JASON HOLT reckons Rangers have improved since they were demolished on their last visit to Parkhead.

The first Old Firm meeting of the season turned out to be painful afternoon for the Ibrox club as they were on the end of a 5-1 defeat.

It turned out to be difficult viewing for Holt, sitting injured in the Cletic Park main stand, watching his team-mates toil in the Glasgow sunshine.

However, the Rangers midfielder believes his team are not the same lot that were pulled apart back in September, and has tipped them to put up a tougher fight as they had back to Glasgow's East End tomorrow.

He said: “We looked back on it at the time.

"That was September so it’s a wee while ago now. And I think we’ve made improvements since then.

"I was injured but I was at the game. You feel for the boys and the most frustrating thing is not being able to help out. But I’ll look forward to Sunday.

“This will be a different experience so I’m looking forward to it. It’s always a great atmosphere in the ones I watched previously at Celtic Park and Sunday will be no different.

"We’ve made improvements since the game in September and we’ll go there with a strategy to go and get something from the game. "Every player looks forward to an Old Firm game. These are the ones you want to play in. These are the games players sign for Rangers to play in.”

Holt concedes Rangers have fallen short of their aspirations at the start of the season to challenge Celtic, but is unwilling to be distracted as the focus is now firmly fixed on making second spot theirs.

He added: "We wanted to challenge this season and get European football. If you look at the league table it doesn’t look that much of a challenge.

"But the target was second place and we’ll look to achieve that.

“Most people on the outside don’t think we can win but as players we believe. If nobody else believes in you then as players you need to believe in yourselves. We will thrive on that."