Honest Philippe Clement reckons the Rangers of last season would have beaten Dundee United on Saturday – and is ‘frustrated’ his current team couldn’t.
Boos rung out around Ibrox with an hour-long delay to kickoff only the start of it on a miserable day for those of a light blue persuasion. The visitors took the lead after United striker Sam Dalby was left in acres of space by the Rangers defence during a lethargic first half performance by the hosts. Vaclav Cerny would pull his side level after the break, but that was as good as it got on a day the Ibrox side let more points slip and handed Celtic the chance to put more daylight between the Glasgow rivals.
Clement threw on Ianis Hagi and Danilo at the break but neither could inject enough lift into the game to completely turn it around. And Clement wasn’t pulling any punches after the latest stumble in a season fans are growing tired of already. He heard the boos at full-time and said afterwards: “The result is very frustrating, we’ve already lost too many points. We know we don’t have credit in the bank in that way.
“The performance, the second-half I saw what I wanted to see in my team. But we have lost too many points. We are not where we want to be as a club. It’s two points lost we cannot lose. Last season we won this type of game every time. Even when it was difficult we could push over the line.”
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