IT was a professional performance from Rangers on Tuesday night as they saw out the tie with FK Shkupi and progressed into the second round of the Europa League.

But Steven Gerrard was right to highlight the lack of goals over the two legs and I think that will be his biggest concern as he reflects on his first matches in charge.

Rangers should have won the first game at Ibrox far more comfortably and they had enough chances in Macedonia to win the game.

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It is not as if they are creating nothing, they are carving out some chances, but they are just not putting them in the back of the net. That is a worry.

People seem to be settling in at the back, Allan McGregor has dealt with what he has to well and the midfield has been OK. But the lack of goals over the two games will be a concern for the manager.

I am sure he and Gary McAllister will be a sitting down and looking at options to bring a striker in.

It is a natural striker we need, a predator in the box. I know they are hard to come by but we need someone that is in the box all the time and sniffs out chances and goals.

Rangers need a McCoist or Boyd type striker. That is what they are lacking at this moment in time.

You can’t say that you’ll just give it until three or four weeks into the Premiership and see if it works because by that stage you could have lost a couple of games and dropped some crucial points.

Right now the side is the opposite of what it was last season. Rangers were the top scorers in the Premiership last term but we gave away some terrible goals.

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Now we have had three clean sheets, and you have to keep in mind the opposition that they have played when judging that.

They have still scored eight goals in three games but you look at who they are against and then consider the challenges that will come in the Europa League and the Premiership.

There are far tougher tests to come, especially in that run of league games with Aberdeen, Motherwell and Celtic away from home. Rangers have to get it right before then so I am sure the manager will be looking for another striker to come in.

Umar Sadiq has joined from Roma but you can’t pin all your hopes on him right now. Given his size, he will provide a presence up there and while he will be working hard in training, he does lack a bit of match sharpness and he won’t be rushed in before he is ready.

There are no guarantees that he is going to be the main man because he is still a young player as well.

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We will see another forward coming into the club. I’m not sure if they will buy anyone but they might look to get someone in on loan.

It wouldn’t surprise me if Steven goes back to Liverpool to try and get someone like Dominic Solanke or uses his contacts down south to try and get a player up here on loan.

There are lots of players that will find it hard to break into a Premier League side this season and he may feel one or two could do a job here. If you are not going to play down there, a move to rangers may appeal for the player and the parent club.

This is where his contacts come in and I am sure he and Gary will have been discussing that since the final whistle on Tuesday night. That is the problem that he must solve right now.

We need a natural striker because that is what is missing. If you think of the chances we had early on Tuesday night, if we had scored one the tie was over. We created a couple and missed a couple and that has to change.

If you look at Alfredo Morelos, I think his confidence has gone a wee bit. I know it is early doors but it can get to you when you get chances and don’t take them.

It will be a worry for the manager and I would imagine it will be something he will try and fix quickly.