Kenny Miller believes the remaining two Rangers and Celtic matches this season are an ideal chance for Michael Beale to prove a gap to the champions is not huge.
The Ibrox club and their boss have been peppered with criticism in the wake of a League Cup final defeat to Celtic, with a nine-point gap to top spot also existing in the Premiership. Rangers have won all but one of their 12 league games since Beale came in but that moment of dropped points also came against Ange Postecoglou's Hoops during a 2-2 draw.
Former Ibrox striker and Record Sport columnist Miller says retaining the Scottish Cup is paramount this season amid the criticism but insists the gap narrowing on Celtic would be major and lift some dark clouds around Govan. He told BBC: "The performances now are better than what they were pre-world cup. There's 12 league games Michael has had and he's won 11 and drew one, it's really strong, incredible. All the doom and gloom and criticism is coming because they lost the cup final an unfortunately that can happen.
