Two bottles of emotion and a German beer shower: How Rangers' Scott Arfield aims to bounce back from Europa Legue defeat

Eintracht Frankfurt proved Scott Arfield’s point as he spoke to the media in the mixed zone of the Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan Stadium.

Two flights of stairs separated the Rangers midfielder from the press conference room above where Oliver Glasner was delivering his own thoughts on the Europa League final, won by his side over Arfield’s, 5-4 on penalties in Seville after a 1-1 draw in Seville.

The manager’s media formalities were gate-crashed by the joyous German squad, spraying their coach and goalkeeper Kevin Trapp with beer. The sort of rowdy celebrations that mark special nights.

Rangers have had a few of those recently. Arfield has been at the centre of them.

Not Wednesday, though. This was the turn of the Germans and the contrast was clear.

Downstairs, his face etched in disappointment, Arfield was discussing the importance of those celebratory scenes.

“I’ve had some horrific nights,” said the 33-year-old. “I’ve been relegated from the Premier League, I’ve lost play-off finals and a cup final to Celtic. Horrific nights.

“But wonderful nights as well – you can bottle the two of the emotions. Keep the lid on one of them, and let the other one out and remember those feelings because when they come they’re amazing.

“That is why you need to celebrate how we celebrated against Dortmund and Leipzig because when you have them, you have special nights.”

Those were, but while special in itself as a European trophy final, Wednesday’s outcome is more akin to Arfield’s list of let-downs and he has warned Rangers youths Leon King and Alex Lowry to make the most of the good times and use the bad as motivation.

“You have to remember these feelings as well on the flip side of this because you don’t want them again,” he mused.

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