Alfredo Morelos was sent off during the half-hour mark during the Old Firm Derby for elbowing Celtic captain Scott Brown and this was his fifth red card of the season.
The Scottish FA have slapped the Colombian with a four-match ban after the Derby which means that Jermain Defoe is set to see a lot of game time during the next couple of weeks.
But instead of rejoicing about his guaranteed start, Defoe has come out to provide a piece of advice to Alfredo Morelos and claimed that this bad habit will come down only with experience.
He told Sky Sports: “You think about the best forwards – I mean Wayne Rooney had a little bit of that when he was young.
“I think it was a part of growing up.
“As you get older, you become more experienced and you realise you don’t need to get involved.
“What I would say is that when you are a threat, a top player, defenders don’t want to play against you, they try to provoke you and sometimes you react.
“I had a little bit of that at West Ham when I was young. I used to get involved and got sent off a few times, and as you get older, you try to switch off and try to focus on the game and scoring goals.
“I just wanted to stay on the pitch, (get) opportunities to score goals, it was as simple as that.”
Alfredo Morelos is an absolute goal scoring machine for Rangers but his unnecessary yellow cards have really hurt the Gers all throughout the season.
And now even Steven Gerrard has claimed that he will not be supporting the forward as he plans to fine him for his rash behaviour during the Old Firm Derby.
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