Worrall wants to win in Moscow
Joe Worrall maintains there’s every reason to believe Rangers can win in Moscow this week.
And the defender says it’s high time the Light Blues brought their impressive European form to domestic football.
Worrall is relishing the prospect of travelling to face Spartak Moscow in the Europa League on Thursday. Rangers have gone 11 games without defeat in the competition, and it’s a measure of their progress that drawing with Spartak at home two weeks ago was a disappointiment.
Losing to Aberdeen in the League Cup semi-final and then drawing with Kilmarnock, however, was a lot harder for the fans to take.
But Worrall, on loan for the season from Nottingham Forest, welcomes the demands of the Ibrox crowd.
He said: “We haven’t played the best over the past few games, and have struggled to score goals.
“We have conceded some poor goals and I hold my hand up for a few of them.
“We realise the expectations are huge because you draw at home and get slaughtered.
“You need the pressure as you can either crumble or grow and start scoring goals every game. “We should be beating teams three and four-nil at Ibrox. It doesn’t matter who they are – unless they are Barcelona! “We are more than capable of really rolling teams over.”
Performing in front of 50,000 spectators at Ibrox isn’t something every player relishes.
Worrall accepts the crowd can play a part but understands their impatience for success.
He said: “It is intimidating. It’s not something that really affects me, but you can see why it would with some players.
“It can have a negative effect and a positive effect.
“If you’re playing well and the fans enjoy the football you play, then it’s really good. But if you’re not performing, conceding goals or not scoring goals, they can get on your back.