Steven Gerrard braced for Rangers backlash as gutted boss insists 'this one's on me'

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Steven Gerrard admits he's braced for a backlash after crashing out of the Betfred Cup to St Mirren.The Ibrox club were on a 27 match unbeaten run going into the game but fell to a 3-2 defeat to miss out on the first chance of silverware this season.The Rangers boss fronted up after the match and insisted he should be the target of the inevitable criticism that's to come.Gerrard told Premier Sports: "I'll take this for the players because what they've given me from the beginning of the season has been absolutely outstanding."We just never performed well enough to get the result we wanted and go through."They deserved it, they scored three goals against us.