Michael Beale reveals Rangers dressing room inquest as under-fire boss sends irate fans a message

Rangers boss Michael Beale insists he could understand Ibrox fans reacting furiously to their derby defeat to Celtic but is adamant Kemar Roofe’s controversially disallowed first half goal should have stood.

The Light Blues gaffer watched his side fall four points behind their rivals and champions and the Englishman admitted it has been a “rough” week after a hammering in Holland against PSV Eindhoven saw them crash out of the Champions League.

Beale was booed for substituting Roofe as Rangers chased a leveller after Kyogo’s first half injury time strike. The former Anderlecht man found the net in the first half but it was ruled out by Don Robertson after a VAR check for a foul by Cyriel Dessers on Gustaf Lagerbielke, with the Ibrox gaffer furious with that decision. But on the reaction of the supporters he said: “I understand, there is a lot of weight in the shirt and expectations are high. We want the expectations to be high, fans are disappointed in the result, it's natural. The fans today stuck by their team for a long long time in the game and pushed them.

"We're in there having honest words with each other as well. The week they've had, they supported their team over in Eindhoven and expect us at home, certainly in this game, to put on a strong performance and get a result and we didn't get that so it's no different from Rangers than it is anywhere else. They supported the team and are frustrated with the result at the end so I understand it.

"We can't concede a goal the way we did. It's a goal from an isolated moment. It's a fantastic finish but on our side it's a horror story. We are behind and have a lot of catching up to do. We have to come back stronger after the international break. It's been a rough