Rangers supervisor Derek McInnes mentioned he takes “full duty” after his facet crashed out of Europe on Thursday night time.
Holding a 1-0 mixture lead heading into the second leg of their UEFA Convention League play-off in opposition to Jablonec within the Czech Republic, the Scottish outfit have been beaten 4-3 on penalties following a grueling 120-minute contest. Regardless of main early within the shootout, spot-kick misses from Findlay Curtis and James Penrice sealed their elimination.
The end result leaves Rangers with out European soccer past August for the primary time since their 2017 defeat to Progrès Niederkörn, ramping up early stress on McInnes following a tough begin to his Ibrox tenure.
Talking after a match wherein Rangers registered only one shot on the right track and below 47% possession, McInnes pulled no punches concerning the show.
“I’m embarrassed with the efficiency,” the Rangers supervisor mentioned.
“The one individuals who represented the membership effectively tonight have been my employees and the supporters who have been excellent, getting behind the staff regardless of watching what all of us watched.
“I’m not going to make any excuses. Sure there’s been an enormous turnover of gamers, sure we regarded inexperienced at occasions however the duty is mine to verify we’re higher than what we served up tonight.
“We acquired what we deserved. If we’d gained on penalties we might have taken it, after all, however it could solely have coated over the cracks.
“I’m mortified with the efficiency. I do know you possibly can lose video games of soccer however we should always have sufficient within the constructing to deal with that tonight.”
Rangers, who’ve one level from two video games within the Premiership up to now, face Aberdeen on Sunday.
