Nedim Bajrami says the Rangers squad "all believe" in Philippe Clement after a 2-1 win over Motherwell in the Premier Sports Cup Semi-Final.
Bajrami scored the winning goal for Clement's side, who'd gone behind in the first half after an Andy Halliday strike, to set up an Old Firm final next month. Cyriel Dessers levelled the game shortly after the interval before Bajrami's late strike sent the Ibrox side into the final.
The win was a must for Clement and Rangers after falling nine points behind Aberdeen and Celtic in midweek. As far as Bajrami is concerned the performance demonstrates a team united behind their manager. Despite an abundance of outside noise heading into the fixture and far from ideal opening 45 minutes, Rangers found a way to secure a result.
"Second half we pushed them and had a lot of chances, more than the first half. The most important thing in a semi-final is to win and we're in the final now," he said.
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"[For my goal] we won the second ball and counterattacked, a nice second ball from Vaclav and I was happy to score and help the team. It was important to win the semi-final.
"For 90 minutes we believe and know our quality. They didn't have any chances in the first half, even the second half. We showed our quality and scored some nice goals."
Rangers have endured a stop-start campaign with a trip to Greece up next to face Olympiacos. Defeat at Pittodrie in midweek had convinced some fans that the end of the road has been reached for Clement.
However, Bajrami insists he and his teammates retain full confidence in their Belgian manager to lead the club forwards.
"We showed a reaction and as I said before, we are all behind [the manager], we believe in him and we showed today a good second half," he added.
"We have pressure every game because we are Rangers. We could score more but it was important to win."
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