GIOVANNI VAN BRONCKHORST insists there are signs of improvement for Rangers despite a third successive Champions League defeat.
The Light Blues are pointless and goalless in Group A after following up their 4-0 and 3-0 losses to Ajax and Napoli with a 2-0 reverse away to Liverpool.
Goals in either half from Trent Alexander-Arnold and Mohamed Salah clinched a comfortable win for Jurgen Klopp’s side as they produced an accomplished showing at Anfield.
Rangers were largely outclassed on another difficult night at this level but Van Bronckhorst was able to take heart from aspects of the performance against the Reds.
Van Bronckhorst said: “We knew it was going to be a very difficult game with the attacking threat they have. They have players making runs almost every time they have the ball in space I think the plan to have five at the back was a good one to narrow those spaces.
“We know it was going to be difficult when they play at high speed, quick passing. In the first half we were still in the game at half-time with only one goal of a difference.
“We identified the moments much better in the second half to go higher up the pitch and bring pressure on them. We did that far better than in the first half.
“Of course it is disappointing to lose two goals from set pieces. We had some chances to make it 2-1, one ball was cleared from the line. Maybe we could have got something more out of the game. I think we have improved in the Champions League from the first game.
“But the level we face is very high and the level we had had today wasn’t enough to get something from the game.”
Why are you making commenting on The Herald only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.
That is invaluable.
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalist’s job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules hereLast Updated:
Report this comment Cancel