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RANGERS boss Pedro Caixinha claims their opponents are more aggressive against his team than other Premiership sides.

The Ibrox side face Partick Thistle in the Betfred Cup quarter-finals tonight after being held to a 2-2 draw by 10-man Jags on Friday.

Thistle had five players booked as well as Chris Erskine sent off for a bad challenge on Alfredo Morelos.

Alan Archibald’s side only gave away 10 free-kicks but Caixinha argued they were not the first team to save their aggression for Gers.

He said: “It’s interesting, because normally when you watch the opposition teams before they play against us, and normally those opponents are top teams like Celtic and Aberdeen, I don’t see the same behaviour.

“I don’t see the same aggression that they have with those teams that they have with our team.

“I’m not criticising. I’m saying we need to know how to deal with it because it’s happening on a regular basis.

“It’s one more thing that we need to care about – not caring about the opponents’ game, playing our football – but when it’s time to fight, it’s time to fight.”

Ryan Jack was also on the end of a studs-up challenge which went unpunished, but the Rangers midfielder shrugged the incident off.

He said: “Referee Willie Collum told me he didn’t see