Here's everything Clement had to say speaking to TNT after Benfica 2-2 Rangers.
Happy with that?
No not happy. I think we were very close to writing history here. This team never lost a Europa League game at home and we were close this evening so you're not happy about that but I'm proud about my team. They showed a team mentality and showed the right things, getting good goals. We had unlucky goals against and we discussed the penalty. John didn't see the ball dropping. You can't jump with your arms behind your back. That's a really unlucky situation then the own goal also. So it's a pity we lost goals like this otherwise it would have been amazing. It was a really strong team performance when they showed good character and also were strong on the ball.
Does it show how far they have come under you?
No, it's about them. They made really good steps. Also given the injures we have at the moment. It is more difficult to make the right changes to give some freshness to the team but the guys who came in who are coming back from injury or are really young like Cole McKinnon are not experienced at this level so these things also make a difference at the end of the game. But everyone showed their character and gave their maximum to get a good result and this is a good result to get a draw in an away game in Benfica and creating more chances than the two goals.
A job to finish at Ibrox then?
Yes. It's a big challenge. You see the quality they have. I read in the newspaper their transfer value is €120m more than ours. So we know it's a big task but I can't ask more than what my players gave me today and I want to see the same againt next Thursday, but first Sunday and we have a very important game at the weekend.
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