Source: Team_Talk
Smith surprised to be top again
Rangers are back on the summit less than two months after their 1-0 Old Firm home defeat sent Celtic seven points clear.[LNB]The Hoops have since won just one of six SPL games, the latest a 1-1 draw at Motherwell on Sunday.[LNB]Rangers held on to top spot after opening up a 10-goal advantage over their Glasgow rivals on Saturday with a 3-1 victory over Kilmarnock.[LNB]Smith said: "We're delighted to be in that position. After the Old Firm game, a couple of games ago, we were sitting seven points behind Celtic.[LNB]"And with the consistency they have shown over the seasons, I thought it would take a lot for us to catch up.[LNB]"We have managed to do so and played some good stuff. Saturday's game was typical of that. We started very well and found ourselves a goal down, but we had a good reaction and were 3-1 up at half-time.[LNB]"So I'm delighted there and obviously the fact that Celtic drew at Motherwell, which is a hard place to go at the present moment.[LNB]"We're delighted to get back on top of the league, albeit on goal difference."[LNB]Despite Celtic's shaky run of results, Smith expects another neck-and-neck sprint for the title.[LNB]Celtic won their third consecutive league crown last season despite being seven points behind Rangers in April.[LNB]But Smith is still relieved they have got themselves firmly back in the race.[LNB]He told Rangers World: "After being seven points down, I did feel it would be a difficult gap to close.[LNB]"But there is a lot of football to go, a lot of tough games.[LNB]"When you consider you're playing the other top five teams in the last few games of the season, you're always going to get a very tight situation.[LNB]"We're sitting on goal difference, the teams are in the League Cup final together, so there's not a great deal between the two teams.[LNB]"We've got to say to ourselves that's the way it's going to be."[LNB][LNB]
