Nicky Devlin wants Aberdeen to tap into Celtic lesson for Rangers battle as he urges Red Army to be 12th man

Nicky Devlin believes Aberdeen learned lessons against Celtic and their players can use that to their advantage against Rangers.

The on-form Dons have won all but one of their 15 games this season and their two dropped points came in the recent 2-2 fight back at Celtic Park. Devlin knows in the big games that Aberdeen have to be right at it and that will need to be the case again when Philippe Clement’s side travel to Pittodrie on Wednesday night. The Scotland new boy admitted: “I think it (the Celtic fightback) just gave us almost the belief, especially this kind of second half. I didn't think we played too badly in the first half but in big moments and stuff we maybe weren’t great and then in the second half we obviously managed to score two goals.

“I'm sure Celtic would have said they could have scored a few as well but we missed a couple of chances as well so yeah, it just gave us probably more belief that we're a good side. If we needed reminding then that was the kind of reminder but also probably a bit of a reminder that we have to be at our best. We weren't at our best in the first half against Celtic and we were punished so we know we have to be at our best to win games.”

Aberdeen are currently six points in front of Rangers and Devlin and his team-mates are looking to increase that gap. He said: “Yeah, it’s a massive game for the club, for everyone involved, but it's one we're trying to go in and try and win.

“We've been doing well, we're in a good place just now as a team. As a group of players, we're all kind of going in the right direction and yeah. It's a game we're all looking to win.

“I think probably what the manager's been stressing to us is, it's an opportunity to go and win another game and that's