Rangers will head into this weekend’s Scottish Cup semi-final with Glasgow rivals Celtic off the back of a disappointing 2-0 defeat to Aberdeen at Pittodrie.
The Light Blues passed up a number of chances to break the deadlock in the North East and were eventually punished for their profligacy in front of goal when Celtic loanee Liam Scales found the top corner of the net with a cross-cum-shot early in the second half.
The afternoon went from bad to worse for Michael Beale’s side when Dons frontman Bojan Miovski ended his mini goal drought with a diving header at the back post that was allowed to stand following a VAR check for potential offside.
As a result, Rangers slipped to their fourth Premiership defeat of the campaign to ensure they head into Sunday’s must-win Old Firm derby against the league leaders with little momentum.
Here, GlasgowWorld rates how the Rangers players performed....
UNUSED: Jon McLaughlin (GK), Ridvan Yilmaz, Ianis Hagi, Glen Kamara, Leon King, Zak Lovelace, Bailey Rice.
9. Malik Tillman - 5
His usual tidy self with the ball at his feet, setting up Sakala and Barisic in the first half but both players failed to take their chances. Dragged an effort wide to top off a frustrating display. | SNS Group
10. Fashion Sakala - 5
A poor performance from the Zambian who passed up a good early chance to score when one-on-one with the goalkeeper only to fire straight at Roos. Strayed into an offside position too often and subbed late on. | Getty Images
11. Alfredo Morelos - 4
Should have opened the scoring after 12 minutes with a clever turn and volley. Barring that chance he posed little threat and was easily marshalled. A costly slip allowed Scales to break the deadlock. | SNS Group
12. Rabbi Matondo (SUB) - 3
Came on for Raskin just after the hour mark mark and should’ve done better with a n effort which fizzed narrowly past the post in the closing stages. | Getty Images