ALLY MCCOIST was 'thrilled' to see Alfredo Morelos move to the brink of beating his Rangers record after he inspired Steven Gerrard's side to victory over Lech Poznan.
The Colombian moved level with McCoist on 21 European goals for the Light Blues as he headed home a cross from Borna Barisic to clinch a crucial Group D win.
Morelos will have a chance to claim the record outright when Rangers face Benfica next month and Ibrox legend McCoist said: “I am going to tell you now, he deserved to be on the bench after his recent performances.
“What a goal it was and he was really, really brave and the Barasic ball was brilliant.
“He deserves enormous credit because that is a fantastic scoring record.
“I am thrilled and I am delighted because it was a goal that Rangers needed, no matter who scored I was always going to be pleased. “Morelos will beat that record because it is there to be broken and he will deserved to beat it when he does do it.”
Why are you making commenting on The Herald only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.
That is invaluable.
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalist’s job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules hereLast Updated:
Report this comment Cancel