Rangers players showed character: Warburton

Glasgow: Rangers manager Mark Warburton said his players answered their critics as they moved up to second in the Scottish Premiership with a 2-1 win over Aberdeen at Ibrox. Warburton and his squad had come in for some fierce criticism following their 2-0 defeat to Hearts in midweek — victory in an ill-tempered affair over Aberdeen leaves them eight points adrift of bitter historic rivals Celtic. The former Brentford handler said the players were stung by some of the comments made in the wake of the Hearts loss. “The players were more than hurt by some comments made about them; comments that questioned their battling qualities and desire,” Warburton said.