DAVID WEIR is confident Rangers will learn from their Scottish Cup heartache as the dust settles on a dramatic day at Hampden.
The Light Blues were denied a unique Treble as Hibernian scored a last minute winner to clinch a 3-2 win and lift the silverware for the first time in 114 years.
Rangers had come from behind to lead as Kenny Miller and Andy Halliday cancelled out an early strike from Anthony Stokes.
But the day would end in disappointment as Alan Stubbs’ side fought back to ensure they earned their place in the history books.
The pitch invasion at the final whistle took some of the shine off the occasion for Hibs and compounded an afternoon to forget for the Gers.
But assistant manager Weir insists the Ibrox squad will be determined to learn from their mistakes after throwing away a medal at the National Stadium.
He told rangers.co.uk: “I think overall there’s obvious disappointment with the result and probably with the performance as well, I don’t think we played as well as we could have done.
“It’s disappointing to get in to a winning position as well and not hold on to that, so many aspects of the game we were disappointed with but within that as well you have to give Hibs credit for winning the Cup.
“With all that has been going on this weekend sometimes that has got lost a little bit, so credit to them, they played better than us on the day and in my opinion deserved to win.
“I think the positives are we know what we need to improve on. We’re always learning, we’re always trying to get better, we’re always looking for areas where we can improve.
“Maybe the game on Saturday highlighted the areas we need to improve on.
“We’ll strive to do that, we’ll continue to look to get better and I think it’s quite clear in regards to where we need to improve, so that can be a positive thing for us moving forward.
“Maybe if we had won it would have disguised a few things that we need to improve on and maybe in the long term that will be a good thing for us.”
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