STEVEN GERRARD is confident Connor Goldson can maintain his levels without a break as the defender continues to perform for Rangers.
The Englishman made his 17th appearance of the campaign on Thursday night as Gerrard's side beat Lech Poznan in the Europa League and he will line up once again when the Gers face Kilmarnock this weekend.
Gerrard has alternated between Filip Helander and Leon Balogun as Goldson's defensive partner throughout the season but sees no reason to rest his tried and trusted stopper at present.
Gerrard said: "No-one is undroppable. I think that is important for you to know.
"But I think Connor has proved over the time that we have been together that he is very robust, that he churn out games and his body is used to that now.
"I think Connor is someone, with the heart issue he had earlier in his career, that is desperate to make up for lost time in terms of playing.
"He doesn’t like to be offloaded or rested, but I am certainly more confident that if I wanted to do that now that we have the players that could cope.
"I am really happy with Connor, he is in a fantastic place physically and mentally at the moment.
"He is becoming a leader, his communication is better. I don’t see any reason, right now, to drop him or rest him or offload him because he is in such a good place."
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