Nicolas Kuhn pleased with Celtic reaction to Rangers defeat

Nicolas Kuhn believes Celtic’s convincing 3-0 win over St Mirren on Sunday was the perfect and only response to last week’s stinging defeat by Rangers at Ibrox.

The William Hill Premiership leaders’ 3-0 loss to their Old Firm rivals last Thursday was their first domestic defeat since last March.

Kuhn was star of the show against the Buddies as Brendan Rodgers’ side immediately got back to winning ways.

The 25-year-old German winger chipped in with a brace, either side of an Auston Trusty header to take Celtic 13 points clear of Rangers at the top of the table after the Govan side dropped two points in a 3-3 draw with Hibernian at Easter Road earlier in the day.

Kuhn is keen for the Ibrox defeat to be a rare lapse this season, saying: “We don’t want that to happen again, so we just have to keep working and be 100 per cent in every game. It doesn’t matter if it’s Rangers or anyone else.

“We had to show a reaction after the last game and that’s what we did.

“We always have to be 100 per cent and that was a lesson for us like against Dortmund (lost 7-1 in only other defeat this season) and we showed a reaction. It was really important.

“We’re not used to losing and against St Mirren we did much better, scored some goals and were happy with the three points.”

Kuhn was sporting a bruised nose from catching an elbow from Gers defender Jefte at Ibrox, which brought only a yellow card for the Rangers player when the punishment could have been more severe.

The Celtic attacker said: “I don’t know if it’s broken. It’s a little bit painful but will be fine. The result was more painful.

“There was also a kick but as we said, it was not our best game.

“I didn’t realise what happened in the moment, so afterwards I didn’t know if it was