The Light Blues striker also insisted the Ibrox squad are ready to rally around Connor Barron
His heart must have sank watching Belgian baller Malik Fofana pounce on his slack pass - before Alexandre Lacazette made him pay the ultimate price. It was Barron’s glaring error that led to Lyon ’s second goal in their 4-1 Europa League rout over Rangers.
But Dessers said: “Was that a big learning curve for Connor? For sure. Look, he’s been amazing until now. But this is also part of being a football player. Dessers was part of a Rangers side under Philippe Clement who beat Real Betis in Spain last term. They also went toe-to-toe with Portuguese cracks Benfica before being edged out of the Europa League knock-out phase. So why couldn’t they reproduce that type of performance against Lyon. Worryingly, the big striker felt they lacked a bit of self-belief on Thursday night. But he also knows it’s a new-look Rangers side trying to find their way again in Europe.
“But in terms of real belief to equalise or win the game? I think we missed that. Remember, against Benfica we were further into the season. For some of our guys, Thursday night was their first time playing a game at this level. They will learn from it and so will we as a team. We’ll take the good and bad things out of it and hopefully take it into the next Europa League games - because we’ll need to.
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