James Tavernier adamant Rangers never chucked it as he insists dressing room debrief did take place

James Tavernier has said sorry to the raging Rangers fans who demanded better after another Champions League hiding.

Gio van Bronckhorst’ s side suffered their worst ever defeat at Ibrox on Wednesday night when Liverpool leathered them 7-1. To compound a horrible night for Rangers, they lost Connor Goldson to injury and Record Sport understands the centre-back could be out for months. He limped out of Ibrox on crutches and it’s believed he suffered a suspected severe tear in his left thigh with the club’s medical department bracing itself for bad news as they await confirmation from scans.

The Rangers players were accused by some fans of chucking it as Mo Salah racked up a hat-trick in little more than six minutes. Tavernier emphatically denied that was the case but did hold his hands up when admitting the performance was simply not acceptable, especially in front of their own fans.

The Ibrox captain said: “We obviously apologise. We never want to lose to that kind of scoreline to anybody, no matter what team it is.

“We have worked so hard to get to this point. You see the away game. It was 2-0 but we had a chance down there and limited them to two set-pieces.

“But to concede seven at home in front of your own fans is never good enough. You never want to see that.

“Obviously you can take the positives out of the first 45 and then it’s 55 minutes before they score again. But it’s the Champions League. We are proud to be competing with these teams but we need to work hard and look at the things we have done wrong going forward.”

When asked if the players had given up the ghost, Tavernier said: “Never once would I look at any team-mate in my team and know that they’d chuck in the towel.

“It’s simple. Liverpool made