Beasley puts points first

Beasley: Unfazed by pressure

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DaMarcus Beasley has insisted that performances are not important so long as Rangers continue winning.

Dundee United are the visitors to Ibrox on Tuesday and Beasley realises expectations will be high following Saturday's 5-0 thrashing of Inverness.

However, the American admits he would be more than happy to settle for the narrowest of victories as long as Rangers put the necessary points on the board.

"For me, personally, it doesn't matter if we win by one, two or three goals - as long as we win the game and get the three points," he said.

"The fans want to see good football and good goals. I heard fans shouting for six at the weekend. But we won the game and that's the main thing.

"Sometimes you play good football and lose the match and that doesn't help. Other times you play badly, get the win, and then move on to the next game.

"Sometimes it doesn't matter how many goals you score or how good the football is - sometimes you just have to grind out the win."

Pressure

Rangers currently trail fierce rivals Celtic by three points and will be under pressure to beat Dundee United in their game in hand, which was initially postponed following the death of United chairman Eddie Thompson.

Beasley is unfazed though, adding: "The pressure is always on when you play for Rangers or Celtic so we have pressure on us to win every game domestically and even in Europe.

"I'm sure a lot of the fans were disappointed when we didn't win the Uefa Cup final (against Zenit St Petersburg in May). At a club like this, you have to win every game whether it's home or away and no matter who you are playing.

"Even if it's Barcelona it doesn't matter - we need to win. The players here know that and we will go out there and try to get the job done.

"We know we have a game in hand tomorrow and, if we win, we will be on the same points as Celtic.

"It's not really about playing catch-up, we just have to concentrate on the games where we aren't playing Celtic, like tomorrow.

"We need to get points against the teams like Inverness and Aberdeen as the games against Celtic will take care of themselves."