McLeish wants bragging rights in his last Old Firm derby

Rangers manager Alex McLeish is hoping his side can overcome a five-point gap with four games left to clinch a Champions League slot.

They face Glasgow rivals and Scottish Premier League (SPL) champions Celtic tomorrow in McLeish's final Old Firm game before his departure.

McLeish recalled events last season, when he took Rangers to the title on the final day after they had trailed Celtic with four games remaining.

Rangers are now five points behind second-placed Hearts in the SPL run-in for the other Champions League place and McLeish said: "There's a parallel there. But we just have to wait and see if lightning can strike twice.

"I have not really thought that I am going to be emotional (for the last Old Firm game) or it is going to be any different.

"It's football and there's a change in football and I will just treat it like any other game against Celtic.

"It was fantastic the first time that I managed the club against Celtic and I am sure it will be equally fantastic rolling up to Parkhead ready for the game on Sunday.

"It's sore when you don't win and it's bragging rights if you do and I guess that's what we are looking for this weekend.

"We know that we cannot win the title; Celtic have won that and we have got to do our utmost to make the Rangers fans happy in the coming weeks."

McLeish was reluctant to comment on UEFA's appeal against its own disciplinary body's decision not to punish Rangers following sectarian chanting at their Champions League clash with Villarreal.

"We know that the politically correct party are trying to clean up everything in the world and, as I said last week, we have achieved some things and I am sure we can make progress as well," McLeish said.

UEFA said this week it would appeal against the disciplinary body's ruling that Rangers fans were not guilty as their sectarian chants related to a social problem in Scotland which football and government authorities had tolerated for years.