Steven Gerrard has bemoaned the loss of the influential Glen Kamara for the clash against Brondby.
As a result of the very harsh red – after two yellows – picked up against Sparta Prague in the Czech capital, the midfield maestro will need to sit out Matchday 3 at Ibrox.
His absence will be a blow for Rangers but Gerrard was looking to what positives he could take from the situation.
As reported by the Glasgow Times, the boss was speaking at Rangers pre-match press conference:
“We will miss Glen, he is a good player and in an ideal situation we would have him available,” stated Gerrard.
“We need to use this as a rest for Glen because he has played an awful lot of football with the international games and he always plays full games when he is away.”
“We have used him a lot so we need to try and use it as a positive now that he is not available and try and get him a rest and have him fit and fresh for the weekend.”
Opportunity
So the question is now, who comes in?
The obvious answer is Steven Davis, to slot in beside John Lundstram as an effective base for Rangers to build the play from.
That duo could mean a very attacking ‘front four’ to be supplemented by the wide men, at full-back.
As on Saturday, the Gers deployed more of a 4-2-3-1 and that is likely to be repeated this evening.
An attacking emphasis is what is required with the Scottish champions needing to take the game to their Danish opponents, in what is a must-win game.