James Tavernier scored a brace to help Rangers produce one of the close football scores of the midweek action in the Europa League. Tavernier opened the scoring in the 22nd minute before Jude Bellingham equalized in the 31st minute. The German side went ahead when David Malen scored in the 42nd minute before Tavernier sealed the win with a penalty in the 57th minute.
Player ratings
Rangers: McGregor (7), Tavernier (8), Goldson (7), Bassey (7), Barisic (6), Jack (7), Lundstram (7), Aribo (7), Arfield (6), Kent (8), Morelos (6)
Subs: Kamara (5), Balogun (5)
Borussia Dortmund: Kobel (6), Schulz (7), Can (6), Hummels (6), Meunier (6), Dahoud (6), Bellingham (7), Brandt (7), Hazard (6), Reus (6), Malen (7)
Subs: Wolf (5), Moukoko (5), Tigges (N/A), Witsel (N/A)
Man of the match: James Tavernier
Managers Reaction
Rangers boss Giovanni van Bronckhorst told BT Sport: “I think this is very important for everyone. I told the players it was a big moment for us as a club and we could make a lot of people proud with the performance we wanted – and we did. It was a difficult game again. We were 1-0 up, so it was a really good start and after we conceded two goals, at half-time I had to change the system to one we trained and have talked a lot about in meetings. I think that system worked really well for us in the second half. Especially at home, you want to have a good start and I think we were very unfortunate with the two goals. There were some moments where we could have cleared the ball.”
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