Edinburgh: Rangers caretaker manager Kenny McDowall said sorry to the Glasgow club’s support after his first match in charge ended in a 4-0 thrashing by Hibernian.
It was a painful start for former assistant boss McDowall, who was handed the reins earlier in the week after manager Ally McCoist was placed on gardening leave.
It followed yet another turbulent week off the pitch at the Glasgow giants, who gained approval for a new share issue to raise the £8m (Dh45m) it needs to continue trading for the next 12 months at a stormy AGM earlier this week.
“I’m hugely disappointed, especially for our support who were here today. I think the best team won and I don’t have any excuses at all,” a clearly despondent McDowall said.
“Obviously finding yourself 2-0 down after 12 minutes isn’t an ideal start. All the work that we done during the week went up in the air after that.
“Normally you get a response when there is a change in management but that didn’t happen for us today.
“It was very disappointing and I’d just like to apologise to our support for letting them down. It’s been a very difficult day.”
The hosts dominated the match at Easter Road, while the visitors looked dispirited and disjointed.
McDowall said he would shoulder the blame for the result but said the players needed to take more responsible for their performances on the pitch.
“Obviously heads are down in there and we’ll have a chat on Monday and go over the game again,” the Gers gaffer said.
“They just did not look organised at times. They were not where they should have been on the park.
“I will accept the responsibility for the result. I set the team up and the boys will accept responsibility for the performances. It was not good enough.”
