His goals may be helping Rangers this season, but Alfredo Morelos’ temper is definitely not.
The striker has scored 15 Premiership goals for Steven Gerrard’s side so far, but he has also been sent off four times, the most recent being in Rangers’ 4-2 win against Aberdeen – a game in which he also scored twice.
Now three of his four red cards have come against The Dons, and Gerrard said his player must find a way to improve his discipline.
“I think for Alfredo to go to the next level or to improve he will have to channel his aggression,” the manager said after the win, which also saw defender Scott McKenna receive his marching orders.
“I haven’t had the chance to analyse the incident so I can’t tell you if Scott deserved a red or whether Alfredo did. They’ve had a fantastic battle up until that point.
“Two top players, but unfortunately they have both ended up with red cards. Whether they deserved it I’ll have to analyse it. If Alfredo is in the wrong then he’ll deserve the red card.
“He’ll then be missing for two games and that’s how he’ll get punished because he hates missing games. But I’m doing everything in my power to help the kid grow as a footballer and as a person.
“I’m not going to take the physical side away from him because he’ll get bullied out there against some strong physical players.”
Morelos’ red mist.
Aberdeen 1-1 Rangers: 05/08/18
FC Ufa 1-1 Rangers: 30/08/18
Rangers 0-1 Aberdeen: 05/12/18
Aberdeen 2-4 Rangers: 06/02/19