Glasgow Rangers have struggled to hold final season’s Europa League type into the Champions League this marketing campaign.
A 2-0 defeat to Liverpool this night leaves the Ibrox aspect on the backside of group A and their post-Christmas European ambitions are slipping away with each passing sport.
The environment was electrical at Anfield and Jurgen Klopp’s men ran out simple winners, utilising the excessive press extraordinarily effectively and Rangers struggled to manage, much like their defeat towards Celtic final month.
Here are the Light Blues’ participant rankings from tonight’s conflict.
Rangers participant rankings vs Liverpool
Allan McGregor 8/10 – The 40-year-old was Rangers’ finest participant, making a complete of seven saves within the contest, and was Darwin Nunez’s kryptonite, denying the Uruguayan on a lot of events. Jonny McFarlane dubbed him “incredible” for his first-half efficiency and it’s simple to see why Giovanni van Bronckhorst has caught with him.
James Tavernier 6/10 – The captain didn’t show his attacking nous tonight and struggled to become familiar with the match, shedding possession a staggering 16 instances. Could have impressed the crew much more to be extra optimistic.
Connor Goldson 7/10 – The Englishman was probably the most skilled member of the again three, alongside teen Leon King and summer time arrival Ben Davies. He marshalled the defence effectively and didn’t do a lot mistaken all through the match.
Leon King 6/10 – The teen was beginning within the Champions League for the primary time and the Anfield environment didn’t appear to unnerve him throughout the first half. The 18-year-old conceded the penalty which Mohamed Salah scored nevertheless it was a good sufficient displaying and he might be the long run on this Rangers backline.
Ben Davies 6/10 – Facing his former membership, Davies settled into the again three pretty effectively, profitable four out of his seven duels via the encounter. Was taken off for Glen Kamara within the 81st minute however could be happy along with his efficiency.
Borna Barisic 5/10 – The Croatian has been one of many Ibrox aspect’s most constant gamers of late however he was caught out of place a number of instances throughout the match and couldn’t deal with Salah’s tempo. He received simply two duels all match and will likely be disillusioned along with his efficiency.
John Lundstram 6/10 – Couldn’t repeat his show towards Hearts, the place he managed the midfield along with his passing means. The sport bypassed him and he accomplished simply one lengthy ball all match, a poor efficiency for the ever-reliable Englishman.
Steven Davis 7/10 – Brought into the beginning XI resulting from his expertise and he displayed all his tactical nous within the coronary heart of the Gers midfield. It wasn’t a basic efficiency however he tried to settle the sport down when Rangers had been in possession.
Malik Tillman 4/10 – Much was anticipated of the American tonight, however he was very poor. The Athletic’s Jordan Campbell said that he “couldn’t be bothered making an option” and the attacking midfielder remains to be extraordinarily tough across the edges. He will be taught from tonight nevertheless it’s one other disappointing Champions League efficiency.
Ryan Kent 5/10 – Rangers wanted Kent’s goalscoring risk to be on present to have any likelihood tonight, however he couldn’t get into the match in any respect. A poor go for Barisic within the first half wasted a chance and though he had a number of good turns, he didn’t pose a risk going ahead.
Alfredo Morelos 5/10 – The striker was extraordinarily remoted up entrance and with this being a sport that he was born to carry out in following his European exploits in the previous few seasons, it was a disgrace to see him battle on the highest stage.
Van Bronckhorst introduced on 5 subs and Rabbi Matondo got here near scoring within the final ten minutes, along with his shot being cleared off the road.
All in all, it was an underwhelming efficiency for the Ibrox aspect and the environment seemed prefer it affected the gamers. Hopefully, the Dutchman learns from this going ahead.