Ibrox side Glasgow Rangers lost a late equaliser on Sunday.
Rangers boss Steven Gerrard has explained his reasoning behind introducing Lee Wallace as a stoppage-time substitute on Sunday.
Peter Hartley snatched a stoppage-time equaliser to deny Rangers all three points in the thrilling 3-3 draw at Motherwell.
It was a corner which led to Hartley’s goal and Gerrard had replaced midfielder Ovie Ejaria for left-back Wallace just moments before the set piece was taken.
Making a substitute shortly before a defensive corner isn’t a tactic championed by many managers, given that it forces a re-shuffle and reduces concentration.
The decision frustrated a lot of Rangers fans on Twitter, but Gerrard told The Belfast Telegraph that Wallace’s height and defensive capabilities inspired the move.
“They had four or five big units on there then I have a defender sitting behind me who is 6ft 3in. That was the thinking behind it. If I’ve got it wrong I’ll take the blame, no problem,” he said.
In Gerrard’s defence, this was only his third-ever league game in club management, so errors in judgement such as this are somewhat par for the course at this stage.
He will learn as a result of this lesson and the good news is that he is open enough to explore the possibility that it was a mistake, rather than blindly defend it at all costs.
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