Rangers: Hamilton arrive at Ibrox Stadium ahead of clash
Rangers boss Steven Gerrard saw the Ibrox crowd turn on his team as they lost 1-0 to Hamilton on Wednesday night, with the manager admitting he has never felt so disappointed. The defeat means Rangers are now 13 points behind league leaders Celtic.
The defeat for Rangers means they have now lost-back-to-back games for the first time since Gerrard took over at the club.
After the game Gerrard revealed his players are suffering a confidence crisis and he now has the difficult task of trying to pick them back up again.
The loss came five days after Rangers were knocked out of the Scottish Cup by Hearts, after which Gerrard insisted he would be taking the next 48 hours to reflect on the surprise defeat.
Gerrard said that he thought couldn’t be more upset after seeing his side get knocked out at the quarter-finals, but has since admitted that he has now been proved wrong after yesterday’s loss.
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“Myself and my staff are flat because we are doing everything we can. We are trying to change formations and personnel, doing different things in training to try and lift and put confidence into them.
“I thought we lacked desire and commitment at the weekend which was really tough to take. I don’t think we lacked that tonight. Tonight was more about quality and taking your chances in the final third.
“If you don’t take them, you always leave yourself wide open to someone going and scoring against you. Credit to Brian and his team, they’ve done that.
“The effort was there, the commitment was there but we haven’t taken the chances we created in the game. That’s been the story of it.
“Hamilton have gone down the other end and scored and maybe could have scored another one.
“There were a few good performances out there, believe it or not. I thought Steven Davis was outstanding and Joe Aribo had a right go.”