Rangers boss Steven Gerrard has admitted that he was blown away by Arsenal’s performance in the Europa Leauge last night.
Arsenal moved into the last four of the competition by winning 4-0 away to Slavia Prague, who eliminated Gerrard’s side from the last-16 phase of the tournament in the previous round.
The Gunners were slight underdogs by virtue of the fact that the Czech outfit brought a 1-1 draw – and an away goal – into the second leg with them.
But Arsenal were ruthless from the first minute and were very good value for their 5-1 aggregate victory in the end.
Their victory came in the same week as one of Slavia’s players was issued a 10-match ban by UEFA for racially abusing Rangers midfielder Glen Kamara who, incidentally, began his career at the Emirates Stadium club.
And Gerrard, speaking to a pre-match press conference ahead of Rangers’ visit of Celtic at Ibrox on Sunday, has admitted that the North Londoners were quite simply a joy to watch on Thursday.
He said: “I loved everything about the game. I loved Arsenal’s performance, I loved the way they went about it and I admired how they approached before the game, during the game and after the game. I was really proud watching Arsenal last night. Everything about it. I sat there and really enjoyed that game. I thought it was a sensational performance.”
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