Cyriel Dessers admits his Rangers style isn't pretty as 20 goal hitman offers up life lesson to serial snipers

Cyriel Dessers is the first to admit that when it comes to his skills as a striker, he’s not the easiest on the eye.

But the Rangers ace also reckons the beauty of his game runs far deeper than the 20 goals he’s contributed to the Ibrox cause this season. The Nigeria international has been an easy target for the blue boo boys at times this season with his nasty habit of missing as many chances as he takes.

But if Philippe Clement’s team end up sitting pretty at the top of the Premiership come the end of the season, no-one can deny he’ll have made a major contribution. There were no ugly misses this time in Paisley as he reached his latest goal milestone with a crucial winner against St Mirren. It was gorgeous move to unlock Stephen Robinson’s team, with James Tavernier’s devastating cross taking Saints No Zach Hemming and defender James Bolton out of the equation as Dessers was left with the simplest of headers.

Boss Clement, however, was just as pleased with the 29-year-old’s contribution outside of the box as he praised the £4.5million recruit for digging in to get Gers over the line. And Dessers reckons those are the subtle features of his game that sometime get overlooked.

Asked if he was happy to hit the 20-mark, the Rangers’ blue-eyed boy said: “Obviously. To score 20 is a beautiful number. I looked it up last week after someone told me [I was close].

“Not a lot of Rangers strikers haver got to those numbers in the last few years. So it’s a nice milestone for me. It’s a good feeling to reach that mark. “But it’s all about the win.

“I would be equally as happy if someone else had scored that goal. But just to get a result against a difficult team, on a difficult pitch, should give us confidence. It has to give us a boost