Ibrox side Glasgow Rangers go to Dingwall tomorrow night.
Stuart Kettlewell has told The Scottish Sun that Rangers are simply a ‘different beast’ under Steven Gerrard this season.
The Premiership title-chasing Gers visit Ross County tomorrow and victory would potentially propel Gerrard’s side to the summit, if Celtic drop points at home to St Mirren.
Rangers go into the game on a back of a 2-1 win over Motherwell at Ibrox, days after drawing 1-1 away to Porto in a Europa League clash.
Those type of results weren’t happening under Gerrard’s predecessor Pedro Caixinha, whose light Blues side were famously – or infamously – knocked out of European qualifying by Progres Niederkorn in 2017.
Under Gerrard, the Scottish giants, in their second season of the Europa League proper, have come a long, long way, and Dingwall boss Kettlewell admits that they’re a ‘fantastic’ side these days.
He said: “We’re seeing a slightly different beast this year, a team that has a greater level of consistency.
“I watched them against Porto and thought it was just a fantastic performance from a Scottish side away from home against a real European giant. That’s the type of team we’re dealing with.”
Rangers are indeed as strong this season as they’ve been for quite some time, but they’ve been stuttering domestically.
They needed a late goal from Filip Helander to see off Motherwell at the weekend, after drawing with Hearts a week earlier.
Ross County are still underdogs tomorrow, but Gerrard’s troops certainly haven’t been as formidable as they were in September.
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