Raskin: Performance against Spurs gives Rangers extra confidence for League Cup final v Celtic

Rangers midfielder Nicolas Raskin says their performance in the Europa League draw with Tottenham Hotspur gives them extra confidence ahead of Sunday’s League Cup final.

The Belgian midfielder was in impressive form as Philippe Clement’s men took the game to the English Premier League side on Thursday night.

Hamza Igamane opened the scoring before Dejan Kulusevski equalised with 15 minutes remaining to secure a 1-1 draw.

Former Celtic goalkeeper Fraser Forster was the Spurs hero at the end when he produced a fine save to prevent Cyriel Dessers from scoring what would have been a certain winner from point-blank range.

It will be Celtic at Hampden up next with the first piece of silverware of the season on the line.

Rangers will arrive at the national stadium in their best form of the season with four wins before the Spurs draw, including a 4-1 away victory over Nice and wins over Kilmarnock, St Johnstone and Ross County.

And, despite no wins in their last six against the Hoops, Raskin insists they will be going into the game with confidence.

Speaking after Thursday’s game, Raskin said: “It obviously brings the confidence even higher. I think we’ve been in good form the last couple of weeks.

“Now Hamza’s scoring goals, everybody is really good. So we’re looking forward to Sunday.

“We just want to go there and win the game now, It’s about recovering and going there to win.”