Beasley: Weary Gers are keen to avoid extra time

The holders head into the last-eight clash fresh from claiming the first silverware of the season, beating St Mirren in Sunday's Co-operative Insurance Cup final despite being reduced to nine men.

Rangers threw away a 3-1 lead when they were pegged back by United at Ibrox and Beasley says they are keen to finish the job this time with a simple victory.

"A win is what we want," said the American winger. "We don't want extra-time because a lot of the boys have been playing a lot of minutes so we definitely want to get a result in the 90 minutes.

"You don't want to be playing more games, especially at this stage of the season. So it's disappointing we conceded the last two goals in the last game.

"It was pretty heated in the dressing-room, it wasn't too pleasant, but we deserved it. Once we got a 3-1 lead we went into cruise control and that's not what we should do.

"But we've got another game and another chance to stay in the cup. The other game is behind us now and hopefully we can get a result."

Beasley believes the mentality Rangers demonstrated to win the League Cup against the odds can take them another step closer to claiming more trophies.

He added: "When you go down by two men for the last 20 or 30 minutes, it's going to be tough on anybody. But the boys showed a lot of character and resilience and I think that's what got us the win on Sunday."

Kenny Miller grabbed the only goal of the game at the weekend and, despite not having had the illustrious career Robbie Keane has enjoyed, Dundee United's Garry Kenneth rates him firmly in the same bracket.

Kenneth has faced both players this season and said: "Kenny Miller will be a massive threat.

"Like Keane, Kenny is always looking for the ball. He'll go short, he'll go long – you never really know what he's going to do. "Their movement makes it equally difficult to mark them."