 Goalkeeper Stefan Klos made his first Rangers start for a year |
Walter Smith admitted that his Rangers side were lucky to escape with a draw at home to Osasuna in the Uefa Cup. "We did not play at all and the 1-1 draw flattered us," said the Rangers manager. "It was the worst performance since I came back to the club.
"We were poor in all aspects - possession, passing, pressure on the ball - and it has not been like that in other games. I've had a great reaction.
"You've always got to be optimistic and hope we can't play that bad again."
Rangers will be without Barry Ferguson for the second leg after the captain received a yellow card that means he is suspended for next week's trip to Spain.
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"It is another problem, but we are six days away from that one," said Smith, whose side have to face runaway Scottish Premier League leaders and Glasgow rivals Celtic on Sunday.
"The problem I have to look at is why we played the way we did.
"Stefan Klos made a couple of good saves and the only other thing we can say is that we kept going and Brahim Hemdani got the goal that got us a draw.
"At least it gives us something to take to Spain next week."
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