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Ally McCoist rues "sore" cup defeat

Ally McCoist rues
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Rangers boss Ally McCoist describes his side's Scottish Challenge Cup penalty shootout defeat to Queen of the South as "a sore one".

Rangers boss Ally McCoist has described his side's dramatic penalty shootout defeat to Queen of the South in the Scottish Challenge Cup as "a sore one".

The Gers, who had Kevin Kyle sent off midway through the second half, were leading until Gavin Reilly levelled the scores at Ibrox in stoppage time.

Willie Gibson then received his marching orders for the visitors but, despite competing 10 against 10 for 30 minutes of extra time, McCoist's men failed to re-establish a lead and Queens prevailed 4-3 on spot kicks.

"It's a sore one, that's for sure," said McCoist. "It's really, really disappointing to get beat and knocked out in the manner we did.

"I'm not sure there was an awful lot between the teams. I thought we'd probably done enough to hold on when we got the second goal and we were down to 10 men so I was disappointed with the manner in which we lost the goal as well.

"I haven't seen it again but a couple of the boys were telling me it was our throw-in and that the lad looked a yard offside. But, that aside, we should probably still be defending it a bit better."

The loss was the first competitive defeat that Rangers have suffered since their expulsion from the SPL.

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