STEVEN GERRARD admits Rangers will be punching well above their weight if they land Premier League opposition in the draw for the Europa League on Friday.
Rangers booked their place in the last 16 of the competition with a remarkable 9-5 aggregate win over Royal Antwerp and have now matched their achievement from Gerrard’s second campaign at Ibrox as they qualified from the group stages and progressed through the first knock-out round.
Victory against Braga at this stage last term landed Rangers a draw with German giants Bayer Leverkusen and the Bundesliga outfit proved too strong over a tie that was disrupted by the Coronavirus outbreak that brought a halt to football across the continent.
But Gerrard’s side can now look forward to the next stage with real confidence after a 5-2 win at Ibrox that saw Alfredo Morelos, Nathan Patterson, Ryan Kent, Borna Barisic and Cedric Itten find the target on another memorable night.
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Rangers could land a mouth-watering Battle of Britain clash when the draw is made at Friday lunchtime and Gerrard is relishing the tie no matter who his side are paired with in Nyon.
Gerrard said: “It is not about thinking about how far we can go just now, it is about enjoying tonight and enjoying the performance. I am really pleased with the lads, the atmosphere in the dressing room is fantastic.
“We wanted to come into this game and not hang on and wait and hope, we wanted to play with bravery and be bold and really play on the front foot and we went out and done that.
“The draw will give us whatever it gives us. What we will do is look forward to it with excitement and we will look forward to both ties.
“Whoever you come up against in the last 16, it is going to be a big challenge, especially if you get one of those English teams because we would be punching well above our weight for sure.”
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