Jack Butland reveals to Rangers dressing room the mitigating reason behind Man Utd calamity as key man misses it.

Despite the keeper’s significant error in the 2-1 defeat at Old Trafford, James Tavernier is backing him.

Jack Butland made a mistake with his punch, giving Manchester United an early lead over Rangers. However, it was Bruno Fernandes’ late winner at Old Trafford that upset skipper James Tavernier in the end. Philippe Clement’s side felt they had rescued a crucial Europa League point Friday night when Cyriel Dessers scored a sensational strike to make it 1-1. However, in Fergie’s time, United’s captain Fernandes struck a volley that sickened the Gers and their travelling supporters. Earlier, Butland’s disastrous own goal had placed the home team ahead. However, when Dessers levelled late on, Tavernier saw an opportunity to take a memorable result back to Glasgow. And at full-time, he couldn’t help but think it was a chance passed up as Ruben Amorim’s under-pressure side eventually secured a much-needed win. Tavernier refused to put any blame on Butland for the howler on his comeback from injury against his former club.

Instead, he emphasised on Rangers’ performance with a depleted squad, as well as the fact that they squandered a late point. The right-back, who had to play centre-back in the second half owing to Leon Balogun’s injury, said: “It’s definitely one that got away with how late they scored the winner.” “We’re very frustrated because we gave ourselves a fantastic opportunity to come back into the game and then gave up a goal that we should have done much better with. We scored the goal from Cyriel, but the disappointment is that we couldn’t hold on. To go from the high of achieving equality to the low of losing it so quickly? That is football, right?

“We’re coming in at full-time with a draw and a point, but in a split-second we maybe lost concentration and concede. But that’s the level we’re at, we’re up against world-class players who can punish you.

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