Rangers boss Graeme Murty admits he couldn’t believe Ross McCrorie’s back pass

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Glasgow Rangers suffered a shock 2-0 defeat to Hamilton Academical at Ibrox.

Graeme Murty has told Rangers’ official YouTube channel that he could not believe that Ross McCrorie attempted the back pass that led to Hamilton’s first goal in their surprise win over the Gers on Saturday, but insisted that the home side had enough time to make up for the youngster’s error.

The Light Blues would have gone into the game feeling extremely confident given that they had won their two games leading into the international break and had seemingly developed plenty of belief following Murty’s appointment as caretaker manager.

However, Accies left Ibrox with the three points as two second-half goals saw them claim a 2-0 win. The first goal saw McCrorie hand former Rangers winger David Templeton a golden opportunity as his underhit backpass played the Hamilton ace through one on one with Wes Foderingham and he took full advantage of the chance.

And while Murty has looked to defend the young centre-back, he also expressed his surprise at the fact that McCrorie tried the pass.

“He’s a young player, players make mistakes. He needs to learn from it, I can’t believe he actually made that decision but it’s the decision we have to move on with. There was more than enough time in the game to go and get something from the game,” he told Ranger’s official YouTube channel.

“And I thought that everyone, myself, the crowd, the players all got a little bit frustrated at that time and then became a little bit frantic which is understandable but we have to be better than that.”

As Murty alluded to, Rangers had more than enough chances before and after the goal to turn the game on its head if they had been more lethal in front of goal – so it would be incredibly unfair to simply blame McCrorie for the defeat.

But Murty will be certainly hoping that the 19-year-old learns from the mistake and it helps him as he tries to ensure that he makes the most of this current run in the first-team.