Philippe Clement reacts to Rangers fans' fury as Ibrox boss spells out what his side MUST now do
dailyrecord.co.ukFrazzled Philippe Clement admitted Rangers have no excuse for failing to drag themselves back into the title race.The Ibrox side were handed a major opportunity to put themselves back into the mix at the top end of the Premiership after early pacesetters Celtic and Aberdeen battled out a 2-2 stalemate on Saturday.
But instead of cutting the gap down to three points, they now find themselves six behind Brendan Rodgers and Jimmy Thelin’sunbeaten leaders.Amid blustery conditions, it was Marley Watkins who tamed a late bouncing ball to hand Kilmarnock a shock win at Rugby Park.
Derek McInnes’ committed Killie outfit more than deserved their result as they match ragged Rangers all over the park. And Clement could find nothing to mitigate a disastrous afternoon in Ayrshire.
He said: "I don't want excuses about pitches, wind, whatever. We need to focus on ourselves, on the team, on the players, on the new players coming in, to get them at their best level, on the players who were here, to get to their best level also, and to play better than we did today.“We got game that you expect, and all respect to Kilmarnock in that way.
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