Glasgow Rangers striker Alfredo Morelos spared Steven Gerrard's blushes as he came off the bench to score the winner against Lech Poznan in the Europa League on Thursday night.

The Light Blues initially struggled to break down a disciplined Polish side before Morelos ended his six-game goal drought in emphatic style.

The 6-cap Colombia international headed in a cross from Rangers left-back Borna Barisic to secure the victory, which means Gerrard's side have now won their last five games in the Europa League (including the qualifying rounds).

Gerrrard singled out Morelos for praise after his winning header took him to 21 goals for the Gers in Europe, tying him with Ally McCoist's all-time club record.

Speaking after the game, the Rangers boss said: "It's fantastic for him from a personal point of view. Alfredo's a top class player, a top class goalscorer, and it's fantastic that he's still here."

SofaScore gave the 24-year-old a decent grade of 7.2 for his performance - he took two shots on target, had another attempt blocked, whilst he took 16 touches of the ball and completed nine out of ten passes at a pass accuracy rating of 90%. If you look at his heatmap, you can see that he popped up all over the place, which suggests that he caused the Polish side all sorts of problems. Solid effort, that's for sure.

Sky Sports gave Morelos a 8/10 rating, whilst The Daily Record went one step below, claiming he "got just over half an hour for Roofe and made his presence felt with a record-equalling goal."

Much has been made of Morelos' attitude in recent weeks, with former Aberdeen striker Noel Whelan labelling the centre-forward as "petulant and childish" for clashing with Celtic midfielder Scott Brown in the first Old Firm derby of the season.

Petulant, maybe? Brash, almost certainly. But there's no denying the fact that he's still the best striker in the squad, as he has now scored more Uefa Cup/Europa League goals than any other player in the squad. If anything, it just goes to show that Gerrard cannot afford to lose him, if recent reports are to be believed...

AND in other news, Glasgow Rangers left-back Calvin Bassey could soon usurp Borna Barisic at Ibrox...