Tavernier Defiant But Are Players Good Enough To Take Rangers Forward?

Rangers skipper James Tavernier insists his broadside tin still scope nan knockout stages of nan Europa League contempt taking conscionable 1 constituent from their opening 5 fixtures.

Ten-man Sporting Braga capitalised connected Nasser Djiga's protect correction to gain a 1-1 tie astatine Ibrox aft Rodrigo Zalazar was sent disconnected for headbutting Nicolas Raskin.

Tavernier had put Rangers up successful first-half injury-time aft Gabri Martinez handled, pinch nan prolific afloat back's decorativeness equaling erstwhile striker Ally McCoist's grounds of 21 European goals for nan club.

The tie ends Rangers' seven-game European losing streak, but pinch trips to Ferencvaros and Porto, either broadside of nan sojourn of Ludogorets, to travel and 9 points needed to beforehand past season, progression would look a long-shot.

"It feels almost for illustration a loss," Tavernier conceded. "Being a Rangers player, you person to triumph each azygous game. That's what we person to do from now to nan extremity of this competition.

"It's decidedly not over, but we person to build from this."

Djiga contrived to caput nan shot into Martinez's way nether nary unit to gift Braga a point, nan defender appearing to suffer nan formation of nan shot successful swirling conditions.

With John Souttar and Derek Cornelius injured, Djigi was paired pinch Emmanuel Fernandez, pinch nan erstwhile yet costing Rangers a captious win.

"I've sewage nary title pinch Nasser, everyone makes a mistake, but we yet should person that crippled tied up earlier that moreover happens," Tavernier added.

"We person to beryllium much patient, probing astir their last 3rd alternatively of trying to sprout possibly erstwhile it's not on. I've spoken astir it before, astir being objective successful some boxes, and we've sewage to do that.

"If we support it cleanable sheet, we win. That's our purpose arsenic a team, to support cleanable sheets. We should person had that successful our pouch pinch nan 10 men that we were playing against."

Rangers leader Danny Rohl: "I deliberation it's disappointing but I look astatine nan first 60 minutes. It was nan first clip I felt my squad has been competitory successful Europe. I deliberation it's a measurement forward. But successful nan extremity we person to triumph and adjacent nan gaps.

"In nan 2nd half, I felt we controlled nan game. And past it's 1 moment, we made 1 correction and conceded a goal. This extremity looks very cheap. I'm not looking for excuses successful this case. I cognize successful nan 2nd half nan upwind gave a batch of problems.

"We person to amended to play 90 minutes astatine our highest level.

"You tin spot nan table. We didn't suffer nan opportunity conscionable today. It's astir nan past 4 games. I've been present for 4 weeks and for 60 minutes I spot a large difference.

"Today I really spot nan advancement successful our squad performance. There is nary mobility people that it goes successful nan correct direction. In European title you cannot make galore mistakes and this is thing we person to activity on.

"For maine it's not astir nan characteristic of nan group erstwhile I spot really difficult they activity since I'm here, really overmuch effort they put in. There is of people pressure, location is expectation, you person to deliver."

Former Rangers striker & head Ally McCoist: "My concern, and it's a large concern, is I'm not judge nan squad is tin of a batch amended than that. I really dream I'm wrong.

"You can't make mistakes for illustration nan extremity they conceded. I'm not judge these players tin return Rangers to nan adjacent level. There's an atrocious batch of activity to beryllium done."

Former Rangers midfielder Andy Halliday: "I deliberation 1 of nan biggest criticisms you've sewage is that intelligence side. It conscionable seems arsenic if there's these lapses of concentration.

"It's conscionable a thing shot into nan box. There's nary striker aliases nary Braga force anyplace adjacent Djiga. He wholly misjudges nan formation of nan ball."

Gary: Rohl has earnestly mislaid nan crippled if he thinks that is 100% progress. What's he on, because nan supporters request it aft that.

Jonny: Djiga and Fernandez aren't bully enough. Danilo and Aarons are amended but still not bully enough. Chermiti isn't bully enough. This squad needs gutted. I'm sick of watching Tav suffer it and commencement shouting and bawling astatine them all.

Gary: That Rangers squad is terrible. One of nan worst to ever don't nan celebrated bluish jersey. Not 1 of them deserves to beryllium playing for nan club. That's really severely we've plummeted.

Denis: Rangers, what a load of rubbish. Team has nary backbone, location are a batch of players that are conscionable not bully enough. January can't travel speedy enough. Hopefully nan head will get nan support he needs to bring successful amended players.

David: Another dismal pedestrian capacity from Rangers, really fans tin salary to watch that squad each week is beyond me.

Steven: Let's judge Rangers are not reaching nan adjacent round. Even if we'd achieved a consequence tonight, we can't hit Porto - not pinch this defence.