Every Philippe Clement excuse as Rangers boss nailed with his own words from 'moral winners' to October own goal

The pressure is ramping up on Philippe Clement - but the Rangers fans are sick of hearing the excuses of the manager.

Defeat to Aberdeen leaves the club not only trailing Celtic by nine points but also Jimmy Thelin's side with the Light Blues already appearing to be frozen out of the Scottish Premiership title race by their rivals. But the Belgian boss remains undeterred having thrown out a host of reasons and stat bombs to justify difficult moments during his Ibrox tenure.

The boss has claimed the League Cup since his arrival in Govan - but off the back of falling apart in the midst of the title race last season and the sluggish start to the season Clement will have to hope one of his excuses lands with escalating calls to show him the door. Record Sport looks at some of the justifications given by the under-fire gaffer so far.

"I'm talking more like a doctor..."

Injuries have plagued the manager's year at the helm at Ibrox - and he has thrown that out as an excuse for a slump in form. Going into a clash with Dundee last season, he said: "I'm more talking like a doctor at this press conference than as a manager. So I prefer to talk a little bit about football also."

"We have started with a lot of players who are not available. So it will be very important every game to look at the minutes of every player and try to build their physical condition, their robustness in the next couple of weeks, couple of months to have a bigger squad available."this press conference than as a manager.

"Maybe they missed a lot of things in the preparations for this season..."

Clement couldn't resist a swipe at predecessor Michael Beale as the cracks began to show in the fitness of the squad: "Maybe they missed a lot of things in the