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Derek McInnes reveals the Kilmarnock secret to seeing off Rangers as Rugby Park hoodoo continues
Derek McInnes hailed his mentality monsters after watching Kilmarnock gobble up their big chance to stun Rangers.
The Rugby Park side have endured a difficult start to the season trying to balance their Euro commitments with domestic affairs. The pressure was on when they travelled to Dens Park before the international break but two stoppage-time strikes produced their first Premiership win of the season. They’ve now backed that victory up with another huge result after Marley Watkins pounced three minutes from time.
And McInnes - whose side now climb to seventh spot - was delighted to see his team hold their nerve against Philippe Clement’s ragged Rangers. He said: “For me, this win illustrates fitness, it illustrates the strength of the squad. And it also illustrates a real determination. I don't think any of my players at any point settled for 0-0, which wouldn't have been the worst result.
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“You would take positives from the performance. But I felt and still hoped there was a bit more on the bone for us. Thankfully, we managed to get that. I do think that we're well up and running now. It's one of the trade-offs of playing in Europe competitively.
“The players physically are in a good place. The fitness of the players is good. Competitively, we've got loads of games under our belt. The trade-off for that, early in the season, domestically, we weren't quite at our best.
“But today I thought tactically we were good. But more important when you play Rangers and the Celtics when they come here, it's that mental part of it. I thought the mental strength of the team was good. They always felt there was something, a win there for us. Thankfully, we managed to see that through.”
Watkins snatched the spotlight when he smashed past Butland from David Watson’s ball in behind the Ibrox backline. But McInnes felt it was man of the match and Brad Lyons and the backline he was patrolling in front of deserved special mention too.
He said: “I thought all my defenders were first class. I thought Robbie Deas did really well, I thought Stu Finlay was alert, hugely experienced, and the full backs were terrific as well, with Lewis Mayo and Corrie Ndaba. But I do think it's right to name check Brad in there.
“He wasn't alone, and to beat a team like Rangers, you have to do a lot right as a team. But Brad got about his work brilliantly. Obviously he's become a Northern Ireland internationalist, came back, just trained with us on Thursday for the first time after not seeing him for a bit.
“But he came up with a big moment last season when we beat Rangers, and I thought he was really influential. He's a real competitor in there, so I'm fortunate I've got some good options in there, but the team, everybody played their part today.”
