NICOLAS RASKIN admits the pain of watching Celtic lift the League Cup at Hampden will drive him on in his pursuit of success at Ibrox.
The Belgian suffered a heartbreaking defeat in his first Old Firm fixture as Michael Beale's side blew their shot at the silverware last month.
The final defeat was a tough blow for Beale and his players to take as Celtic now close in on the Premiership crown and set their sights on a clean sweep of the trophies this term.
Rangers host Championship outfit Raith Rovers on Sunday aiming to book their place in the last four and take another step towards defending their Scottish Cup title.
And former Standard Liege star Raskin - who suffered cup heartache in his homeland after losing the Belgian Cup final to Genk three years ago - has plenty of motivation to earn a winner's medal this time out.
Raskin said: "At Rangers, we need to win every year. We have to go back to Hampden and take it home now.
"That's why I came here because it's important as a football player to win a collective trophy. For now, I've lost two cup finals so I want to make sure that we are going to win the third one and then win more and more and more. That's why I came here and that's the most important.
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"I was so sad after that because I didn't like the feeling that when you lose, you watch the other team celebrating and gives you a bad feeling, but at the same time gives you the power to get back and then next time just remember what happened and give more so we don't feel the same feeling after the game.
"I think we were on the pitch when they (Celtic) celebrated with the fans, when they were making the noise.
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"You cannot hide from this, you are there so you listen, you watch, and it's painful for everybody, for us, for our family because we all bring our families to the game and for the fans. I think it's going to give us power for the next time we're going to play the cup final."
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