DISAPPOINTED Ayr United boss Ian McCall said poor defending played a big part in their 4-0 defeat to hosts Rangers in last night's Betfred Cup quarter-final at Ibrox.

But he admitted Steven Gerrard's side were worthy winners.McCall said: "We felt three of the goals were really cheap goals. For the first one Michael (Rose) should have done better, the second was really poor from us, the fourth was a good one but the third goal wasn't even a good set play, so that was disappointing from our point of view."I thought 4-0 was a fair reflection on the game, it was hard for us. We played okay. I felt it was a pretty clear penalty (when Alan Forrest was brought down by Jonathan Flanagan). Bobby Madden, the referee said he will phone us to apologise. If it had gone to 1-1 we might have lost 4-1."He was heartened with the support given by the visiting fans and added: "We were pleased with the crowd, the higher the better in terms of us getting some finance."United are now focusing their attention on Saturday's visit to Cappielow to face Morton.He said: "We want to stay top of the league, we are very proud of being to and want to stay there."