Kenny Miller’s memory tells him the Rangers comeback is on ahead of Motherwell playoff final

Kenny Miller has no bother recalling a time when he was part of football’s great comebacks.

Trying to keep the laugh out of his voice when he details his exact contribution, though, is a different matter.

The Rangers striker will be trying all he can to pull off a sensational success for his side at Fir Park today.

And he can draw on experience where the unlikely has happened.

“There was a great one when I was at Wolves,” said Miller, smiling at the memory of a win over Leicester in October, 2003.

“We were 3-0 down at half-time but fought back all the way to win it 4-3.

“Wee Colin Cameron scored a couple, Alex Rae, another Scot, also scored and had a big game, I seem to remember. And me? I did my bit by going off at the interval! But, listen, that is just one great example of what can be done in football.

“There have been numerous occasions in which I have been in teams who were 2-0 down and got back level or better.

“It doesn’t matter how good a side you are, you are not always going to have things your own way.

“Obviously it you would be great to be 2-0 or 3-0 up and then close matches out. But it doesn’t happen like that.

“We can definitely score two, three goals at Fir Park. So be in no doubt, this tie is far from over.”

The 35-year-old, who is set to partner Kris Boyd in attack today, bases his bullishness on a late-night, private viewing of Rangers’ Thursday defeat.

“I like watching them back. It is a routine I have got into over the last few years,” he said.

“After the defeat, I couldn’t have gone to sleep anyway. I would just have been tossing and turning.

“Having seen it, I don’t think there was too much in the game in the first half. We have lost two bad goals. But those aside, we were quite comfortable.

“Yes, they were dangerous on the break. We knew that was the way they would play.

“They have got good players in the wider areas, plus big Stephen Pearson in the middle. I have played with and against him long enough, so I know what he can do.

“But the goals we lost were pretty poor, and if you lose three goals in any game, you are going to find it tough to get a result.”

On the night, maybe, but not, Miller insists, over two legs.

“The goal has given us a lifeline,” he said. “Obviously we have to make sure we don’t give away anything cheaply today and make sure we get the first goal.

“In the last 10-15 minutes of the game on Thursday, we had a lot of pressure, and a lot of the ball.

“We have to make sure we have that kind of pressure from the get-go on Sunday. Can they play that well again? I don’t know.

“It is about us. It is about us raising our level of performance. If we can create the same standard of chances, then I still firmly believe we can do it.

“If we turn up and play the way we can play, and take our chances, then come about 8 o’clock at night, I will be sitting with a bottle of red wine watching us over winning 3-0. And that would be great.”