Match Stats: Gerrard Remains Unbeaten Following Six Goal Thriller

Steven Gerrard’s Rangers side took to the pitch once more earlier this afternoon as we faced Motherwell at Fir Park.

The hosts started brightly with the opening goal coming in the third minute of the game, but Rangers went on to fight back on two occasions in the first half with new signing Kyle Lafferty helping himself to a brace on the day.

We seized advantage ahead of the halftime break as Ovi Ejaria scored a third, but although our unbeaten run continues, there was disappointment in the game as we dropped two points as they scored in stoppage time at the end of the match to tie things up.

Paul Hartley was typically their hero following his Fabio Cardoso comments and apology, but we were uncharacteristically poor defensively but having trailed twice for the first time under Gerrard, he will take heart in seeing our resilience come through so that is some small positive – the other of course was Lafferty’s second full debut and showing as he settles back in to life at the club.

Take the positives and improve on the negatives and remember despite our start to the 2018/19 campaign it is still early doors for Gerrard, we’re far from the finished product and the gaffer is still learning so the positives continue to give hope for a better future.

Motherwell				Rangers
Johnson (3), McHugh (18), Hartley (90+4)				Lafferty (15, 38), Ejaria (43)
Carson				McGregor
Aldred				Flanagan
McHugh				Goldson
Hartley				Katic
Cadden				Barisic			78
Bigirimana				Tavernier
Campbell			75	Jack
Rose			84	Ejaria			94
Tait				Halliday			68
Main				Morelos
Johnson			75	Lafferty
Substitutes
Taylor-Sinclair				Wallace			94
Frear			75	Sadiq
Bowman			84	Foderingham
Sammon			75	Kent
Gillespie				Candeias
Gorrin				Arfield			68
Turnbull				Middleton			78

Game Statistics
16	Goal attempts	11
6	On Target	6
10	Corners	5
20	Fouls	17
3	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
47	%	53