Steven Gerrard says fear and panic cost Rangers a Champions League loss to Malmö | Football news

Steven Gerrard believes the Rangers faced fear and panic when they failed to save their Champions League qualifier against Malmö in Ibrox.

Colombian striker Alfredo Morelos equalized the first leg of the match 2-1 after the Swedish break, and he equalized in the 18th minute when he knocked out Ryan Kent.

The third qualifier seemed to turn further in favor of the Rangers when Malmö midfielder Bonke Innocent was sent off just before the break.

However, two great goals from Malmö striker Antonio Colak at the start of the second half gave the Swedish side a 4-2 victory This should be a disgrace to the Scottish champions, who have now lost three games in a row.

“We’ve been trying to keep the heat on after a 2-1 loss,” Gerrard said Premier sports after the loss.

“You have to try different things, a little fear and a little panic. We started playing hopeful balls in a box instead of trying to stay calm and play through.

“In reality, we’ve lost three games out of four, and that’s not enough for the Rangers. We’re well aware of that. We have to take ourselves now and take it again.

“The most frustrating thing is that we lost the second half 2-0 to 10 men. On the restart of our defense we were poor. There is no way to dress for it. We have to be better in these situations.

“We’ve been paid for having the ball in play and two throw-ins. We haven’t been good enough in defense.

“When you play teams at this level and you don’t defend situations from restarts, you pay, and we’ve done.

– I felt that when he had it, we went round instead of trying to get their defenders back and be more hostile past us.

“The reality is at this level that you can’t miss two goals in the first and two in the second leg because you make things really hard for yourself.”

“All expectations of Rangers win”

Sky Sportsin Kris Boyd:

“Rangers at halftime, for the men, the goal, the victory in the game and the level of the draw, you can expect them to come out [and win]But to be honest, Malmö has a lot of experienced players on his team and they needed it.

“Colak from the front scored two fantastic goals, but the other has no excuses from Leon Balogun. It’s a throw-in and he needs to get someone in front to protect him. As soon as it’s played for Colak, he turns and Joe Aribo tries to get back, but it’s fantastic turn and end.

“The Rangers didn’t create much in the second half. They look like a team that shouted and blew the majority.”