James Tavernier has spoken after Rangers' defeat to Dynamo Kyiv. Here is everything he had to say.


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Your thoughts on the game?

It's obviously disappointing to not get the chance to go to the next round and try to play a third game to go into the Champions League. We're obviously still in Europe, the Europa League, but during the game the decision changes the whole dynamics of the game. Even with 10 men, we'll still try to push as much as we can and limit them as much as we can. As the game is getting on, we're pushing more and leaving opportunities for them. We had great opportunities but we weren't as clinical as we wanted to be. We kept on asking the question. It's obviously a tough moment trying to go against 11 men. We tried to give it to 11 men, we tried to leave everything out on the pitch. It's just disappointing for all the lads that we couldn't make it happen. 

What did you make of the red card?

I spoke to him [the referee] as it happened. He explained that it was an elbow in the face. Looking back at it during game time, he gets up really early. I thought it wasn't even a free kick. I thought he got up early. There's no malice to what he’s done.

As harsh a red card as you can recall?

It's a 50-50 ball that's going up in the air. Jefte gets up really early. He beats him in the air. I don't know how much contact there is. Obviously that makes a big difference. We'll obviously look back at this and we have to brush it off quickly. We've got another game on the weekend. There’s no time to mourn on this. We'll look at the lessons that we can take from it. Then we'll brush ourselves off and we've got to go again. We all wanted to send the fans home happy tonight and get into the next round. It's small details in games that obviously make a massive impact. We need to look back on it. How we played. Be critical of ourselves.