Steven Gerrard’s Glasgow Rangers won at Ibrox at the weekend.
Rangers manager Steven Gerrard
The Gers got the better of Livingston 3-1 at home in the Scottish Premiership on Saturday afternoon.
Rangers actually fell behind in the opening minutes of the second half, but they launched a strong comeback to pick up all three points from the encounter, with the visiting team ending the game with 10 men.
Gerrard has disclosed what he told his Rangers players at half time, and he has also praised midfielder Scott Arfield and winger Brandon Barker.
Arfield conceded the penalty against Livingston, but he recovered well, while summer signing Barker scored for the Gers.
Gerrard told Rangers’ official website about Arfield: “It was a penalty and we would certainly expect that if it was on the other foot. I think there was a slight little graze of the ball, but, it’s a foul. That’s why we want Scotty here.
“He is not just a player – the character, the man – it is not like him to really make mistakes like that, but you always know he is going to bounce back and today again he put in a decent performance.”
The Rangers boss added: “The plan was always for Ryan to go 60 and Brandon to go 30, and I put it on all my match-winners at half-time and said ‘go on – go and win us the football match.’
“I thought Brandon did really well and took his goal really well, and that will do his confidence good. Hopefully he can build on that.”
Bouncing back
Rangers were far from their best against Livingston, but at the end of the day, three point are all that matter.
The Gers got the job on Saturday afternoon, and they have bounced back nicely from their defeat to Celtic in the Old Firm derby at Ibrox.
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