OH NO PEDRO
Ex-Rangers boss Pedro Caixinha devastated as Cruz Azul blow chance to win first title in 21 years
The Mexicans were hot favourites to end their long title drought after a goalless first leg draw away from home
FORMER Rangers boss Pedro Caixinha was distraught after his Cruz Azul side blew the chance to win their first Mexican title for 21 years.
The Mexico City club had made it through to the two-legged play-off Liga MX final and were hot favourites to end their long title drought after claiming a goalless draw away in the first leg.
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Pedro Caixinha suffered more heartache
But Caixinha's side choked at home and crashed to a 2-0 defeat to city rivals America as they lost their chance of making it a league and cup double.
And the ex-
Gers flop boss accepted the blame for the gut-wrenching loss.
He said: "I take full responsibility for the defeat. Many congratulations to America, they deserved to win the game.
"The players have nothing to be despondent about. They reached their first play-off final for five years and we will be back next season.
"We have shown remarkable improvement since I arrived and I believe we will continue to get better.
"But there's no doubt the defeat hurts a lot."