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Rangers had gone into the match level on seven points with Group E leaders Barca, but it was the Catalan side who took a giant step towards the knock-out stages with a convincing 2-0 victory.

"I can't complain about our attitude, we worked hard, we had to battle against them for 90 minutes. I've no complaints about the way my team handled themselves." said Smith. "We are always disappointed to lose, but we can have no complaints."

He added: "It was a very difficult 90 minutes for us, no doubt about that, the start didn't help us, and after conceding after just five minutes it was always going to be difficult.

Former Arsenal striker Thierry Henry opened the scoring after just five minutes to give Barca the ideal start, and Lionel Messi doubled his side advantage just before half-time.

Barca could have netted many more goals but a mixture of indifferent finishing and good goalkeeping from Rangers' Allan McGregor kept the score down.

At the other end, Barca custodian Victor Valdes enjoyed a relatively quiet night, with only late efforts from Jean-Claude Darcheville and Nacho Novo giving him any real headaches.

Although Smith had no complaints about the result, he did feel his side could have done better with Barca's opening goal.

Messi was allowed to ghost in unmarked at the far post and get a header on Ronaldinho's cross that was turned home by the sliding Henry.

"A little bit of poor defending from us allowed Messi a free header for the first goal," Smith said, "Losing one after the first five minutes and then again five minutes before the break was a blow for us, but like I said there are no complaints."