The Nigeria international striker played under the Man Utd boss and needed his old words of advice after derby defeat.
But the Ibrox hitman is clinging to the hope that grief will give way to glory later this month at Hampden. Dessers cut a visibly subdued figure as he sat down with the media to discuss Saturday’s Old Firm heartbreaker. The Nigerian international has had plenty of difficult days since moving to Glasgow but admitted none have tasted as bitter as the 2-1 loss which has put Brendan Rodgers’ Hoops on the brink of wrapping up the championship.
“Then a couple of hours later, obviously it’s a huge disappointment. It’s what you work for every day. Unfortunately losing is also part of football. It’s all going to be about the reaction we can show in these next two games and in the Cup Final. I think also next season from the start. “I thought a couple of times about these words on Saturday and Sunday. But when you come back into this building you switch the button and you try to forget about it. It’s not easy but I want to switch a button and find the energy and power again to go against Dundee.”
Dessers said: “If you look at the results against the other 10 teams, we got more points than them. This is what I knew when I signed here about this league. Often if not every time it’s decided by the head to head games,
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