'Rangers must take heart and kick on' - Bell

Former Rangers goalkeeper Cammy Bell says the side must "move on and move forward" following their Premier Sports Cup final defeat to Celtic.

Philippe Clement's were ahead at the interval and had to twice come from behind to level the game, and Bell says they must use the loss on penalties as a catalyst to go on a "run of good performances" over the busy festive period.

Bell, who played for Rangers for three years and lifted the League Cup in his time at Kilmarnock, doesn't think Celtic were at their blistering best at Hampden and knows Clement can find positives to take from the match.

"They've got to kick on, this is the time to move on and move forward," the 38-year-old told the Scottish Football podcast. "It was a positive performance, it wasn't the outcome they wanted.

"They wanted to retain the trophy and lift that trophy again, but it wasn't to be.

"The manager will be rallying around the players saying: 'We do have good players in this team, we can play well as a team, and we can force good sides into mistakes,' which they did today with Celtic.

"Don't get me wrong, I don't think Celtic were at their maximum, but again, that's partly down to the way that Rangers kind of played.

"So they've got to take heart from what they played today and what they showed on the pitch, they created a number of opportunities against a very good Celtic team.

"Kasper Schmeichel had a number of good saves as well. Listen, this is the time they've got to move forward, they've got to put a run of good performances and results together in the next few weeks."