Gerrard blasts his defence after draw
Gers drop more points away from Ibrox
STEVEN GERRARD pulled no punches with his wretched Rangers defence as St Johnstone inflicted the final blow in the Premiership title race.
Second-half goals from Florian Kamberi and Joe Aribo looked to have salvaged a win at McDiarmid Park after Callum Hendry opened the scoring.
But Stevie May netted with 10 minutes remaining as Rangers were once again complicit in their own downfall on a day when Connor Goldson and Nikola Katic struggled badly.
Gerrard admitted Rangers won’t have a chance of overcoming Braga on Wednesday night if they defend as poorly as they did during a lamentable display in Perth and was forthright in his criticism once again.
He said: “There have been times this season where I have stood on the side and thought ‘fair play’ that is a real worldclass strike or a real good bit of play.
“Fair play, I hold my hand up. These goals, teams are not cutting us to pieces, it is not individual brilliance that is killing us.
“It is us, ourselves, we are shooting ourselves in the foot. It is my job to make sure that stops as quickly as I can. But I feel like I am playing the same record, certainly since we have come back after Christmas.
“I don’t think Thursday has got anything to do with it, this is St Johnstone and a really big three points at stake.”
Gerrard was without firstchoice left-back Borna Barisic against the Saints after he was forced off during the Europa League clash on Thursday night.
The Croatian took a blow to the kidneys at Ibrox but could recover in time to feature in the second leg of the last 32 clash.
Gerrard said: “He is a doubt right now. I am hopeful.”