Maclean Believes Squad Showed Determination

KIRSTY Maclean believes the Rangers squad showed determination to come from behind to take all three points in the first Old Firm derby of the ScottishPower Women’s Premier League season.

It was Celtic who took the lead at Excelsior Stadium through Caitlin Hayes, but an inspired second-half display from Jo Potter’s side saw Maclean level the tie with a neat finish, before Rio Hardy headed home the winner with less than 10 minutes of the match remaining. 

Speaking to RangersTV at full-time, Maclean said: “It was a really good game, I think first-half we weren’t quite ourselves but in the second-half when we went 1-0 down we got a spark about us and we came back from it. 

“It shows how strong we are as a team that if we go behind, we are capable of coming back from it and the determination we showed to do that was very good.

“We had a good conversation at half-time. Jo said she needed more from us, and we showed that in the second-half, we came together and got the win.” 

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The 18-year-old was playing a slightly more attacking role later in the game and enjoyed linking up with Kirsty Howat and Rio Hardy.

She continued: “All the midfielders we have got in our group are all capable of playing in every position and I think myself, Kirsty and Rio all linked up today, so it worked well. 

“We wanted to make sure we headed into the international break on a high, so it just builds momentum for when we are back.”


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