Evening Telegraph (First Edition)
Warburton: We have to respond
RANGERS boss Mark Warburton is looking for his side to bounce back against Aberdeen at I b rox o n Saturday.
A double from forward Robbie Muirhead — his first two goals for Hearts since signing — consigned Rangers to a 2-0 defeat at Tynecastle and lifted the Edinburgh side above the visitors and i nto second place in the Premiership.
But Warburton is looking for his side to respond immediately at Pittodrie.
He said: “Any points you drop are valuable, the good thing is we get the chance to put it right on Saturday.
“We have to have a good response. There is no feeling sorry for yourself.
“We weren’t good enough and that is us as a group.
“Honesty is t he best policy, you can mask over it and say we should have had the offside goal and we had one cleared off the line — no.
“Tonight as a group of players we didn’t think we were good enough and what we have to do is respond very positively and l ook forward to the game against Aberdeen.”
The offside goal Warburton was referring to was when Joe Dodoo had the ball in the net just after the break only for referee CraigThomson to eventually rule it out for Harry Forrester standing offside.
The f ormer Brentford boss was unhappy at the time it took to make the decision.
He said: “We weren’t happy, I think Harry was probably offside but the fact is the goal i s given, the linesman is the last man, his flag doesn’t go up for 14 seconds.
“What happened to change their mind? We were bemused by that decision.
“It i s not clutching at straws or being a sore loser, it’s just that it makes it 1-1 and it is an i mportant turning point.
“We asked t he f ourth official why and I got told they were deliberating the decision.”