"I had to remind them that you get a pat on the back the one day, a slap in the face the next," said Rice.

"So make sure it is not a slap in the face this weekend.

"Every time you get a decent performance, maybe better than some people expected you to do, the hardest bit then is to carry it on.

"A lot of time I have seen teams get a good performance against the Old Firm or a good result and they rest on their laurels for a few days and it affects their performance on the Saturday.

"We can't have that. Our performances over the last three or four weeks have been really, really good.

"So we need to carry that on, we need to build on that and going to Livingston is really difficult.

"Their home record is fantastic. I have the utmost admiration for Livingston Football Club.

"I am from that area and what they have achieved is fantastic with the same sort of budget I have got.

"They have built up a reputation of being competitive, direct but people forget that they have some really good, talented football players. I don't ignore that.

"I have seen Livingston often enough to know they are a very talented football team."