Football: Big Eck won't buckle under the pressure.

Byline: By Alan Marshall

ALEX McLEISH claims he's not feeling the heat of the nailbiting SPL title race and is more relaxed than he has been in months.

Just two points separate Eck's Rangers and leaders Celtic with only two matches left - but the Ibrox boss insists the pressure is not getting to him.

Eck glossed over Gers' nervy 2-1 against Hearts last weekend by comparing the game to Scotland's recent 2-0 defeat in Italy.

He said: 'It would have been interesting had Scotland scored in the second half but overall Italy looked comfortable.

'It was the same for us after we lost that late goal.

'We played as well as we have done recently and if we can reproduce that in our last two games it would be tremendous. Of course, when you lose a late goal in bizarre circumstances, as we did, the mind can play tricks.

'But I felt a lot more comfortable than I had done when we had a single-goal advantage.'

McLeish is now desperate for a win over Motherwell.

He told the Rangers News: 'It's not in our hands anymore but we have the small advantage of playing the day before Celtic.'

Meanwhile, Gers star Marvin Andrews and Dundee defender Brent Sancho have been excused from an exhausting trip to the Caribbean just days before the SPL finale.

Trinidad and Tobago coach Leo Beenhakker has set up training camps ahead of the World Cup qualifiers but has allowed Andrews and Sancho to sit it out