Philippe Clement fires out bizarre Rangers excuses as 'toenail' claim breaks a furious fanbase baying for justice
Floundering Philippe Clement claimed Rangers turned in one of their BETTER performances despite slumping to defeat against Aberdeen that saw them fall NINE points behind the top two in the Premiership - and bemoaned a TOENAIL costing them a goal at Pittodrie.
The defiant Belgian insisted he was still up for the challenge of turning the Ibrox side around and pointed to the club’s annual accounts which showed a grim financial picture as the reason for him undertaking a huge rebuild which he says the hierarchy were fully behind in the summer, warning that nobody wants to return to the dark days of the financial collapse in 2012.
Jimmy Thelin’s rampant Reds claimed victory after super sub Shayden Morris blasted home after Nedim Bajrami had cancelled out Nicky Devlin’s opener at a pumped-up Pittodrie. It was a ninth home league win in a row for the Dons as they kept up their blistering start to the season - a real contrast to Rangers despite the Swedish boss only arriving in the summer.
Clement delivered a prickly post match Sky Sports interview with the Belgian asked if Aberdeen wanted it more which saw him point to a bright second half start for his side. He said: “Which team wanted it more in the second half? Which team was defending? We were attacking so we wanted it. We were most times in the box in the second half but Aberdeen wanted it also and they took it. We threatened enough but didn’t finish clinical enough.”
“It was hugely disappointing to lose but it was a game we could have had a draw or on a good day, when things fall your way, that we win. We scored a goal and one toe or toe nail was offside. Those moments are not on our side at this moment. We started well and then Aberdeen took over and we struggled