Brace: Cyril Dessers hit incredible goal milestone to inspire Rangers comeback

Cyril Dessers rewarded newly appointed Barry Ferguson's faith in him, leading the charge as Rangers FC sealed a thrilling 2-4 comeback win against host Kilmarnock at Rugby Park to earn the former midfielder a winning start.

The Nigeria international second half brace means that he has now recorded 20 goals the season, the most of any player for the Scottish Premiership side this campaign.

Speaking after the game, Cyril revealed the halftime pep talk that turned the tides around; “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 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.”

The Nigerian international was delighted to reach the 20 goals milestone but insists he was on auto-pilot when his shot hit the net.

He 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 autopilot. 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", he concluded.

By Oluwadamilola Olaleye