Ibrox side Glasgow Rangers have had an excellent start under Steven Gerrard.
Stuart McCall has told The Glasgow Evening Times that Rangers’ performance away at Celtic earlier this season was a big disappointment for him.
Steven Gerrard’s Rangers side lost 1-0 at Parkhead, but the scoreline does not reflect the Hoops’ dominance on the day.
Brendan Rodgers’s troops were all over the Gers for large spells of the game.
Gerrard helped the Blues come through four Europa League qualifiers en route to the group stage, and although McCall is chuffed with that achievement, he maintains that the performance in the Old Firm is a big blot on the 38-year-old’s copy book so far.
“I have been really pleased with the start. Like everyone I was disappointed with the Old Firm game but they have certainly improved, and certainly in an are that they had to at the back. They have progressed in Europe which helps them financially,” he told The GET.
“The big disappointment was the performance against Celtic and it wasn’t what people were hoping for.”
McCall, who won six league titles at Ibrox as a player, might echo the sentiments of many-a-Rangers fan, but the reality is that it’s still been an excellent season so far.
The Gers didn’t make it past the first qualifier last time, infamously going down to Progres Niederkorn under Pedro Caixinha, so with a group-stage clash away to Villarreal coming up tomorrow it’s clear that major progress has been made.
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