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title: "Glasgow Rangers: Gerrard confirms private Morelos chat"
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published: "2020-08-11T06:10:27Z"
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# Glasgow Rangers: Gerrard confirms private Morelos chat

**Steven Gerrard has confirmed he had to speak to Alfredo Morelos alone prior to Glasgow Rangers’ Scottish Premiership match against St. Mirren.**

The Gers were in Germany last week as they faced Bayer Leverkusen in the second leg of their Europa League round of 16 tie. The Ibrox outfit were beaten 1-0 on the night and 4-1 on aggregate, and the Colombia international was far from at his best – he managed a SofaScore rating of just [6.6](https://www.sofascore.com/bayer-04-leverkusen-rangers/bXsGdb).

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Against the Buddies, though, the 24-year-old was back on top form, scoring twice in a 3-0 victory, and after the match, Gerrard confirmed he had spoken privately to his star striker. He [said](https://www.teamtalk.com/news/gerrard-admits-he-had-to-speak-to-morelos-ahead-of-two-goal-haul):

*“We spoke to the whole group about Thursday’s performance and how the all-round performance had to be better.*

*“I did have a private chat with Alfredo about his own performance. He acknowledged the fact that he could have been better.*

*“But he wasn’t the only one. I think as a group we could have been better on Thursday night.*

*“There was no finger-pointing individually but I do speak to the players and get a feel for what they are feeling. Alfredo was well aware that he needed to perform a little bit better.”*

It certainly was a different Morelos at Ibrox than the one seen in Germany. With two goals, he played a huge part in the Gers’ victory. Gerrard’s words, it appears, had the desired effect on the man who has been [linked](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/rangers-fc-transfer-rumours/glasgow-rangers-alfredo-morelos-reportedly-agrees-to-join-ligue-1-side-lille/) with a move to Lille this summer.

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Gerrard, though, will be hoping that he has got his message across to Morelos, and that he will not have to repeat this trick in the future.

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