CYRIEL DESSERS was delighted to grab a double on the team’s return to Ibrox.
The Nigerian international striker notched a goal in each half, with a penalty from skipper James Tavernier securing the 3-0 win over Dundee to book a Premier Sports Cup semi-final place.
Philippe Clement’s side lifted the trophy last season and Dessers would love to return the trophy to Ibrox again this term.
He believes the connections he is forming with Nedim Bajrami, Tom Lawrence and Vaclav Cerny, who played in behind the striker, will only get stronger as the weeks go on.
Speaking to RangersTV, he said: “It was nice to score at Hampden, but scoring at Ibrox is a different feeling.
“It’s a good feeling to be back and we wanted to show something to the fans and we gave them a beautiful night.
“I thought we played a good game and it was good to see some connections with the players up front with Nedim, Tom and Vaclav.
“I think you could see there was something building and growing and that’s exciting.
“It’s nice to play with the boys, they are all very good football players and that helps as a striker to have them around me.
“With the connections you know by eye contact or movement you can feel each other and that’s a good thing. It is only the beginning and hopefully that gets better.
“We want to defend our trophy. We had success last season and it was a beautiful moment.
“We know the feeling and we want to have that feeling back and defend the trophy.”
After securing a return to Hampden for the last four, attention now turns to Thursday’s Europa League opener against Malmo in Sweden.
Dessers helped the side top their Europa League group last season and he is looking forward to getting back into Euro action.
He added: “We have a beautiful, but hard draw, but these are the games you want to play in Europe.
“Malmo away is not an easy start, but we are excited and looking forward to that.
“Hopefully we can put in a good performance and win.”