Windass hails return of Miller

legend at this club and the lads look up to him. Who knows [if it would have been different if Kenny had played against Motherwell]? If I had scored my chances we’d have won the game. But he played really well today and it’s good to see.

“He could have easily downed tools but he kept professional, kept training hard and showed his fitness playing 80-odd minutes.”

Victory in the capital moved Rangers back into third spot in the Premiership as they began life after Caixinha. The Gers are six points adrift of Celtic and five behind Aberdeen and Windass knows the Ibrox squad must strive for further improvements.

He said: “It will give us a bit of confidence. Hearts are one of the top teams in the division. “Who knows [where Rangers should be in the league]? Celtic are obviously playing really good football.

“They are still unbeaten, which is an unbelievable achievement, but hopefully we can push as high as we can.

“No [we are not undervalued in the league at the moment], because our performances haven’t been good enough.”

It was a day to remember for interim boss Murty as he led his side to a deserved win less than 48 hours after was asked to step into the dugout for a second time.

The 42-year-old saw his side recover from going behind to a Kyle Lafferty free-kick to earn a deserved three points. Windass said: “I don’t think it was a statement but there was a bit of character from the lads to come back from what was a wonder goal.

“He [Murty] has not changed much but he asked us to go out with as much energy and enthusiasm as we can.”