Philippe Clement insists Rangers’ rout was a message to criticism of his side’s performances against stuffy defences.
The Light Blues rattled in six goals to close the gap on second placed Aberdeen, who lost to Celtic, to four points with a game in hand. They still trail their fierce rivals by eleven points. But Rangers produced a sparkling display after toiling against packed defences. And Clement, who saw James Tavernier, Danilo, Hamza Igamane, Vaclav Cerny and a double fro Cyriel Dessers, demolish Killie , said: “It was not only a good win in that we scored six goals – and it could have been more – but we didn’t concede because we defended really well as a team and whoever was on the pitch you saw the same running lines and danger.
“So it was a massive one to show everyone maybe talking outside that we sometimes have difficulty against low blocks. It’s about getting those coordinated runs together and the right movement and that takes time and takes work together in training and in games.
“We have done better in the last couple of weeks without finishing it off which is why for the outside it was important to see the six goals and also for the confidence of the players.
“We tired the opponent in the first half and could have scored more goals but we are getting connection on the field and they want to do it with an without the ball.
“Jack didn’t have one save and that’s also important. We missed that clinical edge in the last couple of games where we created a lot of chances so maybe six goals is good, although maybe it could have been more.”
“I want this team to get the desire for more and more and the hunger to become a better and better team. We have a lot of young players who are not at the top of their potential and it’s about hard work to make them better.
“It’s about the right timings, the right pass, the right run and they (Cerny, Igamane and Hagi) are getting better and when they went off because I saw Kieran Dowell playing several good balls and good link up play from Cyriel Dessers, scoring two goals, so it’s about the squad. And we’ll need that with 16 games in eight weeks.
“We want to keep winning, give our fans good games, good show but three points is the most important thing.”