STEVEN GERRARD admitted he felt ‘even more disappointed’ than he did on Saturday after seeing Rangers crash to a shock defeat to Hamilton at Ibrox.

The Gers returned to Premiership duty on the back of the Scottish Cup collapse against Hearts but missed the chance to cut the gap to Celtic at the top of the table.

While their Old Firm rivals salvaged a point at Livingston, Rangers were beaten by Accies as David Moyo netted the only goal of the game to give Brian Rice’s side a famous win.

Gerrard cut an emotional figure in the aftermath of the Jambos defeat and had issued a challenge to his players as he reaffirmed his commitment to the cause this week.

But the 39-year-old didn’t get the reaction that he wanted as Rangers missed a series of chances and were deservedly punished by an Accies side that moved off the foot of the Premiership.

Gerrard said: “Where do we start? We have just given three points away, it’s as simple as that. I’m not really sure I’ve got that many words to describe it.

“The effort was there, the commitment was there but we haven’t taken the chances we created in the game. That’s been the story of it. Hamilton have gone down the other end and scored and maybe could have scored another one.

“Again, a mistake has cost us. That’s where the three points have gone.

“I didn’t think I could be more disappointed that I was after Hearts - but here I am, even more disappointed that I was a few days ago.

“I played the game for many years and I’ve been in dressing rooms where confidence is shot and things are not great.

“I’m not going to say this is the first time I’ve experienced that. But the dressing room is very quiet at the moment.

“Myself and my staff are flat because we are doing everything we can. We are trying to change formations and personnel, doing different things in training to try and lift and put confidence into them.

“I thought we lacked desire and commitment at the weekend which was really tough to take. I don’t think we lacked that tonight. Tonight was more about quality and taking your chances in the final third.

“If you don’t take them, you always leave yourself wide open to someone going and scoring against you. Credit to Brian and his team, they’ve done that. We’ve got a lot to do - a big, big lot.”