Danny Rohl saluted Rangers following their "statement" victory over Celtic in Saturday's Old Firm derby.

The Gers produced an inspired second-half turnaround at Celtic Park, recovering from 1-0 down for an impressive 3-1 victory.

Rangers scored three times in the space of 21 minutes, with Youssef Chermiti's brace followed by a low drive from Mikey Moore to seal a third straight Scottish Premiership win.

That moved Rohl's side level on points with the second-place Hoops, and the head coach was delighted with his players' response to falling behind to Yang Hyun-Jun's first-half strike.

"I give big respect to my team," he said. "In the first half, we tried something, but they were better. They won the 50-50 duels, and they played big and fast and behind, created us a lot of problems.

"In the second half, we changed the style of pressing at half-time a little bit. We were then good in the game.

"You have two stories. We can turn things in one half to come back 3-1 and win this game. And the second story, we have a centre-forward with Youssef who scores fantastic goals.

"This is a demanding league. My players did really well today. It is a statement. It's a massive three points, but now it's about continuing our way and there's also a good feeling to have three wins in a row now."

Rangers goalkeeper Jack Butland concurred with his head coach, while two-goal Chermiti revelled in the visitors' victory.

"We had to weather a bit in the first half, as you do when you come here," Butland said. "[We] figured a few things out at half-time.

"We deserved it in the end. We've shown in difficult times this season an ability to bounce back. Today, it is a statement win in that sense. [There are] big weeks and big games to come."

"This is what I work for, what everyone works for," Chermiti added. "It's a very good feeling."