Rangers boss Steven Gerrard comments on Eros Grezda incident

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Glasgow Rangers star Eros Grezda was in action for Steven Gerrard’s Gers at Ibrox on Thursday.

Rangers manager Steven Gerrard has suggested to The Scottish Sun that Eros Grezda went down a bit too easily against Spartak Moscow.

The Gers played out a goalless draw with Spartak at Ibrox in their Europa League Group G match on Thursday evening.

During the match, Grezda, who can operate as a winger or as an attacking midfielder, went down inside the Spartak penalty box after seemingly being caught by a defender.

The referee, though, did not award a spot-kick to Rangers, as the match eventually ended in a goalless draw.

After the match, Rangers manager Gerrard admitted that it did look that the 23-year-old Albania international – who joined the Gers from Osijek in the summer transfer window for a fee reported by The Daily Record to be worth £2 million – went down too theatrically.

Gerrard told The Scottish Sun: “It looked like a penalty from the side, but I’ve not had the chance to look again.

“Our player went down a little too theatrically. I’ve seen them given, especially at Ibrox, but we have no complaint with the officials.”

Stats

Over the course of the 90 minutes at Ibrox on Thursday evening, hosts Rangers had 58% of the possession, took 12 shots of which three were on target, and earned 10 corners, according to BBC Sport.