'Immense, outstanding' - Steven Gerrard singles out two Rangers players for their performances against Midtjylland

Rangers manager Steven Gerrard was effusive in his praise for his players after their 4-2 win over Midtjylland in Denmark on Thursday night, but highlighted the performance of two players above the rest.

Proud: Rangers boss Steven Gerrard

With Croatian defender Borna Barisic named among the substitutes, Jon Flanagan was selected at left-back against the Danish Superliga side - his first start since May - and Gerrard was more than pleased with his former Liverpool team-mate's contribution.

• READ MORE - Match report: Midtjylland 2-4 RangersSpeaking to RangersTV after the match, he said: "I thought Jon Flanagan, for his first start, was immense.

"The two centre-backs were fantastic again and Joe Aribo, again, gets an unbelievable goal."

• READ MORE - Steven Gerrard says Rangers have 'grown up' after 'fantastic' performance against MidtjyllandOn the day the Ibrox side rejected a reported £10 million bid for striker Alfredo Morelos, Gerrard hailed the forward's game.

"Scott Arfield got a lovely little pass finish and if anyone was doubting Big Buff [Morelos'] commitment to the club, just watch that back for 90 minutes - I thought he was outstanding," he added.

“I have nothing but praise for my players. This is a difficult opposition who have good players.

“I’m very proud of the performance. I think everyone to a man was fantastic tonight, and it is a great result but it is only half-time and there is still a lot of work to do.

“We need to go and carry out the gameplan in the second leg exactly how the boys did tonight. I thought we were very close to a perfect performance, although we have conceded a couple of goals.