Aasgaard wants to be ‘the man’ for Rangers

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Thelo Aasgaard said he wants “to be the man” for Rangers this season and take on more responsibility.

For the fourth consecutive season, Rangers failed to make a winning start to their Scottish Premiership campaign after they were held to a 1-1 draw by Dundee United on Friday.

Aasgaard scored the leveller for Derek McInnes side at Tannadice Park, while he also led his team-mates in shots (four), touches (76), completed passes (39) and successful dribbles (4/6).

The 24-year-old directly contributed to the fourth-most goals among Rangers players in the league last season (11 – seven goals, four assists), while his seven goals in the Scottish top-flight were only bettered by Youssef Chermiti (15) and James Tavernier (eight).

Aasgaard represented Norway at this summer’s World Cup, scoring in their group stage defeat to France, and wants to use his experience at the tournament to his advantage at Rangers.

“I was just trying to take that quality from the six weeks out in America,” said Aasgaard.

 Thelo Aasgaard spoke to @RangersTV after tonight’s draw against Dundee United. pic.twitter.com/vkiQKxutIp

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“I trained with some really good players day in, day out and that raises your standards, so I’ve tried to bring that in in pre-season and I felt like I’ve done that.

“I want to take some responsibility this year to be the man.

“Last season was a lot of ups and downs, and I’m just trying to find that consistency.

“If it’s not a goal or assist, then it’s a really strong performance, so I’m obviously happy to score. I’m just trying to show the manager that I should be in and around the team.

“Playing amongst the best players in the world with Norway, and feeling really confident, feeling good in training, obviously a good performance in the World Cup as well, did wonders for my confidence, so I tried to bring that into Rangers.

“It’s great to score, but it’s not the same when you can’t celebrate in front of the fans. It’s a bit bittersweet.”

Rangers take on Jagiellonia Bialystok in a Europa League qualifier on Thursday, before facing Hibernian in their second Scottish Premiership fixture of the season.

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