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Gerrard hails Aribo after home win

Rangers Manager, Steven Gerrard, has praised the
performances of Super Eagles midfielder Joe Aribo in the team’s
home win at the weekend.

Aribo, apart from his brilliant overall show, also scored in the game.

Gerrard expressed satisfaction with the performances of Aribo and Fashion Sakala after they secured a 4-2 win against Ross County in a Scottish Premiership fixture on Sunday.

 

Joseph Hungbo, had put County ahead with only five minutes played before 25-year-old Nigeria star Aribo levelled the scores for Rangers in the 19th minute and Ryan Kent scored the second in the 30th minute for a 2-1 lead at the half-time break.

 

On resumption, Rangers added the third courtesy of
Juninho Bacuna, who finished off a cross from Aribo, before
defender Alex Iacovitti scored an own goal to make it 4-1 in
favour of the Gers.

Though Jordan White pulled a goal back for County in the
87th minute, it was not enough as Rangers picked maximum
points at Ibrox Stadium to maintain their lead at the summit of
the table.

Gerrard also explained reason why he removed Super Eagles
defender, Leon Balogun, in the encounter.

Balogun was substituted during the game in the 70th minute
and the coach has said he decided to remove the defender because
there was need to keep him ahead of the team’s league cup.

Rangers were leading 4-1 when Balogun was substituted with
the game later ending 4-2 with the visitors scoring their second goal
later in the game.

 

“Their first goal was offside – very marginal, but in my position, I am
always going to point a finger at that,” the former Liverpool star said.

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