Old Firm hero Kemar Roofe has opened up on his double for Rangers in the 4-1 win over bitter rivals Celtic – and admits it was “really important” for him after recent struggles on and off the pitch.
Roofe netted the opener with his chest before making it 3-1 in the second half with Alfredo Morelos and Jermain Defoe also getting on the scoresheet for the Gers.
The former Leeds star was delighted with the manner of the performance as he looks ahead to Rangers trying to finish the season off with two wins from their final two games and become ‘Invincibles’.
“The result says it all, 4-1. It was a big game for us because of the way this month has been, the last few games,” Roofe said, as quoted by The Herald.
“Myself, personally and the team. I have been down, I have been disappointed.
“It’s our own fault. This last month has been our own fault with the way it’s been. But this game was massive and we knew it.
“It was a chance to wrap up this season, remind ourselves we are champions.
“It was such a long time ago that we kind of forgot about that. This game has brought that back to us.
“The first goal was all about reaction, anticipation. I try to get myself into the right areas at the right time and fortunately I was.
“We need to do that more and more. That’s what I mean about this month. The last five or six weeks have been really frustrating for me.
“On and off the pitch things haven’t been going the right way for me. But in my head I was preparing for this game for a long time. It was really important.
“We have great motivation to stay unbeaten in the final two games. I know I keep going on about what happened in the last month or so.
“We won the league a long time ago and now it’s about going unbeaten. Every game we try and play good football.”
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