Rangers boss Steven Gerrard not happy after Scottish Cup win

The Ibrox men progressed to the fifth round of the William Hill Scottish Cup after a 3-1 win at Central Park.

But while Gers were three up at half-time thanks to goals from Andy Halliday, Lassana Coulibaly and Kyle Lafferty, they were not at the races on a ground that doubles as a stock car track after the interval.

That gave Gary Bollan’s side encouragement and the League Two part-timers were unlucky not to add to David Cox’s strike just after the restart.

Gerrard had given the likes of Jon Flanagan, Gareth McAuley and Coulibaly a run-out but without naming names the Ibrox boss made it clear he was unhappy with certain performances.

Gerrard - who confirmed the only likely movement on today’s transfer deadline day from Gers will be a loan switch for Jordan Rossiter to Bury - said: “I’m just pleased to get through. We’ve come through healthy and those are the two main things.

“I thought it was a professional job. I was pleased with the first half, not so pleased with the second half. I thought we got sloppy and complacent. We were nervy at times and gave them opportunities where we may have been punished on a different night.

“Credit to Cowdenbeath. We played for 45 but got the job done. I had the chance to rest certain people for the weekend and fixtures coming up. There were some positive performances and I was disappointed with a couple of players tonight.”