Rangers must 'bring crowd with us' - McInnes
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Derek McInnes has urged Rangers to "bring the crowd with us" in Sunday's League Cup quarter-final showdown with Celtic at Ibrox.
Anxiety was again evident among the home support as Rangers struggled in the second half against St Mirren on Wednesday night before Bojan Miovski's stoppage-time strike secured a fourth straight win.
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The hosts will be backed by a 50,000-strong home support on Sunday, with no Celtic fans allowed amid a ticket allocation row between the two clubs.
McInnes, who is preparing for his first Old Firm derby as a manager, said: "I think we've got to bring the crowd with us.
"You're not going to play Celtic and dominate the game for 90 minutes. We'll have spells, they'll have spells, it's just the way it is.
"I think it's important that we tap into having that 50,000 behind us and be behind the players, support them, have their backs, not be on their backs and really make it as tough for Celtic as possible.
"We've got our part to play in that and I felt that if we can capitalise on good play and good opportunities, which we didn't do last night and we didn't do against Motherwell (also won 1-0) obviously, if we can get ourselves in front, give the crowd something to get behind, then I think the strength of our club can be shown.
"I think if the 50,000 can be utilised and we can have the strength of performance in the team that will help the team, it will be difficult to stop.
"There's been a lot of frustration over a period of time at the club and it's up to us to try and show that we're going to deliver something a bit different."