Livingston boss David Martindale heaped reward on debut keeper Shamal George - however admits the stopper ought to have achieved higher for Rangers' second purpose because the Lions fell to a 2-1 defeat to the Gers on Saturday.
Livi opened the scoring on 5 minutes by means of Joel Nouble however their defensive resolve was ultimately damaged on 72 minutes as Scott Arfield headed house a Ryan Kent cross after the guests had peppered efforts on George's purpose all through the second half.
And the turning level arrived simply two minutes later when James Tavernier fired house a free-kick from the sting of the field.
Martindale concedes the previous Colchester United man's positioning of each himself and the wall performed a key function within the ball discovering the online however admitted it is a part of the educational course of because the 24-year-old will get used to the Scottish Premiership.
Regardless of that, the gaffer insisted the stopper stored them within the recreation.
He commented: "We’ve spoken to him about it. I believed he was a bit too central and the wall was a bit to his proper. I stated to one of many coaches that I may see the place he (Tavernier) was going with it.
"There’s a few Rangers gamers a metre off our wall. It’s a wee little bit of naivety and a welcome to Scottish soccer. We did plenty of work with him and gave him clips on Tav however there’s a giant distinction between watching it and being up towards it.
“In hindsight, ought to now we have had one other defender in there? I feel we should always have. We must always have locked that space of the park off with the 2 Rangers gamers which then permits Shamal to take a step to his left and he in all probability saves it.
“However the huge man stored us within the recreation additionally. He made some superb saves.
“He could be comfortable together with his efficiency and it’s one thing we are able to work on however it received’t be simply Livingston speaking about Tavernier’s free-kicks this season, I’m certain.”
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