- Belgian describes the 2-0 defeat against friends as 'with much the worst' exhibition of his reign
- The reverse of the apathetic home arrives weeks after the humiliation of the departure of the Scottish Cup
- The unfortunate rangers remain 13 points drifting from the leaders of the League and the Celtic bitter rivals
Philippe Clement described the performance of the Rangers in the 2-0 defeat of St Mirren in Ibrox as “with great the worst” in his time in the club.
The Rangers fans went to Ibrox promoted by news this week of a possible multimillion -dollar acquisition of the club for a consortium led by USA, but were stunned by a well -organized team of friends.
St Mirren won deservedly through goals from the second half of striker Mikael Mandron and the substitute for Toyosi Olusanya, who gave the Paisley team its first victory in Govan since November 1991.
Clement is under pressure again, since the Rangers remain 13 points from the leaders of the premier of William Hill, Celtic and are going to a season without trophies nationwide, although they have a draw of the Europa League Last-16 against Fenerbahce in March.
It was a second successive defeat at home for the Belgian boss after the humiliating defeat of the Gas Cup of the Championship, Queen's Park and Clement, who joined Light Blues in October 2023, saw many unhappy followers leave before of the final whistle.
He said: 'I understand. We were, with much, the worst I've seen in all the time I've been here.
Philippe Clement cannot hide their frustration when the Rangers lose 2-0 at home against St Mirren
Ibrox goalkeeper, Jack Butland, is as dejected as his manager after the last unfortunate result
But Alex Gogic leads St Mirren celebrations, who made two victories on Rangers
'I understand that fans don't want to see that level. It's about standing as a team and showing more quality. It's about discovering where this nervousness came from.
'It is terribly disappointing, because we were very nervous, in the ball, in the duels, in everything.
'I don't know where it comes from. That is my frustration and it is also my responsibility to put a team in the field with the right mentality.
'I didn't see this to come, this nervousness, all under the pair, almost the whole game.
“There were some better spells, but from afar we were not what we should be the rangers.”
Clement admits that his team lacked leadership against the given side of Paisley. He said: 'I saw the team drift in the islands.
“That has not been the case in the past, when we have had difficult moments and we were left behind, but reacted as a team.
'Today I was reacting one by one and not as a team. Then we do not play the football we need to play and it is a bad performance.
'Leadership is important, but leadership is also collective. First, it is my responsibility.
Mikael Mandron moves away from delight after breaking the dead point at the beginning of the second half
Stephen Robinson celebrated his third anniversary by friends with a historic victory for the club and the second victory over the Rangers this season after a 2-1 victory against them in Paisley on boxing day.
Northern Irish said: 'We have increased expectations in this football club and it is not because we have mass resources or an cash injection. It is for the players squad. They deserve all the credit for performance.
'The most important thing is that we do not feel under pressure. We arrive at these places and many times you have no property of the game.
'We felt that we had control of the game and when we landed in the ball we were brave and created many average opportunities and may have had a couple more.
'We press aggressively every week. The players are the ones who have to do that. You can have all tactical ideas, but sometimes they hit the rangers.
'Sometimes it was a joy of seeing sometimes.
'You see a group who are not paid millions of pounds, but only try to win every game they play.
“You can't do that at St Mirren, you have bad times, but I give you all the credit I can.”