Philippe Clement described Rangers’ performance in the 2-0 defeat by St Mirren at Ibrox as “by far the worst” in his time at the club.Gers fans went to Ibrox boosted by news this week of a potential multi-million pound takeover of the club by a USA-led consortium but they were stunned by a well-organised Buddies side.St Mirren deservedly won through second-half goals from strike

Steve Schumacher insisted it did not need any half-time histrionics to turn round the fortunes of comeback-kings Bolton as they edged a 2-1 League One victory at home to Leyton Orient.A goal down to Charlie Kelman’s 15th of the season, Wanderers won a third-successive league game under Schumacher’s command with a John McAtee equaliser and Aaron Morley penalty.Orient’s defeat was

West Brom head coach Tony Mowbray has challenged his players to become more clinical after a 2-0 win against Oxford.Former Oxford loan midfielder Alex Mowatt’s 11th-minute goal and substitute John Swift’s effort 11 minutes into added time moved the Baggies up to fifth in the Championship.But Albion, who had 22 shots, should have won more comfortably.Oxford goalkeeper Jamie Cumming deni

Brighton boss Fabian Hurzeler said his only disappointment was not winning by more after seeing his side thump Southampton 4-0 at St Mary’s to climb to eighth in the Premier League.The Seagulls ripped Southampton apart throughout with goals from Joao Pedro, Georginio Rutter, Kaoru Mitoma and Jack Hinshelwood taking them to within three points of the top six.But for some wasteful finishing an

A furious Mikel Arteta said Arsenal’s bid to win the Premier League title is now out of their hands after accusing his players of failing to hit the levels required in their crushing 1-0 defeat against West Ham at the Emirates.Jarrod Bowen scored the only goal of the game before Myles Lewis-Skelly was sent off with 18 minutes remaining to leave the Gunners eight points behind Liverpool with

Darren Ferguson believes his Peterborough side showed the confidence needed to get out of trouble after they secured their first away league win since August.Skipper Hector Kyprianou’s headed goal kept Ferguson’s men out of the relegation zone – and led to fifth-placed Huddersfield being booed off by sections of their crowd following a 1-0 defeat.Huddersfield have now failed to s

Portsmouth head coach John Mousinho has taken big pleasure in watching Josh Murphy’s “renaissance” after the winger played a massive part in Pompey’s 2-1 win over QPR.Winger Murphy spearheaded a three-minute Pompey blitz where he curled in a stunner before brilliantly setting up Matt Ritchie.Murphy helped Oxford secure promotion to the Championship last year before becoming

Mark Hughes admitted that his Carlisle side need to improve their decision-making in front of goal after they drew another blank in a 0-0 draw with fellow League Two strugglers Gillingham.It was an end-to-end game, which could have brought plenty of goals on any other day, with there being a hatful of chances created by both teams.Carlisle, who have the joint-worst goals tally in the league with j

Ange Postecoglou believes Tottenham are back in a good space after they made it three Premier League wins in a row with a 4-1 victory at Ipswich.Brennan Johnson’s first-half brace set Spurs on course for another three points, with the Wales international able to score twice at a ground where his father David Johnson had been prolific across a four-year spell.Omari Hutchinson pulled one back

Caretaker boss Alan Sheehan paid tribute to his Swansea players after watching them turn the form book upside down and dismantle play-off chasers Blackburn 3-0 at Swansea.com Stadium.Sheehan, placed in temporary charge of the club for the second time after head coach Luke Williams was sacked on Monday, could not have asked for a better response from his side.The Swans had won only one and lost sev