Rangers midfielder Scott Arfield continues to receive huge praise.
Former Rangers captain Lee McCulloch has told the Glasgow Evening Times that he thinks midfielders like Scott Arfield are a dying breed – but compared him to Stuart Armstrong.
Rangers were in action on Sunday afternoon as they travelled to take on Motherwell at Fir Park, and claimed a 3-0 win in a superb performance.
Somebody needed to step up with star duo Alfredo Morelos and Ryan Kent both unavailable, and that man proved to be Arfield in a remarkable day for the Canadian.
Arfield, 30, scored twice in the first half with fine finishes, and added a third in the second half with a tidy effort having been picked out by the unselfish Jermain Defoe.
That was Arfield’s first career hat-trick, and it came just days after he scored in the 3-0 win over Hearts, taking his opportunity to impress in a more attacking role.
Summer signing Arfield has received huge praise of late, and former Rangers captain McCulloch, who believes that midfielders like Arfield, who break the lines and make runs beyond the striker, are becoming a dying breed.
McCulloch did highlight that Arfield is doing it, just like ex-Celtic man Stuart Armstrong, who joined Southampton for £7milllion last summer (BBC), and whilst a comparison to a former Old Firm rival may not go down too well with some, it’s all intended as huge praise for Arfield’s style of play at Ibrox.
“Arfield is the kind of midfielder that is a bit of a dying breed in the game and Steven Gerrard spoke well about him on Sunday once again,” said McCulloch. “If you look at someone like Stuart Armstrong when he was at Celtic, he would be the midfielder that would run beyond the striker. He gets chances and goals himself by doing that, but he creates space for strikers as well with those unselfish runs.”
“It can go unseen very easily but it does have a big impact on the team when you have a midfielder that can break the lines and get beyond the lone striker through the middle,” he added.
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