Steven Gerrard 'proud' of Rangers after Villarreal draw

Scott Arfield and Kyle Lafferty scored in the second half to earn the Premiership side a point, after they trailed at the break to Carlos Bacca's first-minute opener for the La Liga side.

Gerrard spok eafter the game about how proud he was of his team. 

"We have unbelievable quality. I asked them to just show a little more belief and confidence," he told 'Rangers TV'.

"But the second-half performance was very strong and we are a good team when we show it, when we believe, and we can create chances against anyone.

"It is a fantastic result and the message is watch the second half and start believing you are a very good team."

The former Liverpool captain was happy with the character that his team showed, after conceded in the first minute. 

"We obviously got off to the worst possible start, going a goal down inside the first minute. Sometimes in football you've got to hold your hand up and it was a wonderful strike from Carlos Bacca", he told 'Sky Sports News'.

"The message at half-time was to show more belief and have more courage in our play by making passes.

"I was concerned at half-time that we were going to have regrets after the game. When we won the ball back we never kept it well enough. We never had enough belief when we were getting into really good areas.

"We didn't really believe we could cause the opposition problems. But from half-time we went and did it and we could have scored a few more goals.

"It was a crazy end to the game - we could have won it through Scott Arfield and yet at the same time we could have lost it. But I think that would have been really harsh on us - we deserved a point tonight."