Barry Ferguson baffled by Rangers as words had after old habits creep back in - 'I will get to the bottom of it'

The interim boss didn't hide his emotions at full-time despite his side recording a comeback win in a seven-goal thriller at Dens

Barry Ferguson admits he was left baffled by Rangers as he promised fans: 'I will get to the bottom of it'.

The Light Blues interim boss watched on as his side went behind 2-0 and then 3-1 before roaring back and eventually getting over the line in added-time as Cyriel Dessers finally beat Trevor Carson to spark wild scenes in the away end and record a 4-3 win.

Ferguson admitted post match that he was happy to bag all three points but told his troops that many old habits returned to their performance and he made his feelings clear in the dressing room post-match.

He revealed he didn't see that type of performance coming - the first since that win over Celtic at Parkhead before the international break - and admitted he was maybe guilty of thinking it was all 'rosy in the garden'

Speaking on Sky Sports, he said: "My thoughts are really happy with the three points, but overall I see so many old habits creeping in and I just had a word with them about it. I am not going to allow that to happen.

"We have a full week now and that is something me, my staff and the players will sit down, go through things and go out on the grass. At stages in the game I was a bit baffled at times.

"One thing I will say about them, they showed character. I keep using this word all the time but this has been labelled against them.

"They never gave in. Even at 3-1. I made a few changes that made a difference but I just sensed when we got our second goal to make it 3-2 we could go on and get the three points.

"But I am happy and not happy. I am happy with the three points but not happy with certain things that happened on the pitch and that is up to me now to make sure that doesn't happen again. That's been the issue.

"I told them at half-time and after the game, be happy it is a difficult place to come, be happy with the three points but they can't be happy with the performance.

"I didn't see it coming. Maybe I am guilty of thinking it was all rosy in the garden. But we need to sort a few things going forward.

"We've got a full week of preparation before Hibs come to Ibrox and for sure we will be sitting down going through things, working on things and making sure old, bad habits don't creep in again."

He continued: "I felt towards the end, the momentum was with us and thankfully we got the winning goal.

"I felt Cyriel was unlucky with his chances. He gives you everything he's got. There are things he can improve, but he's up for it.

"I'm certain they would have lost it [a couple of months ago]. The guys are receptive, they understand parts of the game were way off what we expect. We rolled our sleeves up and got the result in the end."