Steven Gerrard tells Rangers players 'home truths' as long unbeaten streak ends

Steven Gerrard tells Rangers players 'home truths' as long unbeaten streak ends

Liverpool Echo Sports·2021-08-09 10:00

Steven Gerrard's 40-game unbeaten run as Rangers boss came to an end on Saturday with a 1-0 defeat away at Dundee United. A second-half goal from Jamie Robson handed the former Liverpool skipper his first loss in the Scottish Premiership since March 2020 - with the Rangers boss keen to share some home truths with his players, ahead of their Champions League showdown with Malmo on Tuesday. "From our point of view, it was not good enough. I think over the course of the 90 minutes we didn't deserve to lose the game but you always put yourself in that position if you don't score goals, the former Liverpool skipper told Sky Sports. The result and the performance is on me and my team. We'll have to accept that and move on pretty quickly.READ MORE:Liverpool transfers - Reds win race for wonderkid as Scott Parker makes Arnaut Danjuma admissionRangers won their opening game of the season against Livingston last weekend, but Gerrard has now suffered back-to-back losses after a 2-1 away defeat to Malmo in midweek."When you suffer a setback, it gives you the chance to reset and give some of the players some home truths. We'll go away and analyse the game. At the moment, we've not got time to feel sorry for ourselves [with the Malmo game on Tuesday]."We're going to need a far better level of performance to get that done."The Scottish champions meet the Swedish side in the penultimate qualifying round, with the Gers having not reached the Champions League group stages since the 2010/11 season.Sign up for daily Liverpool newsGet all the latest Liverpool breaking news, team news, transfer rumours, injury updates plus analysis of what's next for the Reds.You'll also get the latest transfer talk and analysis every day for FREE! Sign up here - it only takes a few seconds!The boys have been absolutely top for me during [the unbeaten run] but the reality is weve lost two games on the spin, he said.We have to take responsibility for that and well put it right. Weve got no time to sulk or feel sorry for ourselves.Weve got a huge game coming up and its the perfect opportunity to bounce back, but the key is weve got to find a level of performance thats a lot better than today.Read MoreRelated ArticlesRead MoreRelated Articles

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