SKIPPER’S BIG LETDOWN

BY MARK McDOUGALL IT’S been a testing time for Steven Gerrard on the pitch in 2020.

Star striker Alfredo Morelos is causing him issues and with Florian Kamberi cup-tied and Jermain Defoe only fit enough for the bench, it left the Gers boss short up front and Greg Stewart was handed a start.

It didn’t go well and the Ibrox side struggled to create anything and were beaten 1-0 by Hearts.

The big suggestion is Gerrard’s European record is saving him and he’s not improved the Ibrox side.

A dismal run of form since Christmas leaves Rangers 12 points behind their rivals Celtic with a game in hand, compared to this time last year when they were eight points behind having played a game more.

A stat of win percentages circulated on social media last week but was wrong on all fronts, incorrectly stating Gerrard had a worse record than the previous three managers – Graeme Murty, Pedro Caixinha and Mark Warburton.

Record Sport crunched the numbers and show Gerrard has in fact got a better record on the domestic front than all three.

STEVEN GERRARD OVERALL (including European games) 111 games: W67, D27, L17 60.3 per cent win record, 15.3 per cent loss record Domestic record 80 games: W52, D15, L13 65 per cent win record 16.25 per cent loss record

GRAEME MURTY 35 games: W21, D3, L11 60 per cent win record, 31.4 per cent loss record

PEDRO CAIXINHA OVERALL (Including European games) 26 games: W14, D5, L7 53.8 per cent win record 26.9 per cent loss record Domestic record 24 games: W13, D5, L6 54.2 per cent win record 25 per cent loss record

MARK WARBURTON OVERALL 82 games: W54, D15, L13 65 per cent win record, 15.9 per cent loss record Premiership season only 32 games: W19, D7, L6 59.3 per cent win record, 18.8 per cent loss record