Steven Gerrard stays grounded as Rangers move ahead of Celtic
Steven Gerrard insists no one is '¨getting carried away at Ibrox after Rangers enjoyed their biggest home top-flight win in five years to overwhelm St Johnstone and rise to '¨second in the league.
The Rangers manager said his side had relished the situation where they knew they could go above Celtic, who had fallen 2-1 to Kilmarnock earlier in the afternoon.
Rangers certainly showed no signs of being under pressure as they brushed aside St Johnstone. The 5-1 win came courtesy of five different scorers, with the Ibrox side moving into second, five points behind leaders Hearts.
They were four points adrift of Celtic after a 1-0 defeat by their rivals earlier this month in what was Rangers’ worst opening to a league campaign since 1989.
High-scoring wins over Dundee and St Johnstone means the side’s league start has now been granted a