Kemar Roofe was sent off in Rangers' match with Slavia Prague for an extremely dangerous high boot on Slavia Prague goalkeeper Ondrej Kolar.
Kemar Roofe
Kemar Roofe sent off for his challenge on Ondrej Kolar.
The Slavia Prague keeper suffered a nasty gash to the head and had to be taken off.#RANSLA #UEL #VMSport pic.twitter.com/tOrP2aMflu— Virgin Media Sport (@VMSportIE) March 18, 2021
Roofe was sent off in the 62nd minute with the Glasgow club losing 1-0, and 2-1 on aggregate, in their crucial Europa League match.
The collision between Roofe and Kolar led to the goalkeeper being stretchered off.
Steven Gerrard
Steven Gerrard spoke up the importance of the tie in his pre-match comments.
"It is right up there at the top with the most important games that we have faced and played in.
"The opportunity to achieve the last eight, from where the club was when I came in, is a chance to achieve something that is monumental.
"We want to go and empty everything we have got into this game.
"We don’t have to worry about anything else that is on the horizon after it, we just want to treat this game in isolation and go and give it our best and see where it takes us.
"If we are in that draw, it will be a fantastic achievement from the players."
"We want to do everything we can for the country and to give ourselves the best chance in the future, of course we do.
"But the players just need to be focused on the game plan and the task about worry about what is in front of us and everything else will take care of itself.
"If we can find our best performance and it gives us a positive result, then everything else will take care of itself."
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