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David Irvine

Rangers disappointment will 'linger' after Celtic point, says Michael Beale

Michael Beale has admitted he expects the disappointment from the draw against Celtic to "linger a little bit".

Rangers had fallen behind to an early Daizen Maeda strike but rallied to take a 2-1 lead in the second half as Ryan Kent and James Tavernier netted.

However, Kyogo's 87th minute leveller saw the points shared at Ibrox.

Beale reckons the draw shows there is "nothing in it" between Rangers and Celtic as he urged his players to continue to up the standards at Ibrox.

Speaking to Rangers TV, Beale said: "I thought it was a good game, two teams went head to head and I thought there was nothing in it. If anything we should be more clinical and then maybe we go away with the three points.

"We know that if we play at the level that we can that we will win a lot of football matches."

Beale added: "The disappointment of this result will linger for a little bit but we've got to keep moving forward. 

"I've only been with the group again for the last four or five weeks. We're showing good signs and we've got to want to drive the standards more and more.

"We've got to want more from each other every day, it starts in training, starts with standards and then the performances and results will follow that."

However, Beale was pleased with the atmosphere and collective approach inside Ibrox as he saluted the fans and the players after the derby.

He said: "That's exactly what we want Ibrox to be like; the players on the pitch, the fans in the stadium excited and up and cheering the team and the players jumping with that.

"We need to maintain that and we need to have that every single game here because that makes us a much stronger team and a much stronger club.

"The atmosphere in the stadium was fantastic."

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