course we think that we can take something there.

"It's a big stadium, great atmosphere, of course it's a derby, so it will be intense.

"If you play Celtic or another team, it's always about the next game and I think also for the supporters, for ourselves, for the club, it's a big one on Sunday, so we just need to win also for this Champions League place.

"It's a big thing to finish this season in a good way and just win these three games and get the belief for next year. Just go full on next year."

The Belgian insists the squad are fully behind head coach Danny Rohl, who has faced criticism this week following back-to-back defeats against Motherwell and Hearts.

"Yes, for sure," he said. "It's been intense. The result [against Hearts] was not good, everybody knows that.

"The mentality in this group is great. We have no issues with that. I don't think it's about mentality, maybe a little bit of focus but I don't think it's with mentality.

"When you are one point behind two games ago and you lost the two games after, of course, it's an opportunity that you lost. You cannot say anything else."

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