Gerrard wants Dutch courage followed by a Swiss stroll

Steven Gerrard has urged Rangers to build on their winning start to Europa League Group G with another positive result at Young Boys on Thursday.

The Light Blues visit the Stade de Suisse Wankdorf looking to pick up where they left off in Europe after opening their group campaign with a 1-0 home win against Feyenoord a fortnight ago.

The task facing Rangers is an entirely different one this time around, though, as they take on the Swiss champions in Bern without their usual away following after announcing in August that they would not request a ticket allocation for this game after receiving two Uefa charges.

Gerrard knows exactly what Rangers are up against but has underlined the importance of taking something from the game as they look to rack up valuable points.

At his pre-match press conference in Switzerland he said: “It’s always important to try and get off to a positive start.

“Especially if your first game is at home.

“I thought the performance was very strong against Feyenoord, especially in the first hour or so of the game.

“Obviously they put us under a bit of pressure at the end of the game, which is quite normal because they were pushing for an equaliser.

“A clean sheet and a win against a good team was the perfect start for us but it’s important we try and build on all that hard work.

“Now we’re away from home, it’ll be a different atmosphere, a different environment with no fans here and on a difficult pitch.

“The challenge is different this time around so we are coming here to try and win the game and do everything we can to do that, but it is important that we take something away from this fixture and try and build on the three points we started with.”

Steven Gerrard