'No, it's not' - Philippe Clement bluntly shuts down reporter's Rangers question after St Johnstone slog
12/01/2024 09:44 AM
Philippe Clement admits Rangers still have some ‘working points’ after their win over St Johnstone.
It was another Scottish Premiership match in which Gers ground out the result without looking at their best, the win coming eventually with former Ibrox midfielder Jason Holt turning into his own net.
Rangers certainly dominated the game in terms of possession but weren’t at their fluent best which we had seen from them in Nice midweek.
Fans have been frustrated in recent weeks about the difference in the team when playing domestically and in Europe but the big difference today was that three points were achieved.
It’s something to work with, as is the fact it’s a domestic away win which have been too much of a rarity so far.
Clement reacts to Rangers win over St Johnstone
Philippe Clement spoke to Sky Sports post-match to give his take on Rangers’ win over St Johnstone.
He admits they can be better and “more sexy” going forward and that is something for him to work on with the team ahead of hosting Kilmarnock on Wednesday.
He would have liked to see his team score more today to give the fans something extra to cheer but also to ensure they killed off the opponent.
Clement said: “A well deserved victory, domination all the game. We only gave one shot on target away but you need to score more goals to be more sexy, to be what we want to be for our fans, to be more entertaining in that way.
“But also to kill the belief of the opponent so that is still a working point.
“But I see a lot of positive things with the squad – players growing, becoming better, doing the right things more and more.
“So it is important after a European trip big victory to react domestically also and to get the deserved points and that was the case.”
Asked if being ‘sexier’ should come easier to his side than it does, he replied: “Is that easy? No, it’s not easy.
“With a lot of teams in the world they don’t score three, four goals so it is not like that.
“And we have maybe also the bad luck that last couple of weeks we played against goalkeepers who played the game of their lives. Today, like last week, the goalkeeper made really good saves.”
Clement quizzed on Rangers away form
It is a first away Premiership victory for Rangers since September and just a second all season and that form is something that has been concerning fans.
While only a narrow victory this was a first step towards rectifying that.
But, Clement insists that is not something that he is concerning himself too much with.
He added: “We’re not so much thinking about that. It’s not that there was a big difference in form, it’s in details that we missed in those games and that we were not good enough.
“So we’re working on those details with the squad and also to build a culture that it has to be every few days. This culture of Rangers to put it an all the heads and bodies to adapt to that.
“In the last six weeks our physical data is getting better and better so that’s also a process to make it better where everybody is working hard.”
