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Mark McDougall

Steven Gerrard issues Rangers promise as he looks for ruthless edge

Rangers boss Steven Gerrard has told fans his team will never give up despite being 10 points behind title rivals Celtic.

The Ibrox side have had a horrid run of form since the turn of the year and lost 2-1 against Kilmarnock on Wednesday night.

Many feel the title race is now over with Celtic in such fine form and Gerrard's men struggling.

But the Liverpool legend has refused to throw in the towel but fired a warning to his players that they need to be more ruthless.

Rangers have thrown away leads in the second half twice since the winter break to lose games against Hearts and Kilmarnock, and the lack of control in games is frustrating the Ibrox gaffer.

He said: "I always try and be honest, at the time I felt like we had really let ourselves down and I took responsibility for the result on the night and I stand by that.

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"I still believe we have quality as we showed in the first half of the season.

"We created some really good chances but we lost momentum when the dynamic of the game changed and when we lost it we made bad errors. We need to be better at getting control of games when we get ahead.

"Under my watch, nobody will give anything up and we will continue to fight. I have the belief that I have the right people with me.

"We are representing a club that needs proper people and proper players that need to win and have to take responsibility to win.

"We were managing games very well to get the results we required in the first half of the season. We need to be more ruthless in the final third.

"We will learn, I am confident of this. The players and staff realise the situation and we all take responsibility for this. I totally understand the feelings right now but football can change extremely quickly.

"I said to the players the fans deserve a display, they have followed us everywhere and they don't pick and choose."

Gerrard expects Livingston to put up a tough fight on Saturday as his side look to get back to winning ways.

The Lions have been a notoriously difficult side to face for Rangers and he said: "I'm sure Livingston will be organised and well-drilled but for us I am looking for the reaction that our fans deserve and a real positive result."

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