By Obaloluwa Joshua, LAGOS
Cyriel Dessers has hailed Rangers’ character in the thrilling 4-2 comeback win over Kilmarnock.
The Light Blues conceded twice in the opening 12 minutes of the encounter at the Rugby Park.
Dessers scored twice in the second half with Vaclav Cerny and Nedim Bajrami also on target.
“It was a weird game,” Dessers told Rangers TV.
“If you look at the start, this cannot happen to us. We have had some emotional days so that was maybe in the legs.
“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 stunning second goal was his 20th of the season.
The Nigerian international was delighted to reach the milestone, but insists he was on auto-pilot when his shot hit the net.
Dessers added: “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.”
