Pedro Caixinha admits Rangers face tricky test at Aberdeen on Sunday
Wednesday 5 April 2017 23:40, UK
Pedro Caixinha admits Rangers do not deserve to finish as runners-up to Celtic if they cannot find a way to topple Aberdeen on Sunday.
The Ibrox boss watched his new team slip 12 points behind the Dons after a frustrating 0-0 draw away to Kilmarnock.
With just seven games remaining, time is running out for Gers to snatch second but they do still have to play Derek McInnes' men twice - starting with this weekend's Pittodrie encounter.
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"It's getting difficult," admitted the Portuguese coach. "We know we need to play twice against Aberdeen and that they have to play against all of the top six again.
"The maths says it can still be done but the next game will be crucial to understand if you are able or not.
"If you don't win Sunday against Aberdeen, you don't deserve to be in second position. But that is my challenge. It is something we need to prove to ourselves.
"We are Rangers. We want to fight. At this moment, this is the challenge we need to try and fight for at the moment. We have a culture of winning and getting the three points all the time. So we cannot be happy drawing the game.
"We need to be reinforcing the players the demands of playing at such a massive club who needs to win all the time and we need to be angry when we don't do it. We should be angry that we didn't and that's the frustration."
Killie interim boss Lee McCulloch said: "First half I thought we were the better team, looked organised, caused them problems and they didn't cause us any.
"Second half I thought Rangers came into it a little bit more, putting some crosses in the box and got some free headers. Second half was pretty even, so all in all I'm delighted and thought we were possibly the better team."
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