'We still need to do a lot of work' - Barisic

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Borna Barisic admits Rangers still have to improve, but asked for patience while Philippe Clement puts his stamp on the team.

On performance:

It's hard to talk about that now. Obviously this is Europe, it's always hard that all the teams are playing good. I think Aris is also, it's a good team. Now to talk about what we should do better, it's hard. We will analyse tomorrow and then we'll talk in the dressing room all together, what we can improve what was good and what wasn’t.

On fans frustration and players’ nerves:

I'm six years almost here, I am used to these things. I agree with you that we have been a little bit nervous in some moments and maybe didn't make the right passes. We need to analyse and become more calm in this situation, make a better pass, especially in the final third, and then punish the opponent. I think then it will be much easier for us to play if you score one or two goals earlier. But as I said, we didn't do that. There was some good play I think, some good things, and as I said we need to keep keeping positive and go forward.

How have you viewed the group now?

As you can see now everything is open. We secure Europe for sure after Christmas, but obviously we want to go in Europa League. So we are going on to Seville to play Betis, a top opponent that will be hard for sure, but we believe in ourselves that we can do that.

On intensity:

I don't think it’s been missing. Maybe in some parts today, maybe last league game in some parts. But things cannot change during the night or in two weeks or three. I think we showed some good football in the last few weeks. We have a high intensity press, we run much more, we're doing things together. But as I said you don't have a magic thing and then it will go just through the night and we fly. So, we still need to do a lot of to work. We need to focus on ourselves and that's the most important thing.

Defensively feel the team team needs to tighten up?

I agree with you, but we need to work. We need to focus on things so that we can improve. There are still a lot of things that we can improve, but as I said, it cannot happen in two days or two weeks. We need to work and that's the process.

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