The two sides of ‘bulletproof’ Rangers striker Dessers

Captain James Tavernier is another who has had to endure the grumbling of the Rangers fans at times.

Talking after the game, he praised Dessers’ ability to “always rise above” the noise and spoke of his delight that his team-mate was rewarded for his efforts.

Former Rangers midfielder Scott Arfield, part of BBC Scotland’s punditry team for the game, echoed those sentiments.

“I think 25,000 in here love him and 25,000 don’t but he comes across as a very relatable, very likeable,” Arfield said. “And he looks like a good team-mate.

“Any good striker that misses a chance, they don’t care. They’ve got this, this selfishness. He goes back for more and that’s what you want.”

Arfield also drew an interesting comparison with a player both he and Tavernier played with at Ibrox.

“I played here with Alfredo Morelos and he genuinely didn’t care how bad he was in games. It was his greatest attribute because he just went back for more.

“I was a player that might have that wee level of, maybe, insecurity but he best people haven’t got it.

“They’ve just got this absolute bulletproof mentality. And Dessers has a bit of that.”