Barry Ferguson claimed Rangers were denied two penalties in their 2-0 defeat by Athletic Bilbao that sent them crashing out of the Europa League.
The Gers had battled hard last week to keep the first leg of the quarter-final tie at Ibrox goalless after the early dismissal of defender Robin Propper and were holding out in the San Mames stadium until added time in the first half when defender John Souttar conceded a penalty in added time which Oihan Sancet converted.
Gers midfielder Nicolas Raskin hit the post after the break but a header from Spain winger Nico Williams with 10 minutes remaining sealed the Gers’ fate in a 2-0 aggregate defe
come on Monday morning and finish the season as strongly as possible
Barry Ferguson
Ferguson was the club ambassador when he was installed as boss until the end of the season when Philippe Clement departed in February.
The Ibrox club will end the season trophy-less and asked about his future, the former Clyde, Kelty Hearts and Alloa boss pointed to that fact when he said: “I’ve not sat down and spoken about it but it needs to get sorted soon because as a club we obviously need to do a lot of work.
“It’s getting late in the season and the club needs to get back challenging.
“It’s a good European run, but sadly it ended tonight. But domBarry Ferguson claimed Rangers were denied two penalties in their 2-0 defeat by Athletic Bilbao that sent them crashing out of the Europa League.
The Gers had battled hard last week to keep the first leg of the quarter-final tie at Ibrox goalless after the early dismissal of defender Robin Propper and were holding out in the San Mames stadium until added time in the first half when defender John Souttar conceded a penalty in added time which Oihan Sancet converted.
Gers midfielder Nicolas Raskin hit the post after the break but a header from Spain winger Nico Williams with 10 minutes remaining sealed the Gers’ fate in a 2-0 aggregate defe
come on Monday morning and finish the season as strongly as possible
Barry Ferguson
Ferguson was the club ambassador when he was installed as boss until the end of the season when Philippe Clement departed in February.
The Ibrox club will end the season trophy-less and asked about his future, the former Clyde, Kelty Hearts and Alloa boss pointed to that fact when he said: “I’ve not sat down and spoken about it but it needs to get sorted soon because as a club we obviously need to do a lot of work.
“It’s getting late in the season and the club needs to get back challenging.
“It’s a good European run, but sadly it ended tonight. But domBarry Ferguson claimed Rangers were denied two penalties in their 2-0 defeat by Athletic Bilbao that sent them crashing out of the Europa League.
The Gers had battled hard last week to keep the first leg of the quarter-final tie at Ibrox goalless after the early dismissal of defender Robin Propper and were holding out in the San Mames stadium until added time in the first half when defender John Souttar conceded a penalty in added time which Oihan Sancet converted.
Gers midfielder Nicolas Raskin hit the post after the break but a header from Spain winger Nico Williams with 10 minutes remaining sealed the Gers’ fate in a 2-0 aggregate defe
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