Glasgow Rangers of Scotland midfielder, Joe Aribo has earned a fresh round of applause from his coach at The Gers, Steven Gerrard, who admitted he was thrilled with the Super Eagles’ star’s performance in the club’s latest game, megasportsarena.com reports.
The former Charlton Athletic of England youngster indeed was back at his best against Saint Johnstone in the Scottish Premiership, and Gerrard was left ecstatic seeing Aribo capped an impressive display with an assist in his side’s 3-0 spanking of The Saints.
The 24-year-old Aribo, who has four goals and two assists in 18 appearances across all outings for the 54-time Scottish first-tier champions this season, will hope to be involved when The Gers welcome Hibernian to the Ibrox Stadium on Boxing Day.
Heading into that game, he has already gained plaudits from Gerrard, who declared emphatically that Aribo has proven that he is back to his best with his display in Wednesday’s fixture, less than a week after he also helped his side silence Motherwell 3-1.
Rangers went to McDiarmid Park to pick maximum points at the expense of Callum Davidson’s team and Aribo, who featured from start to finish, assisted Glen Kamara for his side’s second goal and also played a key part in the build-up to Ianis Hagi’s strike.
The performance represented one of the midfielder’s most complete outings since he returned from a string of injuries across the opening weeks of a campaign that has been riddled with injuries to the lad from Ondo State, but Gerrard believes the bad patch is over for him.
Gerrard told the club website: “I thought Aribo really flexed his muscles and showed he’s back. He’s had a real tough start to the season with a big injury – probably the first of his career – and then a bit of an illness which held him back.
“He’s gone through the gears in the last three or four weeks and he looks close to being back to his best which is really pleasing.
“The through ball, the weight, to see it with the vision. Normally Glen Kamara tries to check back and pass that, but he wiped his nose and finished it away.
“I’m pleased for Glen because he could have felt sorry for himself after the weekend, but I thought he was outstanding all night.”
