Steven Gerrard beside himself after Rangers pull off famous comeback | OneFootball

Absolute scenes at Ibrox on Thursday night as Rangers came back from two goals down in a 15-minute span to defeat Braga 3-2 in Rangers’ first European knockout stage match in nine years.

Ianis Hagi scored a brace on his European debut with Joe Aribo scoring the equaliser, leading Hagi to infamously declare “Ibrox baby! It’s just different!” after the match.

Following the stunning turnaround, Steven Gerrard struggled to come up for words to what he just witnessed.

“In the second half, we rediscovered ourselves. That’s what I’ve been looking for from the team since we’ve come back,” Gerrard exclaimed.

“This is what Ibrox deserves. It’s what this club deserves with the amount of history and big nights there have been before.

“It is our responsibility to try to get as many of these nights back as we can.

“We saw some people leaving at 2-0. I’m not sure if that was the scoreline or the weather but there was a bit of negativity behind the bench, but in European football magical nights happen.

“I’ve experienced them as a player and I hope I experience a lot more. Tonight was right up there. I’m still waiting for my heart rate to cool down a little bit.

“It was a fantastic game of football. I think both teams played their part. We’ve beat a real good, dangerous team tonight. I thought Braga were outstanding at times tonight. They really had some success against us.

“The tie is set up really well. It’s only half-time and we’ve got huge respect for the opposition because at times they could have hurt us even more.

“But I’m really proud of my players. At 2-0 down, the character, the effort and the desire they’ve had to put in to turn that scoreline round was incredible.”

Next up for Rangers is a road trip to St. Johnstone before they head to Portugal for the return leg next Thursday.