Rangers slumped to back-to-back defeats in all competitions following a massively disappointing 1-0 defeat by the hands of Dundee United this afternoon.
The Gers have been hoping to bounce again from Tuesday night time’s loss within the first leg of their Champions League third spherical qualifying tie towards Malmo, nevertheless it wasn’t to be for Steven Gerrard’s fees.
After an evenly-contested opening 45 minutes at Tannadice, the reigning Scottish champions have been dominant within the opening exchanges after the break. Nonetheless, a fortunate bounce of the ball offered Dundee United left-back Jamie Robson with a golden alternative to place the hosts forward, and the 23-year-old made no mistake.
Regardless of Rangers’ determined efforts to seek out an equaliser, their ahead line appeared blunt and means beneath its greatest, producing simply two photographs on track all afternoon.
Sadly for Alfredo Morelos, the Colombia worldwide was probably the most underwhelming attacker in his first look of the brand new marketing campaign.
Was Morelos Rangers’ worst performer?
Sure – 100%
No means!
As per SofaScore, Rangers’ star striker had simply 29 touches within the 82 minutes that he was on the pitch, two fewer than goalkeeper Jon McLaughlin. Morelos additionally misplaced six of his 10 duels towards the Tangerines, had only one shot on track and misplaced possession eight instances.
The £10.8m-rated ahead has let Gerrard down earlier than, though it’s normally for his ailing self-discipline fairly than poor shows in entrance of aim.
El Bufalo can be forgiven for his poor displaying by Rangers followers given his earlier exploits for the membership, however they, alongside Gerrard, can be hoping for a much-improved displaying subsequent day out from the 25-year-old.
He was maybe thrown into the beginning XI too quickly by the supervisor contemplating that he solely returned from his homeland just a few days in the past, but Morelos would nonetheless have been anticipating to place in a greater efficiency than what he did right now.
In different information… Gerrard should unleash “particular” 25 y/o vs Dundee Utd, he may very well be Rangers’ game-changer