Graham Alexander fumes Rangers 'walked through' Motherwell as he slams passive Fir Park performance

Graham Alexander says his Motherwell team’s negative mindset stopped them from beating Rangers.

The Fir Park gaffer felt three points were there for the taking yesterday after his side levelled at 1-1 and Gers were reduced to 10 men.

But after Leon Balogun ’s red card, Gio van Bronckhorst’s side stepped up a gear in the second half and scored through Scott Wright and a James Tavernier penalty.

Alexander believes his players showed what they were capable of in the opening 45 minutes - but lacked the belief to go and kill off the Europa League semi-finalists.

After the 3-1 defeat, the Motherwell boss said: “For 45 minutes we were really good. We committed as a team, we pressed Rangers all over the pitch and caused them problems.

“We didn’t give them time on the ball to dictate and at 1-1, the game was there for us to take.

“But we had to stay on the front foot and put them under pressure.

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“We didn’t do that in the second half, we let them pop it around at the back.

“They knocked it over our heads or walked through our team to score.

“It’s a missed opportunity because it was there for us.

“We did the same thing in our first game back after the break when the opposition went down to 10 men.

“We took a