Michael Beale labelled Celtic 'incredibly strong' as he congratulated them on their title win but vowed Rangers will 'come back stronger next year'.
Ange Postecoglou and his Hoops side secured their second Scottish Premiership crown in a row following victory over Hearts at Tynecastle. Kyogo Furuhashi's 30th goal of the season and a strike from Oh Hyeong-gyu settled matters in the captial with the hosts reduced to ten-men following a VAR review red card.
The Light Blues defeated Aberdeen thanks to a superb Todd Cantwell volley but both results mean the gap between remained at 13 points with just four games to play meaning Celtic were confirmed as champions.
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Rangers' league results since Beale's arrival as Giovanni van Bronckhorst successor have been strong but they were never able to claw any distance back on Celtic. That form has been hailed as 'incredible' in terms of the consistency shown as the challenge to chase and claw back the gap next season gets underway .
He told BBC Sportsound : "Yeah, of course. Since I've come in in November our league form has been absolutely fantastic so we've not been able to chase them down which means they've been incredible in terms of the consistency.
"Fair play to them, the league table doesn't lie. They're the champions and we're going to have to chase and claw back next year by building a stronger Rangers and improving.
"By the end of this season, we'll have a really strong points tally but they've been in incredibly strong form for a long time now. Congratulations to them and we'll come back stronger next year."
Asked how difficult it will be to pull things back, he added: "Two years ago they were 25 points behind and they pulled it back in a year. Yeah, they'll go and strengthen again but it's my job, that's what I signed up for, it's what the players signed up for.
"We'll come back stronger and if I just deal with Rangers, we need to be more decisive at both ends of the pitch. There's not a lot wrong between both boxes, we dominate a lot of games, we create a lot of chances. But at both ends we're going to need to be a lot stronger - and then it will be interesting."
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