UNDER PRESSURE Philippe Clement insists the Ibrox board are TWO HUNDRED percent behind him – despite fans chanting for him to go.
Furious Gers punters’ patience snapped as they demanded the Belgian’s sacking while he trudged off following his side’s woeful 1-1 draw with Dundee at Dens Park.
Philippe Clement during the match at Dens Park[/caption]
He and his players were booed off the pitch by fans at full-time[/caption]
Clement is in the firing line again just a week after beating Celtic 3-0 with back-to-back away draws leaving them now a massive 15 points behind the Hoops.
Rangers have won just three times on the road in the Premiership all season and have one win in their last five.
Asked if he believes he still has the board’s backing, Clement said: “Yes, two hundred percent.
“Every day we have talks about everything, about January, next season, everything.
“Yes of course they [the fans] are unhappy today, all of us are unhappy to lose these three points.
“I didn’t hear that but I know I’m the face of the team, that’s part of the job.
“The supporters are behind us when we are good, when we play good games.
“Today wasn’t a good game so I understand it.
“I know these supporters, they don’t give up the moment we show quality.
“It’s about us showing the quality on the pitch then they’re directly behind the team. Always.
“It is our task to do that as fast as possible and that starts on Sunday.
“Defensively we were better than that last game and that is a positive point, but of course it is all about results.”
Clement admits his team’s confidence is shredded away from Ibrox because of the shockers they’ve suffered against St Mirren, Motherwell, Hibs and now Dundee in recent weeks.
He said: “It has to do with confidence also, going behind.
“Maybe it gets in the minds of players about last games, losing points in away games.
“It’s also maybe something to do that you need to play a lot of times with the same players.
“The last couple of weeks with all the changes we have lost stability and maybe some confidence.
“Some players have had to play all the games so you see a lack of freshness.
How they rated
Dundee: Carson 7, Ingram 7, Robertson 7, Astley 7, Tiffoney 6 (Vetro, 70, 3), Mulligan 8, Adewumi 7, Garza 6 (Braybrooke, 78, 3), Murray 6 (Palmer-Houlden, 70, 3), Sylla 7, Donnelly 7.
Rangers: Kelly 6, Yilmaz 5 (McCausland, 81, 3), Propper 6, Barron 5 (Danilo, 66, 3), Diomande 5, Bajrami 5, Cerny 7 (Cortes, 88, 2), Nsiala 6, Jefte 5, Igamane 6, Hagi 4 (Matondo, 45, 5). Booked: Jefte, Cerny
“We did enough by having the ball and coming in the final third but we were not good enough with the last pass or the finishing.
“I don’t remember a big save from Liam Kelly, but you lose the points because today in the offensive part we didn’t show enough to make the difference.
“We need this quality and depth also in the squad to get fresh players in who make the difference also in that moment.”
Dundee boss Tony Docherty reckons his side were done out of a penalty for Clinton Nsiala standing on Simon Murray’s foot seconds before Vaclav Cerny’s leveller.
He said: “I think it was a penalty, the defender was really clumsy going in on Simon Murray.
“At the time I thought it was really, really clumsy – the fourth official told me they were checking it.
“We lost our concentration a bit after that for the Rangers goal, but it was an outstanding performance from my team.”
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