Kris Boyd slams Rangers players who ‘let the club down’ in Europa League defeat at Aris Limassol

Kris Boyd has slammed the Rangers players who “let the club down” in the Europa League defeat to Aris Limassol.

Four days after sacking manager Michael Beale following a 3–1 home loss to Aberdeen, the Gers delivered another rudderless performance against the Cypriot First Division club.

Alex Moucketou-Moussounda headed past Jack Butland in the ninth minute, before Shavy Babicka gave the hosts a two-goal lead in the second half.

Abdallah Sima pulled one back, but it was not enough to save interim manager Steven Davis from an embarrassing defeat. Sky Sports’ Boyd furious about the performance of his former club.

“Rangers are deservedly defeated. There is still a lot of work to be done,” he said.

“Michael Beale has already lost his job, Steven Davis has put together a team that has let the club down again.

“The level of performance was not close to what is required if you want to become a Rangers player. Some really need to take a good look at themselves.

“I’m just really excited to be walking my dog ​​because it will be more exciting than what I just saw.”

Rangers could be as much as 10 points behind leaders Celtic in the Scottish Premier League by the time they visit St Mirren. Air sportsthis Sunday.

They were hammered in Champions League qualification by PSV Eindhoven before losing in their first meeting of the season to Celtic – and Boyd believes the team has gone into decline due to poor recruitment.

“It’s a million miles from where it was. If you look at the team that reached the Europa League final, the recruitment since then has been awful. It’s been so bad,” he said.

“There have been players coming in who have failed to reach the heights expected of them, and there are players who have perhaps been there too long. It may be time to move some of them on.

“That’s not happening for Rangers at the moment. They lost at the weekend, the manager lost his job, managers will come and go, but it’s only so often that you see the same players going out to the crowd, clapping for them and Say sorry. It’s time for them to step up and get results.

“Rangers fans are spending a lot of money traveling, not just around Scotland but across Europe, to watch their team and they have been let down again.”

Davis: I have to take some responsibility

Rangers interim manager Steven Davis: “It was a very difficult evening because we felt a real opportunity to come here and build on the Betis game.

“I think we created a lot of our own problems in the game. Obviously with the two goals we conceded we are very disappointed and when that happens you have a mountain to climb.”

“Firstly, I have to take some responsibility. In the first half we kept trying to play in the middle of the pitch when it wasn’t really going on. They were good at getting transitions off that with the pace they had up front, which has gave us trouble all night.

“Any time you go behind in the second half you have to be careful in certain areas. We tried to really simplify the game, trying to get the ball in the back, get it wide and cross the ball into the penalty area , and in the end we didn’t do enough to get anything out of the game.

“In terms of the players’ commitment, I thought they tried to keep going until the end and in terms of the energy they put in, I couldn’t ask for more in that regard.

“There was no lack of effort, we would never doubt that from the dressing room, but it’s a very difficult moment that everyone is in. When that happens you might start to make the wrong decision and things like that.

“Sunday is coming and it’s going very quickly. We’re going to be sore from tonight, but it’s important that we stay together as a group.”

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