Smith: We're not champions yet

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Kevin Thomson scored the only goal of the game to increase Rangers' lead at the summit to six points with a game in hand, and Celtic boss Gordon Strachan conceded afterwards that a third consecutive championship would now be extremely difficult to achieve for the Hoops.

But Smith said: "It's always easy for people on the outside to say these things, isn't it? It doesn't count for anything what anybody else says."

With the prospect of two further Old Firm games at Celtic Park to come, Smith is taking nothing for granted, even though Rangers are now red-hot favourites for the title.

"Celtic don't lose many games at Celtic Park, so whatever gap we've got at the moment we will need and that's where we stand," Smith added.

"It was important for us to get a result in the sense that we still have two visits to Celtic Park, which are going to be tough for us.

"We just have to try to keep winning. We are obviously in a far better position than we have been in for the last few seasons.

"But there is still just less than a quarter of the season to go and we know we have a lot of work to do to improve on the situation we are in at the present moment."

Smith paid tribute to goalscorer Thomson who has recently returned from injury to play an important role for Rangers.

"It was a terrific goal and it gave us a lift going into half-time," said the Rangers boss. "He has been back for a few weeks now from a double hernia and I feel he is a terrific player. I really like him."