Alex McLeish believes that Rangers are capable of going after Liverpool at home - although his tip that the Anfield side are likely to win doesn't need a super sleuth to realise.
The former Light Blues and Scotland boss knows how big a factor the support at a packed Ibrox could be to Rangers against Jurgen Klopp's side, needing to get something from their fourth Champions League Group A match to obtain any chance of reaching the last 16.
A 2-0 scoreline was inflicted upon them in Liverpool last week and McLeish reckons transfers show the gulf in resources between the Premiership and Premier League pair. But he sees no reason why Giovanni van Bronckhorst's men can't at least try to play for a positive outcoming, telling Football Insider: “I still see Liverpool as favourites. People might listen to that and say, ‘who are you, Sherlock Holmes?’. It’s not very hard to predict that.
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"But Rangers, at Ibrox, with that incredible crowd behind them, they can always have a go. Let’s face it. When Rangers play at that fast tempo they have given some of Europe’s elite some very hard games.
"This is now obviously the Champions League and teams tend to go up a few gears. That’s the difference. The difference in quality. Liverpool can sign the best players in the world.
"Rangers can only groom players before they leave. Look at Bassey going to Ajax. It is going to be a really hard game and Liverpool are favourites but anything can happen at Ibrox.”
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