Aribo Is A Bold And Aggressive Player – Gerrard

Rangers manager, Steven Gerrard has come out to reveal why Joe Aribo played in Saturday’s 1-0 victory vs Kilmarnock in a Scottish Premiership showdown. He recently revealed this while praising his boys for maintaining their 100% home record.

According to him, even if Glen Kamara would’ve been the obvious choice for the role, he needed the boldness and aggression Aribo brings to the team.

He added that Rangers is currently in a good place football-wise, and he wants his players to enjoy themselves as much as possible.

His words, “Glen Kamara obviously we never used today but he is another top one who can complement them,”

“It is a fantastic midfield three but at home we want to be a bit more aggressive, a bit more bold and that’s the reason why we decided to go with Aribo.”

“It is certainly an improvement on last week, we had a few meetings early in the week to reset ourselves and I thought we were back today in terms of owning the pitch and our organisation out of possession.”

“Allan [McGregor] had a relatively quiet afternoon but I’d like us to be a bit more clinical and ruthless going forward.”

“I think we created the chances but I’ll never complain after a 1-0 win. It is another clean sheet and that is 14 wins out of 14 at home which is the standard and level we have been striving for so credit to the boys.”

“We are in a fantastic place and we want the players to try and enjoy this,”

“We realise it is a really critical and important time but we want them to pump their chests out and really enjoy this journey and the story they are creating so far.”

“The squad’s getting healthier, Alfredo and Kamar are available on Thursday and then Alfredo is available next week too. Defoe has had a couple of sessions and we used Arfield today just to give him a taste of it.”

“We are in a good place and we just need to take each challenge as it comes now but it’s very positive for us.”