East Kilbride boss Kevin Rutkiewicz insists they "gift-wrapped" Rangers B their 4-3 victory in final evening's Lowland League conflict - wherein the Ibrox outfit netted after simply 19 seconds.
Kilby had a nightmare begin when Zac Lovelace pounced an error to open the scoring with the primary assault of the sport, earlier than Kane Ritchie-Hosler and Robbie Fraser had the younger Gers 3-0 up after 39 minutes.
A Neil McLaughlin penalty on the stroke of half-time gave Kilby some hope of a comeback, just for Connor Younger to make it 4-1 after an hour.
A late rally noticed McLuaghlin strike once more and Declan McManus netted within the ninetieth minute, however it was too little too late as Rangers held out for victory.
And Rutkiewicz, whose aspect had opened the marketing campaign with a 3-2 win away to Tranent on Saturday, was removed from pleased with the show.
He advised the membership's media: "Rangers have performed nicely, I am not going to disclaim that, however we have now gift-wrapped them the sport.
"I had 19 seconds on my watch [for the first goal] and three errors result in a very comfortable aim.
"Gamers have gotten to make higher selections and execute passes collectively, however I am not going to discuss people.
"We have to win collectively and lose collectively. I am going to take the warmth for that.
"The gamers have been nice and so they confirmed a little bit of battle.
"Rangers performed some first rate stuff and so they had been at all times a risk. They prompted us issues on the counter assault and I am disillusioned with that, however the present should go on.
"Three targets at dwelling and never getting something out of the sport is tough to swallow."
It would not get any simpler for the Okay-Park aspect as Hearts B come calling on Saturday, however Rutkiewicz is delighted to have a sport so quickly after a painful defeat.
He added: "It is good there's a sport so fast. We'll get better the boys and we'll are available in on Thursday.
"Rangers most likely expolited our newness as a crew there. There was perhaps a scarcity of cohesion and Hearts aren't going to take it simple on us.
"They're going to be similar to Rangers - excessive vitality, top quality - and if we begin the identical we can be a aim down early once more."
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