Michael Beale made it a dozen games unbeaten as Rangers boss but it was anything but delightful as the nervy Ibrox men edged past Ross County.
15.01.2023 - 22:37 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Michael Beale revealed he told his Rangers players to stop being "anxious" after they again fell behind in their Viaplay Cup semi-final, but turned things around to book a final showdown with Celtic.
The Light Blues will face off against their city neighbours next month, who beat Kilmarnock on Saturday evening to reach a second successive League Cup final after lifting the trophy last year. They had to come from behind after Bojan Miovski gave the Dons a first half lead. But Rangers hit back through former Pittodrie captain Ryan Jack's deflected effort.
They couldn't be separated before the 90 minutes were up, but Jim Goodwin saw his job get harder in extra time when skipper Anthony Stewart was shown a straight red for a wild lunge on Fashion Sakala out on the touchline. And they were punished by their numerically superior opponents when fit-again Kemar Roofe's close range finish gave Beale's side an extra-time lead.
However, the numbers were soon evened up temporarily when the Jamaican was forced off with an injury and was eventually replaced by Charlie McCann. Beale admitted they won;t know how bad the damage is until the striker goes for a scan on Monday.
“We won’t know until he has a scan tomorrow," he told Viaplay "It’s a pretty heavy landing on his shoulder but it’s not a dislocation. Just a heavy landing.
“We’ll have to hope for the best. Obviously with Antonio (Colak) being out today and then Kemar just coming back, we can’t catch a break there at the moment.
‘All in all, it's a group that’s had some tough moments this season. Now they’ve got to a final and I've told them to stop being anxious.
“The last few weeks when there’s been moments where we’ve been behind, we’ve shown unbelievable mentality and unbelievable
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