Ibrox side Glasgow Rangers won’t be winning the League Cup this season.
Steven Gerrard has admitted to The Daily Mail that his neck is on the line if Rangers continue to suffer disappointing results moving forward.
Rangers missed a great chance to reach a first major final under Gerrard after losing 1-0 to Aberdeen in a Scottish League Cup semi at Hampden Park on Sunday.
The Gers have been flying in the Europa League and could well reach the knockout stages, but it’s been a different story on the domestic front.
Gerrard’s side sit fifth in the Premiership table and eight points adrift of top-of-the-table Hearts, though victory over Kilmarnock at Ibrox tonight would reduce that deficit to five.
“The business I am in, it is cut-throat, it is brutal,” he told The Mail. “If we keep suffering setbacks and results like that moving forward, I am not going to be here.
“You have to be blunt. It is cut-throat – that is the way it is. Don’t sign up for it, don’t come here if you are not prepared to cope with that responsibility and pressure. You shouldn’t be here.”
On the whole, Gerrard has done a magnificent job, and Rangers’ progress on the European stage is particularly remarkable when you consider that they were first-round casualties in the qualification phase under Pedro Caixinha last time around.
Impressive as they’ve been on the continent, stopping Celtic – who have won seven Premiership titles in succession – from reaching an unprecedented 10 in a row is Gerrard’s primary mandate at Rangers.
And unless they improve significantly in Scotland, their European adventures may count for little if Celtic claim an eighth come May.
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