Rangers conceded first against Aberdeen.
Rangers got off to the worst possible start against Aberdeen in the Scottish Cup quarter-final replay.
Glen Kamara gave the ball away for Niall McGinn to score in just the third minute, leaving the Gers with an uphill task.
Was Kamara totally to blame? Neil McCann told BBC Sport he did not believe so.
McCann says Kamara was let down by his Rangers teammates who all positioned themselves poorly.
He said: “The Aberdeen goal will really disappoint Steven Gerrard. Such a poor set-up.
“A throw-in in your left-back area, the Rangers players are not spread out, so many of them are lined up the left – it’s the old-fashioned, let’s throw it down the line. Because they’re so imbalanced, Kamara tries a really dangerous square ball and he paid the price.”
Clearly Kamara took a risk, but the point McCann makes is that it was still avoidable from Rangers’ point of view.
Rangers came out sloppy and paid the price, not being at their best in the opening minutes and Aberdeen caught them cold.
It left Steven Gerrard’s side with an uphill task to climb, exactly what they didn’t want.
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