Is that your biggest goal for Rangers?

I think so. As we’re nearing the end of the season, you feel the importance of every single game. I think it was important to start the play-offs with a win. So in those terms it was an important goal.

What did you make of the performance?

I don’t think it was an easy game for us. But we knew that before we came here. St Mirren are a good team, a solid team with a good game plan. They made it very difficult for us. Jack saved us a couple of times in the first half but I think we came through it and the second half, we were a little more aggressive. We won more of the battles in the midfield and second balls. You know your have to be patient. We know we’re really fit and that the moments would come. We waited for that and thankfully it came.

You must be happy to have hit 20 for the season?

Obviously. To score 20 is a beautiful number. I looked it up last week after someone told me [I was close]. Not a lot of Rangers strikers have got to those numbers in the last few years. So it’s a nice milestone for me.

Does it feel like you have rammed the criticism back down the throats of your critics?

That’s up to other people to answer that. But I said it before. I wasn’t just talking to talk at that point. I know that throughout my career that if I play minutes, if I play games, I’m always going to score goals. I’m a striker who maybe on the eye isn’t the most beautiful striker or the most clean striker. I think with me, as a striker, it’s easy to see what’s not there. But as I am in life, and I think this is a good lesson for everybody, I love to look at what’s there, what you get out of me and what I can do for the team. If you look only, then the numbers speak for themselves. But I’m not only talking about that. I’m talking about winning the battles with the defenders. About running. Last week I broke my record for high-intensity runs, for sprints. To do all of this for the team is of the same importance as scoring goals. These are the things people in the stands or on social media don’t see immediately but they are there and they benefit the team. So it’s about more than just the goals but I’m of course very happy to reach that number. But I want more!

Have you worked hard on those attributes?

It’s the reason Rangers bought me. They paid quite some money and these things were there. I just had to get them out and I am happy to score this goal on an important moment. It’s only the beginning of the play-offs and it’s an important statement. But we know there is a lot of work to do and a lot more to come.

Is there more to come from you personally?

I think there is more to come from me. I don’t think I have got to my top form yet or the best I can be. Maybe it’s going to come in the next month, maybe it’s going to be in next season. But I am sure there is even more from me. I am am showing that as soon as possible.

How highly do you rate Tav?

It’s not the first time Tav gives a cross like that. He’s done it quite a few times this season and a lot of times in his career. That’s his quality, he can do it. He can decide a game with one cross and that’s what he did today. As a striker you need to make the good movement in the box and be there in the right moment to score the goal.

How important is hitting 20 goals going into the last few games?

It’s a good feeling to reach that mark. But it’s all about the win. I would be equally as happy if someone else had scored that goal. But just to get a result against a difficult team, on a difficult pitch, should give us confidence. It has to give us a boost to keep going in these next four games in the league.