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title: "Glasgow Rangers: Fans slam James Tavernier’s performance in defeat at Bayer Leverkusen"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/gers-fans-slam-tavernier-leverkusen/"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Liam Togher"
section: "Rangers News"
published: "2020-08-07T12:00:56Z"
modified: "2020-08-07T12:00:56Z"
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# Glasgow Rangers: Fans slam James Tavernier’s performance in defeat at Bayer Leverkusen

**Glasgow Rangers captain [James Tavernier](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/brighton-transfer-rumours/brighton-transfer-news-james-tavernier-target/) came in for criticism from a number of the club’s fans over his performance in Thursday’s [1-0 defeat at Bayer Leverkusen](https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/51726797) which ended their involvement in the Europa League.**

The 28-year-old was caught out for the game’s decisive moment as he failed to match the run of Moussa Diaby, who latched on to a Charles Aranguiz pass and fired the ball past Allan McGregor for the only goal of the evening (as per [BBC](https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/51726797)).

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Tavernier struggled to rein in the scorer all evening, coughing up three shots to Diaby before being [substituted for youngster Nathan Patterson](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/spielbericht/index/spielbericht/3328545) with 13 minutes remaining. The ‘Gers captain failed to win any tackles or make any interceptions, while he was culpable of nine inaccurate passes and lost possession 15 times during a match that he will want to forget. \[via [Sofascore](https://www.sofascore.com/bayer-04-leverkusen-rangers/bXsGdb)\]

The right-back had been a tremendous attacking outlet during the 2019/20 season, contributing no fewer than 15 assists, but only three of those have come this side of New Year’s Day and just one was in the Europa League proper. \[via [TransferMarkt](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/james-tavernier/leistungsdaten/spieler/62094)\]

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These ‘Gers fans took to Twitter to slam his performance in Germany, with one supporter condemning him as a “liability”:

https://twitter.com/gazpringle/status/1291449296697593857

https://twitter.com/AweAbootRangers/status/1291436468989288454

https://twitter.com/\_\_\_JoeGreen2/status/1291438979334758400

> Really is mystifying how James Tavernier is a Rangers player let alone the captain
>
> — Alister Quinney (@AlisterQuinney) [August 6, 2020](https://twitter.com/AlisterQuinney/status/1291439358545989638?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

https://twitter.com/AweAbootRangers/status/1291455465533120514

> Tavernier to be honest. Is not Good enough. Nice guy and tried hard but…. cmon
>
> — David McGinlay (@davidmcginlay1) [August 6, 2020](https://twitter.com/davidmcginlay1/status/1291473978293399552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> It’s got to the stage it’s impossible to defend Tavernier anymore, Patterson starts on Sunday for me but we all know he won’t…
>
> — (@rockthekasbah88) [August 6, 2020](https://twitter.com/rockthekasbah88/status/1291480140753637383?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

***‘Gers fans, were you disappointed with Tavernier’s performance against Bayer Leverkusen? Comment below with your views!***