Athletic Bilbao boss Ernesto Valverde insists he's baffled by the criticism his team have received in Spain after they failed to beat ten-man Rangers.
The Basque side host Barry Ferguson's side on Thursday in the Europa League quarter final second leg after that goalless stalemate at Ibrox last week.
But former Barcelona boss Valverde has been left puzzled after a hostile reaction in the Spanish media for only drawing against a Rangers side who had to play for the majority of the game with ten men after Robin Propper was dismissed.
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He said: "I don't know, I don't understand, we haven't been successful? If we score the penalty, it's a different story.
"We didn't create scoring chances against Villarreal in the game before that, but we did at Rangers.
"Rangers closed us down and defended really well.
"We didn't get everything right, that's true, but it was a better result than at Roma, where we lost the first leg.
"It was just that we couldn't take advantage of the numerical advantage
"We're a team that attacks a lot, but sometimes we struggle to create chances.
"But we are definitely a team who are capable of scoring goals."
