Cyriel Dessers makes big Rangers admission as he concedes key thing was missing in Lyon drubbing

Connor Barron probably wanted the Ibrox ground to swallow him up on Thursday night.

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.

And in that moment, Cyriel Dessers would have known exactly how he felt. The big striker has been there himself. Remember, a year ago Dessers was being jeered off the Ibrox pitch by his own fans for missing chances up front. But credit to the Nigerian. Instead of going into his shell and disappearing, Gers number nine puffed his chest out and fought his way back.

So much so, he’s now their top scorer and first-choice centre-forward. Dessers believes Barron can do likewise, in terms of recovering from his faux pas against the French. The 29-year-old says games like that will benefit the young Scot in the long-term. Because while Barron might get away with mis-placed passes against SPFL opposition, the likes of Fofana and Lacazette were brutal in their punishment. Rangers return to league duty against St Johnstone, where both players will be in the firing line again.

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.

"Sometimes you miss a chance or misplace a pass like he did and the other team scores out of it. It’s also about the quality and the difference at this level. If he did that on the weekend, maybe it wouldn’t be killed off.

“But in Europe, they immediately kill it off. That’s part of football. When you have the money Lyon have and you can buy players at that level, it’s