Miller finds fault with Gers' quality

Kenny Miller
12 April 2012

Kenny Miller insists Rangers' failure to overcome Hamilton in the Active Nation Scottish Cup was not down to complacency.

Goals from Steven Whittaker and Miller meant Rangers should have been cruising but they were pegged back when Simon Mensing converted from the penalty spot. Marco Paixao and Mickael Antoine-Curier both netted in first half injury-time to hand Accies the lead heading into the break. But a penalty in the second half saved Rangers' blushes against 10-man Hamilton - who had Richie Hastings dismissed late on - when Miller fired home to set up a replay at Ibrox.

"I don't think there was complacency at all. We just didn't start the game," he said. "We found ourselves 2-0 up but we didn't play well. I don't think we passed the ball well at all in that first half."

He added: "I don't think it was complacency - we just weren't to the level that we have been showing in the previous weeks.

"When we go 2-0 up against them, we should be seeing it out and pressing for three or four goals. To lose the goals in the manner in which we did was very disappointing."

Rangers also lost Steven Davis and top goalscorer Kris Boyd to injury during the explosive 10-minute spell which saw Accies haul themselves back into the game.

And Miller admitted: "You maybe think it's written in the stars for them to come back and win the game.

"But we had to put a stop to that and put them under pressure in the second half.

"We got the goal that got us back into the game and hopefully we can get the right result at Ibrox."

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