JAMES TAVERNIER insists Rangers won’t dwell on their Old Firm defeat as attentions turn to the Europa League showdown with Braga.

The champions suffered a huge blow in the defence of their Premiership title as Celtic clinched a 2-1 victory at Ibrox on Sunday.

Rangers are now six points adrift of Ange Postecoglou’s side at the top of the table and are seemingly within weeks of relinquishing their crown at the first attempt.

A European quarter-final is next on the agenda for boss Giovanni van Bronckhorst and Tavernier knows there can be no Old Firm hangover if Rangers are to recover during the remainder of a crucial April run at home and abroad.

Tavernier told RangersTV: "Obviously really disappointed with the result. It is not the result that we wanted to do today.

"We said that we wanted three points and nothing less and to not even get an equaliser is disappointing.

"We started the game off really well, got an early goal, and then the first attack they get the score. Both goals, we are reflecting on the disappointment of them with our standards.

"Through the game, we tried to ask questions and we just weren’t clinical in the final third.

"There are six games left in the league this season and we are playing against Braga this week and we are in a semi-final. We can’t dwell on this too much.

"We will look back on it over the next couple of days but we have to focus on Braga now. It is obviously not going to sit right with us but we have got to do our upmost to get the results until the end of the season.

"We want to go as far as we can in the competition. We will all get round each other when we are back in and we will need a good performance against them away from home.

"It is a difficult day to take and we have just got to move on and get the performances we want and the results we want."