Glasgow Rangers ace Glen Kamara tends to let his football do the talking but the midfielder is becoming an integral part of Steven Gerrard's side.

Despite Rangers throwing away a 2-goal lead to Benfica in the Europa League last night, the Gers are currently enjoying a 19-game unbeaten run, dating back to the 1-0 win over Aberdeen FC at the start of the season.

It's been well over a year since Kamara put pen-to-paper to the pre-contract agreement that saw him sign for the Light Blues from Dundee. The £50,000 they paid Dundee looked like a bargain at the time. Now, with the Finland international a fully-fledged first-team regular starter, it seems like an absolute steal.

Now, Kamara arguably has an even bigger role to play for Gerrard, who has made it clear he is in no rush to sell the 25-year-old and would be reluctant to do so in January given the fact that the Gers are on course to regain the title for the first time since the 2010/11 season.

It looked like it could be a long night for the Light Blues after Benfica took to the lead thanks to an unfortunate own goal from Connor Goldson. But Gerrard's side battled back before being stunned by two late goals from Rafa Silva and Darwin Nunez.

Whilst some players struggled, others shined - and it was Kamara who gave the Gers the lead, finishing a fine team move with a well-placed shot beyond the helpless Benfica goalkeeper Odysseas Vlachomidis.

If anything, it's hard to pick holes in Gerrard's side but it's fair to say that the thing they've lacked the most is goals from midfield, which is arguably their one glaring weakness. James Tavernier has actually scored more goals so far this season than Kamara, Steven Davis, Scott Arfield, Joe Aribo and Ryan Jack combined. Alright, we get it, the club captain is the designated penalty taker, but that's beside the point.

Per SofaScore, the Finnish international won four out of five duels overall, made 3 tackles and 2 interceptions whilst he took a whopping 112 touches of the ball, completed 93 out of 103 passes (92%), made one key pass and took one shot on target, whilst his heatmap shows that he was getting into attacking areas as well, particularly on the left flank.

Once hailed as an "excellent" colossus by former Rangers star Neil Murray, the defensive midfielder admitted he wanted to add goals to his game for the Gers. If this performance is anything to go by, he is showing he can do precisely just that and if he can add some more strikes then it could be a major boost to their titles hopes as they would finally have a midfielder chipping in with goals.

Given his importance to the side, it would surely take a colossal offer to prise him away from the Ibrox outfit to allow Gerrard the time to find a suitable replacement for the right price.

The Rangers boss revealed in the summer that he was aware of interest in Kamara and is desperate to tie him down to a new contract. Is it any wonder, really?

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