Rangers had their work cut out against a very talented Villarreal side away from home on Thursday night - but Steven Gerrard’s men battled valiantly over the course of the 90 minutes to secure an impressive point at the Estadio de la Cerámica.The Scottish giants got off to the worst possible start, conceding inside the opening minute when Carlos Bacca put the home side ahead with a wonder-strike. However, Scott Arfield levelled the scores in the 67th minute.Gerard Moreno then put Villarreal 2-1 up shortly afterwards but Kyle Lafferty’s 76th-minute equaliser earned the Gers a share of the spoils.This was a massive result for Rangers - fourth seeds in their section - even if the point was slightly fortuitous.Rangers were second best for much of the game and could have few complaints had Villarreal gone on to win the match.However, the point will boost Rangers’ chances of escaping from Group G, which also contains Rapid Vienna and Spartak Moscow.Now, former Celtic striker Chris Sutton rarely misses an opportunity to take a dig at Rangers.The outspoken pundit loves winding up Rangers fans whenever possible and the disrespect is certainly mutual.However, Sutton has surprised Rangers fans with his complimentary tweet after Gerrard’s side’s eye-catching draw.“Outstanding guts and grit from Steven Gerrard’s Rangers team…” Sutton tweeted, before adding: “great draw away in Spain.“

Is that really you, Chris? Some Rangers fans are convinced his phone must have been hacked.

Make a note of the date because it’ll probably be a long time before Sutton praises Rangers on social media again.

Gerrard, meanwhile, was understandably delighted with his side’s efforts and believe they deserved a point.

"I'm very proud of my team, especially in the second half, which I felt was a very strong performance," he was quoted as saying by STV.

"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.

"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."

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