Taste of vintage Gers in Porto that Gerrard wants to bottle

opener from Luis Diaz. Morelos forced a stunning save from another excellent Barisic delivery just after the break and Rangers dominated possession for long spells in the second half, showing real confidence on the ball.

The 1-1 draw leaves Rangers tied with Porto on four points, two behind Group G leaders Young Boys, with two of their final three games at Ibrox.

“I’m very proud of the players,” Gerrard said. “The performance was outstanding. We at least deserved to take a point.

“I thought our structure and organisation was brilliant, so I need to pay respect to all my staff who have worked so hard to do that this week. But even more so to the players because they have gone out, they have all maxed out, in and out of possession, and carried out the game plan really well.

“That’s the level we need to try and bottle, certainly if we want to get out of this group. That performance gets us something in Feyenoord, and the home games will be very important.

“I think that was our best performance in Europe for large parts. If we can find that consistently we’ll push this group right to the wire.

“Maybe if Alfredo scored the header and we won 2-1 then, for sure, it would be the best.

“But I don’t want to be sitting here as Rangers manager saying it’s our best performance when we have only taken a point.

“Because we have to remember we are Rangers and we came here to try and win the game.”

Gerrard hailed his Colombian attacker Morelos, who scored his 10th Europa League goal of the season.