Rangers had 'point to prove' with Celtic win

Olivia McLoughlin said Rangers had "a point to prove" in their 2-1 victory over Celtic in the SWPL Cup semi-final.

Second half goals from Rio Hardy and Katie Wilkinson put Rangers ahead and although a late strike from Emma Lawton made it a nervy ending, Rangers held on at New Douglas Park to book their place in the March final against Hibernian.

Jo Potter's side lifted the trophy last year - and the season before under Malky Thomson - and McLoughlin and her team-mates are not wanting to let go of it anytime soon.

"It's amazing," McLoughlin said.

"Last season when we did it it was amazing, to do it again with a performance like that, against Celtic, is amazing. It just shows our togetherness this season.

"We knew what we were going to produce it was just a matter of time. To be able to produce that was fantastic.

"We want the play to come through centrally, we want to be able to show what we're capable of.

"There was a lot of yellow cards flying about, that's what the referee wanted to do. We proved today we can get past that and stay in the game.

"We are just one step closer now [to the trophy]. That's the point we wanted to prove. We needed to win the game no matter what and we did that."