Rangers manager Pedro Caixinha told BT Sport he accepted the blame for the defeat but evaded a question about his own future.

"We didn't manage to cope with the expectation," he said. "We let the opponent play the way they wanted.

"We got a little better in the second half, we had a couple of chances to score, but after the second goal, we just disappeared as a team.

"Overall, it was a poor performance from us. We were here to deliver to our fan-base the present of a place in the final and we haven't. I am responsible for that.

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"My future is to prepare the boys to be ready to play on Wednesday [against Kilmarnock in the Premiership].

"We have had a poor performance and we have to show a totally different face and that is what we expect. That is my job now and what I need to do.

"It was a bad day for them and a bad day for the club. I am responsible for that and responsible for lifting them to show a different face on Wednesday."