Beale: Looking Forward To The Game

MICHAEL Beale has challenged his Rangers team to continue their fine away form in the Scottish Premiership when they make the trip to Fir Park to face Motherwell on Saturday afternoon.

The Light Blues have chalked up seven away victories in succession since the Englishman was appointed Gers boss, netting three or more goals on five different occasions.

Speaking to the media ahead of Saturday's trip to Lanarkshire, Beale underlined the key to his side's impressive form on the road: "A lot of clean sheets away from home. There's been a mixed bag in terms of a little bit of everything, some free-flowing football at times and some really good defensive performances where we've used the counter-attack really effectively. We've managed to find a solution to the problems that we're facing.

"We go away to Motherwell this weekend who are in a good form, which is similar to when we went away to Hearts and Hibernian in the last couple of big away games. Stuart [Kettlewell] has done really well since he went in there. They've had an uptick, he's Manager of the Month, and they didn't play last week so they've had their eyes on us for a little while now. We look forward to the game. Malik Tillman trained today, so I'm delighted that he's back within the group. He's available for selection."

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Rangers sealed their place in the semi-finals of the Scottish Cup with a comprehensive 3-0 win over Raith Rovers last time out, and Beale insists that he's been delighted with the attacking output from his charges in recent weeks.

He continued: "If we weren't creating chances I would be more worried. It was a completely different game that Raith gave us, in terms of problems, compared to Hibs. Even after we scored our first goal, it didn't change their resolve and they did stay there. We had 24 shots and 18 corners, so what you could question is can we be a bit more ruthless in the boxes? It certainly wasn't a lack of getting into the right areas.

"In our last away game against Hibs, we had 31 shots. We're certainly not struggling in terms of our output in the final third, it's now just a matter of our quality which is something that we're working on. We have shown that we can consistently win against most teams in the league and go on a strong run. It's important that, with three games coming up, that we try to win more than we lose. There's a lot of football to be played."

  


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