Morelos equals scoring record and is dubbed ‘best in Scotland’
Alfredo Morelos’ form for Rangers has seen him labelled the best striker in Scotland and the Colombian has now equalled a goalscoring record.
Morelos was one of the main protagonists at Tynecastle on Sunday, getting under the skin of the Hearts team and scoring what proved to be the winner.
He expertly guided James Tavernier’s free-kick past Zdenek Zlamal and although footage showed that he was one of three Rangers players offside, the transgression was missed by officials and the 2-1 win took Rangers to the top of the table.
It was Morelos’ seventh goal in consecutive games, equalling David Clarkson’s Scottish Premiership record. Clarkson scored in seven straight games for Dundee in 2014.
Rangersareadifferentproposition with the Colombian in the team, as shown by the Betfred Cup semi-final defeat by Aberdeen which he missed through suspension.
On Sportscene on Sunday evening, Scotland assistant coach James Mcfadden suggested that Morelos is now the best striker in Scotland.
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ble presence of the returning Hearts captain Christophe Berra, he displayed why he is so important to Rangers. He worked tirelessly, closing down, getting his body between ball and defender. Much to the anger of Hearts manager Craig Levein he barged, nudged and needled, pushing the limits.
Berra gave an insight in what it is like to play against him after the game.
“I’m sure he must have eyes in the back of his head. At every goal kick, he wasn’t looking at the ball, he was looking at me,” Berra said. “I like the physical battle, it doesn’t bother me. But when you do it five, six, seven times... That’s football, I’m not going to complain too much.
“But, when you are making that many fouls, I don’t know. I’m sure there’s one in the first half where I’ve headed the ball and he [Morelos] barged me. The ref said he’d headed the ball but I’m sure I quite clearly felt the ball hit my head. I don’t understand. I’m not going to indulge in sour grapes.
“I enjoyed it. I don’t mind it. Every time I’ve played against him, I’ve enjoyed the battle. There were fouls at both ends. There were goal kicks from Mcgregor, Morelos is turning to look me in the eye and trying to put me off. I won most of the balls, I didn’t lose any headers, so I think I came out on top. He scored a good goal – but it was offside.”