Ayoze Perez says there's no excuse for Real Betis' exit to Rangers - but immediately pointed the finger at Serbian referee Srdan Jovanovic and lack of quality away goals. The Spanish playmaker scored one of the goals for Manuel Pellegrini's men but it wasn't enough as Philippe Clement's men prevailed 3-2 on a Spanish night to remember. Perez has been left fuming over his strike that would have doubled his tally was ruled out for handball. "We are in the Europa League and we also need them. Scoring two goals and losing says a lot about the fact that we were not focused, they barely scored goals against us and they stuck with it."

Source: Express December 15, 2023 19:40 UTC