ANALYSIS
1 Discipline still an issue... especially for Morelos RANGERS have picked up four red cards so far this season, with two of those coming for Alfredo Morelos. His dismissal against Aberdeen was subsequently overturned on appeal, but his fragile temperament was again on display against Ufa as he landed his team-mates in trouble with a ridiculous show of impetuousness.
Not satisfied with picking up a cheap booking for booting the ball away, he followed it up by arguing with the referee over the decision and was subsequently sent packing.
Luckily for him, his teammates dug him out of a hole, but it is a shame that in a week when his undoubted talent was recognised with his first call-up to the Colombian national side that the conversation will again centre on his hair-trigger temper.
It could be argued that the sending off was a little harsh, and it could certainly be argued that Jon Flanagan was hard done by as he picked up a soft second booking for using an elbow in an aerial challenge, but it will still concern Steven Gerrard that his players are finding their way into the referee’s notebook with such regularity.
2 Ejaria is settling in nicely On-loan Liverpool attacker Ejaria was unconvincing in his first few displays for the Ibrox club, looking to be something of a show-pony with his flicks and tricks but little end product to back it all up. His ungainly style didn’t do him any favours either, but suddenly, he looks an altogether more polished performer.
His goal at Motherwell at the weekend may have owed a little to fortune with a rare error from Trevor Carson helping the ball on its way into the net, but there was nothing fortunate about his stunning strike into the top corner against Ufa which gave his team a critical edge in the tie.
He showed another side to his game as well once Rangers were down to 10 and then nine men, putting in a real shift in the middle of the