Steven Gerrard insists Rangers will attack against Maribor

Rangers have a 3-1 advantage after last week's Ibrox triumph, however he says that his side will not sit back. 

Gerrard, though, does not want to invite pressure on his team.

He told the 'Daily Mail': "At some point Maribor are going to have to take some risks in the game and I will pick a team with enough attacking talent to hopefully go and hurt them.

"This is not a case of us coming here to hang on and try to grind through the 90 minutes in order to get over the line."

With Celtic crashing out of the Champions League qualifiers, Gerrard is focussed on the game. 

"First and foremost I trust every one of my players. Everyone on the aeroplane has my trust. I'm confident that if any of them are called upon they will come out and do the shirt justice.

"The good thing for me at the moment is that I have every single person in the squad fighting to be part of that 11.

"It's a shame that Jon's suspended and Borna's not available but it will be an opportunity for someone else and they have to be ready to take that challenge - but I do have confidence in every player."

Rangers' second leg fixture against Maribor is on Thursday.