Rangers deliver an intense performance in the Scottish League Cup final, but ultimately fall short against Celtic again. Is this time different though?
When the Rangers players emerged from the tunnel at Hampden Park, they were greeted by a banner among their support that read 'eyes on the prize'.
But, as former Ibrox striker Billy Dodds said on Sportsound "a switch has been flicked" in recent times. Even when Rangers went 2-1 down having taken the lead at the national stadium, they didn't look out. Their heads didn't drop and they didn't retreat into their familiar cocoon to allow Celtic to run roughshod.
Seldom do the losing team in a cup final come out with so much praise, but Rangers' impressive, passionate and energetic performance led former Scotland international Willie Miller to describe it as "a good cup final" for them."I think Phillipe Clement can rightly say that they played well and he can put forward a case to the fans that his players are beginning to respond to what he wants them to do.
"I don't know if you saw the images back, but my phone is overloaded with the penalty situation," the Rangers manager said. McCann was "amazed the Rangers players weren't going berserk," while Allan was perplexed that "Cerny didn't make much noise himself".
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