Philippe Clement claimed Rangers’ resounding victory over Steaua Bucharest was the perfect tonic after their dismal start to the season.The Ibrox side rebounded from their Premiership loss at Kilmarnock last Sunday by putting four goals past the Romanian champions without reply.
Edged ahead through Tom Lawrence’s early strike, Rangers were two-nil up at the break through Vaclav Cerny. The Ibrox side’s best performer on the night, Cerny added a third after the break with substitute Hamza Igamane netting his first goal for Clement’s side to complete the scoring.The win sees Rangers move on to six points after three matches in the Europa League ahead of away games against Olympiacos and Nice. After an inconsistent start to the term that’s seen them spill eight Premiership points and sustain European defeats to Dynamo Kyiv and Lyon, Clement felt last night’s win was the perfect pick-me-up for his players.
‘We were all sick of losing,’ said Clement. ‘The players, the staff, everybody was disappointed about that.
‘We wanted to stand up together and that’s what they’ve been doing. It’s good also that it was in this way, because it’s in Europe.
