Steven Gerrard fed-up talking about crowd misbehaviour after a lighter was thrown at Rangers captain James Tavernier

Motherwell and the Police will study CCTV in a bid find the latest culprit to throw something onto the field of play. Flares and, bizarrely, a coconut were chucked onto the Tynecastle pitch during Saturday’s Edinburgh derby.

James Tavernier

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Gerrard said: “It's a sad thing to see in this league but there's a lot of it going on and there's a lot of other sad stuff that's going on in world football.

“It seems like we're trying to send messages out every time we speak to the media, which is a shame. It's dangerous for the players when there are objects thrown on to the pitch, whether it be a lighter or whatever it may be. It needs to stop.”

This was the first time Gerrard had spoken to the media since his SFA charge which forced to sit in the Fir Park main stand for this game.

The Rangers manager said: “You actually get a better view up there. It's a bird's-eye view. The communication was fine today, I was speaking to (coach) Mick Beale throughout the game.

“Obviously I'd rather be on the side with my staff where I normally am but it is what it is and we just got on with things today. The players were excellent and all the talk should be about them. I thought they were terrific from start to finish in how they carried the game plan out.

“I've nothing to say on the SFA charges or anything that's gone on in the past, all I want to do is talk about my team.”

Steven Gerrard signs autographs in the Fir Park stand

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Arfield was the star man for his side in what in the end was a convincing win for Rangers which came four days after their 3-0 home defeat of Hearts.

Gerrard said: “Scott's finishes were all excellent in different ways but as a manager I'm more pleased with the all-round performance. I thought it was a good professional solid away performance and what we'd worked on came out in the game and I'm pleased with that.

"You've got to give (Burnley manager) Sean Dyche the credit for that. I played against Scott many times when he played that narrow left-sided role for Burnley. He's very effective at it but he can do it from both sides. You saw him doing it against Hearts from the right.

“He's a very clever individual out on the pitch, he understands tactics and he understands where to be in and out of possession, he played the role very well from start to finish and he got his reward by being clinical in front of goal.”