Philippe Clement ‘clearly’ unhappy over issue around Rangers ace as side come up trumps over ‘chaotic’ factor
Manager Philippe Clement
Manager Philippe Clement | SNS Group
Rangers are off and running in the Europa League – even without one of their summer signings.
Philippe Clement has praised Rangers’ start to the Europa League against a ‘chaotic’ Malmo play style – as he was left unhappy over not being able to use a star.
Goals from Cyriel Dessers and Ross McCausland sealed a 2-0 win in Sweden, which opens their league phase account with three points. They return to Premiership action this weekend against Hibs before a match in this competition verus Lyon next week.
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One star who was unavailable for the game was summer signing Hamza Igamane. There were issues surrounding the striker’s passport, leaving Clement far from pleased. He told TNT Sports: “I was not happy about that, clearly not. There were issues with his passport. Those are situations you don’t want to face as a manager – but I want to focus now on the football and the good things tonight.”
On the game, Clement said: It was the perfect start to the campaign, and the perfect start to the game also. Malmo are a really difficult opponent to play against. They play with a lot of running actions but in a chaotic style – it’s difficult to defend against.
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“My players did a massive job sticking to the plan, all game, all 90 minutes long. The guys who started, the guys who came on. And we used the spaces also in a really good way with the ball. So it was a very mature performance that I saw from my team.
“The only small thing that you can say is if you kill off the game in the first half, then it’s different again. But I think they showed a really good game today and we will continue working on the finishing.
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“Yes I think it’s the best result of the season so far. But it doesn’t mean it’s going to stay the best that we’ve had. I think we need to work hard to make it better and that’s what we’re going to do.”
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