Michael Beale gives Rangers injury update as new boss admits players were 'too fired up' against Hibs
dailyrecord.co.ukRelieved Rangers boss Michael Beale hailed his new side’s character as he survived a disaster on his dug-out debut.But the recently-appointed Ibrox gaffer concedes he and his team have plenty of work to do as they seek to get their campaign back on track.
Steven Gerrard’s former right-hand man has inherited from Gio van Bronckhorst a squad nine points adrift in the Premiership title race.But it looked as though they were set to offer Celtic the chance to move further ahead at Pittodrie this weekend after allowing Kevin Nisbet to put Hibs back in front just 53 seconds after Ryan Porteous’ early opener.
However, after being booed off at the break, there were only cheers at the end as a second-half display supercharged by Malik Tillman’s efforts helped the Light Blues recover, with goals from Ryan Jack and Alfredo Morelos making sure Beale got off to a winning start.The former QPR manager said: “I thought we were a little bit anxious in the first half.
I was delighted with the character in the group but I think we have a long, long way to get to where I want to get to.“That wasn’t a good performance from us tonight.
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