Pedro Caixinha reckons Josh Windass was an unstoppable force the last time Rangers faced Motherwell - now he has urged him to become an immovable object from his Ibrox line-up.

Sunday's Betfred Cup semi-final will see wideman Windass come up against Well for the first time since the opening day of the Ladbrokes Premiership, when for 45 minutes he gave the Fir Park hosts the runaround.

While the Englishman has not quite managed to hit the same heights in the weeks since, Caixinha has continued to show patience.

But now he wants the 23-year-old to start repaying that by proving he can learn the lessons needed to become a top star at Ibrox.

Speaking ahead of his side's Hampden showdown with the Steelmen, Caixinha said: "The last game with Motherwell is a good memory for Josh. He did great. He did four or five actions where he was looking like an explosive player and unstoppable in those actions.

"So it's a good situation for him to review. We've already looked back when we made our presentation to the players.

"Josh can be an important player again for us as we look to explore the wide areas.

"Like all the players, Josh needs minutes in the team to get his rhythm up. He's getting those minutes as we're not changing the first 11 much.

"Not having too many games and having long weeks for training is helping him in that direction.

"Players need to play regularly though and Josh is doing that. We need to coach him in several directions - defensively as well as to take more chances when he has the ball out wide.

"He can be a triple threat for us. He can go one-v-one for the assist, he can switch the play and he's a good shooter from distance.

"Those are the situations we are working with him on an individual basis as well as with the team. But the confidence and the trust depends on the minutes he is playing."

Victory at the national stadium would see Rangers rack up three straight wins for the first time since Caixinha was appointed back in March.

But the Portuguese boss wants his new-look side to savour their taste of Hampden rather than worrying about the longer-term connotations.

"I want them to enjoy it," he said. "It's the Scottish national stadium. I think it's held three Champions League finals, so let's enjoy the moment, the crowd, our fans and look to get to the final.

"Is this an opportunity to go on longer winning run? Yeah it is, because I really consider a winning cycle starts with three matches so we need to win it.

"But as I've already told you, we have only two options - win or win - this weekend, so I'm not thinking about it.

"I'm thinking about preparing one team for the moment we are in now, looking to play a semi-final and to win it."