Antonio Colak admits he couldn't have pictured a better birthday after scoring the two goals that got Rangers back to winning ways.
Giovanni van Bronckhorst's men defeated Dundee United at Ibrox to claim what turned out to be a massive three points after Celtic's shock defeat to St Mirren in Paisley. That brings the gap between the title rivals back down to just two points going into the international break with Hearts away at Tynecastle next up for the Light Blues.
Rangers have played a lot of football recently with domestic league and cup matters coupled up with Champions League qualifying and the start of the group stages in a section that contains Liverpool, Ajax and Napoli. The two-week break will now offer the chance for the Ibrox men to refuel, rest up and refocus the minds ahead of a busy schedule of fixtures to come.