Nigerian striker Cyriel Dessers has commended his Rangers teammates for displaying character in their 4-2 comeback win against Kilmarnock on Wednesday, marking a triumphant start to Barry Ferguson’s tenure.
The game began poorly for Rangers, with Kilmarnock racing to a two-goal lead within 15 minutes. However, Rangers refused to give up, with Václav Cerny scoring before halftime and Cyriel Dessers netting a brace in the second half to complete the turnaround.
Nedim Bajrami’s goal sealed the win for Rangers, taking them to 59 points in 28 games, although they remain 13 points behind league leaders Celtic. After the game, Dessers spoke to RangersTV, praising the team’s mentality and character in responding to their early setback.
“It was a weird game. If you look at the start, this cannot happen to us. We have had some emotional days so that was maybe in the legs,” the 30-year-old said.
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“But if you see the way we reacted, with the mentality and character we showed, we can be happy with the win as this is a tough place to come to. At half-time the gaffer told us that we were still in the game through Vaclav’s goal. We fought back in the last 15 minutes of the first half and then we had to continue that, which we did. It was a very nice second half.”
Dessers also expressed his delight in scoring his 20th goal of the season with his second goal. “I have a very good relationship with Ridvan and he knows the types of runs I like to make. His ball was perfect and I faced the goal and I wasn’t even thinking, it was like I was on auto-pilot.”
“It was a nice moment and an important goal. We have to take confidence from this and we showed we can play football, now we need to find consistency. Today is a good start but we have to build on this, but if we can keep up this intensity then we can do beautiful things. Saturday against Motherwell, we want to give the fans something back.”
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