Philippe Clement insists Rangers reacted as he expected after getting back to winning ways with a 2-0 Scottish Cup semi-final victory over Hearts at Hampden Park. (More Football News)
The Light Blues went into the game with just two wins in eight in all competitions and on the back of a goalless draw against Dundee on Wednesday night which followed their first ever defeat by Ross County in their cinch Premiership encounter in Dingwall last Sunday.
The Gers boss, who raised eyebrows by dropping regular centre-back Connor Goldson in a reshuffle, saw striker Cyriel Dessers score a goal in each half to set up a date with Celtic on May 25 바카라 the first Old Firm final since 2002.
바카라To say it바카라s pleasing it not a good word,바카라 said Clement, who revealed attacker Abdallah Sima will be assessed in the next couple of days after going off early with an injury.
바카라It바카라s what I expected. It바카라s what I demanded, it바카라s what I wanted.
바카라It was what I knew I would get from the team, also. I was totally not pleased about the game after Ross County, with how we lost our structure and lost our normal football.
바카라Against Dundee, we were too much in a rush to score a goal and today we found the right balance again, what we have been doing for a lot of months.
바카라But it바카라s been challenging in the last couple of months with all the injuries and players in and out.
바카라We have been lacking rhythm. But today, if you see the bench, it is stronger again and that바카라s going to be important in the next couple of weeks when it바카라s one game a week.
바카라Before these cup semi-finals we were the only team that played during the week. It makes a different and you need to look at that if you have three games in seven or eight days.
바카라With players coming out of injury you cannot let them play all the minutes. It바카라s been a puzzle around that but now, in this last part of the season, it바카라s going to be a challenge in the squad with players coming back.
바카라Quality then rises in the training and quality rises in the game also because we have a strong bench.바카라
Hearts boss Steven Naismith blamed 바카라immaturity바카라 for failing to make more of their attacking play.
바카라Frustrated, disappointed with the outcome,바카라 he said. 바카라That is the overriding emotion.
바카라We got off to a terrible start, we can바카라t lose cheap, early goal like we did.
바카라But the reaction from then until the second goal was good.
바카라I thought we controlled the ball a lot, created opportunities and what you see is our immaturity in the final third.
바카라We had four or five really good situations and we either pick the wrong option, or the wrong pass or we don바카라t get the finish.
바카라And these are moments when we must hit the target or make the goalkeeper make a save or score a goal.
바카라That is the biggest frustration for me because we get good opportunities that we didn바카라t take and the goals we conceded were cheap.바카라
