Thelo Aasgaard says Rangers must "keep to our principles" despite a fifth defeat of the season in all competitions. Rangers ost their opening Europa League fixture 1-0 at home to Genk to increase the pressure on head coach Russell Martin, whose side were unable to follow up the League Cup quarter-final victory over Hibs with another win. "We're all hugely disappointed," said Norway midfielder Aasgaard, 23.
Thelo Aasgaard says Rangers must "keep to our principles" despite a fifth defeat of the season in all competitions.
Rangers ost their opening Europa League fixture 1-0 at home to Genk to increase the pressure on head coach Russell Martin, whose side were unable to follow up the League Cup quarter-final victory over Hibs with another win.
"We're all hugely disappointed," said Norway midfielder Aasgaard, 23. "We really wanted to carry on the momentum from the last game. No one's happy with the result.
"We created some good chances. We could've been a bit more clinical. It's always tough but I think when we went down to 10 men, we still pushed and we had a few chances towards the end but it feels like a missed opportunity.
"We've got to just try and focus on what we've been working on on the training pitch. The frustration of the fans, that's understandable.
"We've to try and not feel the pressure and keep to our principles. I'm never going to back down from a challenge. This is a big challenge and I'm not going to back down."
Rangers played the end of the first half and all of the second a player down after Mohamed Diomande's red card following a rash tackle on Zakaria El Ouahdi.
"It's split second decision from him," Aasgaard said. "I'm sure he'll regret going in like that.
"Football, it's easy from the outside to see. He's an aggressive player, naturally, so he wants to make them challenges. Obviously, he's disappointed and we try to back him up."
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