Rangers: James Tavernier is challenging but are the players good enough to take the team forward?

“It almost feels like a loss,” Tavernier admitted. “Being a Rangers player, you have to win every game. That’s what we have to do between now and the end of this competition.

“It’s definitely not over, but we have to build on this.”

Digiga headed the ball into Martinez’s path without any pressure to give Braga a point, and the defender appeared to lose the ball in the swirling conditions.

With John Souttar and Derick Cornelius injured, Deji was paired with Emmanuel Fernandes, with the former eventually costing Rangers a vital win.

Tavernier added: “I have no complaints about Nasser. Everyone makes mistakes, but in the end we must finish this match before that happens.”

“We have to be more patient, check the final third instead of trying to shoot when it’s not on. I’ve talked about that before, about being decisive in both boxes, and we have to do that.

“If we keep a clean sheet, we will win. That is our goal as a team, to keep a clean sheet. We should have put that in our pockets with the 10 players we were playing against.”