Five key points as Rangers take Champions League lead to Servette
Rangers bounced back from their defeat to Kilmarnock with a Champions League victory but the job is far from done against Servette after a nervy night at Ibrox.
Rangers got just the start that they needed and wanted and were two goals to the good within a quarter of an hour. At thatTavernier dispatched his penalty straight down the middle as keeper Joel Mall went despairingly to his left. When Dessers converted from close range – after John Souttar moved through the lines and Borna Barisic crossed from the left – Rangers were in control at Ibrox.
Rangers were worthy victors on the night and the margin of their win should have been greater. The next 90 minutes will determine how costly, if at all, the scoreline proves to be.Given the depth of the squad that Beale now has at his disposal, it was always likely that he would make a couple of alterations from the side that were so abject at the weekend.
Beale bemoaned the fluency of his side from middle to front at the weekend and Rangers remain very much a work in progress in that regard. The Englishman will hope that there is plenty more improvement to come as the match minutes and hours on the training ground give him an opportunity to get his side up to speed as quickly as possible.Park was one of the main talking points before a ball was kicked on Saturday.
Cantwell’s versatility and his ability to play as part of the midfield or move up a line will be crucial for Rangers over the course of the campaign. His season is now properly up and running after a Man of the Match showing.Rangers know all too well the pitfalls of playing matches of this importance at this stage of the season and the memories of the defeat to Union Saint-Gilloise should have acted as a warning.
A red, white and blue tifo display - with a ‘Glasgow Rangers’ banner as its centrepiece - filled the Broomloan as the teams took to the pitch.
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