Steven Gerrard admits he got Rangers team selection wrong as he slams 'worst performance of season'

Rangers manager Steven Gerrard lambasted his team’s performance in their 1-1 draw at Hamilton Accies but was also critical of his own role in a substandard display from the Premiership leaders.

Rangers manager Steven Gerrard during what was a frustrating afternoon for the Premiership leaders at Hamilton. (Photo by Alan Harvey / SNS Group)

Gerrard’s side scarcely merited anything from a contest in which goalkeeper Allan McGregor was their best player.

Even though Accies needed a 94th minute equaliser from Ross Callachan to salvage a point, after Brian Easton’s own goal had put Rangers in front, it was the least Brian Rice’s basement battlers deserved.

While Rangers remain a healthy 21 points clear of Celtic at the top of the Premiership, Gerrard did not attempt to hide his dismay and admitted his decision to start the afternoon with key players such as Steven Davis, Ryan Jack and Kemar Roofe on the bench backfired.

“I am frustrated at our performance, I'm frustrated at myself,” said Gerrard. ”When the dust settles, I'll be quite relieved we've taken a point away today because I don't think we deserved anything out of the game.

“It's the easy way out to say it's a bad day at the office. We had one of them at St Mirren earlier in the season and that's the reason we can't win a League Cup.

“But today was worse. That was our worst performance of the season. Our keeper has been the busiest of both goalies and kept us in the game. He's the reason we're taking a point.

“So we got what we deserved. We could have got a worse result but we never really looked like a Rangers team until we made some changes. I thought the subs did really well and I'm happy with Allan. Outside of that, it's difficult to praise.

“The team is my responsibility but looking back I left too much quality and personality on the bench.

“When we got Jack and Davis onto the pitch with Roofe, we looked a lot more dangerous. I can't play Davis and Jack every single game. You try and make the right changes at the right time but I have got them wrong today, so the buck stops with me.”

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