ALEX SMITH'S RANGERS MATCH COMMEMTS

Two Steven Thompson goals, an accurate reflection of United's commitment to attack at Ibrox yesterday, proved insufficient to capture a point from the fixture. "We lost the three goals too easily, the first was scored we were actually attacking Rangers," said Alex Smith last night. "We came back into the game in the second half and played a lot of good football as the game wore on."

United's spirited performance deserved better than a narrow defeat according to Alex Smith. "We might have scored late on, we deserved to. I'm quite sure we will play worse than that and win games."